Xu San said with a smile:
"Then you'll have to act quickly when the time comes. Quite a few people in Three Corpses Cave have their eyes on that reward now."
Luo Hong nodded.
"Of course."
As the two spoke, the three Exalted Venerables paid their respects before the Three Corpses Stele in succession, then prepared to return to their respective cave abodes.
Bang-!!
Almost at the same instant, an ear-splitting crash rang out, and an enormous hole suddenly appeared in the sky canopy above the Shaking Light Ruins.
Boom!!
The next moment, a burly figure wrapped in lightning and blazing flames suddenly hurtled down through the hole in the sky canopy.
After a brief daze, Luo Hong suddenly realized what was happening.
"Someone has breached Three Corpses Cave's heaven-and-earth barrier!!"
As he spoke, he shot toward the figure with a boom.
Xu San followed close behind.
The three Exalted Venerables, who had been about to return to their respective cave abodes, also noticed the disturbance in the sky canopy.
But just as they prepared to act, Luo Hong and Xu San called out in succession:
"Exalted Venerables, let this disciple go and face this blind fool first!"
"What reckless wretch dares trespass into our Three Corpses Cave!"
After hearing their cries, the three Exalted Venerables did indeed stop advancing and remained where they were, watching from afar.
Venerable Fuyao even declared in a ringing voice:
"Luo Hong, Xu San, if you two perform well today, we three Exalted Venerables can reserve places for you on the Heaven-Demon Battlefield ahead of time."
The other two Exalted Venerables smiled and voiced their agreement.
Clearly, all three were highly optimistic about Luo Hong and Xu San's ability to stop the intruder.
At those words, Luo Hong immediately replied, brimming with excitement:
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