The crisis did not end there. Had everything gone smoothly, Yuan Xi's side only needed to hold on for a dozen breaths or so before their city would have had a chance to flee and lie low.
But that depended on no one pursuing them.
Yet two new Uniting Dao Cities had suddenly appeared and blocked their path. With this, there was no possibility of their city escaping the enemy's sight, much less lying low.
Fortunately, the Cold Current Beehive's interior was a labyrinth of crisscrossing passages. Seeing the enemies ahead attack, You Die immediately steered their city into a passage to the side, with Lingfeng City close behind, temporarily avoiding the edge of the storm. But this was ultimately only a stopgap. Without the Uniting Dao cultivators returning in time, the two Uniting Dao Cities would eventually be unable to escape destruction.
"Chang Ming! So it really was you!" Yuan Xi's icy gaze fixed on the depths ahead, as though it could pierce through the Void, and she cried out sharply.
Earlier, she had only sensed a pair of eyes watching her from the shadows, but she had been unable to determine who it was until she felt that divine sense just now.
Only then did she finally confirm her suspicions.
Within distant Ying Fei City, Chang Ming, who had been hiding there all along, sighed inwardly. If the original plan had gone smoothly, Yuan Xi City would have had nowhere to run and would inevitably have been breached. Then he would not have run the risk of exposing himself.
Even if Madam learned of it afterward, that would have been afterward. He would not have been seen through by her and forced to face her directly as he was now.
If he had not been unwilling to confront