A year later, Blood Sky Continent, Qiyun Mountain Range.
"W-we can't keep running! The Forbidden Land is ahead. If we trespass, we'll surely die!"
High above the mountain range, three Void Refinement Cultivators were fleeing for their lives. Suddenly, the Blood Scale Man among them lowered the jade slip in his hand and issued a warning.
"How did you lead us?! Junior Sister Zhou, quickly check on Senior Brother Wang and the others!"
The Red-haired Old Man flying beside him immediately grew anxious upon hearing this. After rebuking him, he hurriedly turned to ask the only woman among the three.
"Alright, I'll cast the spell now!"
After speaking, the female cultivator slowed her escape slightly. Flipping her palm, she produced a compass and sent a magic art into it.
The compass's surface spun for a moment, and a layer of pale golden spiritual light soon emerged, forming a hemispherical light barrier above it.
Then, as the barrier trembled, several blood-red dots began appearing within it one after another.
The first to appear were the three blood dots at its center.
There was no doubt that they represented the Blood Scale Man and the other two.
Yet after several breaths, only four additional blood dots, clustered together, appeared within the barrier. The female cultivator's face immediately turned pale.
"How is this possible?! We only separated three days ago. How have Junior Brother Wei's and Junior Brother Song's groups both disappeared without a trace?!"
The Red-haired Old Man merely glanced at it before his face turned ashen. He said grimly.
"Could they have already fled beyond the Blood Sky Instrument's range? After all, we split up to flee. If—"
The Blood Scale Man said hesitantly.
However, before he could finish, the Red-haired Old Man rudely cut him off.
"Senior Brother Wang's group