Luo Beixi's trust in his fellow disciple made Li Yan think of Li Wuyi and the others in that fleeting instant.
If it had been his own senior brothers and sisters, they too would have carved out a path of escape for him without a word of complaint.
Li Yan had exploited that trust to take down Luo Beixi with scarcely any bloodshed. Usually so calculating, Li Yan felt a trace of guilt when he thought of his eldest senior brother and the others, but the thought vanished in a flash.
After sending a strand of divine sense into Tuban, Li Yan immediately used several medicinal pills to heal Luo Beixi's injuries, lest he bleed to death!
Luo Beixi had said that he encountered many forks in the road on his way here. That was also why Li Yan had not chosen to retreat, instead forcing his way through by confronting the golden-armored flame giant.
Li Yan had always trusted his instincts. Although he had encountered many forks along the way, he had continually felt that the route he chose was the better one.
He had the feeling that if he kept going this way, he would either find the exit or eventually find the location of the Strength Soul Gu.
Thus, when Luo Beixi said there were more forks in the direction he had come from, Li Yan felt it was better to rely on his own senses. The other man might have gone wrong, while he might yet choose correctly!
Although the golden-armored flame giant opposite him possessed strength at the peak of the Integrated Body Early Stage with the aid of the golden light here, Li Yan still believed he could force his way past it.
If he were willing, he could even crush this golden-armored flame