At this moment, the four essence-soul figures standing atop the ruined mountain peak were clearly no longer at their peak condition. To have survived the simultaneous self-detonation of the cores of four Soul-sealing Beads, even the two at the Mahayana stage had suffered shattered wounds across their bodies.
Dugu Bie and Jing Tong had not been blasted to death on the spot precisely because Ancestor Gu Peng and Saint Ancestor Ming Chou had intervened in time and fought desperately to protect them.
Although their origin souls had not perished, Dugu Bie and Jing Tong were both in a truly miserable state at this moment.
Fortunately, all four were currently in essence-soul form. The soul energy within their bodies surged rapidly, and the wounds covering them recovered in an instant. The only issue was that the soul energy within their bodies had been consumed far too heavily.
"That junior should have no more Soul-sealing Beads this time. But the junior is devious and has magic treasures to aid him. Fellow Daoist Gu Peng, you and I should join forces and swiftly exterminate him completely, lest further trouble arise." As he forcefully circulated the cultivation art within his body and absorbed the energy from the Soul Stones, Saint Ancestor Ming Chou spoke without the slightest scruple.
"Good!" Ancestor Gu Peng agreed at once without hesitation. He had no qualms about joining hands with another.
The two Mahayana figures moved. Without traveling at full speed, they approached Qin Fengming and the two others, who had already fled into the distance, displaying every intention of wiping out all three in a single stroke.
"Fellow Daoists, go entangle those two. Leave these two old bastards to this Qin." Qin Fengming stood where he was, watching the two approach as he spoke to Crimson Demon Ancestor