"Which friend is playing a joke on me here? We're at war now. This is no time for jokes!" Xu Wucheng stared ahead and growled.
Chen Fei narrowed his eyes because he had sensed someone lurking in the shadows. As a late Joint Aperture Realm expert, Xu Wucheng naturally had an extremely keen sense of danger too, and immediately realized something was wrong.
"I've long heard that your Treading Sea Art is extraordinary. Now that we've met, seeing truly is better than hearing."
A soft chuckle rang out, and a figure emerged from thin air, looking at Xu Wucheng without sparing anyone behind him a glance.
Tong Linyun immediately tightened her grip on her massive blade, while Guo Huasheng seized his Formation Disk.
The newcomer was also at the late Joint Aperture Realm, far beyond their ability to match, but that did not make Tong Linyun and the others shrink back.
"Who are you, and why are you blocking my way?" Xu Wucheng stared at the newcomer, his eyes ice-cold.
"There are a few things we'd like to confirm with you, Brother Xu. Would you do us the honor of coming with us?" The newcomer wore a broad smile, but there was not a trace of warmth in his eyes.
"Run!"
Xu Wucheng suddenly barked, and a streak of light flew from his Universe Bag. Before it could burst in midair, however, a flash of sword light appeared and shattered it.
The Spirit Shock Talisman was a warning talisman, visible from a hundred miles away.
They were less than a hundred miles from Haiyu City, so its fluctuations would have been visible there. But before the Spirit Shock Talisman could take effect, the man opposite them destroyed it.
Chen Fei grabbed Qin Haisan beside him, and with a flicker, vanished