Deng Yin led the Nine-Li Divine Lord, the Chishi Divine Monarch, Chan Master Xiaoyue, and more than a dozen disciples into the Dark Gate.
Ahead lay the exit from the immortal mansion, blocked by Elysium Immortal Li Jingxu and Xie Shan. Behind them, Qi Shouming, Xun Lanyin, Xuanzhenzi, Bai Guyi, and the others came racing after them.
Meanwhile, the immortal formation revolved. Darkness closed in on every side, everything dim and murky, as though time, space, up, down, left, and right had ceased to exist. They all drifted through a void filled with mist.
The Chishi Divine Monarch unleashed the Seven-Fiend Red Corpse Divine Light and demon fire in a frenzy, blotting out heaven and earth. The Nine-Li Divine Lord hurled Nine-Li Yin Thunder without restraint, its explosions sending jade fire surging like a tide.
On the surface, Deng Yin attacked Li Jingxu and Xie Shan head-on, trying to carve a bloody path out. In truth, he divided his primordial spirit, his true body turning into a blood shadow that hid amid the demonic light, thunder, and fire before suddenly wheeling around and shooting toward Xun Lanyin.
Qi Shouming and his wife were both shrewd as could be, their minds keen and meticulous, and they remained constantly on guard. Though their enemy had concealed himself with magic, Xun Lanyin still felt a sudden stirring of alarm. She hurriedly swept the precious fan in her hand, revealing a pale-red silhouette out of thin air and slightly checking its flight.
"Here he is!" A Pure Yang Pearl hovered above Qi Shouming's head. It suddenly flew out and rapidly expanded into a sphere of light thirty or forty feet across, enveloping both Xun Lanyin and Deng Yin.
Yet this, too, was only another feint from Deng Yin. His real target remained Qi Shouming.