Nascent Soul cultivators could travel at astonishing speeds when their Nascent Souls left their bodies—so fast they could visit the Northern Sea at dawn and Mount Cangwu by dusk.
Their bodies were indeed slower in flight, but not by much.
In the blink of an eye, Steward Lai was almost out of Myriad Insect City.
However, Lu Bai had been keeping part of his divine sense trained on Steward Lai, who was waiting atop Immortal Gu Pavilion.
There was no way he would let him leave so easily.
Without even looking in the direction Steward Lai was fleeing, Lu Bai casually raised a hand and made a sweeping gesture.
Vast Mana surged forth. Even the tiny fraction that spilled out made the cultivators present struggle to breathe.
As for Steward Lai, who had already flown beyond the bounds of Myriad Insect City, he had not even had time to relax before he felt himself enveloped by boundless, surging Mana.
The terrifying force dragging him left him utterly unable to resist.
No matter how much Mana he summoned, he could do nothing to change the fact that he was hurtling backward.
Bang!
The roof of Immortal Gu Pavilion was smashed open again. Like a meteor, Steward Lai crashed down right in front of Lu Bai.
He looked utterly disheveled, with none of the dignity one expected from a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Seeing this, the surrounding cultivators stared in horror and instinctively backed away, clearing an open space around Lu Bai.
After all, they were guests at Immortal Gu Pavilion, and many of them knew Steward Lai. They knew he was a veteran Nascent Soul powerhouse.
Yet this veteran Nascent Soul cultivator was no different from Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivators in front of Lu Bai.
He had escaped so far,