"Brother Tian Ce, separate from us. If the opportunity presents itself, rescue my cousin and take her back. If you can't, choose a route back to Yuanling City and call for help." Ye Ziyu's thoughts raced, and she quickly came up with a plan.
"What about you?" Shu Tian Ce asked, his expression startled.
"Yang Feng is coming for me. Once he catches up, even if we stick together, there's nothing we can do." Ye Ziyu shook her head. "There's no time to waste. We need to split up now." She urged them on.
"Very well. Take care, you two. Brother Lu, make sure you look after Miss Ye." Shu Tian Ce didn't want to run away like a coward, but given the circumstances, there truly was no better option. Gritting his teeth, he plunged into the dense forest in another direction.
With grim expressions, Lu Xiaotian and Ye Ziyu fled for their lives.
"Big brother, what's going on? Looks like they've run into trouble." The green-clad woman, the old man with the bulbous red nose, and Yin Lixing—the three who had fled ahead—hadn't gotten far. In fact, Lu Xiaotian and the others seemed poised to overtake them.
"One of them's gone? We might be able to take advantage of that." A glimmer of hope lit Yin Lixing's eyes.
"Exactly. It'd be a real shame to let that bounty slip away." The old man with the bulbous red nose burped. "Seems the person who hired us had other backup too. Turning tail like this would make us a laughingstock."
"Looking to die!" Seeing Yin Lixing and the other two return and block their path, murderous intent flared in Lu Xiaotian's eyes. There was no time to waste. He immediately swallowed the essence of a Divine Void wood demon.
Before Yin