In an instant, the tunnel fell silent. Given the old monk's experience, he naturally believed that the Core Formation cultivator inside the cave could never have escaped using the Earth Evasion Technique.
At a depth of more than ten miles underground, the crushing pressure was something even a mid Nascent Soul stage cultivator could hardly withstand for long. Once that Core Formation cultivator entered, he would surely be crushed into minced meat in an instant.
A full quarter of an hour passed before a figure flashed into view. Another old monk entered the tunnel. When he saw his senior brother standing there with an exceedingly ugly expression, he could not help asking in confusion, "Senior Brother, why are you standing here? Could that early Core Formation cultivator have escaped as well?"
"What? Did the cultivator you pursued get away?"
Hearing his junior brother's words, the old monk did not answer his question. Instead, he asked in shock, "The Peak Core Formation cultivator actually escaped from your hands?"
"Alas, Senior Brother, don't bring it up. That junior was exceedingly cunning. He had apparently set up a spell formation several hundred miles from here long ago. Caught off guard, I was trapped by it. It took me a quarter of an hour to break through that restricting formation, but the cultivator had already vanished without a trace."
As it turned out, Ouyang Chen had also kept a backup plan. Before entering the mine with Qin Fengming, he had already set up a spell formation near the mine. It was meant to serve as a defensive measure for escaping with his life in the event of unforeseen trouble.
"These two juniors are truly troublesome." Hearing this, the old monk could not help sighing.
"Could the junior you dealt with have also escaped using