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Four hundred miles north of Qingqiu Mountain, there lies a lone, desolate hill.
An icy blue streak of escape light sliced through the clouds and descended onto the summit.
Atop a grey-white rock, Zheng Bailian's figure emerged.
He turned to look southward across the horizon. The dark crimson Blood River light that once blotted out the sky had vanished without a trace.
"Finally escaped," Zheng Bailian's rapidly beating heart began to calm.
"Living the easy life for too long can dull one's edge. My reactions in battle just now slowed by several beats!"
"Outer Heaven Demons bypassed the locks of the Great Celestial Star Battle Ban and entered Hai Province. Something must have gone terribly wrong at the Outer Heaven Battlefield."
"Should I find a place to lay low for a while or immediately report this to Thousand Mechanisms Sect?" Zheng Bailian's face showed hesitation.
