Gradually, the black fog dispersed, revealing Huaiyou City God Dian Junming, his deputy, Pan Wen, and two others whom Xu Yi had also seen before at Sishui Water Mansion.
"A setup. This damn thing is a setup..."
Huang Mei shouted furiously, but Xu Yi's thoughts instead grew calm. The unease and confusion he'd felt all along had nearly vanished.
When the heavy black fog first appeared before him, he'd guessed that he must have seen the person behind it before, and heard their voice.
Now that Huang Mei had exposed the Five Directions Control Bells, everything suddenly became clear.
He understood why Dian Junming had personally gone to Sishui Water Mansion for the sake of a mere Yin General Pan. He also understood why he'd always felt that something about Dian Junming's persona was off.
It turned out that everything had been for today.
The so-called campaign against Black Wind Ridge, the so-called great achievement, and the promise that he would take over Zhang Wenfeng's post had all been meant to send him out with the army.
As for his sudden encounter with the three mightiest fiends among Black Wind Ridge's Ten Great Fiends, that had clearly been arranged as well.
No wonder someone in the Sishui Army had shouted in disbelief that they couldn't uncover such important news as the three Old Devils gathering at Chihuo Ridge.
It wasn't that they couldn't find out. Those three Old Devils had been waiting for Xu all along.
Xu Yi had also figured out their purpose.
First, to wear down his strength. Second, to test his strength.
But none of that was the key. The key lay with Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er.
Those two were the linchpins of the entire scheme. If this was a setup, then it had probably begun