Radiant light flowed, and Zhao Qi's figure suddenly stalled before vanishing without a trace.
Outside the main gate, the Sea of Clouds remained unchanged.
There was no one outside. Zhao Qi, who had stepped forward earlier, had already disappeared to who knew where. Everyone present looked grim, especially Hao Ming, the garrison commander. His cultivation was the weakest among them, and his strength was not even comparable to the Puppet that had gone ahead to scout the way. If they truly encountered an accident, he would certainly be the first to die.
His only support was his identity as an Immortal Court garrison commander.
But Hao Ming himself knew best how much substance that identity actually held. If he truly had backing in the Immortal Court, he would never have been assigned to Exterminating Evil Island to serve as a garrison commander in name only.
"This way."
Chen Luo sensed Zhao Qi's location, then turned and headed toward the center of the market. He had seen the probing process more clearly than anyone else. Zhao Qi's brains were still on him, so how could he fail to understand?
This so-called market exit had become an illusion from the moment the Tribulation Qi descended.
The spatial structure of the entire market had been altered by a higher level power. What appeared to be an exit was actually a dead end. According to Chen Luo's calculations, this involved power at the Wisdom Illumination level of the Third Step of the Immortal Soul. Only experts at the Great Immortal level could force their way out. He understood the logic, but his realm was still half a step short.
The difference of one step made them So Close, Yet So Far.
The farther one walked along the Immortal Dao, the greater the gap became.