Once the attack from Lakeside Isle stopped, things quieted down around Li Hongjiu as well. But the aftershocks of that earth-shaking strike continued. The collapsing mountainside showed no sign of settling; tumbling rocks and billowing dust blotted out the starry sky, and the rumbling went on.
Zuo Zisheng and the others looked back at the aftermath, their faces pale and their scalps prickling with fear.
They had all seen that crack in the void. Someone had attacked from a distance.
To reach through space like a god, disregarding the void itself-anyone with such immense power had to be at least in the Heavenly Immortal Grand Completion Realm!
Everyone searching in the lake surfaced in alarm to see what had happened, and those searching in the mountains emerged as well. Those searching in the direction of the attack would probably never emerge again. Under such devastating force, even their bones would likely be impossible to find.
Yet Li Hongjiu, who had crashed at the foot of the mountain, staggered to his feet. He laboriously lifted the Ice Sheep, pressed it over his mouth and nose, and breathed rapidly.
His hair hung loose and disheveled, and his clothes were torn in many places. Judging by his labored gasps, he was clearly badly injured and in a wretched state.
Even so, Zuo Zisheng and his companions were stunned. Li Hongjiu had actually withstood such a powerful attack. He was still alive?
"Heavenforging Sect disciples, retreat!"
Zuo Zisheng suddenly shouted, urgently calling to his fellow disciples before fleeing without looking back.
He was not exactly leading the way; he had merely jolted everyone into action. Each sect called its disciples together and fled.
Gu Liani's group from Summer Path Mountain and Yin Tianlu's group from the Extreme Fire Sect alike fled in terror.
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