Given how massive an organization the Church of Departure was, and how small of a team was present, it didn’t seem likely their goal was spirit stones. Besides, ‘desire’ was something each member had long since sacrificed to their overall goals. They were here on a more important mission, and that was a mission assigned by the Church. It was... to get a lizard skin that contained godliness!

Therefore, the moment the lizard shed that skin, the eight Church members shot to their feet, somber and desolate auras erupting from them. All of them pulsed with the fluctuations of the great circle of Qi Condensation as they headed right into the basin. They moved so quickly that, in the shortest of moments, they were closing in on their target.

Most shocking of all was how their group moved in complete unison, even down to the placement of their feet as they moved. They were like eight shining blades stabbing forth together.

As for the rogue cultivators in their paths, they didn’t have time to get out of the way, and were slashed down like stray weeds in the path of a flash flood.

The strength on display from the Church of Departure caused the Sea Ghosts,...