"Fanming escaped?"
Hearing Elder Zhang Songnian's voice, Wang Ba first felt a surge of joy, then was greatly startled.
At the same time, a reddish-brown figure flew unsteadily toward them from deep within the forest.
Everyone grew wary.
Wang Ba looked closely and realized the figure was Jia Ten Five.
But Jia Ten Five's presence was clearly much weaker than before, and many feathers had fallen out, exposing the grayish-white texture of his skin.
"Cluck, cluck!"
Jia Ten Five's voice carried a tremor of humiliation.
Wang Ba had no time to comfort him. He put him straight into the Spirit Beast Bag, then tried to fly up, only to discover that a force within Wood-Forest Island below still made it difficult to escape.
"The geology here is unusual. Don't move yet!" Ling Weizi said gravely.
With that, he flicked his hand and tossed several seeds beneath everyone's feet.
At the same time, he poured Law Power into them.
In the blink of an eye, vines abruptly sprouted from underground and stretched skyward, as though a towering tree stood in midair.
Above them, the trees Zhang Songnian had severed rapidly grew back, restoring themselves.
"Go, quickly!"
Ling Weizi urged.
Wang Ba, Qu Zhongqiu, Yang Gongyi, Bai Xiaoyun, Liu Lan, and the others had no time to say more. They hurriedly scrambled up the vines Ling Weizi had planted.
Even the weakest among them was a Gold Core Realm cultivator. Climbing vines was as easy as turning over a hand.
Within a few breaths, they had leaped onto the upper sections of the vines.
The instant Wang Ba climbed past a certain height, he felt the invisible force restraining him quietly disappear.
Qu Zhongqiu and Ling Weizi immediately flew away from the island.
Wang Ba followed close behind.
"Are you all right?"