At that moment, no one was more surprised than Master Duo. When the spirit vine detected the Flower Demon Clan members rapidly approaching from this direction, Master Duo's heart sank, and he thought, I'm done for.
He had already played all his trump cards. Forget Ma Ying—even any one of Ma Ying's subordinates could kill him ten times over with ease.
What was more, the spirit vine had also detected an even more powerful ally among Ma Ying's group. This ally was definitely no weaker than Ma Ying.
The moment he realized the Flower Demon Clan was closing in, Master Duo had truly despaired of everything. He no longer had any thought of resisting and was completely resigned to his fate. Struggling would be useless; he had no trump cards left to play. He was even considering whether he should take his own life, self-destructing like Yun Tu. That way, the enemy wouldn't uncover his identity and bring trouble upon his clan, relatives, and friends.
It was no wonder Master Duo was so desperate. He had used a purification secret art to remove the enemy's Flower Demon elements, then expended the last of his spiritual power to perform the Ground Traveling Technique.
He had thought he had at least a seventy- or eighty-percent chance of escaping them. Even if they searched by spreading out in all directions, it would take them at least half a day to find his location with their limited manpower. That was a conservative estimate.
With half a day to recover, Master Duo reckoned he could regain at least one or two tenths of his spiritual power and perform the Ground Traveling Technique twice in a row.
By then, several consecutive uses of the Ground Traveling Technique would carry him at least two hundred li away.