Central Region of Canglan, outside Demon Suppression Pass.
When Lang Xiao broke free of Nangong Jinghe's spell and returned to the Profound Insight realm, Cui Shenyoo, on the main battlefield, also condensed Zhen Xuan in his hand and escaped.
Fortunately, the righteous side had already seized the initiative in the battle overhead. Venerable Mingxiao and Sea Bearing Venerable sensed the change and descended in time to protect everyone, preventing the old monster from the Upper Realm from slaughtering them.
But like Lang Xiao, Cui Shenyoo's mastery of spatial Daoist Magic far surpassed that of Profound Insight cultivators from the Lower Realm.
Thus, even with two accomplished Profound Insight venerables fighting him together, they only barely managed to draw him back into the space overhead. They gained no advantage whatsoever in the clash.
Cui Shenyoo, on the other hand, faced their combined assault alone without a hint of strain. He looked utterly composed.
With a few bursts of Zhen Xuan, he manifested several Upper-Realm Methods and easily dealt with their attacks.
Whenever he found an opening, he even slipped in one unfamiliar technique after another to toy with them.
As for the remaining old monster from the Upper Realm, Hu Pengxiao's soul fragment, his situation was rather awkward.
Of the three, he had been the least fortunate: the imitation Heaven-Reaching Pagoda Luo Qianchou carried had suppressed him. Condensing Zhen Xuan again would be far harder for him than for the other two.
And just as Lang Xiao had felt after escaping, Cui Shenyoo had no intention of helping him now that he had returned to the Profound Insight realm.
The three had only thrown together a temporary alliance. When disaster struck, each had to rely on his own abilities. None of them would go out of his way to pull another