Lu Ren could not contain his excitement. He pulled Yun Qingyao into his arms, kissed her, and said, "Hahaha! Qing Yao, following you is always the right choice. I never thought we'd find the Yin Soul Tide so soon!"
Yun Qingyao pushed him away, speechless. "Don't get excited. It's only a guess. Let's go!"
"Someone's coming!"
Lu Ren started and looked into the distance.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Ten figures flew in from afar and landed beside Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao.
A startling aura of Calamity Power surged from each of them. Every one of them had reached at least Seven Tribulation Transcendence.
Several had even reached Nine Calamities Transcendence.
They're Immortal Path Cultivators? Could they be from another heaven?
Lu Ren studied the ten of them, secretly startled.
The Immortal Dao Palace had sent only him to the Lower Realm Battlefield. It could not have sent more cultivators. That left one possibility: other Small Worlds of the Thirty-Three Heavens had also opened passages to the Lower Realm Battlefield.
"An Immortal Path Cultivator and a Ghost Path Cultivator?"
The young man at their head examined the pair and burst out laughing. "Hahaha! An Immortal Path Cultivator and a Ghost Path Cultivator, carrying on together!"
He had seen Lu Ren kiss Yun Qingyao just now.
"Hahaha! Humans and ghosts walk different paths. Aren't you afraid of the backlash?"
"As far as I know, Ghost Path Cultivators are ghosts. No living creature who gets involved with one comes to a good end!"
The corners of several Immortal Path Cultivators' mouths curled up as they joined in the mockery.
"Qing Yao, let's go."
Lu Ren could not be bothered with them and turned to leave.
"Stop!"
The young man at their head barked, "The man can leave. The woman stays!"
Yun Qingyao turned