Everyone stared at the empty grassland, stunned. There was no one there, nothing at all.
But the Immortal had clearly said with ironclad certainty that someone was here. Could the Immortal have miscalculated?
Everyone could not help lowering their heads to look at the ground, seeking answers from Li Huowang, who was lying in ambush beneath the soil.
Seeing this, Li Huowang was equally puzzled. Strange. What's going on? The Spine Sword is definitely here!
Just then, Li Huowang's heart skipped a beat. What's going on? The Three Purities aren't Sitting Forgetting Dao. Could they be lying too?
Yet just as he thought this, the center of the encirclement swiftly changed. The surrounding grassland was rapidly replaced by dense forest, which continued spreading outward.
From the heart of that forest, several people emerged carrying weapons. The One-Eyed Dragon leading them held Li Huowang's Spine Sword in his hand!
So it was not that they did not exist—they had merely arrived too early!
The moment Li Huowang's hands burst from the earth and clamped tightly around the One-Eyed Dragon's legs, everyone around them charged forward at once.
The forest that had been silent moments ago instantly became a savage battlefield. Everything orderly dissolved into chaos in an instant.
Buried in the earth, Li Huowang had no time to care about anything else. His highest priority now was reclaiming his Spine Sword!
The ground instantly softened. With a fierce yank from Li Huowang, he dragged the scruffy-bearded One-Eyed Dragon down into the depths of the soil.
Not long after the two sank beneath the earth, the ground suddenly shuddered. The next moment, the entire patch of turf exploded.
Veins bulging across his body, the One-Eyed Dragon leaped out, gripping the Spine Sword tightly as he roared and thrust it straight at Li