Although Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo had slipped past Fuyang, Nineteen Niang, and the other Immortal Tribulation Stage Great Cultivators serving the Sacred Lord, quietly entering the Illusory Formation...
Clearly, Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo had both miscalculated. This Illusory Formation was far more formidable than either had imagined, and they had no formation map showing the way to the Treasure Beast Lair, as Xu Shaogui did...
Nor had they attached themselves to Li Xiaoya with an Enchantment Talisman as Blood Demon Baleful Intent had, using the talisman to guide their flight forward. Moving through the formation was naturally much harder for them. It had to be said that Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo had been a little too confident, believing that with their combined cultivation, they could force their way through no matter how powerful the Illusory Formation was...
They had failed to consider that even Nineteen Niang, Fuyang, and the other two Immortal Tribulation Stage cultivators had been unable to find the Treasure Beast Lair. Their own cultivation might be astonishing, but how could that help them find it...
They could only give up and leave...
Yet entering was easy; getting out was another matter...
Leaving aside Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo, who were charging aimlessly through the Illusory Formation like headless flies...
Outside the Illusory Formation...
Fuyang, Niu Ben, and Nineteen Niang, the three Immortal Tribulation Stage Great Cultivators, were sitting aboard an enormous ship. It appeared to have been built from metal, its magnificent hull resting on the sea...
The three cultivators sat around a table on the deck, drinking and chatting...
"Tch! That damned Five Poisons has been inside for so long, and there still hasn't been a peep from him. Could the Illusory Formation have bewildered him again?" Fuyang