Hearing Ye Han's words, the Immortal-Thief Outsider said helplessly, "You can't blame us for that! We ran into trouble halfway up."
Ye Han frowned at this. "Trouble? What trouble?"
Before the Immortal-Thief Outsider could explain, Bai Daozi said gravely, "Someone else entered the Unfixed Immortal Ladder!"
Hearing this, Ye Han frowned and asked, "Doesn't the Unfixed Immortal Ladder shift directions? Could they actually run into us?"
As he spoke, his expression grew solemn. Could it be that fellow?
Hearing Ye Han's question, the Immortal-Thief Outsider could not help asking, "Right, Fellow Daoist Bai, could they be following our path up? Wouldn't that make things far too easy for them?"
Indeed, Ye Han had been clearing the way ahead, killing the terrifying cultivators' blood souls blocking their path. If those behind simply followed them up, wouldn't passing through the Unfixed Immortal Ladder become much easier?
As though remembering something, Ye Han asked, "Right, you said you ran into trouble earlier. What exactly was it?"
Although Ye Han knew that Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider would find the last few steps of the Unfixed Immortal Ladder difficult, he had not expected them to take so much longer.
By rights, he had already dealt with the blood souls blocking the way and launching ambushes. These two might not have climbed faster than him, but they certainly should not have been much slower.
Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider exchanged a glance, both looking helpless.
Bai Daozi explained, "Don't even mention it. Just call it our bad luck. We encountered blood souls hidden within the Unfixed Immortal Ladder. They were extremely powerful. We both suffered some injuries and had to pay a price to make it up here!"
After a pause, he continued, "And those hidden blood souls were extremely cunning. They probably