"You—you—you... You're vicious!"
Tao Jingshan spat blood as he gritted his teeth and cursed.
He had never met anyone so sinister. Xu Yi had anticipated every step, even the possibility that Tao Jingshan would call for help, and had prepared a fallback long in advance.
Faced with such a vicious man, wave after wave of despair and helplessness rose in his heart.
However, he was wrong.
Xu Yi's arrangements had not been aimed at him at all. They were aimed at Ming Liding.
After all, this was Ming Liding's territory. Xu Yi knew all too well how much authority and influence a prefecture magistrate wielded. How could he fail to guard against him?
The troops had been summoned from the Night Watch. With thirteen Spirit Cannons arrayed before him, Xu Yi was as steady as a mountain.
The billowing smoke cleared, and the entire scene fell into utter silence. Suddenly, a figure hurtled over at astonishing speed, reaching them in an instant.
Ming Liding's people all bowed to the newcomer, calling out, "Greetings, Fourth Elder!"
The newcomer was Ming Sihuo, an elder of the Ming Lineage and a Divine Embryo Realm powerhouse.
The sudden arrival of the child-faced elder had seemed to Ming Liding the biggest variable. With no other choice, he had notified an elder of his Lineage to come to his aid.
Who could have guessed that the greatest variable wouldn't be the child-faced elder, but Xu Yi? He had prepared so thoroughly—not only had he brought an army, he had even set up Spirit Cannons.
Ming Liding knew that things could no longer be done. It wasn't because the Spirit Cannons were too intimidating.
As a Divine Embryo powerhouse, his flight speed was unmatched. Spirit Cannons were cumbersome to turn and couldn't possibly inflict much damage on