The ones surprised most by what just happened were the Soul Kings from the Soul Refining School. They stood there in the sky, wide-eyed by the fact that their Soul Emperor had just…fled. None of them knew what to think.

“Ah!!”

Again, it was Qin Bangjie that was the first to respond. Giving one last shrill cry, he turned tail and fled without hesitation!

It looked like he was just a second away from being killed the way he was fleeing!

The next two to follow were Xu Qianqing and a yellow-skinned elder. Looking not unlike Qin Bangjie, these two elders were fleeing as fast as they could! It didn’t matter if they were Soul Kings, they were running as though the dogs of the underworld were snapping at their heels! A panicked escape in the one direction away from the floating figure up above!

To say this was an unpredicted outcome was an understatement. Allies and enemies alike stared...