After the palm reached out, it began struggling to break through the surrounding soil. Seeing this, Baijie Daoist hurried over, activated his Dao arts, and loosened the soil beneath the ancient tree!
A young Daoist quickly crawled out of the pit, greedily breathing in the surrounding air.
The young Daoist rapidly looked around. "Senior Baijie... what, what exactly happened? Why was I buried underground? What happened to that Vermilion Bird monster?!"
Baijie Daoist froze. "You... you don't know?"
The young Daoist shook his head. "That Vermilion Bird monster suddenly charged at me, but for some reason, I suddenly lost consciousness. Then... then when I woke up, I found myself buried underground, and then I saw you, Chairman."
Baijie Daoist frowned.
He recognized this young fellow.
At the very beginning, after discovering the corpse of this young fellow's master and that of another Vermilion Bird monster, the two sides had even clashed.
But he and the Vermilion Bird priest Qu Xinghe had attacked at the same time and knocked both sides unconscious... Could it be that this young fellow had survived the calamity because he had passed out?
"C-Chairman, what... what is that?" The young Daoist had now noticed the earthen graves behind Baijie Daoist and asked in a trembling voice.
"These are..." Baijie Daoist said bitterly. "Your seniors and fellow Daoists. They've all perished."
"What!" The young Daoist was utterly shocked.
Boom—!
Suddenly, a streak of red light shot out from the forest. The instant it flew toward them, Baijie Daoist's expression shifted slightly. He grabbed the young Daoist's arm and narrowly dodged it.
A discovery.
A cold, icy voice.
Baijie Daoist's expression changed drastically. A figure was now darting through the layers of tree shadows at incredible speed, appearing before Baijie Daoist and the young Daoist!
It was that