Lin Bai stepped onto his flying sword and prepared to shoot straight out of the pool.
Although many Flood Dragon Puppets remained here—about seventy of them were still alive—it was just as Shui Qingling had deduced earlier. If they waited until Huo Fentian and the martial artists from the Fire Region slowly slaughtered all the Flood Dragon Puppets...
By then, Lin Bai and Shui Qingling would certainly be besieged by the martial artists from the Fire Region, and all the tribute would belong to them.
Lin Bai had already obtained more than three thousand Tribute Red Pearls, enough for him to leave the first level and head to the second. Thus, he had never intended to fight the martial artists from the Fire Region here.
Leaving now was the best choice.
"Young Lord, that swordsman took all the tribute!"
At that moment, a martial artist from the Fire Region saw Lin Bai sweep away all the tribute and immediately shrieked at Huo Fentian.
"What?" Huo Fentian widened his eyes and looked over. He saw that where there had originally been a large number of Tribute Red Pearls, only a dozen or so Flood Dragon Puppets remained, surrounding Shui Qingling—and not a single Tribute Red Pearl was left.
"Damn swordsman!"
"Are you looking to die?"
Huo Fentian glared furiously at Lin Bai, who was about to leave on his flying sword. His eyes spewed flames that could scorch the heavens. Nearly half of those three thousand-plus Tribute Red Pearls had been obtained by the experts of his Fire Region after killing the puppets, yet Lin Bai had taken them away, leaving them to labor for another's gain. How could Huo Fentian not be furious?
"Stay!"
After Huo Fentian killed the Flood Dragon Puppet before him with one palm strike, his eyes