Fu Qinglan knew better than anyone what the sudden appearance of these two Dao Protectors meant. Her divine consciousness scanned the surroundings and, as expected, quickly spotted two more figures.

"Sure enough, they're here…."

The air was filled with the sound of raging wind as those two figures flew over. Before they had even arrived, a syrupy female voice echoed. "Heavengazer, where are those two illusory beasts~?"

The black-robed cultivator, whose divine consciousness had been locked onto Luo Chen, answered in a hoarse voice, "This man killed them and took the cores."

The woman was so startled that her voice crackled. "He what now?! How?! Those were both fourth-tier!"

Before the black-robed cultivator could give a reply, Fu Qinglan exclaimed, "Little Xu!"

Yu Xu still had an astonished look in her eyes, but she nodded in response. She had actually recognized Fu Qinglan earlier, when the latter sent out her divine consciousness.

She then returned to the matter at hand. "Seriously, how is it possible? You're telling me he took down two fourth-tier illusory beasts all by himself before we could catch up?"

Her group had discovered the two illusory beasts...