It was only because the Immortal-Slaying Sword was not by Ling Qing's side at the moment. Otherwise, Ling Qing would definitely have fought the Eight Immortals and the others from time to time, accumulating even more tribulation entanglements.
Once the tribulations had accumulated to a certain degree, he was confident that, by gathering the power of the Eight Immortals and leveraging those tangled tribulations, he could use the Immortal-Slaying Sword to slay them outright.
But now that the Immortal-Slaying Sword was in Nie Yinniang's hands, there was no point in talking about ifs.
At the sight of the Immortal-Slaying Spirit Pearl, the Eight Immortals and the others immediately felt much more at ease.
Zhang Guolao suddenly said, "Since Dao Qing has such a marvelous method, I think we should hide a little farther away. I can't shake this unease in my heart. I keep feeling that, since they can't find us, they're holding back some dirty trick."
"Oh, Elder Guolao, you're overthinking it." Lan Caihe said dismissively, "There are so many of them. If they had any scheme, could they really keep it hidden from us?"
Zhang Guolao was about to say more when Han Xiangzi suddenly tugged Lan Caihe and pointed toward the demonic clouds. "No, they really are plotting something. The ocean where they are is churning in a way that doesn't seem right."
Hearing this, everyone looked over. Sure enough, that vast ocean was like a storm had descended upon it—raging currents surged beneath the surface, while waves rolled like mountains.
"This is..." Everyone's expression changed at once.
Han Zhongli shouted, "Have they gone mad? They dare disturb the elemental qi of earth, water, fire, and wind on such a massive scale?"
"Mad or not, hurry—getting away comes first!" Without another word, Iron Crutch Li struck his