"Brother Shisan!" Zhao Yu, who had already plunged into the passageway and was just about to return, had barely reached the cave entrance when she heard a beast-like roar and a wild, ferocious wave of blood-qi surged from the mouth of the cave. Zhao Yu hurriedly blocked the strike, and Zhao Yuan—whose strength was far inferior to even Zhao Shisan—was sent sliding four or five zhang backward by the blow.
"What is going on?" Zhao Li flicked a large sleeve, sending a fierce, violent gale that scattered the residual blood-qi at the cave entrance.
"Brother Shisan is injured. That pair of man and woman didn't leave; instead, they waited until we had stragglers before striking to intercept and kill them," Zhao Yu said with an utterly solemn expression. "The opponent is guarding the cave entrance now, and we simply can't charge back out."
"Take turns attacking. No matter what, we have to pin down at least one of them and keep the enemy from going all out against Brother Shisan." Before Zhao Li's voice had even faded, he reached out and waved, sending a dozen thunder-fire pearls flying out of the cave.
Boom, boom, boom! A burst of lightning flashed at the cave entrance. Just as Zhao Li was about to use the explosion to charge out, he was blocked back once more.
That Zhao Shisan had escaped a dozen miles in one breath was already an extraordinary feat. Utilizing the cover of the terrain, coupled with the thick layer of ice and snow covering the surface, and burrowing deep enough into the ground, even Lu Xiaotian would have found it quite difficult to track Zhao Shisan without the tracking spirit-dog. Being able to escape a dozen miles in one breath and in an extremely short time was already a