Walking Another's Path

Inside the passage, the destructive energy fluctuation that seemed capable of tearing apart heaven and earth gradually subsided like a receding tide. The violent airflow slowly drew in, and the raging energy turbulence turned into wisps of light that gradually dispersed through the air. The passage walls, which had been trembling incessantly, finally stopped humming, leaving only faint aftershocks gently echoing through the void.

Lin Ming stood cross-legged, his eyes shut. A wisp of Spiritual Strength extended from between his brows like a thread scouting the way, carefully sensing the changes around him.

The soul-chilling suction force that had tightly locked onto everyone and nearly dragged out their souls had now weakened to the extreme, like a candle in the wind, about to vanish completely.

After confirming it, he slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi and opened his eyes. A flash of bright light flickered through them like a meteor cutting through the night, carrying both the clarity of surviving a disaster and a hidden sharpness.

"Let's go. Back."

Lin Ming's voice was not loud, yet it carried unquestionable authority. The concise words echoed faintly through the empty passage.

Before his words had even faded, he had already turned around first. His robes snapped in the airflow as his figure became a blurred afterimage, speeding back the way they had come.

Although the members of Lin Ming's Five Elements Sect were still shaken, their hearts pounding uncontrollably in their chests, with the apocalyptic energy fluctuation from earlier lingering like a nightmare in their minds, they did not hesitate in the slightest at Lin Ming's command.

They exchanged glances, seeing the relief of having survived calamity in one another's eyes. Then they immediately gathered their Dou Qi and followed closely after Lin Ming.

When the group rushed out of the