Although Xu Yi was so excited inside he could have exploded, his expression remained perfectly calm. He leisurely followed the others out of the cavern. By then, the eastern sky had already begun to pale. Sure enough, the waning moon had silently vanished after he activated the singularity.
"Everyone, give it your all! Move out!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Wu Fazhu shot forward like an arrow, speeding straight east. He kept his pace perfectly controlled, maintaining the maximum speed a Third Realm Human Immortal could reach.
As they traveled, Wu Fazhu had everyone give brief introductions, then temporarily organized them into five squads, appointing a Fifth Realm cultivator to lead each. Xu Yi was assigned to the sixth squad, led by a refined-looking cultivator named Fan Zhenyong.
At Wu Fazhu's command, each squad formed the widely used Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation, ready to face an enemy at any moment.
The formation advanced steadily. In the blink of an eye, they had covered more than three thousand li. The journey had been calm, with no danger in sight, and everyone's taut nerves began to relax a little.
When they had finally pushed five thousand li forward, strange beasts began appearing here and there. But there were only a few, hardly anything to worry about. Before Wu Fazhu even had to give an order, eager cultivators rushed to claim the credit and quickly dealt with them.
At that moment, everyone realized how terrifyingly powerful they were when gathered together. They no longer needed to act as cautiously as they had when moving alone. Even if they encountered a gathering of hundreds of blue-grade strange beasts, their combined strength could easily crush them.
And so, everyone relaxed even more.
They continued on for another two thousand li in