Tongtian nodded emphatically.
"All right, I want to get out immediately!"
"Demon Ancestor, please help me!"
At those words, Luohu smiled and looked Tongtian over.
"Boy, you finally proved that this Patriarch wasn't wrong about you. You do have some fire in your veins."
"Good. Then follow me!"
With that, Luohu grabbed the unconscious Bai Zeyu and sped off in one direction. Tongtian did not hesitate, immediately mobilizing his cultivation to give chase.
Two streaks of light flew one behind the other, traveling an unknown distance.
Everything around them was nothingness. Even flying at tremendous speed, they seemed to remain rooted to the same spot.
Yet Luohu seemed thoroughly familiar with this place, his gaze utterly resolute.
After what felt like another long stretch of time, Tongtian began to grow anxious.
Just then, Luohu suddenly lowered himself and beckoned, drawing the God-Slaying Spear out of Tongtian's body.
"Boy, I'll leave this fellow to you."
"When I break open the passage through the void, you'll have an instant to leave this place."
"I'll return to the System Space then. Take this little fellow with you, and you can both get out."
As he spoke, Luohu casually tossed Bai Zeyu to Tongtian.
Tongtian frowned at the still-unconscious Bai Zeyu.
"Why save him?"
"We might as well leave him here!"
Hearing that, Luohu looked at Tongtian as though he were an idiot.
"Without this person, do you think you could make it out of the Mystic Sea Region?"
"That old fellow Prison Suppression is terrifying. Even this Patriarch has no absolute confidence in withdrawing unscathed from him in my current state."
"Let alone with a burden like you in tow."
"Protect him. Otherwise, you'll still die once you're outside."
Those words were merciless, laying bare Luohu's disdain for Tongtian.
Though Tongtian felt helpless,