"Boom-"
A deafening roar rang out at the top of the cavern. Immediately afterward, a figure smashed through its ceiling and descended with ferocious force. It was none other than Xuan Zi's burly form.
Bare-chested, Xuan Zi exposed his bronze skin. The terrifying pressure of his aura soared into the sky the instant he emerged from the ground, threatening to make the winds and clouds change color.
The pair of spiral horns on his head, in particular, gave off an indescribably mysterious sheen. Nine colors seemed to shimmer over them before finally turning a jade-like white.
Even though Xuan Zi had rushed over the moment he sensed something was wrong, it had still taken him nearly a minute to bore through the entire mountain, drilling straight down from its summit into the cavern within.
When Xuan Zi first sensed the Zhongli brothers' auras, he had immediately rushed toward the back mountain. Only upon arriving did he realize that he had absolutely no idea where the hidden entrance Chen Ping and the others had discovered was.
He could therefore only pick a random spot and bore straight through the entire mountain, breaking into the cavern from above.
Under these circumstances, calling Xuan Zi a humanoid shield tunneling machine would have been no exaggeration, considering he had carved out a passage in barely a minute.
"Xiaotao, Yue Heng?!"
Seeing the Inner Court members sprawled all over the ground, Xuan Zi instantly lost his composure. Regret, anxiety, self-reproach, and other emotions surged through his heart.
Why? If I had just followed these children and taken a look at the entrance in the back mountain, would things have turned out differently?
Just by slacking off a little, I got so many Inner Court children killed again!
Xuan Zi's body shook violently. His eyes were