Cheng Xinzhan formed a hand seal and set his Golden Core revolving. A gleaming pill flew out through the crown of his head.
The Golden Core was blazing white, like the sun at noon in high summer, so white that golden light shone through it, making it impossible to look at directly.
As the Golden Core emerged, tiger roars and dragon cries accompanied it, audible even beneath the rolling thunder.
Every onlooker's expression changed. What grade of Golden Core was this?
At their first glimpse of the Golden Core, many ruled out the possibility that this man was a Rogue Cultivator.
Just as the Golden Core emerged, two streaks of Escape Light came from the east, racing like wind and lightning straight toward the tribulation clouds.
Heavenly True Boy immediately went on alert. Even he found the speed of those two streaks of Escape Light terrifying, but he did not retreat. His hands were already forming the Xuanwu Seal as he called out,
"A friend is undergoing his tribulation here. Halt!"
Everyone saw the two streaks of Escape Light approaching, yet heard no sound of them tearing through the air, for their flight was far faster than the sound of the vibrations they caused in space.
Only a blink passed between the moment they saw the Escape Light approaching and the moment it passed through the outer ring of spectators.
Behind Heavenly True Boy, a manifestation of a dark tortoise entwined with a Teng Snake had already appeared.
"Thank you for guarding him, Daoist."
By then, the two streaks of Escape Light had stopped a short distance before Heavenly True Boy, revealing their figures.
One was a vigorous old man with silver hair and a white beard. The other looked somewhat aged as well, but his thick beard and dense