However, Lin Ke had yet to land.
Master Zhuang's Domain Body manifested.
With a casual sweep, he brought Lin Ke steadily down onto the ground.
Blade Spirit One, Lu Yuanchun, needed no Mental Power to sustain him and had a stone Artificial Body, so Lin Ke had simply kept him in his Storage Bag as a hidden safeguard for himself.
Now, he dutifully drew a spine-like bone saber and flashed into view, guarding Lin Ke on either side.
He knocked away every covert shot and hidden projectile flying over from the Jade Great Radiance Church.
On the ground, the Mirror Ancient Millipedes on the backs of the Golden Wing Sect cultivators fell off one after another because Lin Ke lacked sufficient Mental Power.
His remaining Mental Power could no longer sustain the Domain Body either. After confirming that Lin Ke was unharmed, Master Zhuang slowly dissipated.
He returned to Lin Ke's Niwan Palace.
At the same time.
Liu Mingqing's face was deathly pale as he shouted to the disciples, "Retreat at once!"
"The sect has received a new assignment. Qinghe True Person has gone ahead, and he ordered us to retreat immediately too!"
"We'll deal with them another day."
The Jade Great Radiance Church disciples had all been focused on Lin Ke earlier.
Only now did they realize that their own Supreme Elder had vanished as well.
Zong Ya supported Lin Ke and tossed him a Cultivation Pill.
Lin Ke swallowed it, and his exhausted body immediately regained a little strength.
Unexpectedly, some refused to heed even Liu Mingqing's words. Several Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators from the Jade Great Radiance Church flicked their robes.
They immediately rebuked him angrily, "Liu Mingqing, you disgrace to Jade Hall! We elders of Jade Garden will never flee in the face of battle."