Qin Yi's ambush with his forces did not surprise Nine Infants.
As long as Jade True Person and Meng Qingying could not move, how many people could Qin Yi possibly bring?
It turned its head for a look. There really were not many people behind him: Qin Yi, Liusu, Xi Yue and Minghe, with a little black ball sitting on Qin Yi's shoulder... Nine Infants stared for ages before daring to confirm that it was Taotie.
Sure enough, that was all. No one else.
The Fairies of the rift valley, Xu Buyi, Ju Yunxiu, the qilin from the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace, and the Dragon Son from the sea were all absent.
Given the current situation, nothing had exceeded Heavenly Mystery Child's predictions. Qin Yi had brought his people to protect Jade True Person and Meng Qingying. As long as they were strong enough to hold Nine Infants back and let Jade True Person complete the refining ritual, that would suffice. How could they possibly commit their entire army and leave their lair empty for a surprise attack? That talk of "once you come, don't even think of going back" was nothing but bravado.
That was why Nine Infants had sent Heavenly Seclusion Child to the rift valley. If the valley was left undefended, Heavenly Seclusion Child could charge straight in. If the defenses were tight, it would prove that few had come to the Netherworld, and Heavenly Seclusion Child could seal off space to prevent reinforcements from reaching the Netherworld from the rift valley.
Nine Infants believed it had seen through everything, and it studied the five people on Qin Yi's side with great interest.
Liusu was in the Taiqing Realm... She was no longer merely at the Non-Phase level in terms of energy, but had become a