After hearing this, green-robed Xiao Hua gave a cold laugh. "Getting beaten is one thing. Just don't accidentally get beaten to death..."
But as soon as he said this, an alarmed expression suddenly appeared on green-robed Xiao Hua's face. He hurriedly looked at Xiao Hua. What green-robed Xiao Hua had thought of, Xiao Hua naturally thought of as well. In a flash of lightning and spark of flint, Xiao Hua cried out, "Not good! The Star Lord Palace is so openly intercepting and killing Nascent Soul cultivators... If this is not an old custom, then... they intend to wipe everyone out. There definitely won't be more than ten cultivators who can return alive from Yaotai Mountain. No—perhaps not even more than twenty!!!"
It was not as though Xiao Hua had never considered this before, but upon thinking more deeply now, he immediately grasped the true essence within it. A chill rose down his back!
"The hall master of the Star Lord Palace is a cultivator at the peak of the fifth rank of Yuan Force. If he makes a move... you and I are no match for him!" Green-robed Xiao Hua said in a low voice. "Fellow Daoist, you must think of a proper solution. How did you jump into this pit of fire?"
"Needless to mention the blood mark above our heads—it is an even more deadly method! Once we fall into it, it will be nine deaths and one life!" Xiao Hua said lightly as he watched the blood-colored glow draw closer. "You and I may have to risk our lives this time."
"Easy for you to say~" green-robed Xiao Hua sneered. "Even if Fellow Daoist wants to risk his life, where are you going to find Kong Hongwu?"
The moment green-robed Xiao Hua finished speaking, he became