"Haha, brat, looks like you don't have friends everywhere after all."
After discovering that he had been trapped within the great formation, Ma Liang was not worried in the slightest. Instead, he laughed and teased Luo Hong.
After all, following these years of blood sacrifices, he had recovered a small portion of his injuries—enough to barely break one seal.
Thus, he was not concerned about his current predicament.
"Fellow Daoist Lei, what is the meaning of this?"
Luo Hong swept his gaze around and spotted Lei Yuan among the crowd. He immediately frowned and asked.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, do not misunderstand. We laid this ambush solely to kill this True Immortal. We have absolutely no intention of targeting Fellow Daoist Luo!"
Lei Yuan knew very well that Luo Hong was the main course today. Yet, to prevent the two from forming an alliance too early and needlessly increasing the risk of this operation, he still had to deceive him.
"Oh? Then why did you not discuss it with Luo beforehand? That way, your race might have suffered fewer casualties."
Luo Hong immediately asked with a suspicious expression.
"Those were necessary sacrifices. For the countless living beings of the Thunderclap Continent, we had to ensure that nothing could go wrong!"
Lei Yuan promptly argued.
"Haha, such high-sounding words—do you even believe them yourself?
Brat Luo, since this man has chosen to betray you, why don't you and I put aside—"
Ma Liang burst into laughter upon hearing this. In his view, Luo Hong could not possibly fall for such an obvious trick, so he would most likely be able to save one use of his unsealing today.
"That makes sense."
Yet the next moment, those two words from Luo Hong froze Ma Liang's expression. He could not utter another word!
"Are