When Yu Rong of the Cangyu Sect came over just now, Lin Xinghe had already planned to seize the chance to strike. She was merely at the early Golden Core Realm; he was confident he could kill her within ten breaths.
But just as he was about to act, an overwhelmingly powerful pressure rapidly approached from the horizon, forcing him to stop.
Now that he saw it was Xue Qianzong of the Snow Moon Wolf Clan, Lin Xinghe felt both regretful and extremely frustrated.
Why had the two arrived so close together? If Xue Qianzong had come ten breaths later, he might have succeeded. That would have removed a powerful enemy for their side.
"I just arrived as well. Dongxing and the others are unexpectedly not here, and the protective formation of Falling Star Valley has not been broken either."
As Yu Rong spoke, she sent another finger wind of spiritual power at the mountain gate, and a ring of radiance rippled out once more.
"They are not here? How is that possible?"
Xue Qianzong immediately spread his Divine Sense in all directions. His Divine Sense was far stronger than Yu Rong's, but after a moment, he withdrew it with an equally baffled expression.
"They truly are not here. Could something have happened? But with the two of them joining forces, unless they encountered a Nascent Soul cultivator, they should have had no problem retreating unscathed."
Xue Qianzong spoke pensively. Then a flicker of fear flashed through his eyes. His cultivation was roughly equal to Sang Dongxing's. If he had remained here yesterday...
The two swiftly exchanged a glance, and both saw the same ominous look in the other's eyes.
They possessed ten-thousand-mile transmission talismans that could locate one another, which Lie Changfeng had distributed among several of them.
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