Xiao Qi was just about to activate the Cloudlight Handkerchief and unleash Thunderclap Slash when she suddenly heard Xu Qingtong's voice transmission: "Xiao Qi, get back into the Seven-Star Bracelet!"
Xu Qingtong drew Xiao Qi into the Seven-Star Bracelet, then activated the Flying Sky Crown. He had barely concealed himself when someone appeared at the entrance to the Spatial Passage!
The moment the man appeared, a pitch-black shield materialized in his hand, blocking his front.
Xu Qingtong looked closely and recognized him as the old fiend with two wisps of ratlike whiskers who had been with the white-haired elder that day.
Holding his shield, the rat-whiskered old fiend surveyed his surroundings. To his bewilderment, he could not see a single human!
What was going on? Where was everyone? Shouldn't they be blocking the entrance to the Spatial Passage?
The string of questions left the rat-whiskered old fiend rather dazed.
Then another man emerged from the passage. Like the rat-whiskered old fiend, he brought out a Round Shield to protect himself as soon as he appeared.
"Brother Huang, where is everyone?"
"I don't know either! This place was deserted when I came out!" the rat-whiskered old fiend said.
"Could they have abandoned this place and withdrawn?"
"Hard to say. Let's watch for a while and see how things stand!"
The two old fiends extended their divine sense, probing their surroundings.
Xu Qingtong drove the Flying Sky Crown with all his strength, concealing every last trace of his aura! If they discovered him, he would inevitably have to fight for his life again!
Fortunately, the Flying Sky Crown lived up to its name as an innate netherworld treasure. With Xu Qingtong driving it at full power, it actually deceived the two Late Body-Shaping Stage old fiends, keeping him hidden right under their