Far to the west, billions of miles away.
On an immortal mountain peak, a rift appeared, and the figures of Hongjun and the other two slowly emerged.
"Hongjun, why did we run? We should've fought him head-on! Are you actually afraid of him?"
"If you'd taken out those supreme treasures for us to use, would we have ended up in such a sorry state? Were you planning not to give them to us at all?"
Blood trickled from Destiny's lips as he glared fiercely at Hongjun in a rage. He drew out his Spiritual Treasure, ready to strike at Hongjun.
His Spiritual Treasure had been severely damaged before. Though he had painstakingly repaired it, its rank had fallen.
If they had Innate Supreme Treasures such as the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner, perhaps the four of them together would not have needed to fear Rahula's sword formation at all.
"Calm down, Fellow Daoist Destiny. Have you forgotten that Rahula's Immortal Execution Sword Formation requires four people of the same realm to break it? Fellow Daoist Slaughter has fallen, so we are still one person short."
Qiankun came back to his senses and immediately stopped Destiny. He too could not understand what Hongjun was thinking.
Hongjun frowned slightly. "Fellow Daoist Destiny, it isn't that I refused to take them out. The situation was too urgent at the time, and there was no opportunity. Besides, if you took the supreme treasures and left, leaving me alone to face Rahula, what would I have done?"
"The Immortal Execution Sword Formation is incomparably dangerous. It cannot be broken without four people. Moreover, Fellow Daoist Slaughter has died, leaving us at a disadvantage. The situation is unfavorable to us; we must not continue fighting!"
"Besides, who knows whether Rahula still has other cards up