To be honest, Lu Yang had never expected that in this life, he would meet Sky Soaring again under such dramatic, abrupt circumstances.
Something's wrong. Calm down.
Lu Yang gritted his teeth and suppressed the urge to Restart. Xiaohai True Person was the one exploring the Long Radiance Precious Light Cave Heaven. What did that have to do with me?
With the Puppet on Strings blocking him, he can't see me!
He was just trying to scare people!
Lu Yang had absolute confidence in this. After all, this was a Golden Talent produced by the Hundred Lives Book.
Puppet on Strings: Seize another's Fortune and take on their Karma, and one could hide beneath their outer shell, manipulating them like a puppet of wood and strings. No one could deduce their origins.
If it said no one could deduce them, then no one could deduce them!
Bring it on!
The confidence the Hundred Lives Book gave Lu Yang allowed him to forcibly steady his emotions. Through Xiaohai True Person's eyes, he continued staring straight at Sky Soaring.
At that instant, all sounds fell silent.
"..."
Even the rising Si Fire froze in midair. Sparks that should have danced hung motionless. Though heat waves rolled through the surroundings, the air was now cold as winter.
Xiaohai True Person's expression had frozen at the instant terror appeared on his face. Even his thoughts had stopped. Throughout the entire Grotto-Heaven Fragment, only the figure standing amid the flames could still move. One hand propped against his chin, the other folded across his chest, he stared brightly at Xiaohai True Person before him.
His gaze was like a torch.
Every change in Xiaohai True Person's aura, every fluctuation of dharma power, every dilation and contraction of his pupils, every shift in his gaze, every