Hongjun Appears

Above the Sea of Blood.

Hongjun concealed himself, his brows tightly furrowed as he looked down at the people below.

Ever since the Six Saints had gone to the Primordial World, he had kept himself hidden and followed behind them.

His original plan had been to secretly lend them a hand at the critical moment when the Six Saints surrounded Zhou Ming.

To ensure nothing could go wrong and trap Zhou Ming within the formation.

But he had never expected—

After the Six Saints arrived at the Sea of Blood, they had barely needed any effort to trap Zhou Ming with the Immortal Slaying Formation.

The entire process had gone so smoothly that it felt unreal to him.

What felt even more wrong was the reaction of the other Ancestral Wu.

When they saw Zhou Ming trapped, every one of them had seemed consumed by towering rage, looking as though they wanted to swallow the Six Saints alive and tear them limb from limb.

Yet not a single one of them had rushed forward to save him.

Instead, they had allowed Houtu to continue transforming into Reincarnation.

Something was wrong!

This was completely wrong!

Based on what he knew of those reckless brutes from the Wu Clan, their bond with Zhou Ming was more important than anything else.

Now that Zhou Ming was trapped, they should have been attacking the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation like madmen.

And when they exhausted every effort yet still could not break the formation, he would reveal himself and use Zhou Ming's safety to force Houtu into submission.

That was the script he had envisioned.

Not this—Houtu was actually still taking the initiative to transform into Reincarnation.

This script was clearly wrong!

There had to be a trick behind this!

Especially since, in the instant