"This..."
Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable faltered at Chen Chengxiu's words. When he heard that Chen Chengxiu intended to go there himself, the unease in his heart began to melt away.
And when he heard that he could personally kill Qin Hao and Yun Chang... Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable no longer hesitated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your subordinate is willing to go!"
"Excellent!"
Chen Chengxiu nodded in satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, he took out a formation flag and began forming hand seals to set up a formation. In just a few movements, a small formation was ready.
The formation was contained within the formation flag and could move along with it. Chen Chengxiu handed the flag to Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and said:
"I'll cover you from behind. If the situation turns bad, you can act as circumstances dictate and deploy the formation early."
Hearing Chen Chengxiu's words, the last trace of unease in Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable's heart vanished completely. He respectfully accepted the formation flag and said gratefully, "Thank you for this gift, Captain, and for giving your subordinate the chance to kill Qin Hao and Yun Chang personally."
"You few, accompany Li You."
"Go!"
Chen Chengxiu waved his hand, thoughtfully assigning eight eternal true gods to cover Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable.
"Yes."
"We obey!"
The eight eternal true gods immediately followed Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, cautiously making their way forward.
They did not fly.
Instead, they walked.
Their movements were careful, lest they be discovered prematurely. To that end, each used divine strength to further stir up the astral wind, hiding within it to make themselves harder to detect.
Though they moved cautiously, they were not slow. In almost no time at all, they had reached a spot not far from Qin Hao and the others.
Only a few