In the brief moment after the battle began.
Passerby A had already retreated hundreds of miles while fighting with Ling'er in tow, finally wearing down the Ghost Corpse King's patience.
The other two Ghost Corpse Kings also quickly rushed onto the battlefield.
The ordinary Ghost Corpse Kings, who had previously been of little use, instead took over their duties, flying into the sky to begin monitoring the entire city.
With Passerby A finally free to act without restraint, the battle immediately became even more difficult.
Under the unceasing pursuit, encirclement, and interception.
If Passerby A had been alone, he would not have found it particularly troublesome.
But with Ling'er in tow, just as he himself had said, the difficulty had truly increased enormously.
The battle situation grew increasingly dire.
Yet Qin Shaofeng was not too worried about him.
Passerby A had risen from complete obscurity, clinging to one powerful patron after another as he cultivated his way to his current level.
He clearly possessed no shortage of intelligence, quick wits, and life-saving means.
If he truly encountered a situation beyond remedy.
Qin Shaofeng believed that he would abandon Ling'er at the first opportunity.
He had only just thought of this.
When the distant battle changed once more.
The mechanical constructs that should only have been responsible for preventing the Ghost Corpse Race from invading inland suddenly charged over together.
The Heavenly Void Worm responsible for observing that area swiftly moved closer as well.
Only then did it discover.
That atop the heads of several of the lagging mechanical constructs stood human figures.
There were not many of them, merely three.
Yet every one of those three was unexpectedly a half-step Heavenly Dao expert.
And that was merely what the Heavenly Void Worm had observed.
As for the true level of