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Because I had obtained the route in before, I returned along it at an even faster speed. It wasn't just me who knew the map—if that old hag had made a point of memorizing it, she could certainly find her way here too. That was what worried me most.
The Queen Mother of the West and that group of Demon Cultivators were probably in dire straits. When I looked at Yun Bingxin's delicate face, I saw that the divine-lattice ring above her head, which had originally been radiating protection to the others, was gradually filling up. Clearly, the cultivators inside Broken Sea Fang were dying one after another. If it reached the point where it began to glow, the cultivators inside would likely all be dead.
And Yun Bingxin would be left as a commander without an army.
I didn't dare imagine what would happen to Broken Sea Fang next. Carrying Yun Bingxin, I burst out of the outer perimeter at the fastest speed I could manage. When I passed through the hurricane zone, I happened to spot Tie Zhenping, the Interceptor Sect cultivator I had encountered at the outer perimeter before. That fellow was actually still waiting there, with seven or eight Interceptor Sect cultivators behind him.
"Fellow Daoist Xia! We're here!" Tie Zhenping immediately shouted. I didn't stop, but hurried onward while saying, "An old monster has entered. It may slaughter everyone inside. Hurry and open the passage through the hurricane zone—and destroy the passage to those thunder-light fleas too. Block it for as long as you can. Everyone, withdraw!"
"An... an old monster? All right!" Tie Zhenping hesitated for a moment before immediately ordering his men to get to work. These people had probably all been cultivators of the Interceptor Sect whom he had persuaded to