"Alas, I never expected that the five of us joining forces in pursuit would still let that sly Celestial Demon escape."
Chi Heng sighed, his aged face trembling.
"Forget it. Though the Celestial Demon escaped this time, we destroyed its physical body. It will likely have to lie dormant for quite some time. I fear the matters afterward will no longer require our concern."
Xuan Rou put her veil back on, and the black markings on her forehead reappeared. They turned out to be runes sealing some kind of power.
"Let us return to Tian Yuan Star first. We can discuss the Celestial Demon at length later." Six-Eared looked deeply frustrated. "That Celestial Demon truly seems blessed by the heavens. Once it hides, not a trace of its aura can be found."
Six-Eared looked toward the man in red cloth flying at the very front. "Hong Luo, what do you plan to do from here on?"
"From here on? Hahahahaha, what the hell is it to you!"
Hong Luo seemed to still bear a grudge over what the four of them had done. His words were utterly impolite. With a tremor of his body, the space ahead split open, and before long, he appeared above Heart Source City.
The others descended one after another.
Yet when they saw the wreckage and mangled corpses carpeting the ground, devastation stretching as far as the eye could see, every one of their expressions darkened and shifted.
"Who did this?!"
"Why are the five of you looking at me?"
"Last night, I was clearing out the Anti-Cult Faction remnants in City No. 26. By the time I arrived at Heart Source City, it was already like this. If I had not gone to great lengths to drive off the Celestial Demon, the