"This...!" The cultivators exchanged bewildered looks, then all turned to Ma Ang...
At a critical moment like this!
The pillar of the lineage had to make the decision!
"They might have triggered a restriction array, or these puppets might have exhausted their spiritual energy and magic power!" Ma Ang glanced at Elder Du and murmured, though he hardly sounded certain...
"Mm!" Elder Du nodded and answered gravely. After a pause to think, he hurriedly added, "How about this, Brother Ma? The two of us will go up and take a look first. The others can wait for us below!"
"All right!" Upon hearing this, Ma Ang agreed at once. He, too, felt that these Core Condensation Realm cultivators were getting in the way. After a pause, he hastily told the others, "We can't waste any more time. Go meet up with the Third Elder and help search for materials. If you find anything suspicious, mark it down and come tell us. Don't act rashly!"
"Yes!" the Ma Family cultivators hurriedly replied...
"Let's go!" Ma Ang said gravely to Elder Du...
"All right!"
The two Golden Core Cultivators enveloped themselves in protective barriers and brought out their defensive treasures, then raced up the stairs toward the summit...
"Let's find the Third Elder and the others!" the remaining Ma Family cultivators said, hurrying back down...
Meanwhile!
In the sky, several hundred zhang above!
Whoosh, whoosh! Wang Yan rode his flying sword through the air!
He watched everything below!
But... wasn't there a flight-restricting array here? How could Wang Yan fly? When had he arrived?
The answer was simple.
A quarter of an hour earlier...
Under the guidance of the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage, the master of Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain, Wang Yan had traveled straight from the Medicine Garden to the summit through