The hundred-odd paper figures stared in the direction where Chen Fei and his three companions had vanished, slowly straightening their bodies. The rouge smeared on their cheeks grew ever more vividly red.
A hundred li away, the enormous sword blade surrounding the four of them shattered, and their flight abruptly slowed.
Peng Huai Tao and the other two still had no idea what had happened, but they could see the change in Chen Fei's expression. Clearly, what had just happened was no small matter, or it would not have affected him so.
None of the three asked, however, for fear of distracting him.
Chen Fei said nothing. His hands rapidly formed seals, forcibly gathering the shattered sword essence once more.
Mysterious Sky Evasion was astonishingly fast, but it also had a distance limit. Traveling a hundred li had already brought it to its limit, which was why the sword essence had shattered.
However, Chen Fei had already cultivated the Profound Sky Sword to the great perfection realm, and his control over its sword essence had long since reached a transcendent level.
Normally, he could no longer have used Mysterious Sky Evasion at this point, but he relied on his understanding of the Profound Sky Sword to forcefully execute it again.
An enormous sword blade, just like the previous one, appeared around the four of them.
Their diminished speed abruptly surged, and all four vanished into the air.
Those paper figures had been exceedingly uncanny. Had Chen Fei been alone, he would have had plenty of ways to avoid them.
But with Peng Huai Tao and the other two accompanying him, his options were far more limited.
He had finally rescued the three from the Qinguang Sea Region, even killing two late third-tier sea demons in the process, one of them