The plaza of the Giant Dragon's Nest.
An Escape Light flashed through the starry sky, and a figure suddenly descended from above.
"Ao Li!"
Zhu Jiu hurried forward to meet her.
"Are you all right?"
Ao Li shook her head and cupped her hands toward the Great Protector.
Her gaze swiftly swept the plaza. When she failed to find that familiar figure, her expression abruptly changed.
"Where is Chen Feng?"
"Hmm... didn't he go looking for you? Didn't he come out with you?" Zhu Jiu asked in return.
"Looking for me? You mean he went to the Seventh Layer of the Prison-Suppressing Tower?"
Ao Li's expression grew intent. The sharp light shooting from her eyes made even Zhu Jiu feel a sense of pressure.
"Uh... yes."
Zhu Jiu immediately recounted how Chen Feng had displayed astonishing combat strength in the lower spaces and killed the Dragon Servants of Cangming and the others.
He then related, detail by detail, how Chen Feng had made his way to the Seventh-Layer Space, met him there, and disregarded his attempts to dissuade him, going off to rescue Ao Li.
As Ao Li heard this, the faint suspicion in her heart secretly deepened.
But worry and anxiety filled her eyes all the more.
That trace of suspicion had received no confirmation, and the possibility was exceedingly small.
It was far more likely that Chen Feng had become trapped deep within the Demonic Tide while trying to save her.
"That fool! Does he not value his life?"
"No, I have to go to the Prison-Suppressing Tower and find him!"
Ao Li immediately rose into the air, about to return to the Secret Realm.
At that moment, the Great Protector also tried to stop her. "Ao Li, there is no longer any trace of him in the