The woman was somewhat surprised to see that Chen Lin had not returned to the Tribulation Platform, but had instead broken through space and left.
"He certainly is cautious."
She chuckled, then lightly pointed a finger.
Space within a radius of a hundred thousand feet instantly grew sluggish. All the cultivators became incredibly slow, yet none noticed anything amiss.
Only then did the woman rise unhurriedly into the air.
She slipped into the void at the spot where Chen Lin had vanished.
Soon, however, she emerged from the void and flew toward the city center with a frustrated expression.
As she left, the sluggishness in space disappeared, and all the cultivators returned to normal.
At the highest point in Yeguang City, inside the Palace atop the Main Peak.
"What, did he get away?"
The Golden-Robed Man rested both hands on an enormous sphere, his eyes gleaming gold as he stared into it. Sensing that the woman had returned alone, he asked in surprise.
"That fellow was far too sharp. He fled without pausing for even a moment. I didn't even have time to cast the Space-Locking Art."
"Oh?"
The Golden-Robed Man withdrew his gaze from the sphere and turned to the woman, intense interest rising in his eyes.
"A cultivator who had only just entered the Great Vehicle Stage managed to escape even your Space-Locking Art? That seems unlikely. What method did he use?"
"I don't know. I didn't see exactly what happened, but there were fluctuations of nightmare qi. He probably fled into the Nightmare Realm."
The woman grew even more frustrated.
Whatever else might be said, she was a True-Realm Expert. Letting a junior who had not even reached the Void Realm escape right under her nose would probably make her a laughingstock if word got out.
"If