Lightning Thousand Flash was Qin Shaofeng's trump card.
In his eyes, this martial skill was even superior to the Ghost Three Slashes he had only just acquired. He would not casually expose it before others.
He flashed forward every few steps.
He was afraid Ximen Li might spot something amiss.
Likewise, using Lightning Thousand Flash too often consumed far too much of his strength.
So he advanced in a pattern of walking and flashing.
After a full half hour, he had only covered a small stretch of that immensely long passage.
Ximen Li should have set out by now. My speed is still far too lacking. Faster, faster! Qin Shaofeng muttered to himself inwardly.
His pace did indeed quicken considerably, but he no longer used Lightning Thousand Flash.
He even withdrew the Lightning Power around his body.
With the cultivation of a Sixth Grade Earth Star Position, no matter how fast he fled, his speed was absolutely nothing worth mentioning to a Heavenly Venerate Realm expert.
Only a stick of incense's time passed.
Just as Qin Shaofeng reckoned he still had a third of the way to go before reaching the stone door, a Black Wind suddenly swept toward him from behind.
He only felt a tremendous force strike his lower back, lifting his entire body into the air.
"Senior Ximen Li?"
Qin Shaofeng cried out in alarm and hurriedly turned to look behind him. Only after failing to spot the dried corpse did he hastily ask, "That dried corpse didn't chase after us, did it?"
"Hard to say. Before I came out, I shut the doors there, but the dried corpse's impacts made them shudder again and again. Even fragments of stone were falling from the doorframe. I fear they won't hold for long," Ximen Li said, his voice