Yuqing Heaven remained tranquil and peaceful, but everyone present felt a creeping chill.
Not only had more than half their people died, but their greatest supporter, the Monkey Spirit King, had also run off...
What kind of mess was this...
"What do we do now? Without the Monkey Spirit Sect's help, I'm afraid we can't possibly stand against the Snake Spirit Sect," Gonggong said.
"Should we leave Yuqing Heaven first?" Zhurong asked.
They were already thinking of lowering their banners and silencing their drums.
They could hardly be blamed. After all, the Monkey Spirit Sect's support had been practically a prerequisite for this operation. With that prerequisite gone, everything that followed naturally fell apart. Retreating first and planning their next move was also a sound strategy.
Taishang Laojun said, "The exit to this passage is on the other side of Yuqing Heaven. The Snake Spirit King has already fixed his sights on us. I don't think he'll let us leave."
"Then we can only follow this road to the end," Fuxi's original self said, looking straight ahead.
"We don't know what the Monkey Spirit King saw or why he rushed away, but he's enormous. We can follow the traces he left behind to find him," Nuwa said, having regained her composure and begun searching for a solution.
"For all his abilities, the Monkey Spirit King is still so reckless. At this rate, I'm afraid he'll die at the Snake Spirit King's hands before long," the Eastern Emperor said with a helpless sigh.
"There's no time to lose. Let's get moving," Luo Zheng said.
Whoosh...
With a gentle beat of his wings, the Wing King lowered himself beside Luo Zheng.
Luo Zheng, the Primal Celestial Venerable, the Eastern Emperor, Nuwa, and the others—seven in all—jumped onto the Wing King's back. With