"The Chaos Gods' game is about to begin. Let me see, then-who will the white phoenix ultimately belong to?"
His broad fingers gripped the Four-Headed Staff as the faint purple mist issuing from one of its heads gradually dissipated. Priest stood high in the sky, his gaze fixed on the direction Li Shaobai had departed, his gaunt face still stiff with a smile.
"O god of Khorne, will your gaze fall upon the little phoenix once more?"
"Let boundless blood bear witness to this!"
"Bring in the Wine! Green Lotus Sword Technique!"
His figure flickered, becoming three afterimages. Then sword light flashed past, swift as thunder, and six heads with uncanny expressions crashed heavily to the ground, satisfied smiles upon their faces.
"Phew..." Li Shaobai drew a deep breath and continued toward the core of the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu on his back.
The many factions of the Heaven Dou Empire had sealed off the Star Dou Great Forest with one cordon after another.
With Xiao Wu in tow, Li Shaobai had spent seven days finding gaps in six cordons and successfully working his way around them.
But now, he had to return to where he had started and take Xiao Wu back to the area around the Lake of Life.
"Li Shaobai, those people just now... something seemed a little off about them."
Lying against Li Shaobai's back with worry on her face, Xiao Wu glanced behind them, only to discover that the six corpses had dissolved into a cloud of purple mist and dispersed.
"Those people were probably sent by that Priest. Their purpose was probably to slow us down."
"Even if the others learned about your existence and our location, they probably couldn't react this quickly."
"After all, that man can't make all the