Daoist Wang knew it!
There was no way this old rebel from the ancient Ina Civilization would let them leave so easily.
However, Wang Jixuan now had a perfectly legitimate reason;
he did not know the specifics of what was happening outside, but he had heard enough to know that the Blade Beasts and that newly arrived faction had started fighting.
He was going to support the surface civilization and protect the "frail" Surface Humans. Was that not entirely justified and supremely righteous?
Besides... it was not as though he would never return.
The cultivation speed here was even faster than inside the Pillar-Class Blade Beast. How foolish would Daoist Wang have to be to give up such a blessed cultivation ground?
Before Daoist Wang could speak, Amina beside him had already let out a cold snort.
Amina stared at He Ruli as immense psionic power erupted from her, wrapping a section of the City in the Clouds in a sea of stars.
She said coldly, "Guardian, we must go to the surface to provide support. I know you may be eager for Civilization Revival, but everything you have done until now has chilled us to the heart."
A hint of surprise appeared in Wang Jixuan's eyes.
Amina, when she had recovered only thirty to forty percent from her injuries—
had been timid and submissive, never daring to speak loudly, always trying to accommodate He Ruli whenever she saw her.
Amina, now recovered to eighty or ninety percent and greatly strengthened with Wang Jixuan's help—
"Everything you have done until now has chilled us to the heart."
He Ruli's face remained cold as she frowned at Amina.
Amina refused to yield in the slightest, her bearing even faintly overpowering He Ruli's.
At that moment, Amina stood like a deity towering