An hour later, Lu Hao poked his head out from underground. He could no longer sense any energy eruptions outside.
Wu Chuan had probably lured the enemies away. As for whether the others had survived, that depended on their own abilities.
Lu Hao activated Stealth and headed in the opposite direction from which the Rank 9 Earth Cave martial artists had attacked.
He did not fly along the way. Being airborne would make him far too conspicuous.
Instead, he traveled along the ground using his physical strength.
Before long, Lu Hao spotted the passage entrance through the trees. Earlier, he had fled toward the direction the Earth Cave martial artists had come from.
Seeing the passage entrance now meant he was heading the right way. If he kept going in this direction, he would definitely find the Rank 9 royal city.
Just as Lu Hao was about to step out of the woods, he sensed a sweep of mental power approaching.
Lu Hao held his breath. A mental-power scan covering such a vast area had to belong to a high-ranked martial artist, but he relaxed a moment later.
Stealth concealed him, and he was still in the woods, so even the Rank 9 martial artist opposite him would not discover him. When the mental power reached Lu Hao, it passed straight through him as though he were air.
Soon, Lu Hao watched the mental power spread toward the passage ahead.
It seemed a Rank 9 Earth Cave martial artist was heading toward the passage, casually releasing his mental power along the way to see if he could find anything. Once the Rank 9 martial artist's mental power passed, Lu Hao immediately backed away. He would make a wide detour before heading to the royal city.
After all, even if mental