Ten minutes until everything went sideways again.
Liu Mei's ice blue eyes tracked three spiritual signatures approaching from the south like incoming missiles with really bad intentions. Her Peak Core Formation cultivation gave her ten mile detection range, which was currently showing three Core Formation cultivators flying toward them at speeds that screamed "we're definitely not here to make friends."
"Three incoming." Her voice stayed calm in that professional way that actually made things scarier. "Core Formation signatures. Eight miles out. Moving fast."
Hunter felt his exhausted body immediately dump adrenaline into his system like his body was betraying him specifically. Foundation Mid worked fine despite the breakthrough strain, but seriously? He'd wanted maybe an hour of rest. Just one hour to enjoy not dying during cultivation advancement.
Apparently the universe thought that was asking too much.
"Any chance they're friendly?" Hunter asked without much hope.
