"The Divine Punishment Department's main force has arrived nearby."
Just as Li LInfeng received the Divine Punishment Department's new orders, Qin He sensed danger closing in as well. He could not help but sneer softly, though coldness flickered from his fingertips.
He had strung Li LInfeng along earlier partly to buy time for Da Yajin and the others, and partly to probe the Divine Court's tracking methods.
But now that they were closing in from all sides, he no longer dared to underestimate them.
The escape light beneath his feet surged. Qin He no longer concealed his speed and sped southwest. Half an hour later, the roar of rushing water crashed into his ears.
He had arrived at an estuary where three rivers converged. Muddy yellow, inky green, and clear blue currents met here, waves battering the Black Stone along the shore and throwing up sprays several yards high.
Water vapor hung in the air, forming a hazy mist that naturally obscured detection.
Qin He landed on a jutting reef, his black robe soaked by the vapor and plastered against his back. With a tap of his fingertip, three black demonic runes instantly seeped into the cracks of the stone. Then he turned and stepped into the current.
"Splash!"
The instant the water exploded, three figures identical to him split away from his body.
Demonic Essence surged around the clones, their auras utterly indistinguishable from that of the original.
"Go," Qin He said in a low voice.
The three figures sank beneath the water at once, darting toward the upper reaches of the three rivers respectively.
Demonic Essence churned violently underwater, stirring black whirlpools through all three currents. At the centers of those whirlpools, the paths of three water escapes could be clearly seen, shooting rapidly in different directions.
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