Within the sword-flowing cloud layer, Sikong Jing's face showed a trace of surprise...
"There are still members of the Celestial Race alive."
"These black-clad masked men are the ones who slaughtered the entire Heaven Cloud Sword Sea."
"Their true energy is highly strange. It should be some power created by the Ancient Ten Absolutes, a power that has never emerged into the world. It prevents anyone from identifying its origin, so that even if they are exposed, no one would connect them to the Ancient Ten Absolutes."
Sikong Jing immediately made his judgment...
His gaze swept wildly around as he assessed the black-clad masked men surrounding him...
"Rescuing these members of the Celestial Race will be very difficult."
"But they are likely the only survivors of this slaughter in the Heaven Sword Cloud Sea..."
"Only by saving them can I learn about the situation in the Sixth Heaven, and perhaps find out what happened to Big Brother Xian Po and the others."
At that moment, Sikong Jing continued weighing his options inwardly...
Suddenly... whoosh!
A sword-shadow shot forth from beside the shattered island. A black-clad masked man appeared in a flash, carrying a woman in one hand.
The man let out a chilling laugh...
"Chief, caught her."
"She nearly slipped beneath the island and entered the Fourth Heaven."
As the masked man spoke, the black-clad masked men cutting apart the island immediately stopped. Their spirit-shadow power withdrew as well, and expressions appeared upon their masks as they let out relieved, sinister smiles.
Thud, thud...
Several trapped young members of the Celestial Race slumped limply to the ground, bitter smiles on their faces.
Tao Qi had been caught too.
Previously, they had hidden for a long time on this island at the edge of the Prison Blazing Sword Sea. There was