Very soon.
Having sensed that something was wrong, Yaokong and Qingya hurried back. Yet upon returning, they discovered that Profound Venerable Wanling's aura had vanished. The two were utterly shocked and rushed into the depths of Lingxu Valley.
The sight that met them left them dumbfounded.
"Gone?"
"How did it disappear?"
"That's impossible! There wasn't the slightest disturbance. How could Profound Venerable Wanling have vanished?"
"And that Black Mist... it's gone too?"
"What exactly happened?"
The two of them could not fathom it no matter how hard they thought.
Yet they did not notice in the slightest that Li Yun's consciousness had silently slipped into Yaokong Profound Venerable's Immortal Gate as well. Using Yaokong Profound Venerable as a foothold once more, he investigated that cloud of Black Mist, only to be left equally stunned.
"No way?"
"Surely not?"
"That mysterious being actually slipped away like this too?"
"I thought I was cautious enough, but he was even more cautious than I was?"
Li Yun did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Yet inwardly, he did not dare underestimate that mysterious Black Mist in the least.
He had used Limitless Qi to annihilate a wisp of the Black Mist's tentacle. It had looked effortless, but in truth, he had already realized that the other party's Black Mist was inexhaustible. If it erupted in full, even his current Limitless Qi might not be able to annihilate it completely.
Such a formidable existence, with its background still unknown.
Before he truly unified the Immortal Scar Realm, he felt it would be best not to provoke it.
He simply had not expected the other party to slip away as well.
Still, that was fine. It spared them a head-on clash.
At once, he withdrew his consciousness. Without alerting Yaokong or Qingya, he quietly