"Huh?" Jiang Lingzi froze at his words, his face full of confusion.
"Danger is inevitable when cultivators fight, but if you truly wish to advance toward the Great Dao, abandoning that bow-and-arrow Magic Treasure of yours is the right path," Zhang Cai said calmly.
"I will heed your guidance, senior brother. But..." Jiang Lingzi replied respectfully, hesitation showing on his face. After a pause, he continued, "But you know about my constitution, senior brother. I..."
"Stop bringing up your constitution!" Zhang Cai interrupted. "Your misgivings are the greatest obstacle keeping you from advancing toward the Great Dao!"
"Yes!"
Leaving aside Zhang Cai's reprimand of Jiang Lingzi, elsewhere, the Devastation Devil Lord was pulling farther and farther ahead of the three pursuers.
Boom! Li Xiaoya blasted apart the rocks blocking his path, only to discover that the Devastation Devil Lord ahead had vanished.
"What happened? He's gone?" Dong Santong asked anxiously.
"No! He's still up ahead. My divine sense can still detect his aura!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly replied, continuing to race forward without slowing.
They had only traveled a short distance farther when a gleam of light suddenly appeared ahead, and gusts of fresh air blew toward them.
"Oh? It looks like we're reaching the exit!" Blue Ice exclaimed.
"Yes!" The others naturally saw it too and cried out.
"We have to get out quickly! If we lose that old devil, we'll be in trouble!" Golden light blazed around Li Xiaoya. He pushed hard against the ground, instantly accelerating severalfold as he raced ahead.
Whoosh! Only when Li Xiaoya rushed out of the opening did he discover that it was set into a cliff face. Sheer cliffs stretched both above and below, and he shot out into empty air. Naturally, that posed no difficulty for him. He slapped his Storage Pouch,