Consequences and Impact

Of the four Golden Core Realm cultivators, the Third Elder of the Four-Eared Ape Clan and another late-stage Golden Core Realm foreign cultivator were in fact exceptionally close with the Old Dragon-Floodwyrm and Xi Ye.

The other two cultivators—the chief of the Jadewater Crocodile Clan and the other man—knew Jiao Wuxing, though their relationship was more one of mutual benefit.

Although the remaining cultivator also called the Old Dragon-Floodwyrm brother, he was the most adept at trimming his sails to the wind.

Those two were the ones who truly wished to use this chance to destroy the Ghost Floodwyrm Clan.

On the surface, the Third Elder of the Four-Eared Ape Clan and that late-stage Golden Core Realm foreign cultivator appeared to have been abandoned by the distrustful Old Dragon-Floodwyrm.

In truth, the Old Dragon-Floodwyrm had secretly sent them voice transmissions, asking them to cover his retreat and hold back the pursuing cultivators so they could not catch up to him and Xi Ye.

So long as it was not a life-and-death battle, a Golden Core Realm cultivator could still hold back one or two people alone for a short while.

Sure enough, by relying on this, the Old Dragon-Floodwyrm had fled far away early on and ultimately shook everyone off.

Not long after the Jadewater Crocodile Clan chief and the other cultivator flew off, they wanted to send voice-transmission talismans and have people block the Old Dragon-Floodwyrm's path ahead.

Unexpectedly, the Third Elder of the Four-Eared Ape Clan and that late-stage Golden Core Realm cultivator immediately intervened, and in an instant, the few of them were fighting.

Fortunately, all four had been guarding against one another all along, so none of them fell victim to a sneak attack.

Xie Fengkai, who arrived afterward, witnessed this scene firsthand. By the time