Hua Qi supported Lin Heng as the two of them retreated southwest along the border of the Northern Domain.
"Huahua... fly slower... I'm getting... jostled..."
"(*｀ー′) Shut up. If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll throw you down."
Hua Qi's face was still deathly pale. She had expended too much Divine Source, and even maintaining flight was becoming difficult.
If that damn show-off hadn't insisted on showing off, wouldn't it have been over if they had acted sooner?
After flying for about half a day, Hua Qi truly could not hold on any longer and landed atop a low mountain.
She plopped down on a rock, panting heavily.
Lin Heng was set down beside her, sprawled on the ground like a sun-dried salted fish.
"Can you stop being so impulsive next time?"
"We should have directly retreated into the Small World, bided our time to avoid the danger, then looked for a chance to strike!"
"(?′O`?) Wasn't I afraid of startling the snake in the grass? I wanted to pry out more information..."
"Pah! Without me, you'd obediently be a sacrifice!"
After resting for a while, they barely recovered some of their strength.
Hua Qi hoisted him up again and continued onward.
While flying, Hua Qi suddenly spoke.
"Lin Heng, when I fought that old immortal master earlier, there was something I kept thinking about but couldn't figure out."
"Hm?"
"That gray stuff covering him—you said it was Calamity, right?"
"More or less. Bone-Eroding Ash Breath, refined from Calamity."
Hua Qi pondered for a moment. "Calamity does not infect Human Path cultivators. You verified that before. Those of the Martial Path belong to the Human Path, so they won't be infected."
"Right."
"Then I have a question."
Hua Qi turned to look at him. "You previously analyzed that the old immortal