Chen Fei's avatar flew forward cautiously, its escape speed far slower than that of his true body.
Chen Fei's avatar came from the Heaven Escaping Movement within the Yuan Chen Sword Canon. This cultivation art opened seventy-five acupoints and was considered rather ordinary even within the Aperture Refining Realm.
Later, after it was fused into the Yuan Chen Sword Canon, the seven cultivation arts complemented one another, considerably increasing Heaven Escaping Movement's escape speed and, along with it, the avatar's speed.
But after Chen Fei broke through to the Joint Aperture Realm, that situation changed noticeably.
The Heaven Escaping Movement's avatar was said to possess thirty percent of the true body's strength, but in truth, when Chen Fei reached the Peak Aperture Refining Realm, the avatar's strength had already failed to rise proportionally.
Now that Chen Fei had reached the Joint Aperture Realm, the avatar's enhancement was even more negligible. Other than gaining the ability to fly, its strength was nearly no different from what Chen Fei had possessed before breaking through to the Peak Aperture Refining Realm.
This could not be blamed on Heaven Escaping Movement being weak. The art itself was merely at the Aperture Refining Realm level; expecting it to perform this well in the Joint Aperture Realm was simply unrealistic.
That was precisely why Chen Fei had not volunteered when Yu Shoucheng previously said someone needed to scout ahead. With the avatar's speed and strength, once it was discovered, escape would be utterly impossible.
Yet no one had expected that after Yu Shoucheng left, he would never return.
After advancing several dozen li, Chen Fei's avatar sensed the aura of the other side's Battle Flag from afar. But aside from the Battle Flag, it could not detect the auras of the other five.
A faint gleam