Ling Xu produced a talisman, conjuring a cyan gale that wrapped around him and Yin Ling, streaking away like thunderbolts.
Before long, six trails of white smoke appeared amid the darkness ahead, racing like white-feathered meteors.
"Luo Smoke Talismans!" Ling Xu snorted coldly. "Shi Qi, you lot certainly run fast!"
"Fellow Daoist Ling Xu, you are not slow yourself." Shi Qi's voice came from within one of the white trails. "But I wonder... where is Fellow Daoist Ye Kuang?"
Shi Qi did not know that Ye Kuang was dead, much less how Ye Kong had died.
He had merely asked in passing, but upon hearing it, Ling Xu and Yin Ling bristled like cats whose fur had been raised, their killing intent instantly turning chilling.
The six members of the Shi Family found it utterly baffling.
"Could it be... Fellow Daoist Ye Kuang has already fallen?" Shi Qi asked.
Ling Xu fell silent briefly. Only after several breaths did he reply in a voice cold and sharp as a blade.
"Shi Qi, Ye Kuang's whereabouts are none of your concern. You should think instead about how to shake off those two Ink Vipers."
As he spoke, Ling Xu and Yin Ling had already overtaken the six members of the Shi Family with their superior speed.
A faint glimmer also appeared ahead of them.
As they continued racing onward, that glimmer gradually expanded, eventually becoming a bright blue sky.
—A cave entrance several miles wide came into view.
Both sides rushed out of the cave one after another, and the world instantly opened wide before them.
Yet only two or three breaths later, the two Ink Vipers also burst from the cave.
The female viper turned her head and looked from side to side.
To the left was the direction in