Shaking off the pursuers, Li Fan burrowed underground to escape and circled back, only to find that the other "Blood Hand Fiend" had already sensed trouble earlier and retreated. With the adversaries dispersed, another Wangwu Mountain cultivator at the Soul Transformation level returned to provide support. Together with a group of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and personal guards, they first escorted the members of the Gao Family to a nearby military academy's stationed ship for refuge.