As he watched the tribulation clouds slowly disperse, Nanmen Wuji's furious face twisted.
Madam White Bone had played him for a fool!
She had never truly intended to undergo her tribulation here. She had merely put on a show to frighten him away, then used some unknown means to escape the range of his divine sense.
He flew to the spot where Madam White Bone had just been, but found nothing unusual. His expression shifted several times before he gave chase toward the sea.
With his speed, as long as she had not teleported straight to the Distant Sea, he could catch her!
Chen Lin used an Earth Escape Talisman to flee directly from underground into the seawater, then used a Water Escape Talisman to race through the water.
But he did not head toward the Distant Sea. Instead, he traveled west along the coastline. After using three Water Escape Talismans in succession and fleeing more than twenty li, he returned to land, then continued west through the deep mountains and ancient forests.
He feared Nanmen Wuji would catch him if he headed straight toward the Distant Sea, and he also feared accomplices might be waiting to intercept him on the water. He would rather waste a few talismans than risk keeping to the same direction.
Besides, the Prayer Cult's demonic cultivators used bizarre, unfathomable methods. Common sense could not be used to judge them. The more cautious he was, the better.
He did not know that these very maneuvers were what allowed him to escape Nanmen Wuji's pursuit.
Nanmen Wuji pursued them all the way to the edge of the Distant Sea Area, using his Innate Divine Ability throughout the journey. His divine sense covered a radius of a thousand zhang, leaving even the seabed unsearched nowhere.
Yet he