Xu Yi collected the resources from the two fiends and moved to Zhang Wenfeng's side. The shock in Zhang Wenfeng's eyes had yet to fade.
Xu Yi lowered his voice. "A mere parlor trick. I hope you'll forgive me, Brother Zhang."
Zhang Wenfeng pointed at Xu Yi and laughed in disbelief. "If a trick like that is just a parlor trick, then what am I? I'm not even fit to hold a candle to the common folk."
Zhang Bao'er gazed at Xu Yi, her starry eyes shimmering with admiration. When Xu Yi's gaze swept toward her, her cheeks flushed with shyness. She lowered her head and spoke in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz. "A stranger on the road, fair as jade; a gentleman unmatched beneath the heavens."
Xu Yi's hearing was keen enough to catch every word. He smiled faintly and was about to reply.
Suddenly, Zhang Bao'er lunged toward him. Xu Yi's heart jumped, and he dodged to the side. She missed him, but in the next instant, a burst of blood blossomed from her chest, and she fell straight from the sky.
Xu Yi was horrified. He sent out a surge of magical power to catch Zhang Bao'er, while a cage of fire instantly formed, creating a sealed Forbidden Fire Cage.
As Zhang Bao'er lunged toward him, he had only just shifted aside when he caught sight of a barely perceptible ripple in the air. Like a nail, it had pierced into Zhang Bao'er's chest.
Though he had just slain the three fiends, his vigilance had not slackened. His senses were still operating at full capacity.
Yet he had not sensed the ambush at all. Even after his eyes spotted it, his senses could not detect it.
If Zhang Bao'er hadn't seen it and lunged