Thud...!
Just as the group stood in confusion, an utterly terrifying aura fluctuation suddenly descended from the sky.
In an instant, everyone, Qu Ningshuang included, felt as though they had sunk into a sea ten thousand zhang deep. They could not even breathe, let alone wield their magic power.
Boom...!!
Then, amid another ear-splitting rush of air, an enormous White-Headed Eagle clad in fiery-red armor swept across the sky, its outspread wings spanning over a thousand zhang.
Its body was so huge that it seemed about to shroud this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
For a moment, the group, already filled with terror by that oppressive aura, now felt profound despair welling up within them.
Just then, an old man's voice suddenly came from the White-Headed Eagle's back-
"They aren't here. Let's go. Just a few stinkbugs."
Immediately afterward, the White-Headed Eagle beat its wings fiercely.
Boom-!!
The instant its wings beat, a terrifying gang wind came crashing down like raging waves.
Only by resisting with all their strength did Qu Chao Ci and the others barely manage to withstand it.
In no more than an instant, the White-Headed Eagle soared away and vanished into the sky.
To the group, however, it felt as though an agonizingly long stretch of time had passed.
Only after the terrifying pressure of the White-Headed Eagle's and the Daoist's auras had completely dissipated did the ashen-faced Elder Shi draw a deep breath and say:
"It... it's him! The Old Palace Master of Yellow Origin Palace!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xie, who was still shaken, abruptly opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief:
"He... he actually got it right again!"
"Someone really did follow the Heavenflame Cauldron's aura here! And that person was none other than the Old Palace Master of Heavenly Origin Palace!"