This was similar to what happened with the Sword Saint, Jing Huaisong. When he discovered Su Qingyu had returned and taken on the Twenty-Third Sword, he immediately ordered the Celestial Essence Sword Sect to retreat without a moment's hesitation.
It wasn't that Jing Huaisong was truly afraid of Su Qingyu. He simply didn't want to risk injury by insisting on a duel with her.
In any case, only someone as wildly unpredictable as Su Qingyu would insist on a duel with Gongsun Xiang at the Forbidden City Peak.
Zou Feng sized up Bai Chen, wondering how the man had recovered so quickly.
'Don't tell me he's having a final burst of energy before the end?'
The more Zou Feng thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. After all, Bai Chen looked a little *too* full of life right now.
He was a completely different person from the sickly man he had been before.
The arrival of the group from Biyou Palace drew several experts from the Evil Sects out into the open to greet them.
