Liang Zhaohuang activated the Five Elements Dharma Eye and looked down at the earth, where he could see traces of the earth-element law fluctuations stirred up by the Yellow-Browed Ape King's escape through the ground.
He immediately called Jiang Mao and Yang Xiue aboard Kunpeng. With a spread of its wings, Kunpeng gave chase.
Yet they had pursued for less than a thousand li when thunderous booms erupted ahead.
Liang Zhaohuang used Heavenly Eye Insight to look ahead and immediately saw a formation of roughly a thousand stone apes charging across the distant ground. Clearly, they were coming to rendezvous with the Yellow-Browed Ape King traveling underground.
He quickly told Yang Xiue and Jiang Mao what he had seen.
Jiang Mao's expression shifted slightly at the news. "Those must be the stone ape battle force under the Yellow-Browed Ape King. It seems the Yellow-Browed Ape King brought them to the Liu Peninsula, but had left them behind earlier. Now they've caught up."
"We should withdraw first. Once the Yellow-Browed Ape King joins up with its stone ape battle force and gains the support of their battle formation, we may no longer be their match."
Naturally, Liang Zhaohuang and Yang Xiue had no objections. Though they had failed to keep the Yellow-Browed Ape King here, they had severely wounded it and seized its weapon. That counted as collecting some interest.
Now that they had gained what they could, it was best to withdraw and preserve themselves.
Liang Zhaohuang tapped Kunpeng beneath him, and Kunpeng immediately turned toward Leopard Demon City.
Liang Zhaohuang's beast companions, the Alligator Snake and the Red Flame Lion King, had remained with the forces of Leopard Demon City all along, allowing him to keep real-time track of their movements.
Thus, he naturally knew that Liu Xuanji had