For several months in a row, the entire team had spent their days in battles centered on ambushes. Cao Haihua's experience had won everyone's recognition. With this seasoned cultivator, Cao Haihua, directing them, Lu Xiaotian was happy to have fewer matters to handle. Still, no one dared overlook the existence of his fire-element Core Essence magical artifact. With Lu Xiaotian holding the fort, everyone in the team felt considerably more at ease. Moreover, Lu Xiaotian had no intention of competing with them for merit. After several months, each of them had gained a varying number of merit points.
These few merit points were not to be underestimated. They had only been fighting for a few months and had suffered no major losses. Besides that, they had all obtained quite a few spiritual items. The magical artifacts seized alone were worth no small number of Spirit Stones. Since everyone had benefited, especially because Lu Xiaotian had deliberately yielded to them, the atmosphere within the team had become far more harmonious than at the beginning. Even Qian Dali had behaved himself remarkably well during this time. Lu Xiaotian had been considering when to find a quiet place to cultivate the Divine Cleaving Secret Art. Most of the time, he was also deducing formations. With everyone present, he could not be bothered to concern himself with Qian Dali.
The team's morale was soaring as they prepared to head for a temporary camp where wounded foreign cultivators were recuperating. Suddenly, a white, beautiful figure streaked across the sky at an inconceivable speed. Her aura was extraordinarily powerful, though she seemed somewhat hurried.
"Hide!" With friend or foe still unclear, Cao Haihua's expression changed slightly as he barked in a low voice.
However, Wu Yan noticed that Lu Xiaotian's usually placid eyes suddenly erupted with