"Search! Don't just stand there—search! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, find them! If you can't, we're the ones who'll be doomed."
The young man was sweating profusely with anxiety. He then hurriedly left the place without stopping, the woman behind him following close on his heels.
It was not just the young man before her; even she had realized the gravity of the situation.
If they could not find them, there would be no need for the two of them to keep living.
After all, though the three sects appeared to be righteous sects, their way of handling affairs was much the same as the demonic path's. In extreme circumstances, they were even more demonic than the demonic path.
Therefore, neither of them dared let down their guard in the slightest.
Time continued to pass as the two darted all over Back Mountain, relentlessly searching for traces of Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable.
They firmly believed that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable were still in Back Mountain. There was no way they could have escaped.
That was what they thought, but failing to find them was another matter entirely.
They simply could not find them.
The two spent a full three hours searching, nearly turning all of Back Mountain upside down, yet they still could not find any trace of the pair.
"It's over. The Punishment Assembly will begin in another two hours. Now the prisoners are gone—it's over, it's over."
Standing atop a barren mountain, the young man muttered to himself in despair.
According to the prior agreement among the three sects, the Punishment Assembly would reopen in another two hours, once again open to all living beings of the Beginningless Great World.
Only then would they truly establish their authority.
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