The scene shifted beneath the moonlight.
Three streaks of light, swift as meteors, chased one another across the night sky.
At first, Wei Jie had figured the two little nobodies had wandered into his secret base on Full Moon Night. With his early Immortal King cultivation, he could deal with them in no time, then head back and have a few more rounds with Ironclad Shell.
But the longer he chased them, the more something felt off...
The two were clearly more powerful than he was. No matter how fast he flew, he just couldn't catch up.
And they didn't seem to be trying to lose him, either. They kept just within reach, making him feel as though he was about to catch them at any moment.
"Could this be a ploy to lure me away from my post?!"
Wei Jie didn't panic or lose his head. He kept up his steady pursuit, his mind racing as he considered the possibilities.
If they had come for the Blood Slaves he'd been making, there'd be no need to go to such lengths to draw him out. They could simply bring a band of righteous cultivators charging into the pocket dimension to exterminate evil, then bask in the flowers and applause afterward.
But now, despite clearly being more powerful than him, they'd gone to great lengths to lure him out.
That proved they weren't after fame, nor did they want to make a big scene. In other words, whatever they wanted, the fewer people who knew about it, the better. The more people who found out, the more dangerous it would be for him.
"The Supreme Heavenly Book!!"
Wei Jie's pupils suddenly contracted.
If there was anything he owned worth going to such lengths to lure him away for—and that fit the