Would the destruction of a Flying Boat really cause such a commotion? No one had the energy to concern themselves with that anymore. That was true of the human cultivators, and the Undead had even less brainpower to spare.
But beneath the dazzling white light, every human cultivator and Undead creature experienced a brief spell of blindness. For several breaths, they were as good as blind with their eyes open, unable to see anything, and could only close their eyes instinctively.
Still, there were those who had prepared in advance.
The instant the white light blazed, more than a dozen figures suddenly moved. They passed through the Undead encirclement in an instant, drew as close to Xunfeng Valley as possible, and plunged beneath the sand before the white light faded.
The three figures who teleported farthest had practically reached Xunfeng Valley: Han Tiangang, Huai Liangyou, and Lou Yue. The rest were mostly scattered within ten li of Xunfeng Valley. At such a short distance, they would not lose their direction even using Earth Escape.
These were the people the Daoist Sect had chosen to carry out the mission, including not only the dozen or so Daoists aboard the Flying Boat, but also Dai Xun and a few others. Retreat was not an option for them; it was even more dangerous than advancing. Better to stake everything on one desperate effort.
Another figure reacted with extraordinary speed. Instead of plunging into the sand, he slipped into the cloud with a flicker of his body, then miraculously vanished without a trace. Stranger still, after he entered it, the cloud actually began drifting slowly toward the air above Xunfeng Valley.
When the white light dispersed and everything returned to normal, the only ones left in the sky were the fools serving as cannon