Once Xiao Yu had vanished without a trace, Lin Yinping's and the Enchanting Beauty's expressions immediately darkened.
They had left the Sacred Hall in high spirits, expecting the delightful windfall of several thousand immature Gold-Eating Insects. Instead, they had failed to achieve their aim and lost the shirts off their backs.
Not only had they lost the sacred cauldron and been forced to surrender the method for breeding mature-form Gold-Eating Insects, but even the sacred beast they had only just summoned to the lower realm had been snatched away.
The first two losses were manageable. Their tribe had another sacred cauldron in reserve, and the breeding method had only been revealed to this one man. Presumably, it would not spread widely.
The real blow was the capture of the sacred beast, which was of utmost importance to their Tuoba Tribe. That was a devastating loss for them!
"Holy Maiden, why did you stop me just now? Are we simply going to let this go?" the beauty asked Lin Yinping stiffly, clearly already deeply displeased with her.
"What else could we do but let him leave? He wounded you with barely any effort just now. Clearly, he was still holding back most of his strength. If we had kept fighting, both of us might have fallen here. Besides, when did I ever say we would let this go?" Lin Yinping first offered an explanation, then curled her lips into a peculiar smile.
"What do you mean?" The beauty froze.
"Since the two of us cannot defeat him, we will go back for reinforcements. I believe that if we join forces with Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Wan, and Fellow Daoist Cheng, the five of us will surely be able to take him down," Lin Yinping said slowly.
"But by the time