Above an ocean of rippling blue waves.
Two astonishing streaks of Escaping Light flashed across the horizon, flying over the rippling blue ocean.
After using Flying Escape to travel some distance ahead, they turned back and circled overhead.
"What's going on? Where are they?"
"Could they have gone somewhere else?!"
"Impossible! They must be heading back to Heavenly Billows!"
"Keep looking! They might be farther ahead!"
The two people within the escape lights exchanged a few words, then accelerated forward again using Flying Escape. A few breaths later, they vanished beyond the horizon.
Not long after the two streaks of Escaping Light disappeared.
Ripples stirred on the sea's surface. A pair of eyes emerged silently from the water, followed by another swirl of ripples as a crystal-clear barrier surfaced, shielding the Fourth Elder, Ye Han, and Qin Minghui...
With a grave expression, the Fourth Elder glanced in the direction the two streaks of Escaping Light had gone. Then she released a Flying Escape treasure sword and carried Ye Han and Qin Minghui swiftly forward.
Although Golden Core Stage Cultivators could use Flying Escape without a treasure, using one not only increased their speed considerably but also conserved spell power.
As the Fourth Elder sped toward Heavenly Billows on her sword using Flying Escape, she said to Ye Han, "You've got a quick mind, lad. How did you know someone would be waiting ahead to intercept us?"
Indeed, when Ye Han suddenly asked whether someone might be waiting ahead to intercept them, the Fourth Elder immediately realized what was happening. Senior Brother Ming Jing was a renowned Golden Core Stage Cultivator in Heavenly Billows, someone who had escaped safely even after being pursued for a hundred li by a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
What high-level cultivator in Heavenly Billows did not