"Xuan Li, the tide has turned against us. All we can do now is save our own lives," Song Wen said.
"I have no idea how those wine sacks and rice bags in the Six Baleful Hall have been handling things. They still haven't found Grand Elder Ying Wu. If he were here, we would never be this helpless!" Xuan Li's voice seethed with anger, mixed with a measure of unwillingness to admit defeat.
"Xuan Li, stop deceiving yourself. Even if Ying Wu were here, he could only buy us a little more time. He couldn't turn heaven and earth around," Song Wen said.
Xuan Li fell silent, her imposing aura slowly giving way to dejection.
Several breaths later, she sent another voice transmission.
"Then... can we take Qiluo with us?"
"As you wish," Song Wen said.
Taking another person or two would not affect the overall situation.
But Song Wen had no intention of taking any of his subordinates with him, including his "trusted aide," Mo You.
As for whether anyone would follow his example after he left through the Teleportation Array, Song Wen could not be bothered to care.
In any case, he intended to take the Teleportation Array to Qicang Island, then destroy the array on that end.
That way, Youye and the others could no longer pursue him. Naturally, the Divine Blood Sect's people would not be able to follow him there either, and would have to use other Teleportation Arrays.
"Then I'll go gather my treasures?" Xuan Li said.
"Go ahead," Song Wen replied.
Xuan Li turned and left.
A little over half a quarter-hour later, Song Wen received another divine-sense transmission from Xuan Li.
"Extreme Yin, Qiluo and I are at the Myriad Paths Pavilion."
All of the Divine Blood Sect's Teleportation Arrays were