Ji Mingtian turned to look behind him and discovered that Kou Yonghou had left, his eyelids lowering slightly despite himself.
Ji Mingtian truly had planned to have Kou Yonghou cover the rear. After seizing enough Status Rank Fragments, he would burst out with speed and leave first, and Kou Yonghou would naturally have to face Yu Yijing's wrath.
In that situation, Kou Yonghou naturally couldn't just sit and wait for death. Whether he resisted or fled somewhere else, either would buy Ji Mingtian some time.
And with that time, it would be enough for Ji Mingtian to refine a portion of the Status Rank Fragments, thereby smoothly breaking through to Realm Lord Peak.
At that time, with both of them at Realm Lord Peak, Ji Mingtian might still be inferior to Yu Yijing, but the gap would not be too severe. Ji Mingtian was confident he could retreat intact.
This was what Ji Mingtian had been planning just now, but the speed of that Realm Lord Mid Stage junior had disrupted his plan, forcing him to reveal his own speed ahead of time.
Such speed had somewhat startled Kou Yonghou, who was also at Realm Lord Late Stage. With just a little thought, Kou Yonghou knew he could not keep following, or in the end, he would inevitably face nine deaths and one life.
Ji Mingtian turned back and looked at the junior ahead.
Now that Kou Yonghou, the one meant to cover the rear, was gone, the choices before Ji Mingtian suddenly became fewer.
Either he decisively left like Kou Yonghou to avoid being caught by Yu Yijing and ending up dead with Dao Dissipation, or he used the fastest speed possible to intercept and kill the junior ahead.
Ji Mingtian sensed the movements in the Earth God Realm