Liu Mingqing immediately raised his blade toward the crowd. "Fine, I'll give this girl something to eat. All of you, move aside."
"Let me get out first."
Lin Ke waved a hand. "Everyone, move aside. Let him reach the edge of the Guardian Array!"
As he spoke, Lin Ke aimed the Insect Jade at the far end of the crowd, which had split into two columns. A small opening instantly appeared there.
Liu Mingqing immediately roared, "Not there! Take me to the entrance to the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm that your Golden Wing Sect found."
The cultivators present began murmuring among themselves.
"What is this man trying to do?"
"Probably trying to escape? Our Golden Wing Sect has bullied him so badly that he's scared out of his wits."
"Will he take Little Miaomiao away?"
"Surely not? Outside is a barren mountain where the Poison Tempering Mountains border the Dali Domain. There's no need to keep holding Little Miaomiao hostage, is there?"
Fine beads of sweat seeped from Liu Mingqing's forehead. He had seen what Lin Ke could do.
Those cultivators burned into blackened husks were still screaming in his mind. The trauma of war had left him somewhat mentally unstable.
"Hurry up! Or I'll kill her!"
He was practically roaring, not even daring to blink as his fixed gaze scraped across every person present.
Lin Ke swept his hand again. "Everyone, move aside!"
"Clear a path."
Liu Mingqing tightened his grip on the little girl in his arms. He also bound her limbs with spiritual qi and held her up in front of his head, not daring to move the dagger away from her neck for even a moment.
He knew he was a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, while Zhang Miaomiao was a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator.
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