Qinling the Great's divine clone showed astonishing resilience. A yellow glow radiated from it, and after flying some distance, it burrowed underground and vanished.
Lu Xiaotian furrowed his brow. Taking advantage of the moment, he raised a hand and recalled all the remaining puppet war statues, then quickly withdrew.
The gray spear shadow had appeared with eerie suddenness. The Sevenstar Shadow Sword let out a long cry, sensing that the vigorous vitality underground, which had been suppressed, was showing signs of revival. Even though it had begun to fuse, the Sevenstar Shadow Sword was still nowhere near a match for the gray-clothed woman who had appeared out of nowhere. However, now that it had united the strength of the Sevenstar Guards, its ability to survive had greatly improved. Sensing the vigorous vitality coming from underground, the Sevenstar Shadow Sword gave a tremor and plunged into the earth. Gray energy surged in after it, but the vigorous vitality that had begun to revive managed to impede it, buying the Sevenstar Shadow Sword a slim chance of survival.
Lu Xiaotian reacted in much the same way and burrowed underground. With his Huoyan body, traversing this place, where earth-elemental laws were everywhere, had originally been extremely difficult. But now that the Heart of the Earth Palace's earth-elemental laws had fused increasingly with the Earthflame Crystal Core, Lu Xiaotian could move freely underground. After all, the soil here had originally taken shape from the earth-elemental law power contained within the Heart of the Earth Palace. Traveling through the strata was no slower for Lu Xiaotian than moving aboveground. And as more of the Heart of the Earth Palace's laws and insights merged into the Earthflame Crystal Core inside him, his speed would continue to increase.
As he evaded his pursuer, the earth-elemental laws underground