"Run!"
True Monarch Kuhun, his face gaunt and withered, swallowed hard. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a streak of black light and fled toward the exit.
True Monarch Mingxiao and the cultivator surnamed Ma were no slower, following close behind.
After their shock, Murong Zhaoxue, Gu Huai, and Liang Jun were overjoyed. They exchanged glances, then spared no effort as they rose up to intercept the three men separately.
On the other side, Ning Fa removed his right hand from Madam Mingluo's head. A strange light flashed through his eyes as he murmured, "Nightmare Soul Abyss..."
Then he flicked a finger of his right hand, shooting a streak of purple flame onto Madam Mingluo and burning her to ashes. He collected her Storage Ring.
His figure flashed, and he chased after True Monarch Kuhun, who had fled the fastest.
Dazzling spiritual light erupted once more, and the fierce battle resumed.
About a quarter-hour later.
"Mingxiao! Even as a ghost, I won't let you off!" The cultivator surnamed Ma cried out miserably.
Immediately afterward, amid a blinding halo of light, True Monarch Mingxiao's Nascent Soul, wrapped in blue-white radiance, fled for its life through the exit.
The violent rumbling finally subsided, revealing Ning Fa, Murong Zhaoxue, Gu Huai, and Liang Jun.
Of the other three, aside from True Monarch Mingxiao's Nascent Soul escaping, the remaining two had perished, their Dao extinguished.
In particular, True Monarch Mingxiao had just used a secret art to detonate the cultivator surnamed Ma's body, taking the chance to flee in Nascent Soul form.
Gu Huai and Liang Jun both let out long breaths. When they looked again at Ning Fa's calm face, their eyes were filled with shock and reverence.
"Changning, it was fortunate you arrived in time. Otherwise, we would have faced