The Demon of Bar descends

The Descent of the Ba Demon

That was what he said, but Miao Lie's clenched fists and trembling voice still exposed the uncertainty in his heart.

After all, it was a full twenty thousand li—what an unimaginably vast distance.

No matter how incredible Zhang Sanxian's lightness skill was, he could not possibly get there that quickly.

Yet at that moment, True Person Yanghe spoke up in support.

"Young Manor Lord Miao is right."

The old Daoist stroked his beard as he spoke, his voice carrying across the square. "Brother Zhang's cultivation is not merely heaven-reaching; his lightness skill and movement technique are also the only ones this old Daoist has ever seen in his life. They can be called unparalleled under heaven! Sending him to intercept Gu Qianjue is indeed the best choice."

"Indeed."

Shen Mobai nodded in agreement, his tone somewhat grave. "Looking across all under heaven, there is no one but Hero Zhang who can reach Sea Immortal Island before Gu Qianjue succeeds."

However, Li Muyun, the Grand Governor of Western Liang, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly poured a bucket of cold water over them.

"Hero Zhang's peerless lightness skill has already been witnessed by all of us. But this place is a full twenty thousand li away from Sea Immortal Island in the southeastern seas!

"Even if Hero Zhang raced with all his strength at a speed of ten thousand zhang per second, he could never arrive in less than a quarter of an hour. A quarter of an hour—wouldn't that be enough time for Gu Qianjue to scatter corpse poison across the entire sky?"

His words were like ice water dumped over their heads, instantly waking everyone up.

The faint sliver of hope that had just risen was shattered once more, and the