Han Yi was not surprised. He had long expected that there would be Outer Dao cultivators among those traveling with him this time.
Even if a Union Dao Dao Master had appeared, he would not have been surprised.
He had already prepared himself. If he could not leave this time, he would seek another opportunity. If he truly could not leave by stowing away, he would avoid the Violet Rainbow Continent node and take a detour to another node instead. Though that would take several decades, it was still an option.
Of course, with the passage right before him and only two Outer Dao cultivators present, Han Yi naturally would not back down. He intended to fight for it.
A cultivator draped in a black cloak, radiating a violent Outer Dao aura, saw that Han Yi had actually moved a step faster than him and roared angrily:
"Get lost!"
Along with that roar, a streak of black light shot from beneath the cloak, hurtling straight toward Han Yi.
In this Outer Dao cultivator's eyes, Han Yi, whose aura was only at the Dao Fruit Realm, had merely activated some special secret Dao technique to suddenly erupt with speed comparable to the Outer Dao Realm.
That was a path to death.
Most of the other Dao Fruit cultivators possessed such secret arts as well, yet none dared use them. Even if their speed increased, their combat power still could not reach the Outer Dao Realm. Before a true Outer Dao cultivator, they would only become targets.
But what greatly shocked the cloaked Outer Dao cultivator was that Han Yi merely waved a hand, and an enormous pitch-black divine axe swept down horizontally, shattering the streak of light he had unleashed into fragments.
That axe strike looked effortless, clearly leaving Han Yi