"Not good!"
The black-robed man did not dare let down his guard. He flung Lu Ren away.
At the same time, he brought his hands together sharply. A black eagle formed above his head, radiating the terrifying might of the Dao-Proving Realm as it slammed head-on into the crimson-gold flaming pill furnace.
Boom!
The void shook violently. The black eagle collapsed in an instant, and the crimson-gold flaming pill furnace crashed into the black-robed man.
"Ah!"
The black-robed man screamed and flew backward. Flames engulfed him as he struggled desperately.
"Aaaah!"
"Don't kill me... don't kill me!"
His pleas and screams rang out from within the flames.
Lu Ren stared at the scene in shock.
Moments ago, the black-robed man had been so powerful he could have captured Lu Ren with ease.
Yet now, someone had defeated him just as easily.
"Aaaah!"
His screams went on without end.
Before long, they grew fainter and fainter, and his body was burned to nothing.
Then a phantom soul flew out of the flames and fled in one direction.
"His Divine Soul Body!"
Lu Ren was startled.
But before the black-robed man's Divine Soul Body had flown far, a palm-sized golden pill furnace descended from the sky.
Its opening faced downward, sucking the Divine Soul Body straight inside.
"It's the Pavilion Master... the Pavilion Master is back!"
"Master is back!"
Delight appeared on the faces of Yao Zhen, Su Jinghong, and the others.
Then the void rippled.
A woman in a gray-and-white alchemist's robe slowly appeared.
She looked to be in her thirties, her expression calm.
With a wave of her slender hand, she drew the golden pill furnace into her grasp.
Su Jinghong, Yao Zhen, and the others hurried forward to greet her.
Nie Xiaochi also helped Lu Ren over.
"Greetings, Pavilion