High in the sky, Ye Zhen clung tightly to Bai Zizai's trail, his figure swaying continuously as Bai Zizai veered east, then south.
After Ming Tang's body had been destroyed this time and he had fled in panic, he had not vanished without a trace as he had last time. Bai Zizai could still vaguely sense Ming Tang's location through the Soul Imprint within the Crimson Flame Departing Light Banner.
According to Bai Zizai, Ming Tang was not too far from them, roughly several tens of thousands of miles away. However, his movements were somewhat erratic, requiring constant sensing.
"He turned north again!"
Bai Zizai opened his eyes, abruptly pointed in a direction, and took the lead in flying south.
"Elder Bai, what do you think that bastard Ming Tang is doing, constantly changing directions—east, south, north? Did he discover we were tracking him and start doing it deliberately, or what?" Ye Zhen spat viciously.
Bai Zizai fell silent. "Ye Zhen, do you remember the circumstances when Ming Tang escaped? Think carefully about them, especially the sequence in which he fled and detonated the Earth Core Nightmare Pearl!"
"The circumstances of his escape? The sequence?"
Ye Zhen's expression shifted. "Ming Tang first activated a rather large golden talisman, then detonated the Earth Core Nightmare Pearl..."
"Elder Bai, you mean that, in Ming Tang's eyes, the few of us should all be dead by now, right?" Ye Zhen asked.
Bai Zizai nodded. "Exactly. Although Zhu Hong used his innate divine ability in time and swallowed the Earth Core Nightmare Pearl, Ming Tang had already vanished before Zhu Hong unleashed that innate divine ability."
"Since Ming Tang thinks we're already dead, what is he doing darting east and west right now?"
Ye Zhen and Bai Zizai suddenly looked at each other, then