Shen Ni, Lunhui, and the four beasts led by Qiongqi felt every hair on their bodies stand on end. In terror, they all turned to look behind them.
At some point, Xuanxiao had appeared beside them and stood there quietly, a faint smile on his lips as he watched them.
"Xuanxiao!"
Shen Ni's heart jolted violently, and he instinctively took a step back. Lunhui and the four beasts led by Qiongqi followed close behind, the savage power throughout their bodies drawn taut, ready to fight to the death at any moment.
"You knew our entire plan all along?!" Shen Ni's face was ashen as he stared fixedly at Xuanxiao.
At that moment, he naturally understood.
Everything he had so painstakingly plotted had probably been under Xuanxiao's gaze from beginning to end.
The man had simply watched coldly from the sidelines, as though enjoying a farce, allowing them to carry out their plan step by step.
With an amused expression, Xuanxiao looked calmly at Shen Ni. "Shen Ni, did you truly believe your plan was flawless?"
In truth, they had only awakened recently. Hiding among the Barren Race, they knew no more than a scale or a claw of the whole picture when it came to Xuanxiao and the current state of the Primordial Wilderness. Their understanding was far too shallow and one-sided.
That was precisely why they had dared devise such a desperate gamble.
Had they truly understood the current strength of the Primordial Wilderness and the depths of Xuanxiao's power, they would have realized that this game had never held any possibility of success.
Their smooth escape from the Primordial Wilderness had never been due to their own abilities. Rather, the Primordial Wilderness itself had never considered them worth its attention.
Had the Will of Heaven and Earth of