His bone-chilling words echoed through the air.
The black-robed elder's expression changed drastically!
The hand on his shoulder tightened, crushing any hope he had of getting lucky. He immediately roared:
"Let go!"
Boom!!!
His immortal essence erupted violently!
Relying on his cultivation, the elder forcibly broke free of Ye Li's restraint. He reached back, grabbed Xiang Tiantian, and turned to flee Jade Splendor Manor!
"Elder!"
Caught off guard, Xiang Tiantian was hauled off his feet.
Feeling everyone's eyes on him from below, he flushed red and struggled involuntarily:
"What are you doing?!"
"He hasn't even attacked yet..."
"What if you're dead by the time he does?!"
The black-robed elder whipped his head around and demanded angrily:
"Do you really think a Palace Heir of the Supreme Clarity Palace would venture out without a Guardian behind him?!"
"..."
Xiang Tiantian's expression stiffened.
Recalling the earlier rumors, he finally shut his mouth in frustration and let the elder carry him upward.
But they had barely gone any distance.
The black-robed elder sensed something wrong.
The vast sea of clouds overhead remained utterly motionless. No matter how he drove his immortal essence, he could not close the distance between them!
His heart trembled, and he focused his gaze sharply.
Only then did he realize.
The thick sea of clouds shrouding the sky was formed entirely from boundless immortal essence!
A woman whose face he could not make out sat atop the clouds, looking down at him.
Then she slowly extended a hand.
"It's... a True Cultivator!!"
A True Cultivator of the Fortune-Mastery Realm!
The Supreme Clarity Palace had indeed assigned a powerhouse of that caliber to protect Ye Li!
The black-robed elder's hands and feet instantly went cold.
Had he known, he would have left immediately. Why had he wasted so many words