After suffering a heavy loss once, Cangmingzi didn't dare take Meng Kuang's moves head-on again. If he took two more hits like that, he'd be bankrupt.
Cangmingzi darted around, trying to find an opening to snatch the immortal peach from Lu Yang's hands.
But when it came to snatching things, how could Cangmingzi have more experience than Meng Kuang? The moment Cangmingzi so much as twitched a finger, Meng Kuang knew what he was after and blocked his path in advance.
With his movements anticipated and no courage to take the great saber head-on, Cangmingzi fell into a disadvantage.
In the middle of the river, Meng Potian had cultivated for less than two thousand years, nowhere near as long as the elders of Ask Dao Sect. But both his cultivation talent and combat talent were peerless. Meng Jingzhou alone offered a glimpse of that. At the Body Integration Realm, unless he ran into a freak like someone at the half-step Tribulation Transcendence Realm, Meng Potian had no equal.
The Second Prince's side had sent only masked men, concealing their identities. If word got out, they'd be finished.
"Chief of Staff Kong Yuan, even you, the Grand Governor's chief of staff, are joining the fight?"
From their brief exchange, Meng Potian had already identified his opponent. He often made enemies, and it was hardly unusual for them to ambush him with their faces covered. Fortunately, his cultivation was exceptional, so he'd never been seriously hurt.
After getting jumped by masked men so many times, he'd naturally developed a knack for guessing who they were.
"Nonsense! Who's Kong Yuan? I don't know him!" Kong Yuan denied it flatly. He absolutely couldn't admit to it.
Meng Potian kicked Kong Yuan flying across the river. Kong Yuan spat blood, and the mask fell from