As Qin Huaian watched the five Golden Immortal cultivators fly toward the white-bearded elder's battlefield, the Golden Immortals of the Mystic Medicine Sect had clearly spotted them as well.
The Mystic Medicine Sect cultivators no longer lingered in battle. They fought as they retreated, soon breaking free of the melee. The four Golden Immortals split into two pairs and charged into the distance in different directions.
Qin Huaian noticed that none of the Mystic Medicine Sect's Golden Immortals flew toward their flying boat.
We're finished! At the sight, Qin Huaian had a sinking feeling.
Although they had already flown two or three hundred thousand li away, for those Perfect-stage Golden Immortals, catching up would merely take a little more time.
It all depended on whether those cultivators chose to pursue them.
Meanwhile, several hundred thousand li away, the two bandit cultivators watched the Mystic Medicine Sect's four Golden Immortals flee, their expressions grim.
The female bandit cultivator said, "Senior Brother Liu, what should we do? Should we pursue them?"
Senior Brother Liu, a Perfect-stage Golden Immortal, said with a dark look, "No need. Let them run. They belong to some Mystic Medicine Sect. As long as their sect remains there, we'll kill them sooner or later and avenge Junior Brother Chen!"
"Our main objective this time is to seize resources. There are still several hundred cultivators aboard that flying boat that just escaped. They all came from the waters around Golden Glow Island, so many of them must have entered the island. Let's pursue that flying boat first."
As he spoke, the five Golden Immortals coming to support them arrived. One of them, a Perfect-stage Golden Immortal, said, "Junior Brother Liu is right. It doesn't matter if a few escape. As long as we kill most of the cultivators who