Gongsun Cailü found herself caught in a dilemma.
Should she flee? Or stay? For a moment, she could not make up her mind.
If she fled, with no one controlling the formation, Song Wen would surely break it with ease and then catch up to her just as easily.
If she stayed, the formation would not be able to trap Song Wen for long either.
Earlier, when Song Wen had fought Gou Jun, she had seen everything clearly. Without the formation's aid, Gou Jun would never have been able to seize Song Wen.
In that brief instant, Gongsun Cailü made her decision.
She activated her escape technique, turned, and fled in the direction opposite Blood Brow.
She clung to a faint hope that perhaps Song Wen would not pursue her, but would instead go after Blood Brow.
After all, Blood Brow was the one who had betrayed Song Wen.
Blood Brow was the one Song Wen hated most.
Song Wen plunged into the lake, retrieved the Soul-Splitting Blade, and arrived at the edge of the formation barrier, where he slashed out.
With no one controlling it, the formation's power was greatly diminished. Song Wen easily cleaved through the formation barrier with a single stroke.
Song Wen glanced toward the east and west.
Gongsun Cailü to the west had only just fled a hundred li.
Blood Brow to the east was nowhere to be seen. She had likely escaped into the lake.
Song Wen swiftly formed a lightning incantation with both hands.
In an instant, the formerly tranquil skies changed abruptly.
Pitch-black clouds surged in like a tide, rapidly spreading to blot out the entire sky.
A gale howled, tossing the dark clouds into ceaseless turmoil.
Threads of lightning darted through the clouds.
"Rumble!"
A deafening blast exploded high in the