"Ugh!"
"Hmph!"
Two muffled grunts came from ahead in succession.
Those two rather disheveled figures were Que Hei and Dun Tian, who had been trying to escape.
Only then did Di Yue and Chi Lun see clearly that, at some point, a tall figure had appeared before the passageway, standing there and blocking anyone from leaving.
There was no need for much speculation. Di Yue and Chi Lun must have been trying to avoid Qionggang.
Although Di Yue and Chi Lun had no idea why Qionggang was acting so strangely, actually coming out to intercept them and refusing to let them leave.
After all, when Qionggang had been breaking through, Di Yue and Chi Lun had both been trapped by Chaos True Lord and knew nothing of what had happened afterward.
They knew even less that Qionggang and Que Hei and Dun Tian had now become mortal enemies.
That was because Que Hei and Dun Tian had obstructed Qionggang's path to breakthrough.
To cultivators, that was a grudge more hateful than the murder of one's father.
However, although Di Yue and Chi Lun did not know what had happened between them,
the situation now forced them to go help Que Hei and Dun Tian.
After all, Que Hei had rescued them only a short while ago.
Even if he had freed them with ulterior motives,
the fact that he had saved them was indisputable, and that alone was enough.
After all, they had been trapped by Chaos True Lord, and rescuing them had been no easy matter.
Fortunately, Chaos True Lord clearly no longer had the time to concern himself with them.
Otherwise, given only what Que Hei and Dun Tian had done, Chaos True Lord would have been more than capable of killing them.
Therefore, although Di Yue did