Clearly, he had the strength to deal with this giant demon, yet for the sake of hiding his abilities—or some other reason—he had said otherwise.
"But..."
The woman in white was filled with reluctance. A thousand li away stood Mountain-Shaking City, home to several million living beings. If they retreated, then those several million lives would...
After all, only a handful of Earth Immortal cultivators remained in Mountain-Shaking City.
"It's too late. This giant demon was originally headed south, but it suddenly changed course midway. What does that mean? It means this is an obvious scheme."
"Someone is plotting against our Dao Heaven Sect in the shadows, using the Sect Master's unique nature as bait to lay this trap for the Dao Heaven Sect."
"If we retreat now, we will be walking straight into their scheme. Once the giant demon destroys all of Mountain-Shaking City, that heaven-reaching karmic burden will fall upon the Sect Master."
"One wrong move, and the Sect Master may fall from the Taiyi Mystic Immortal realm. But if we don't retreat, we'll be the ones to die."
The woman in red beside them furrowed her brows so tightly they nearly met.
While they spoke, the giant demon was secretly recovering. Though it was undying and indestructible, its injuries still needed time to heal.
"But, Senior Sisters, this giant demon is completely beyond our ability to resist. That is with the Dragon-Trapping Array suppressing it. If the formation breaks, this giant demon will be utterly unstoppable to us."
Yang Xiu said anxiously. Unless it was truly the final moment, he genuinely did not want to expose his true cultivation.
Though this giant demon was nothing to him, the key to surviving in the martial world was one word: steadiness.
That was also why he, a Rogue Cultivator,