The blue signal still shone above the trees, depleting the Qi it contained to continue illuminating the area and attract anyone who might see it.
Yet, the blue foundation expert seemed to have forgotten the signal's existence, too terrified by that near-death experience to care about possible reinforcements.
It had only taken one look from Maxwell to make the foundation expert lose any will to fight. Still, that turned out to be a temporary setback caused by the overwhelming difference in strength, which wasn't the case when it came to the next threat.
Barely one second after Maxwell had thrown himself at the two rooting experts, the foundation expert felt something coming from his right and instinctively waved his hand upward, his Qi creating a current that the red waters followed.
Something slammed on the rising red waters and flowed alongside them, landing above the black-haired cultivator's head before releasing an explosion that splashed that defensive technique away.
