On an open stretch of ground surrounded by towering trees.
Song Qingming, Xia Mo, and the others looked at the "white array" not far ahead, surprise appearing on their faces.
"It really is the same Teleportation Array as before. It seems it did not suddenly vanish—it must have moved on its own."
"I personally saw this array disappear into thin air before, yet I never saw anyone destroy it. I could never figure out what had happened. So this Restriction can actually move by itself.
"Most likely, it moved after that person used the Teleportation Array.
"Unfortunately, my skills were inferior. I failed to stop her and made everyone waste even more effort."
When they had encountered that formidable Red-clothed Woman earlier, even Bai Yuxian and Yu Mengning working together had failed to stop her. Mentioning the matter now, both wore helpless expressions.
Hearing this, Shen Bingling immediately said, "There are many Nascent Soul experts who entered this secret realm. It was already no easy feat for us to get this far.
"That woman has reached Half-step Spirit Transformation. Even if you and Junior Sister Yu had not been here, the rest of us likely would not have been her match.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, there is no need to blame yourself so harshly."
After offering Bai Yuxian a few consoling words, Shen Bingling turned her gaze toward the thoughtful Song Qingming and carefully asked,
"Fellow Daoist Song, we have searched for so long, yet there is still no trace of Fellow Daoist Li or Fellow Daoist Qingyu.
"Now that we have confirmed that this Teleportation Array moves on its own, could it be that they used it to leave this level of the secret realm before us?"
"Mm! Fellow Daoist Shen speaks reasonably. I also believe that is possible."
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