Across the boundless green forest, fierce winds raged. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but unbroken greenery stretching to the horizon.
High in the azure sky, an enormous figure suddenly swept past at tremendous speed. The immense wind pressure pressed a shallow furrow into the forest canopy, only for the gale to smooth it away moments later.
Behind it, two streaks of golden light followed close on its heels, carrying an earthshaking presence as they flashed across the sky and vanished into the distance.
"Someone's following us," Xiao Yan murmured, turning his gaze toward the golden streaks approaching from behind.
"Who are they?" Before the others could recover from their surprise, the two golden streaks had caught up. One man had short, deep-blue hair, smoky-blue eyes, and sky-blue bangs. With sharp brows and bright eyes, he was exceedingly handsome. He wore a blue-green Spirit Hall Worshipper Robe over golden armor, with blue feathers adorning his pauldrons.
Although the other man was already over ninety years old, his appearance and voice were still those of a youth. Ice and snow covered his left eye, and he had long silver hair. A pair of ice wings had manifested on his back to aid his flight, while his martial soul had given his left arm an ice-like form. He wore a pale-gray Spirit Hall Worshipper Robe.
These two were Spirit Hall's Third Offering and Fifth Consecrated Elder: Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo, whose soul power had reached rank ninety-seven and ninety-six respectively.
"Greetings, Hall Master Xiao. Guang Ling and I have come to assist you on the Great Enshrined's orders." Meeting Xiao Yan's gaze, Azure Luan Douluo cupped his hands in salute.
Xiao Yan smiled at this, glanced around, then asked, "Qian Daoliu sent you? Does that