Hun Bugui chattered nonstop the whole way, especially as he looked at Shi Xiu and sighed.
How had he ended up saddled with such a burden?
"From now on, can you just listen to me and stop doing whatever you want?"
He sighed again, still uneasy, and glanced behind them. Xia Wuyou and the others were secretly following in that direction to protect them. Unless they ran into Jiu You or Di Liuxin and the others from the Heavenly Dao Sect, they should be safe enough.
But of course, the moment he feared it, it came to pass. They had barely entered the Eastern Territory of the Central Continent, less than a hundred miles in, when a series of violent disturbances erupted without pause.
Up ahead, a hundred or so cultivators from Yanluo Hall were being slaughtered by the Heavenly Dao Sect, fleeing with their helmets and armor abandoned.
The reason was simple enough: three junior elders had joined the Heavenly Dao Sect's group.
This was the sort of thing that could really get them killed.
Hun Bugui grabbed Shi Xiu and turned to leave, but some genius inside Yanluo Hall suddenly shouted.
"The Hall Master is here!"
You bastard! You never think of me when something good happens, so why shout for me when it's a matter of life and death?
Hun Bugui ground his teeth in fury. He wanted to leave, but it was already too late.
If the Yanluo Hall cultivators could spot him, then those three junior elders certainly could.
They had already caught up while he was turning to leave, and now the two of them were surrounded.
Without a word, the three junior elders summoned their Dharma Forms and attacked. They didn't even bother with an opening.
Hun Bugui and Shi Xiu had only