The one who could bring the Eight-Directional Arhat Array into Sword Mountain had to be a cultivator of the Ice Phoenix Clan, and one with a certain status at that.
Those who met those conditions and wanted Gong Qi dead could only be a few of her brothers and sisters. It could not have been anyone else.
Yet when the clouds and mist dispersed, the face revealed was Yu Ji's.
Not one of the young lords of the Northern Territory?
Had she guessed wrong?!
Gong Qi froze slightly. The Emperor Phoenix Sword in her hand suddenly pointed through the air, and Sword Qi instantly tore through the air toward Yu Ji.
Not a ripple of emotion appeared on Yu Ji's face. She raised a hand and sent out a streak of black mist, instantly crushing Gong Qi's Sword Qi.
Back in the Ice Phoenix Clan, Yu Ji had only been at the early stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. Yet the aura revealed by this move was at least at the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, perhaps even at the great completion stage.
Moreover, that aura felt exceedingly familiar.
Gong Qi lowered the Emperor Phoenix Sword. A chilling aura gathered between her brows as she asked in a low voice, "You are not Yu Ji. Who are you?!"
Yu Ji smiled sweetly. "It has only been such a short time since we last met, yet the Seventh Young Lord no longer recognizes me?"
Yu Ji's face was smiling, but for some reason, it carried a cold, sinister, and gloomy air.
Thinking of the black mist she had just unleashed, Gong Qi's mind turned, and a candidate immediately surfaced in her heart.
"You are Rong Shi!"
Gong Qi's tone was calm, but it brimmed with certainty.
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