I glanced around. The person calling me was Li Qinghe. He sat slumped by the woods, clutching the wound in his stomach, while Zhao Qian, Miao Xiaoli, and Han Shanshan held off the enemy. Zhang Xiaofei and Wang Yuanyi were nowhere to be seen.
At my arrival, the two demonic cultivators fighting Zhao Qian and Miao Xiaoli immediately tried to flee into the woods. I summoned Xijun and Wang Yan at once and sent them after the pair.
"Brother Tian! Why are you back? Master said that Earth Immortal was chasing you relentlessly, and you were in terrible danger!" Zhao Qian came over as she spoke. Her face was covered in dirt; the battle had clearly been rough.
"I killed that Earth Immortal, Zuo Zheng. That death knell bell was his powerful treasure." I pointed at the bell. Zhao Qian and Han Shanshan were too astonished for words. Being able to kill even an Earth Immortal was simply unbelievable.
"Brother Tian, are you really not afraid of Earth Immortals anymore?" Miao Xiaoli's lovely eyes widened in disbelief.
"I am. How could I not be? I only killed him through a few tricks, and I'm still a little injured. By the way, why are there Confucian cultivators and government people here? Are they our reinforcements?" As I answered, I began looking for signs of the secluded Daoist sects.
"Yes. Last night's battle shook the whole north, so nearby government personnel came to investigate today. They never expected to run into the demonic coalition. Apparently, they're planning to wipe out all our Daoist sects," Zhao Qian answered.
I sank into thought. All the Daoist Earth Immortals had met with disaster, and now it was the secluded Daoist sects' turn. The demonic sects surely stood to gain something from eradicating them, but no