The instant Xu Yan sensed that golden light, his scalp prickled. The terrifying power of a Golden Core cultivator was still far beyond his ability to withstand!
Without a second thought, Xu Yan immediately turned into a streak of light and fled into the distance, not even having time to collect the three Storage Rings.
"Junior! You dare slaughter cultivators of my sect? Whether you flee to heaven or burrow into the earth, you will die without a grave!"
Eight thousand zhang away, a deep male voice rang out. It belonged to Void Cloud Adept, the current Golden Core patriarch of Spirit Beast Mountain.
He had reached the Golden Core Stage after only two sixty-year cycles of cultivation. Moreover, his bonded spirit beast had successfully formed a Demon Core and advanced to the third tier sixty years ago. Thus, among the Six Immortal Sects of Fufeng Commandery, Medicine King Valley and Spirit Beast Mountain were the strongest, each possessing two Golden Core-level combatants.
This time, Floating Cloud Adept had emerged from seclusion only after an elder reported that a rogue cultivator was suspected of obtaining the Ancient Demon Race's inheritance, intending to capture him personally.
As for his third-tier bonded spirit beast, he had naturally left it behind to guard the sect. With the Mountain-Protection Grand Formation supporting it, even three to five Golden Core cultivators attacking together would need half a month to break through, giving him ample time to return.
As that voice faded, a male cultivator wreathed in golden light gradually appeared within Xu Yan's field of vision.
The man looked around forty and wore a dark blue Heavenly Silkworm Cloud-Silk Daoist Robe. His originally handsome face was now twisted into a hideous knot of rage.
Because he had arrived just a few breaths late, three of