Under such circumstances, how could Jieyin possibly have been faster than Li Qingyun?
With a thought from Li Qingyun, the mud body shed its turbid sludge, wrapped around the nine Eternal Crystals, and instantly merged with him as one.
Once the Eternal Crystals entered his body, unlike his clone, which had turbid energy separately wrapped around and stored within it, they instantly transformed into vast spiritual energy that spread throughout him.
"Jieyin, today's grudge of the severed arm—I will repay it a hundredfold someday!"
Having recovered the Eternal Crystals, Li Qingyun had no mind to keep tangling with Jieyin. With a thunderous shout, he pushed out the Great Dao's Power, briefly slowing the crushing advance of Jieyin's Buddhist domain before immediately pulling away and fleeing into the turbulent currents of spacetime in the Great Universe.
"Don't run! Leave the Eternal Crystals behind..."
The flames of greed burned fiercely within Jieyin. How could he possibly let Li Qingyun escape? He immediately pursued him inside.
At that moment, La and Dingwang, the two Saints, also abruptly arrived at the Eye of Turbid Sinking. Excited and greedy, they roared, "Where are the Eternal Crystals? Where are the Eternal Crystals?"
Immediately afterward, they too crossed through time in pursuit.
The two Saints were now so regretful that words could not describe it.
Had they known this would happen, they would have come together with Jieyin earlier. How could Qingyunzi then have collected the Eternal Crystals?
Like Jieyin, they could not understand why Daoist Quan Lei had willingly "offered" all nine Eternal Crystals to Li Qingyun.
Yet Jieyin and the others were destined to labor in vain.
With the Eternal Crystals in hand, Li Qingyun could not even be bothered to lead them around. His figure suddenly leaped out of the spacetime currents, and before