"How close!"
Zhou Xuanqing patted his chest, still shaken. Then, puzzled, he asked, "Senior Brother, what did he mean by what he said just now?"
Huang Qingtian clasped his hands behind his back and gazed at the dazzling light radiating from the eighth-grade barrier above Demon Arrival City. "He said we were luring the tiger away from the mountain. Something must have happened over there in Demon Arrival City. If my guess is right, this was that person's doing!"
"That person?" Zhou Xuanqing asked. "You mean Lu Yang?"
"Only six seventh-realm martial artists are taking part in the third round of the assessment," Huang Qingtian said. "The five of us are all here. Who else could it be?"
Wei Daoguang said, "So it seems we owe Lu Yang our lives!"
"Exactly. If we make it back alive, we must thank him properly," Zhou Xuanqing said with a smile. "Come to think of it, Lu Yang really has guts. He dared to sneak into Demon Arrival City and stir up such a huge commotion!"
Huang Qingtian nodded. "If it were me, and I really had the ability to sneak into Demon Arrival City, I'd choose to infiltrate Amethyst City, use it to return to the Amethyst Plain, and then make my way back to Luoye City. I'd focus on keeping myself safe first. But he did the exact opposite. No wonder even Yan Moxi was caught completely off guard!"
Wei Daoguang pondered for a moment, then said, "If I'm not mistaken, Lu Yang must have attacked the Rebirth Pool. Otherwise, Yan Moxi wouldn't have reacted so strongly."
Wei Daoguang knew more about Tianjue Prefecture than anyone else there, with only Li Chenliang coming close. He had immediately thought of this possibility.
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