Zhao Feng!
Wang Ba turned in delighted surprise and, sure enough, saw an utterly familiar, stern figure walking through the air toward him.
His face looked much as it had before, yet something about his bearing felt faintly unfamiliar to Wang Ba.
If Zhao Feng had previously been like a peerless sword, radiating sharpness from head to toe, he now possessed an added sense of transcendence.
Wang Ba could not make much of it, but regardless, the presence of an Outer Sect Eldest Senior Brother at the tenth level of Qi Refining gave him a considerable sense of security.
"Senior Brother!"
Wang Ba hurried over to greet him, and Lin Yu drew close as though she had found her savior.
Neither Zhao Feng nor Wang Ba paid her any attention, however, and this treatment made Lin Yu's expression turn exceedingly ugly.
"Something delayed me earlier. Fortunately, you're all right."
At the sight of Wang Ba, Zhao Feng's expression relaxed slightly in relief.
He raised his hand and slashed his sword, sending a streak of Sword Qi scattering a distant gleam of treasure light.
Wang Ba had no time to catch up. Sweeping his gaze around them, he asked worriedly, "Senior Brother, what should we do in this situation?"
Zhao Feng shook his head slightly. "For now, what we can do is still limited. Keeping ourselves safe comes first. As for the rest, we must see how the elders fare."
"The elders? But apart from Elder Qin, didn't the Sect Master take all the other Department Elders with him?"
Wang Ba could not help asking in puzzlement.
Ordinary elders only had Foundation Establishment cultivation and could hardly play much of a role in a battle at the Gold Core level.
"No, one Department Elder remained in the sect because an earlier