It turned out that while they had been talking, Wang Bodang had quietly moved closer. His attack came without warning, catching not only Chao Qian but Dong Mingzi off guard as well. A flash of golden light, and Dong Mingzi was tightly bound beneath an Eastern Emperor Sky Silk Net.
"Looking for death!"
Chao Qian was both shocked and furious. He shouted and brought his hands together, rippling light shimmering in his palms as he swept it straight toward Wang Bodang. Wang Bodang let out a long howl and exhaled clouds of white Qi. When the golden light in Chao Qian's palm struck the Qi, it instantly transformed into enormous demonic beasts. They surged together in great packs and charged into battle. The ground shook beneath their trampling hooves, and they scattered the cultivators of Chao Qian's squad just as they were gathering.
Chao Qian remained utterly composed. The rippling wave of light he had sent toward Wang Bodang suddenly changed course in midair and struck Dong Mingzi, who was bound by the Eastern Emperor Sky Silk Net. With a deafening boom, Dong Mingzi's body exploded, scattering resources across the ground. Two currents of Qi, one clear and one turbid, dispersed into thin air.
At that moment, someone in Chao Qian's squad suddenly unleashed a mighty attack, making a tremendous commotion and smashing three demonic beasts in a row. Smoke billowed across the battlefield, and amid the rolling clouds, Dong Mingzi's clear Qi, on the verge of dispersing, shot into his Starry Sky Ring.
Needless to say, that person was Xu Yi.
Though the sudden upheaval left him secretly delighted, he wasn't afraid of chaos. He was afraid things would stay calm. If the situation remained orderly, how could he fish in troubled waters?
As he was working out how