Lin Qi only felt waves of enormous recoil surging into him, leaving his arms weak and his chest slightly stifled. He could not help staring at Lord Autumn Wind in shock. This fellow's true body was so terrifyingly powerful—during the Primordial Divine War, he had definitely been a powerhouse on the level of an Imperial Lord!
"No one can imprison me! Not even that fool, the God of Retribution!" Lord Autumn Wind roared furiously. Then his avatar shot into the air and swiftly plunged into the enormous mouthparts of his true body. A muffled boom rang out. The two smallest crab legs on Lord Autumn Wind's true body suddenly exploded, blasting the spatial chains Lin Qi had created apart inch by inch and shattering the blazing cross into nothing.
"Go! This brat is hard to deal with. We'll have to think of another way!" Lord Autumn Wind's true body compressed once more, shrinking to a radius of roughly half a mile. He shot Lin Qi a venomous glance, then spat out a stream of bright molten metal that swept up Lord Cloud Nether and the others before ripping open the void and fleeing without a trace.
Lin Qi hesitated. He had wanted to pursue them, but in the end, he did not. He merely had Hell and the others help him leave another mental imprint on each of Lord Autumn Wind's group. As long as he could find Lord Autumn Wind's lair and locate the Second Sea God Temple, Lin Qi believed he could subdue the Second Sea God Temple. At that point, Lord Autumn Wind and his men would become his own strength. There was no need to weaken his future fighting force now.
Watching the spatial rift in the air gradually close, Lin Qi flicked his sleeve and