"What happened?" When the mastermind released that terrifying aura, every cultivator sensed it and trembled from the depths of their hearts.
The aura vanished in the blink of an eye, as though it had never appeared. Unable to make heads or tails of it, they each went about their own business, never realizing that the Cultivation World had long since shifted position.
The only ones who knew were those remaining at Heaven Gate Peak.
"Where did Little Zhi and the others go?" Yun Mengmeng paced around anxiously. Everything had happened too quickly, and she had understood little of the conversation between the Second Leader and the mastermind.
She could only be certain of one thing: the atmosphere just now had been extremely tense, as though a fight could break out at any moment.
Ao Ling, Jiang Lianyi, Jin Caiwei, and the others were just as anxious, practically itching to rush over and join the battle.
"Everyone, sit down." Qing He, the most steady of them all, sighed, though her trembling hands betrayed what she truly felt.
Faced with Lu Yang suddenly making his move and exposing the mastermind—who turned out to be someone among them—who could possibly remain calm after going through something like this?
But this was a battle between immortals. As half-immortals, they could not interfere. Even watching the battle might result in them becoming hostages.
They had no other choice but to wait.
"Trust State Pillar Lu. He clearly came prepared for this battle." Qing He forced herself to calm down and recalled everything that had happened.
It was obvious that this so-called victory celebration had merely been a ruse, intended to gather all the immortals and encircle the mastermind. They had summoned the half-immortals here only to make the celebration look convincing.
Otherwise, if the celebration