Who was that...?
Bai Fu, Bai Chong, and the Purple-Furred Evil Ghost turned almost simultaneously, fixing their gazes on the white-robed figure ahead.
"I can't see clearly..."
The three strained their eyes, but all they could see was a figure enveloped in white light, its build and features blurred beyond recognition. They could not glimpse the truth beneath that light, as though some mighty power had distorted the face beneath it, and the level they occupied did not qualify them to behold it.
Alarm bells instantly rang in all three of their hearts.
Even if the person before them had just saved them, that did not necessarily make him an ally. After all, if he truly were an ally, why hide himself like this?
His identity, appearance, and strength were all unknown. Staying vigilant was the most basic discipline for cultivators of the Crimson Firmament Roselight Realm. Who knew whether beneath that light stood a human or some savage monster or ghost deity that had escaped from the Demon King Palace?
Zhang Yuan stood firmly on the blue bricks, his back to the three of them.
Their inability to see his face was not due to any concealment technique. It was simply his status of celestial person perfection at work. He did not want them to know his identity, so they could not pry into it.
This was a disparity in status, not in cultivation or magical arts.
Of course, if any of them possessed a Superior Cave-Viewing Divine Ability, they might still have been able to identify him. Judging by their reactions, however, none of them seemed to know a Cave-Viewing Divine Ability.
"Creak, creak."
The Iron Whip Yin Soldier, knocked flying by the [Sun-Eroding Demon King Palace] and the [Three Calamities Gourd], crawled out of the ruins of