"Don't worry!" the Azure Thunder Roc roared in a deep voice, brimming with confidence. With its furious roar, countless arcs of azure lightning and azure light rippled across its body. Boom, boom, boom! Its enormous wings beat in succession, sending boundless, heaven-shaking gales surging wildly outward...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! With every beat of its wings, the Azure Thunder Roc flew thousands of miles. Its speed was truly terrifying!
Yet!
The instant the Azure Thunder Roc appeared...
"What's going on? Immortal Tribulation Stage!" Fuyang, Nineteen Niang, and the Five-Poison Divine Chicken, the three Immortal Tribulation Stage cultivators approaching from different directions, instantly sensed the Azure Thunder Roc's incredibly powerful aura through their divine sense. All three cried out in utter astonishment...
Without prior agreement, the three accelerated, chasing in the direction Li Xiaoya and the Azure Thunder Roc had shot off. Nineteen Niang even unleashed her law domain, attempting to stop the Azure Thunder Roc...
Yet!
The reason Li Xiaoya had not killed Niu Ben despite having the absolute upper hand was that his divine sense had detected these three formidable Immortal Tribulation Stage cultivators bearing down on him. If he did not flee now, even he and the Azure Thunder Roc together might not be a match for all three...
Before leaving, Li Xiaoya had played one last dirty trick, sending Niu Ben's Heaven-Opening Treasure, the double-bladed battle axe, flying with a single strike of his staff. It shot straight toward the horizon, traveling an unknown distance...
Of course, Li Xiaoya was not foolish enough to seize that Heaven-Opening Treasure while Niu Ben was still alive. The axe clearly still bore restrictions binding it to Niu Ben as its master. Taking it along would be no different from carrying a tracking device, letting Niu Ben and the others track him