A voice brimming with jealousy and madness abruptly rang through the silent mountain forest, startling the demon cultivators and demon beasts keeping watch above and below.
"What?!"
"Who is it?!"
The third-tier late stage Fire Sparrow let out a piercing cry, voicing its shock and fury in the demon tongue. Following the female Golden Core cultivator's gaze, it instantly locked onto the phantom left by the black-bearded cultivator.
Whether in magic power fluctuations or aura and spirit pressure, it was no different from the real man.
But upon closer inspection, the demon soon spotted a flaw.
When the sudden disturbance made all the cultivators stop, the phantom seemed to sense nothing. It continued along its previous path, its movements rigid and mechanical.
Looking closely, the Fire Sparrow immediately noticed something wrong.
It swiftly released a streak of crimson demon power, which passed straight through the black-bearded cultivator's phantom without any sensation of touching flesh.
"Find him!!"
At the third-tier late stage Fire Sparrow's command, the demon cultivators and demon beasts immediately sprang into action.
Boom, boom, boom!!
Trees were felled outright, and spells slammed into the ground, turning everything within ten li upside down.
They intended to leave the black-bearded cultivator nowhere to hide.
Bang, bang, bang!
The thunder of spells shook the wilderness, and dust and smoke instantly billowed through the peaceful mountain forest.
While spitting fireballs to bombard the ground indiscriminately, the Fire Sparrow Demon Cultivator extended its divine sense and spiritual perception to probe carefully. It judged that the black-bearded cultivator had most likely escaped using Earth Escape or Wood Escape.
Moreover, to evade their detection, he could not move too quickly, lest excessive spiritual energy fluctuations expose him.
Thus, there was a strong chance he had not gone far and was still within twenty or thirty