With Mantra Bodhisattva and Green Lion Arhat fleeing and Icebend Ghost Monk falling, most of the Skeleton Buddha Army that had originally served the Buddha of Annihilated Heart was now leaderless. Powerful figures like Merging Essence Demon Monk and Jade-Bone Moxie cut them off one after another, slaughtering them until their ranks crumbled.
Even the Buddha of Annihilated Heart's phantom could only watch helplessly as the situation deteriorated before it completely dissipated. Countless years of painstaking effort had been destroyed in an instant. The Buddha of Annihilated Heart's hatred went without saying.
"Immortal Lord, should we keep searching for Eastern Pill Saint, or go after them—the Buddha of Annihilated Heart and the others?" Merging Essence Demon Monk asked.
"What you really want to ask is when we're going back, isn't it?" Immortal Lord Shijing glanced at him. Merging Essence Demon Monk was exceptionally powerful, second only to him among those present.
The other man had surely sensed the astonishing aura within the vortex. Even an Immortal Lord might not be able to do as he pleased after entering it; finding someone inside would be no easier than searching for a needle in the ocean.
And thanks to the inheritance pill furnace, Lu Xiaotian was clearly far more at home in the vortex.
They had been unable to trap Lu Xiaotian completely even within the formation. Even if they got lucky and managed to stop him inside the vortex, the chances of killing him would still be pitifully small.
As for pursuing the Nine-Turn Dragon Seal Dharma King and the Buddha of Annihilated Heart, their current numbers would give them no advantage at all.
They had little advantage in either of their options. Merging Essence Demon Monk was suggesting they either return or search for treasures in this region on their