Today's first update: Chapter 3317! 1/4!
As for the "respect" Mo Chou held for Shen-bao at this moment, the purity of his feelings and the reverence of his attitude were beyond doubt, utterly heartfelt.
However, the source of that "respect" was not the esteem and importance a warrior normally felt for an opponent worthy of an all-out battle. It stemmed from a more fundamental—and far more "fatal"—fact: the woman before him was the Young Mistress whom the supreme and infinitely powerful Lord Huang had once cherished above all else, and still held dear, doting on her to the point of near-indulgence!
More importantly, this Young Mistress was also the only one thus far who had borne a direct bloodline descendant for The Lord!
That fact alone made her status and position heavier than a divine mountain in Mo Chou's heart.
How could he possibly afford the slightest carelessness?
How could he not tread on thin ice in trembling caution?
In a normal duel between experts, who would reveal their trump cards and carefully prepared tactics in such exhaustive detail before the battle had even begun?
That would be no different from exposing one's own weaknesses and handing the initiative to the enemy.
Yet Mo Chou did exactly that, cleanly and decisively, even with a hint of eagerness to "confess."
Not only did he plainly tell Shen-bao that the seven of them would join forces to set up an incomparably powerful grand array, but as he led the group into the dazzling, perilous Mirage Sea, he also made no attempt to hide anything. He practically explained in detail the essence of this formidable formation, one personally tailored and painstakingly perfected by Lord Huang Xu Kun for the seven prodigies who wielded Demon Sound Totems!
At this moment, above the Mirage