The instant Jiang Lu vanished, the Void Refinement Stage cultivator's gaze sharpened. He flashed toward the spot where she had disappeared and arrived there in the next heartbeat.
He spread his Divine Sense, searching the surroundings inch by inch. When he discovered a fragment of a Teleportation Talisman and a trace of its lingering aura in the air, he hurriedly reached out and drew the fragment into his hand with spiritual energy.
He stared at the fragment wrapped in spiritual light. It had come from a High-Grade Teleportation Talisman...
Surprise stirred in his heart. Such a thing was not easy to obtain. His eyes darkened as he lowered his gaze to the wreckage strewn across the sea.
He pressed his lips together and closed his hand almost absently, reducing the fragment to ash. Then light gathered in his palm and shot toward the coral branches left on the water.
In the next instant, spiritual energy surged across the sea, shredding the red and black remains. Explosions rang out one after another, and the coral branches vanished without a trace.
The cultivators nearby breathed a sigh of relief. That dreadful stuff was finally gone. They immediately swallowed pills to heal their injuries.
The coral could no longer hurt them, but the cultivators around them still eyed one another like tigers watching prey. Without enough spiritual energy to defend themselves, none could be sure someone else would not kill them and seize their treasures.
The Void Refinement Stage cultivator pondered for a moment. He looked over the wounded cultivators, locked them in place with his Divine Sense, and asked in a low voice that rang beside their ears, "Do you know who froze and destroyed the Ghost Coral?"
At his words, the cultivators looked at one another. Every face was blank.
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