Ji Mingtian turned to look behind him and saw that Kou Yonghou had left, his eyelids lowering slightly.
Ji Mingtian truly had planned to make Kou Yonghou stay behind and cover the rear. After seizing enough Status Fragments, he would burst forth with speed and leave first, while Kou Yonghou would naturally have to face Yu Yijing's fury.
In that situation, Kou Yonghou naturally could not sit still and await death. Whether he resisted or fled elsewhere, he could buy Ji Mingtian some time.
And with that time, it would be enough for Ji Mingtian to refine part of the Status Fragments and successfully break through to Realm Lord Peak.
At that point, both would be at Realm Lord Peak. Ji Mingtian might still be inferior to Yu Yijing, but the gap would not be too great, and Ji Mingtian was confident he could retreat unscathed.
That had been Ji Mingtian's plan just now, but the speed of that Realm Lord mid-stage junior had disrupted it, forcing him to reveal his own speed ahead of time.
That speed had somewhat startled Kou Yonghou, who was also in the Late Realm Lord stage. After giving it some thought, Kou Yonghou knew he could not keep following, or he would inevitably face nine deaths and one sliver of life.
Ji Mingtian turned back and looked at the junior ahead.
Now that Kou Yonghou was gone as the one to cover his retreat, the choices before Ji Mingtian had suddenly dwindled.
Either he could leave decisively like Kou Yonghou, avoiding pursuit by Yu Yijing and ultimately ending up dead with his Dao extinguished. Or he could use the fastest speed possible to intercept and kill the junior ahead.
Ji Mingtian sensed the activity at the Earth God Realm expert's place of death. Yu