At the sight of this, Zen Master Dazhi could only curse inwardly as the mangled wound on his back rapidly healed.
He was not a demon beast, yet he possessed an innate divine ability like that of high-rank demon beasts—the "Self-Healing Body"!
Riiip!
With a flash of lightning, the master likewise fled into the distance, using the exceedingly rare art of lightning escape...
"Quick!"
"Quick!"
Zhan Hongxiu moved like the wind. She knew how formidable that demon was; it was far beyond what a Core Formation cultivator could handle.
Not even Immortal Luo and Zen Master Dazhi, who stood faintly at the pinnacle of East Sea Core Formation cultivators, could contend with it!
The best possible outcome was for those two to draw the demon's attention away.
And she had to seize this opportunity...
"Watch out!"
Just then, Turtle Elder's warning rang out.
Zhan Hongxiu immediately activated her fourth-rank high-grade tortoise shell and placed it behind her.
Riiip!
She felt an immense force crash into her like mountains toppling and seas overturning. Her chest tightened, and she could not help but cough up blood...
Borrowing that force, Zhan Hongxiu transformed into a streak of firelight and fled farther ahead. Only then did she turn around and sweep out with her Spiritual Sense, finding a shallow mark upon her tortoise shell!
That bizarre fiend, suspected to be a patriarch, stood silently where it was. A plain white storage pouch now hung from its waist, while its other hand clutched a jade-white, bleeding thigh.
"It seems to be Immortal Luo's..."
Zhan Hongxiu's heart stirred, and she called out, "Turtle Elder?"
"This old man... this old man has expended too much and must slumber again."
Turtle Elder's voice carried unwillingness. "Escape to Long Rampart and activate the restrictions at once... perhaps they