Like when they had previously left the edge of the Bewitching Forest, the You Zui Hunting Team once again chose the combination of "Maodou + Sliding Cloud Talisman" for their escape.
Maodou provided the horsepower, while the Sliding Cloud Talismans served as their "sled."
Nearly a hundred drab gray doggies, hitched to soft, slender vines, raced through the twisting alleys of Wusa City, dragging five young wizards behind them. Under the talismans' effects, the young wizards' legs had all turned into drifting clouds, minimizing resistance and weight, while the doggies galloped freely between reality and the Illusory Dream Realm.
Even during their retreat, the You Zui Hunting Team maintained a loose hunting formation.
At the front was Zhang Jixin, clutching all the reins extending from the doggies in his hands. Of the entire hunting team, only he still had the strength and skill needed to control the pack's direction.
On Zhang Jixin's left and right were Xiao Xiao and Fatty Xin.
Xiao Xiao had put away his heavy black notebook. Cradling a Crystal Ball in his arms, he was responsible for divining the dangers ahead and monitoring risks near the hunting team. Fatty Xin, meanwhile, struggled to brew restorative potions amid the howling headwind—the little fist Nikita had dropped from the sky had scattered his qi and blood throughout his body. Without magical potions, he had no strength left to fight again anytime soon.
Jiang Yu sat in the center of the formation with her eyes closed, holding a spellbook.
A pale green glow more than a foot high bloomed from the spellbook, and the shadows of nearly a hundred slender vines flickered within its light. Zhang Jixin controlled those "vine reins," but aside from Zheng Qing, Jiang Yu was the only member of the You Zui Hunting Team capable