Several streaks of escape light rose into the air, radiating the powerful spirit pressure of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. One was especially strong: Li Butong, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator and disciple of "True Person Changfeng."
With the situation urgent, they could no longer afford to observe the Spirit Herb Garden's ban on flying. Several Foundation Establishment cultivators took the quicker-reacting Qi Refining Period disciples with them and swiftly flew toward the passage leading to the surface.
"All disciples, heed my command! Follow us back to the surface and engage the enemy cultivators!"
"Anyone who shrinks from battle will be executed on the spot!"
Clad in black robes, Liu Yu's robes stirred without a breeze as he released his spirit pressure without restraint.
His icy gaze swept over the surrounding Qi Refining Period disciples. None dared meet his eyes, and he repeated his command.
Hearing this, the disciples who had been hesitating hurriedly rode their magical artifacts toward the surface. Fighting the enemy cultivators did not necessarily mean death, but staying here would earn them the charge of deserting in the face of battle, leaving them no chance of survival.
The Primordial Yang Sect punished deserters severely and would never tolerate such conduct. Leaders had the authority to execute them publicly and report afterward. In serious cases, even their masters, disciples, and relatives could be implicated.
Liu Yu's eyes flickered. Because of certain dark thoughts of his own, he did not want too many cultivators remaining in the Spirit Herb Garden, so he did everything he could to urge them to leave.
After four or five breaths, seeing that nearly everyone in the Spirit Herb Garden had left, with only three spirit planters exempt from frontline combat remaining, Liu Yu took out the Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades and rode the