Though it felt good to see, he hadn't expected Lu Xiaotian, who had always kept a relatively low profile in his cave abode, to have such a domineering side. He didn't even take that Four-Winged Mantis seriously. Even as Ban Qianzhi relished the sight, he couldn't help worrying for Lu Xiaotian.
"Courting death!" Green light blazed in the Four-Winged Mantis's eyes. Its scythe-like arms slashed through the air, sending a stunning cross-shaped blade aura at the ghostly face formed from clouds gathering and howling in the sky.
The ghostly face in the air was shattered into countless pieces by the cross-shaped blade aura, just as expected. But in the blink of an eye, it gathered and formed again.
"Do you two take the rules of the market for a joke?" The Four-Winged Mantis was about to strike again when a tide appeared in the sky, flowing through mountains and forests in defiance of common sense and climbing up sheer cliffs. The waters surged and formed a vast blue tidal giant, hundreds of zhang tall. Holding a battle axe made of seawater, the giant looked down from above, its attention clearly fixed more on the Four-Winged Mantis.
"I'll do Tidal Brother a favor today. Lu, I'll see what you can do another time." At the sight of the tidal giant, a hint of wariness finally entered the Four-Winged Mantis's vivid green eyes.
"I'll be waiting." The blue-faced, tusk-baring ghost in the sky paid little heed to the threat. It replied carelessly, then dispersed into clouds once more. Everything returned to normal, as if none of it had ever happened.
"What terrifying control..." The tidal giant murmured as it watched the sky return to normal. Its hundreds-of-zhang frame turned back into a tide and flowed back the way it had come, winding