Dong Huaiyue's brows furrowed even deeper.
She hesitated as if she wanted to say something, but swallowed the words in the end.
Today's battle had shown her clearly just how wide the gap between herself and Qin Heng had become.
The current Qin Heng was no longer the immature youth who had walked out of Earth. Supported by two great treasures and his own foundational strength, even Kings could gain no advantage before him.
As for herself, Dong Huaiyue knew she could not kill a top-tier King alone. Even facing the Nether Serpent Old Ancestor one-on-one would be quite strenuous.
Meng Xing and Feng Qianxue had already used up their life-saving divine talismans. The Silver City Lord and Celestial Frost King were not invincible either. Of the five of them combined, only one Tears of Time God and the final Void Ember God Talisman counted as powerful measures. Everything else paled beside Qin Heng's supreme treasures.
In other words, the few of them... were all burdens.
Thinking of this, Dong Huaiyue nodded. "Fine, then we'll cultivate separately. You... be careful."
"Mm. Let's go. First, we'll head to the Ancient Teleportation Array." Qin Heng agreed and swiftly led them away from the scene. With a single shift, they crossed the shattered void, then teleported rapidly away from the Wind Sand Realm.
At the edge of the Wind Sand Realm stood sheer cliffs. As they drew near, gravity automatically rotated, turning the precipices into flat ground. Further ahead lay an endless expanse of earth, all formed from thick grayish-brown rock layers.
Before long, they arrived above the invisible Ancient Teleportation Array.
The surrounding ground was nothing but rock, appearing no different from anywhere else.
Qin Heng swept the area with his divine sense. Finding no other living beings nearby, he brought Meng