A quarter-hour later, Golden Armor King returned from scouting the way ahead. Seeing that only White Veil and Unicorn remained where they had been, he could not help but feel a bad premonition.
Where had Kun Ling and Xu Chunniang gone? Surely they had not met with misfortune?
Sensing the lingering power of space and time around them, Golden Armor King formed a guess.
"Where are Kun Ling and Xu Chunniang?"
With a guilty look on his face, Unicorn Demon King turned toward Golden Armor King.
"Not long after you left, the turbulent currents of space and time struck again. In the rush, I only managed to protect White Veil. The two of them were swept away by the power of space and time."
Golden Armor King's expression changed slightly. The guess in his heart had come true.
Unicorn Demon King sighed and continued, "I failed to protect them properly. Golden Armor, if you want to blame someone, blame me."
Golden Armor King fell silent for a moment, and his expression gradually returned to normal.
"This was an accident. How can it be blamed on you? The demonic energy in your body has not fully recovered. It was already no easy feat for you to barely protect White Veil. One can only say that this was their fate."
The road to the Sacred Pool was fraught with peril. As cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Realm, it was perfectly normal for the two of them to meet with misfortune.
He could only blame himself for underestimating the danger of the turbulent currents of space and time.
Had he known this, he should have ordered them to leave the Sand Abyss as soon as possible. At the very least, their lives could have been preserved...
At this thought, Golden Armor King forced