The three of them were greatly startled when I suddenly accelerated and left them behind. However, their cultivation was there to back them up, so they did not give up immediately. They probably thought I had used some kind of secret treasure that could increase my speed, and so they chased after me even more frantically.
"Grand Elder! It looks like this little fellow has another secret treasure on him. Look at that orb beneath his feet—isn't it rather interesting?"
They were referring to the spirit-skill orb beneath my feet. This treasure could transform into all kinds of specialized weapons, including those for finger techniques, fist techniques, and palm techniques. Although it was just as inconspicuous as the martial-skills umbrella, that was precisely why its mysteries could not be seen through.
"What are you wasting time for? Catch him quickly! Don't let him enter the Cloud Dream Immortal Sect!" the Grand Elder of the Prosperous Alliance urged anxiously. By this point, it was no longer just the three elders—everyone else had caught up as well.
I furrowed my brows. I had originally thought these people might be able to lend me a hand and help me find that divine artifact, but now they would probably only get in the way. Killing intent had already begun to rise in my heart.
Just as I was thinking of turning back to kill one or two of them first, as a warning, the space ahead of me suddenly twisted. In an instant, I appeared beneath another clear sky. Looking at the high altitude around me, where nothing seemed to have changed at all, I instead fell silent.
That abrupt spatial distortion and displacement just now had been truly rare. I had appeared over a different stretch of airspace, while those immortals from the