The Wailing Wanderer cackled loudly.

Then Ji Yuan saw a thick black shadow burst out from the fog, smashing heavily into the formation at the mountain peak.

With a loud "boom".

The black shadow dispersed, spreading over the formation as if covering it with a black drape.

The ground shook, causing countless rocks to tumble down.

Watching from the mountainside, the old vulture was about to take flight.

The black shadow spread on the formation suddenly retracted, transforming once more into a black figure and pounced towards the old vulture who was attempting to rise.

In an instant, the two engaged in a fierce battle.

Clearly, this black shadow was a late stage Tier Two ghost entity reared by the Wailing Wanderer.

Ji Yuan couldn't help but wonder how its strength compared to the Big Toad.

After the initial tremor induced by the Wailing Wanderer on the Divine Eagle Palace, he retreated, not making another move.

As the rolling smoke withdrew, he looked at the old vulture fighting with the black shadow and suddenly slammed his palm down.

In a flash, a giant palm print emerged from the black smoke, descending with an overwhelming momentum,

causing stones to cascade down wherever the palm print passed.

Just as the palm print was about to suppress the old pine tree and fall upon the old vulture.

A Flying Sword suddenly shot out from the Divine Eagle Palace at the mountain's peak.

With a swift "shing", the palm print vanished like smoke.

The Flying Sword returned to the peak.

Outside the formation, a bald old man in a long blue robe appeared out of thin air.

The Flying Sword hovered behind him as he sneered at the rolling smoke in midair:

"Old Crying Ghost, what is it? Can't accept I didn't cut you down with a single strike back then, so now you've come here to die."

"Enough with the nonsense!"

"Just die already!"

The two harbored old grievances, barely exchanging words.

The Wailing Wanderer, wrapped in black smoke, advanced rashly, while the Palace Master of the Divine Eagle Palace also charged sword in hand.

Within mere breaths, the two descended from the peak to the Ghost Seeking Cave at the mountain's base.

After all, being just Fake Pill cultivators, they couldn't maintain their Escape Light for long.

For a true life-and-death struggle, they must reveal their true skills on land.

"What about us?"

Ji Yuan, resembling a fledgling, seemingly brave but actually timid cultivator, asked the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator Ye Zhiqiu beside him.

"Just wait,"

Ye Zhiqiu replied coldly.

At the forefront, Qian Xin heard this and transmitted to everyone, "When our people make a move, once they engage... we go in."

As if in response to Qian Xin's claim.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Several explosions echoed from within the Divine Eagle Palace atop the cliff.

Following which, the formation protecting the entire sect abruptly shattered.

"Boom——"

Another blaze ignited, followed by a furious roar resounding across the sky.

"Curse you, traitor born of a b****!"

Witnessing this unfold from within the dense woods, Qian Xin intoned, "Go!"

With that, everyone immediately charged out from the forest, and within breaths, they were riding Flying Boats over the Divine Eagle Palace.

Leading the way, Qian Xin gently fanned the Feather Fan, stirring a gale across the mountaintop.

The wind blew a chill over the ground.

Seeing this, the Qi Cultivation cultivators within the Divine Eagle Palace quickly sought nearby places to hide.

But the Foundation Establishment cultivators had no refuge.

With the sky falling, as the tallest leader had left, it naturally fell upon them to hold the line.

Ji Yuan glanced around, seeing already two places within the Divine Eagle Palace engaged in combat.

Presumably, it was those other Great Love Sect insiders.

But weren't there supposed to be three? Why were only two fighting, and where was the remaining one?

"Be careful."

Ye Zhiqiu at Ji Yuan's side cautioned, spurring the Flying Boat beneath him, a blazing technique shimmering as they faced a Foundation Establishment cultivator rising from the ground.

The others also engaged, each finding their match.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan turned and ran.

Not really fleeing, but because a Divine Eagle Palace cultivator had him in their sights.

Amidst this chaos, even with a myriad of tricks, Ji Yuan could not easily expose his hand.

"Hehe, a mere early stage Foundation Establishment dares come here, aren't you afraid of death?"

By pure chance, the cultivator who targeted Ji Yuan was precisely the Yin Tongzi set up by Qian Xin.

Though possessing mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, he appeared no bigger than a four- or five-year-old child.

With even the hair on his head unfallen.

His tender skin was extraordinarily pale, resembling almost... a stillborn!

And the bright red dot on his forehead added a further air of eeriness.

Guiding the Sky Raider, Ji Yuan sped away, while the Yin Tongzi stepped on a smoke-emitting skull.

Its nature as a Spiritual Artifact was unknown, yet its speed was incredibly swift.

Within moments, it caught up to him.

Only after Ji Yuan saw he was distanced from others did he slow his pace.

"Take your grandpa's claw!"

Just as Ji Yuan landed, he swung the Bone-Melting Yin Claw in his hand fiercely towards his pursuer.

Powered by Spiritual Qi, a massive spectral bone claw appeared, lunging ferociously at the Yin Tongzi.

Laughing grotesquely, the latter stomped down, causing the skull to plunge into the dense woods, vanishing without a trace.

His attack missing its mark, Ji Yuan immediately unleashed his Divine Sense to sweep around.

In merely a moment, he had already locked onto Yin Tongzi's location.

Landing, the child hid in the shadows, not only concealing his aura entirely but even his figure was extremely dim, barely visible.

If it weren't for Ji Yuan's Divine Sense being far superior to a typical mid-stage Foundation Establishment, it would've been difficult to find him so quickly.

So he's planning an ambush by hiding?

Willing to hide is fine, you hide, and I won't make a move. Isn't this a perfect stalling tactic... Ji Yuan rejoiced inwardly, while outwardly appearing extremely panicked.

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