Fu Lianyue and Lou Yikong were both descendants of powerful figures in the Celestial Court, so they naturally had no shortage of defensive measures. However, those measures did not come from their own strength and would eventually run out. They had yet to even catch sight of the Law Mirror Immortal Tree, and already they had expended too much of their strength. Whether they could return safely to the Yu Xuan Celestial Court later was a very big question mark.
Even if Lou Yikong had his reasons, the five of them were one unit. When he left an opening, the others had to expend more effort to save him. Unless he corrected this flaw, sooner or later it would cause problems for the whole team.
The Wen Tingfeng siblings present also had considerable standing in the Yu Xuan Celestial Court, though they were a little less influential than Lou Yikong and Fu Lianyue. At that moment, Fu Lianyue was the only one who could openly rebuke Lou Yikong.
"I understand. Many thanks to the Eastern Pill Sage for saving me." Lou Yikong gasped for breath. That last strike hadn't been enough to put him in immediate danger, but using up his reserves to deal with an attack of that level was truly a poor trade. Once he'd collected himself, Lou Yikong realized how rash he'd been, though he still felt deeply unhappy.
"Be more careful from now on." Lu Xiaotian's divine sense stirred, and his Soul Essence flying sword released more than a dozen streaks of Sword Qi, slaying the dozens of remaining vine-armored demon apes.
The sounds of fighting in the distance grew clearer. Four people, besieged by a large group of vine-armored demon apes and giant serpents, were retreating this way. It seemed they'd realized that immortals trapped