Huo Xingxiu listened to Lu Feng's low, icy voice and felt the pressure of the array bearing down on him suddenly grow severalfold heavier, jolting the bones and joints in his outstretched arms until they were on the verge of shattering.
He immediately understood this was Lu Feng's warning. If he did not answer truthfully, the next moment, this cone-shaped array force would likely pierce straight through his body.
Just as he was considering how to respond.
Huo Jiyuan's curses suddenly rang out from behind him. "I already said it—I saw that old bastard poisoning the water, so I made my move..."
Huo Xingxiu's face instantly froze upon hearing that response, and a powerful sense of unease surged within him.
Boom!
Sure enough.
The next instant, the surrounding array force erupted violently.
Pillars of water, like octopus tentacles, shot up from the lake's surface with a roar and poured in from every direction toward Huo Jiyuan. At the moment they neared him, the once-soft water pillars transformed into blazing ice spears.
"Father!" Huo Jiyuan was terrified stiff by the sight. Spiritual energy surged frantically around him, yet only a tenth or two of it spilled from his body. Most of it had been slowed and entangled within him by the array force, leaving him no time at all to defend against such an attack.
Sizzle!
The sound of flesh and bone being pierced rang out, accompanied by Huo Jiyuan's agonized howl.
Lu Feng did not bring down all the attacks at once. He merely controlled one of them to pierce through Huo Jiyuan's body.
Yet the flames that burned amid the seeping water remained partially within his body at the instant they pierced through him, leaving a ring of fire around the puncture wound. Huo Jiyuan's flesh sizzled ceaselessly as