The immortal army advanced in battle formation, but the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownia forest hindered them considerably. Once attacked, the trees opened passages that shifted between wide and narrow, straight and winding. After countless years of growth, the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownias had developed trunks of astonishing hardness, and ordinary immortal soldiers could scarcely damage them. They were also protected by the power of formations, so the tens of thousands of soldiers had no intention of staying behind to fight the trees to the death. With this opportunity, Lu Xiaotian had probably already escaped far away.
Even though the immortal army wanted to ignore the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownias, Futu apparitions kept materializing among the trees and attacking them. The generals directed the soldiers to destroy them one after another, but some still slipped through. Before long, the immortal army began to suffer casualties.
Lu Xiaotian watched from the sidelines, waiting for an opening. The immortal army had an overwhelming numerical advantage, so he did not dare risk being surrounded. But with the Silver-Leaf Buddhist Paulownias shielding him, he was not worried that Jin Shique or the other Golden Immortal-level expert would discover him directly. He had already identified the other Golden Immortal expert as the Palace Master of the Cold Chi Palace. Lu Xiaotian found it strange that the Palace Master had come with people from the Heavenly Punishment Palace. As far as he knew, the Cold Chi Palace and the Heavenly Punishment Palace had little reason to be involved with each other.
Strange or not, the Palace Master of the Cold Chi Palace had appeared, making him a serious threat. As for his relationship with Mu Xia, the Palace Master had once protected Lu Xiaotian when he was in the Jade Profound Heavenly Court. If the other man attacked now, that