Just then, a figure slipped out of Xu Yi's body and spat a mouthful of corpse miasma at Brother Li. Brother Li swept out a stream of magical energy, but it failed to disperse the miasma. Only after a flash of saber light did it slowly dissipate.
At the critical moment, it had been Huang Mei who escaped from Xu Yi's Starry Sky Ring. Acting on Xu Yi's intention, he snatched away Xu Yi's Starry Sky Ring.
Before leaving, Huang Mei couldn't help sending a thought over to curse him. "I've heard of people who'd rather die than part with their wealth, but I've never seen one before. Today, I've truly had my eyes opened."
Xu Yi had no mind to respond to him. His thoughts were in complete disarray.
He had started out in a little village on Huiyin Mountain in Guang'an Prefecture and risen from the Body Tempering Realm to where he was today. He had fought countless battles, great and small, and faced situations more perilous than this, but this was the first time he'd ever been captured.
Still, he didn't panic. His thoughts raced as he focused on how to turn the situation around.
The existence of Brother Li before him made no sense to Xu Yi. Both had condensed four seeds, yet Brother Li was incomparably stronger than Zhang Fang.
Or perhaps the two of them couldn't be compared at all.
It was like a low-dimensional life-form encountering a high-dimensional one. A low-dimensional being simply couldn't comprehend the other's means of attack.
"Foolish ant. How could you understand the true meaning of the Dao?"
Brother Li sneered. "Tell your people to return mine at once. Otherwise—"
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Yi's body began to change.
Brother Li's eyes widened. "Th-this is impossible..."
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