"Damn it, it's Qiao La!"
Gu Ding's expression darkened. Qiao La's appearance here had all but confirmed the deaths of Scarlet Eyes and Ten Thousand Demons.
But Qiao La's condition seemed somewhat strange. His movements within this Sea of Time appeared to be met with tremendous resistance. With the spaceship constantly drifting, it took him nearly half an hour to catch up to it.
During the pursuit, he did not attack. In this Sea of Time, if the spaceship were to shatter and Gu Ding's group scattered into different Time Droplets, it would take him even more effort to track them down again.
After catching up to the spaceship, he stretched out a hand, intending to seize the entire vessel and take it away. Yet an unusual force enveloped the spaceship, forcibly breaking free from his restraint.
"This method..." Qiao La frowned. A technique capable of resisting his grasp was no longer something the Supreme Realm could possess. He warily glanced around, but discovered nothing unusual. He secretly wondered whether he had simply been too careless just now, then reached toward the spaceship again...
With a whoosh, the spaceship vanished outright.
Qiao La froze. Just as he was wondering what had happened, he saw a man silently appear where the spaceship had just been.
The man looked seventy to eighty percent similar to Gu Ding, but he was more mature and powerfully built. His face was covered in unkempt stubble, and his hair looked as though it had not been properly groomed in quite some time. Dressed in a plain, inconspicuous robe, he appeared not far in front of Qiao La.
Qiao La immediately broke out in a cold sweat. "Senior, this junior was merely passing through and accidentally disturbed you. It was this junior's fault. This junior will leave