Yue Guang cast a distant glance at the mushroom house where Ban Sai was, said nothing, then turned and returned to the room. "Such an enormous energy reaction, only to send a signal... What exactly are they up to?"
She turned and was about to head back inside when a streak of blue lightning suddenly flashed across the sky.
"Who goes there?!" The Yuan Liu Clan's leader, the purple-haired woman from before, abruptly raised her head toward the sky.
With a crack, another streak of blue lightning slashed across the heavens, dyeing the land a ghastly blue.
The once-clear sky had, at some unknown point, filled with humanoid figures formed from condensed currents.
Dozens upon dozens of figures hovered high above, looking down upon those below.
Great quantities of blue smoke formed clouds and mist, gradually shrouding the region.
Someone among the figures held aloft a massive banner. It unfurled in the wind, bearing a single enormous character: Alliance.
With a crack, lightning descended straight to the ground. The glow dispersed, revealing three aged nuns with bald heads, each holding a whisk.
They wore lavish, exquisitely crafted wide monk's robes, and Buddhist prayer beads strung from glowing pearls around their wrists.
The nun at the very front had a golden crack between her brows, as though faint flowing light could be seen flickering within it.
The purple-haired woman stared solemnly at them, her gaze fixed directly on the leading old nun.
"The Seven Paths Alliance's Jin Sheng Temple... Abbot Cang Yun?!"
Soon after, another cloud of fire descended from the sky, transforming into a burst of flame that scattered to reveal another group of people. At their head stood a tall man clad in red armor and wearing a crown.
"Master, you arrived quite quickly," the man said with a