Zhai Kui did not respond to Sang Feiyu. At that moment, he and Tian Lingzi had already gone forward to meet the man who had approached them.
Both of them were exceedingly respectful, even faintly fearful.
Yet the man paid them little heed. Instead, he walked to the front of the crowd and, after showing slight surprise at the Returning to Simplicity Array's might, shouted at Cheng Zhishu, who was fighting fiercely within the array, "If you keep hiding your strength, you won't have another chance to win!"
His words were steeped in provocation.
Cheng Zhishu froze upon hearing them, then understood the meaning behind the man's words amid his alarm.
Shao Yang's face darkened. He cast a displeased glance at the man who had suddenly appeared outside the array, thoroughly disliking his interference in the battle. Had this man not spoken up, after wearing Cheng Zhishu down a little longer, Shao Yang would have been able to follow up with the second form of the Single King Spear and utterly crush Cheng Zhishu.
But the time was not yet ripe. If he rashly used that killing move now, Cheng Zhishu had at least a fifty-percent chance of receiving it.
After Cheng Zhishu came to his senses, a hint of ferocity appeared on his face. He understood that if he did not change tactics, he would be ground to death alive.
Though his feelings toward the Six Harmonies Sect were not as deep as they appeared on the surface, with people like Zhai Kui watching from afar, he could not possibly lose here and bring disgrace upon the Six Harmonies Sect.
Because of the cultivation environment within the Six Harmonies Sect, he had never wished to display too dazzling a talent, lest he draw the hostility of people like Sang