"Still, these people had clearly come prepared."
"Very few people should have known Fellow Daoist Ling's route for this journey. How had they managed to intercept her so precisely?"
Su Shi'er spoke again, then added.
At those words.
Ling Yue Shang's expression swiftly turned grave.
"Besides myself and my two fellow disciples, only several sect elders and Zhuangzhu Xu of Shenzhu Mountain Villa knew the route for this journey."
"Yet along the way, we have already suffered four attacks."
"The first three seemed more like tests."
"Only this time did they truly employ a stellar restriction, seeking to sever the connection between me and the Divine Weapon Heavenly Sword."
Ling Yue Shang spoke.
By the end, her expression had grown increasingly unpleasant.
Her whereabouts had been exposed time and again.
That meant someone within either the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect or Shenzhu Mountain Villa had most likely been colluding with outsiders in secret.
But what exactly was going on.
For the moment, there was simply no way to tell.
"Since they already know Fellow Daoist Su has returned to the Cultivation World."
"They will certainly find a way to spread the news. This is not a place to linger!"
Feng Jianxing's expression tightened as he immediately warned them.
Su Shi'er nodded.
Just as he was about to speak.
Suddenly.
Within the formation, the Divine Weapon Heavenly Sword let out a clear sword cry.
"Buzz!"
The sword cry rang through the river of stars.
The Heavenly Sword shot skyward of its own accord from Ling Yue Shang's side.
The Flying Sword hung high in the air.
Countless golden veins blazed with light, shooting straight into the nine heavens.
In the depths of the starry river.
The void, which had held nothing at all, seemed drawn by an invisible force, rippling with