In Elder Qingji's eyes, Iron Bone Elder was far too spineless. The moment he discovered that Feng Jun could counter Void True Intent, he could not even be bothered to keep up appearances and simply fled. After running for a while and seeing that Feng Jun had not caught up again, he circled back.
Once he realized that Feng Jun had left, he immediately contacted the Sky-Piercing Vine and asked it to join him against the enemy.
However, the Sky-Piercing Vine was currently in a somewhat delirious state. Upon discovering the Jade Spore Skyworm, it immediately fled.
Iron Bone also realized that Feng Jun had probably gone to replenish his losses—the two pillars of light had been extraordinarily powerful, and their consumption could not have been small.
However, he assumed that fellow had gone to the real-world plane. He knew very well that time passed a little faster in the Void, so, shrouded in a pink halo, he negotiated a truce with Yi Jue.
What was excessive was that he had never truly intended to stop—Iron Bone had never been one to seek peace. He wanted Yi Jue to attack and expend her spiritual energy, creating an opportunity to kill her in return.
Yi Jue did not respond to him, nor did she attack lightly. Seeing this, Iron Bone tried another tactic, wildly hurling insults at True Immortal Yi Jue. In the end, he even cursed Qingji, all in the hope of provoking them into attacking and consuming spiritual energy.
The three of them thus entered a stalemate. Basically, none of them was willing to expend spiritual energy, and they merely waited for Feng Jun to reappear.
Yi Jue and Qingji shared the same view. With Feng Jun present, the two of them could attack without sparing spiritual energy, since