The shielding formation Ning Cheng had set up was not particularly sophisticated. Cultivators outside heard the clamor of battle from within, and some even contemplated breaking through the formation to get inside. Previously, their retreat was fueled by fear of Ning Cheng being a cultivator from Heaven's Mandate Realm. Now, the fear was different; they worried that if someone inside had killed Ning Cheng first, they wouldn't get a share of the spoils.
Wa Lun and Yu Wanyue were both gravely injured, and Dou Di was too weak to intervene, leaving her no choice but to watch as the cultivators outside Ning Cheng's shielding formation eagerly anticipated an opening.
Just then, the shielding formation suddenly opened, and Ning Cheng appeared before everyone. Those outside cast their gazes and divine sense inside to investigate, but aside from Ning Cheng, no one else emerged. Not one of the fourteen cultivators who initially stayed behind came out with him.
