Just as Chen Fangge was filled with regret, a furious roar suddenly reached his ears, like a gale howling in rage.
"Impossible! This can't be!"
"What kind of divine weapon is that? How can this be possible?"
"What a surging force of primordial thunder! What terrifying thunderous might! It actually broke through the talisman field. Is this really something a second-realm cultivator can do?"
"..."
The shouts had barely reached him when Chen Fangge opened his eyes. What he saw left him utterly dumbfounded. The terrifying divine weapon kept spitting out marbles, one after another, so densely they fell like a violent storm. They forcibly shoved aside the high-explosive fireworks just as they were about to converge.
With a world-shaking boom, the talisman field shattered completely.
Before it broke, the others had already scattered in every direction, like a nest of startled rats.
"Brother Xu, your might is awe-inspiring. Chen can only bow in utter admiration."
Chen Fangge drifted over and praised him loudly. With an old friend like this, he inexplicably felt his back was straighter than ever. "Those bastards are a pack of cowards. They sure ran fast."
Xu Yi snorted. "Did they? What makes you say that?"
Chen Fangge froze. So Xu Yi had been holding back. He stared at him in surprise, then suddenly thought of Zhang Baoyu and guessed the little fatty was probably involved.
Just then, a voice rang out. "Impressive. Truly impressive. Old Demon Kongxu lives up to his name—one of the rare talents newly risen in the world today."
Xu Yi was startled. He hadn't sensed the man's presence at all before he spoke.
A white-clothed scholar stepped through the air and entered the room. His face was unremarkable, but his eyes were sharp and predatory, like an eagle's.
Seeing him, Chen