The crackle of burning torches continuously blended into a single roar all around.
Wan Qingqing clenched her fists and looked at Wei He standing atop the building. Never before had her feelings been so complicated.
Joy, worry, fear, the urge to make him leave at once. Layer upon layer of emotion churned endlessly through her mind.
But no matter what, the fear of facing Zhu Chen head-on had been completely blocked behind Wei He the instant he appeared.
Yes, no one was unafraid of death. Wan Qingqing was no exception.
Unlike others, she had merely buried that fear deep within her heart.
Yet now, as she watched Wei He reappear here, the fear in her heart had somehow vanished without her noticing.
"Wei He!!" Wan Qingqing suddenly stepped forward and shouted. "You shouldn't have come back!!"
The figure atop the building looked toward her from afar.
Wei He's gaze was calm. He merely smiled faintly at her.
In the next instant, he sprang up, turning into a black shadow as he shot toward a distant treetop.
Zhu Chen's eyes narrowed. He lunged forward and leaped up, actually charging toward Wan Ling and Wan Qingqing.
A distance of several dozen meters meant no more than a second to a powerhouse like him.
But just as his foot moved—
Bang bang bang bang!!!
In an instant, great clouds of grayish-white powder exploded from the branches high in the surrounding trees.
Countless clouds of poison powder drifted down, nearly shrouding the entire sky above the Wanqing Sect.
As the vast sheets of poison powder scattered down, the three Organ Refining experts of Xunri Liuye leaped up at once.
"Disperse it!" Two-Fist Xu Fei shouted sharply.
The three struck out with their palms simultaneously. Their force flowed out, forming a fierce gust that was