Encirclement and Pursuit

Trapped within the Immortal Prison, Qi Fenglei had felt nothing beyond several bouts of shaking and had no idea what was happening outside.

Just as doubts filled his mind, the Daoist surnamed Leng suddenly appeared and hurriedly opened the restriction on his prison cell, intending to take him somewhere unknown.

This shocking change greatly alarmed Qi Fenglei, and he could not help wondering whether those who had harmed him had run out of patience or found a way to break his Primordial Spirit Restriction.

Combined with the earlier commotion and the panic on Daoist Leng's face, Qi Fenglei realized that this was his only chance to escape alive.

Thus, at the instant Daoist Leng opened the cell and reached for him, Qi Fenglei unleashed the Vast Righteous Sword Intent he had secretly nurtured for ten years, catching the man off guard and destroying Daoist Leng's primordial spirit.

Afterward, he obtained the command talisman that unlocked his shackles from Daoist Leng's corpse and escaped the Immortal Prison.

Yet the moment he emerged, the sight before him gave him a fright.

Qingyun Temple looked as if it had suffered a great calamity. Flames and screams filled every corner, while countless gray-white ghostly shadows darted between the buildings, turning the place into a realm of ghosts.

"What exactly happened?!"

After his initial shock, Qi Fenglei could not help feeling delighted, for this was the perfect opportunity to escape amid the chaos.

His magic power was severely depleted, and fearing that he would draw the ghostly shadows over, he did not dare fly. He could only conceal his aura and run along the ground.

However, he did not know that Outer Realm Sky Demons did not locate their prey by sensing mana auras, but by sensing fluctuations of the primordial spirit.

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