Hongjun moved with incredible speed.
Before anyone could react, his voluminous sleeve swept Gu Changqing up, and he vanished into the boundless heavens.
At the sight, everyone's expression changed drastically, shock and terror mingling on their faces.
"What... what does this mean?!"
"Could Dao Ancestor Hongjun have finally lost his patience after seeing Gu Changqing survive, and decided to act personally?!"
"Isn't this a cornered dog jumping over a wall?!"
"Impossible! How could the mighty Dao Ancestor stoop to something so vile and underhanded?!"
Reactions varied, and cries of shock rang out without end!
Despite those words, countless Mighty Experts had already accepted that conjecture.
After all, Hongjun had struck without warning while everyone was off guard, taking Gu Changqing away without a word of explanation.
No matter how anyone looked at it, there was not a trace of goodwill in that act!
Even Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin and Zhunti had not anticipated this move.
Once they recovered, cold smiles appeared on the faces of the Four Saints.
Excellent, excellent!
That brat Gu Changqing had clearly been so arrogant that he had driven even Dao Ancestor Hongjun to desperation, forcing him to personally deliver the killing blow.
The Four Saints had no doubt that if Hongjun acted personally, Gu Changqing would have no chance of survival whatsoever.
"Haha, Master's divine might fills us with admiration!"
Laozi looked in the direction Hongjun had vanished and laughed smugly.
Meanwhile, Tongtian and the others had clearly reached the same conclusion as Laozi and Yuanshi.
"Damn it!"
Coming to his senses, Tongtian gave an angry shout, with no time to think further.
He immediately summoned boundless escaping light and shot toward Zixiao Palace like a streak of lightning.
Hongjun's personal intervention was tens of millions of times more terrifying than the threat Laozi and