"Master, it's absolutely true. The Five Tyrants of Kongming Island left the Biyou Academy world in the middle of the night."
Old Jiang reported, panting heavily.
Outside the mountain temple, the bright moon hung high and the night breeze flowed like water. Meng Fan stood in the wind, cold from head to toe.
"Impossible. They're the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island! They've been throwing their weight around for years. Xu Yi is only in the Divine Embryo Realm. Of course, someone in the Divine Embryo Realm once killed Sun Fuling, but Xu Yi challenged all five of them at once. How could they back down? How could they have the nerve to retreat? They were scared out of their wits! It makes no sense, no sense at all..."
Meng Fan muttered to himself, his eyes unfocused.
His feelings were extremely complicated. Transferring the lecture token to Xu Yi in exchange for the other half of the corpse pill had been only one factor. The main reason was that he wanted to use Xu Yi to knock the wind out of the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island.
Yet deep down, he hadn't believed Xu Yi had much chance of winning. He'd only trusted Xu Yi's knack for stirring things up, certain that he wouldn't let the Five Tyrants get off easily.
Who could have known that Xu Yi would start with such a ruthless move, sending the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island straight to the Blue Wall?
As soon as the news reached him, Meng Fan's blood had begun to boil. He'd been bursting with anticipation, eager to watch a clash between dragons and tigers. He'd never imagined, even in his wildest dreams, that the Five Tyrants would simply flee.
Old Jiang said, "To subdue the enemy without fighting is a