Song Qingming had been able to swiftly kill Qiu Wuxin only because his cultivation technique had countered and caught his opponent off guard. He did not have enough confidence to contend against top Golden Core experts like Xiao Haoran and Han Feng. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, he could only retreat first and lie low.
Fortunately, Han Feng and Xiao Haoran were locked in a fierce back-and-forth battle, paying no attention at all to Song Qingming, who was concealing himself and quietly withdrawing in the distance.
Seizing this chance, Song Qingming successfully put distance between himself and the two of them. Only after he had gradually moved beyond the range of their divine senses did he finally let out a slow breath of relief and slightly increase his escape speed.
Just when Song Qingming thought he had shaken Xiao Haoran and Han Feng, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed beneath the ruins of a great hall not far ahead and shot straight toward him.
To avoid Xiao Haoran and Han Feng, Song Qingming had kept his attention fixed on them and failed to notice that he had unknowingly arrived above a circular formation wreathed in white mist.
The lightning that attacked Song Qingming had been fired from the white mist formation below.
Seeing that the lightning possessed considerable power, Song Qingming did not dare take it lightly. He promptly revealed himself, cast a spell, and released his Natal Magic Treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," transforming it into an enormous bronze mirror before him.
The lightning struck the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," throwing up a shower of sparks before swiftly vanishing.
Yet before Song Qingming could breathe a sigh of relief and escape the formation's attack range, more than a dozen bolts of formidable lightning came shooting