Even so, if his losses this time were severe, he could forget about the Household continuing to support him unconditionally as it had before. After all, though the Yuan Household was large, with such an extensive family business, it could not possibly focus everything on him alone.
The several ghost-faced men in black behind him were far too formidable. Staying here to fight them head-on was dangerously reckless, and he was temporarily unable to control the headless corpses.
Yuan Jing's thoughts raced. Of the two evils, he chose the lesser. For now, staying alive was the priority.
A mass of yellowish-gold energy drifted out of the Dry Earth Token like a cloud. It arrived beneath Yuan Jing's feet, carrying him and Muye Yiren away at astonishing speed.
Just then, two powerful auras surged into the sky from due west and due east.
"Two more Nascent Soul Cultivators!" Yuchi Yu cried out in alarm. The scene before her was already sufficiently grand, far beyond anything she had imagined before coming here. She had not expected this killing trap to have yet reached its end; two more powerful figures had arrived to disrupt it. She simply did not know which forces they belonged to. Apparently, they had all come for Yuan Jing.
"Could the rare treasure Yuan Jing carries really allow a Nascent Soul Cultivator to advance to Spirit Transformation? Otherwise, how could it attract so many people to pursue him at the risk of their lives?"
Lu Xiaotian could not help speculating inwardly. Otherwise, why had Yuchi Yu insisted on choosing one or two treasures first?
"Follow them, but don't get too close. Regardless of the others' purposes, we only need to take the spiritual item from Yuan Jing." Lu Xiaotian spoke in a deep voice.
"Good!" Yuchi Yu nodded. The