"Fellow Daoist Dongfang, don't believe a word that wicked woman says. She's obviously trying to toy with all of us. Who knows which of her words are true and which are false?"
The black-staffed elder shouted as he pointed his staff forward. More than a dozen phantom ice phoenixes appeared out of nowhere, each beating its wings and sending snow and ice swirling through the air. Countless thunder bats in the void were instantly frozen solid.
But compared to the thunder bats pouring endlessly out of the darkness, those frozen were only a drop in the ocean.
Seven columns of blood slowly emerged in the distance. Six of them were already entirely blood-red and crystalline, without a trace of impurity. Only the seventh remained nearly one-third incomplete. Clearly, Fairy Yunxia's words weren't necessarily all lies. Still, Lu Xiaotian disliked the feeling of being led around by the nose.
Fairy Yunxia's ruthlessness had also far exceeded his expectations. He had obtained some Qimu True Thunder, just not enough for the Lotus Avatar. The Lotus Avatar might have gathered some of it as well. There was no need for him to act according to Fairy Yunxia's wishes just to get his hands on Qimu True Thunder.
"Cover each other in turns. We're pulling back," Lu Xiaotian said.
"Fellow Daoist Dongfang, those who understand the times are heroes. If you insist on ruining my plans, you may end up dragging yourself down with you." Lightning flickered, and arcs of electricity gathered nearby, forming an image of Fairy Yunxia.
"You think I'd believe another one of your lies?" Lu Xiaotian scoffed. He flicked a finger, sending the Wuxiang Mystic Flame shooting forward to form a passage of mystic fire. Everyone quickly retreated through it.
Hu Xiaofeng and the two black-clad women also struck in