One Step to Heaven!
Xu Xiaoshou took one step and flashed out of the Unforgiven Hall ruins.
Fortunately, he met no obstruction this time. Unlike last time, when some madman had blocked the maze passage and, the moment he landed, split the gate and sealed himself as a Saint without a word of disagreement.
"Calm down. I need to sort out the situation!"
The battle had undergone an earth-shaking turn in a direction Xu Xiaoshou had never anticipated.
Leaving the Unforgiven Hall and returning within the maze walls of the First Hall of Sin, Xu Xiaoshou watched Rao Yaoyao in the distance endure the Saint Tribulation as she chased Frost Lord like a rabid dog, hacking at him. Fire and lightning trailed in her wake as she blasted through obstacle after obstacle in the First Hall of Sin before finally vanishing beyond the horizon. A chill ran down Xu Xiaoshou's spine.
This was insane! When had Rao Yaoyao become like this? She was truly like a lunatic! Yet he had to admit that this fighting style suited her perfectly as a Sword Immortal... no, perhaps before long, she ought to be called a Sword Saint—Xu Xiaoshou did not believe for a moment that this Rao woman would fail in her Saint Ascension.
"She isn't the key right now. I need to sort through everything that happened in the Unforgiven Hall and see whether I missed any details."
Xu Xiaoshou forcefully reeled in his thoughts and focused on himself.
While vanished, he had successfully gone from a peripheral figure in the battle to an irrelevant bystander, escaping everyone's attention. But that did not mean he was safe.
What if he had missed a step, and Frost Lord and Rao Yaoyao turned around to target him?
"First, I need to negotiate with