Xirui sensed that something was wrong too and followed close behind, stepping onto the tip of a leaf.
She lightly touched down on the thin leaf with her toes. Though it seemed she wasn't using it for support, she stood perfectly steady.
"Brother Mu Qian, they're probably newcomers here for the assessment, just like us, right?"
"Maybe. They're too far away for me to tell." Mu Qian shook his head, intending to ignore them.
As long as they didn't interfere with them, other people could do whatever they wanted.
But things didn't seem to be going as he wished.
The distant aura of Soul Power suddenly began to move, as though the battle was drawing closer to where they were.
And Zhuqing was still absorbing her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. There was no way they could interrupt her anytime soon.
Although they could use Spiritual Power to conceal their auras, judging by the direction the others were heading, they were bound to run into them.
If she was caught in the fighting while absorbing a Spirit Ring, the damage would be almost irreversible!
So, no matter what, they couldn't let the battle disrupt Zhuqing's absorption of her third Spirit Ring.
"Who's so blind as to come this way?" An inexplicable fury rose in Mu Qian's heart, and a powerful killing intent began to surge through the air.
"Xirui, sorry for the trouble, but stay here and keep an eye on Zhuqing. I'll go take a look."
Before Mu Qian had even finished speaking, he had already disappeared into the air, leaving behind only a faint trace of Soul Power.
Xirui had wanted to follow him, but when she glanced back at Zhuqing, who was at a crucial point not far away, she gritted her teeth and ultimately obeyed Mu