At that moment, Tian Ziqing, Cao Feiyun, Li Fusheng, and Hong Li flew up with the others. The four Ascension Stage Cultivators were relatively alright, though they looked somewhat disheveled. Three early Spirit Cultivation Stage Cultivators were missing, while the rest were all injured, including Gongsun Chang and Shan Yuncheng.
The Cultivators below the Dao Integration Stage had suffered grievous casualties. Tian Ziqing glanced over them, her face seeming to be veiled in a layer of frost. "Did Fellow Daoists Zhou, Kong, and Wang fail to escape as well?"
The three people she spoke of were precisely the three early Spirit Cultivation Stage Cultivators. Hua Qianshu lowered her head. "Fellow Daoist Zhou was struck by Thousandfold Peaks and smashed to pieces."
Gongsun Chang said, "Fellow Daoist Kong was split apart by over a hundred wind blades and also perished."
"Fellow Daoist Wang was swallowed by the sea of flames and did not escape either," Shan Yuncheng replied softly.
Among these people, Tian Ziqing was faintly their leader. Not only was her cultivation profound, but she was also resourceful and cunning. Yet she had suffered such a stifling loss. Proud and haughty by nature, she hated those demons to the bone.
She asked again, "Where are those demons?"
Yuyangzi said, "They have all retreated."
Tian Ziqing said, "What were their casualties?"
An awkward look appeared on Yuyangzi's face. "They came swiftly and retreated even more swiftly. We were caught off guard and allowed them to withdraw unscathed."
"Withdraw unscathed? You mean they suffered no casualties at all, correct? Could it be that the Dragon Palace acted?" Tian Ziqing asked.
Yuyangzi said, "The True Dragons of the Dragon Palace still did not act."
"How is that possible? Apart from the Dragon Palace, the Demon Race of the East Sea has, at most,