NOVPUBHis face couldn’t help but turn somewhat dark:
"So many people, asking me to fly slower? Could this Junior Brother Tang be plotting to kill me?"
Although he was prepared to cover the retreat, that was out of desperation, not a desire to seek death!
Soon, the Spirit Rhinoceros Stone trembled slightly.
"Wait, it was Wang Ba who suggested this?"
Hearing that it was Wang Ba, Song Dongyang’s heart suddenly grew tense.
Having spent over twenty years together, he knew Wang Ba’s personality well, who would never make promises without certainty.
And if he made a suggestion, it must be with some level of certainty.
With this in mind, Song Dongyang still hesitated.
But when he noticed that the Clerics of Ten Thousand Gods’ Country were getting increasingly closer.
A ruthless look finally flickered across his eyes.
With a thought, he immediately transmitted a message to the others.
Before long, several streaks of light quietly slowed down, swiftly crossing the sky.
In just a few dozen breaths, more colorful lights chased after them from where they were previously.
"...speed...slowing...to the limit..."
"Can’t... let them escape..."
Fragmented words fell across the sky, quickly dissipating with the wind.
The sky once again became tranquil.
But it wasn’t long before several figures flew into view.
Each of these figures had a hidden aura, with a hint of forestlike coldness and eeriness about them.
Their speed was not the least bit slower than the two groups before them.
These figures communicated quickly and joyfully as they flew:
"Didn’t expect it to go so smoothly this time."
"Indeed, all our careful planning to escort these Qi State cultivators from Qi State capital to this place wasn’t in vain... This person, he must be some Vice Hall Master from the Great Jin Myriad Manifestation Sect, right?"
"This one is called Song Dongyang, considered a middle to senior member of the Wanxiang Sect. Once he dies here, even if the Wanxiang Sect didn’t want to get involved, they would have no choice but to!"
"But, we are so close, those from the Kingdom of Immortals must have noticed us by now, right?"
"Hehe, what if they have? They don’t dare to do anything to us. If not for Elder Qin’s intervention, their damn gods would still be squatting outside the Qi State capital... Besides, we’ve just helped the Kingdom of Immortals, they probably think we will join forces with them."
"Of course, ’join forces’ with them. Otherwise, how will they focus on fighting against the Chu Dynasty, and even Da Jin..."
"This is called ’the snipe and the clam grapple, to the fisherman’s benefit.’"
"Enough, let’s talk less, these damn gods might not be strong, but their methods are insidious, and who knows if they have any special detection abilities... Wait, what is that?!"
The several figures in flight abruptly stopped in their tracks.
They looked towards the west with shock in their eyes.
There, scarcely visible was a blur of blood rain, suddenly falling!
Within the blood rain, Mountain Goblins cried mournfully!
Even from tens of thousands of miles away, the sound was clear as day. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"That place is... Yan State?!"
One of the figures couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
"But... how could a Nascent Soul of the Kingdom of Immortals die in Yan State?!"
This scene was so sudden that all the figures were stunned.
However, it was just a moment later.
The horizon suddenly bloomed with additional blurry patches of blood rain.
Within the blood rain, one could faintly sense the aura of several unique Cultivation Methods of the primitive Demonic Sect!
"People from our sect also died?!"
"What on earth is going on!"
In this instant, the figures were all thrown into disarray.
One of the figures suddenly became aware of something and his expression dramatically changed:
"No good! Let’s go!"
Where his gaze fell, the Nascent Souls of the Kingdom of Immortals that were originally flying to kill Da Jin cultivators, were now more than ten, turning back and heading towards them.
Each of these Nascent Souls from the Kingdom of Immortals had faces filled with anger or agitation... yet all bore ill-favored expressions!
"Damn it! How could someone from the Kingdom of Immortals die in Yan State!"
"People from our sect died there too, what exactly happened!"
The figures quickly exchanged words in anger and without the slightest hesitation, they swiftly retreated towards the direction of North Dai State.
There, an Immortal Ascension Elder stood guard.
Meanwhile.
Song Dongyang observed the rise of blood rain in the direction of Yan State in utter disbelief.
He quickly noticed that the Kingdom of Immortals’ cultivators coming from Lao State hesitated for a moment and then immediately turned back.
In the blink of an eye, the nearly forty Nascent Souls of the Kingdom of Immortals were reduced to just over twenty.
The crisis drastically diminished!
With his strength, plus the other Enforcers, although they were still somewhat stretched, holding out until the Immortal Ascension arrived was not impossible.
However, he couldn’t help wondering:
"The northern Lao State borders Yan State... what happened there?!"
"Wait a moment! If I had flown too fast, I would have made the people from Lao State determine to dispose of me first, then retreat... But by slowing down, making them believe I had no chance of escape, the people from Lao State could feel at ease to head back..."
In this instant, the questions that had filled him with confusion before suddenly became clear!
Song Dongyang was shaken to his core.
"Wang Ba asked me to slow down... did he foresee that something would happen in Yan State?"
"How did he manage that?"
...
Yan State, border.
In the skies.
Shen Fu stared blankly at the location where moments ago, melodious heavenly music seemed to foretell the presence of a divine palace in the clouds.
But now, the place was utterly empty, leaving behind only trailing... smog.
He couldn’t help but mutter to himself:
"Why is it like this again..."
The holy child who had come out with him was gone, once more!
