Lu Xiaotian had already noticed something was wrong when the big-bearded man summoned the Starfall Water Spirits. The Starfall Water Spirits had awakened at the very first moment. The reason they had not immediately attacked was simply that they had seen how powerful Yun Zhongshu was and wanted to wait for the right moment—while Yun Zhongshu was unleashing his techniques and could not fully withdraw them—to seize the opportunity to heavily injure him in one stroke, or at the very least wound him and force him back.
The two Starfall Water Spirits had indeed chosen their moment with extreme precision. They struck just as Yun Zhongshu's momentum reached its peak and he was about to kill both Qian Mingjun and the big-bearded man.
Or rather, the surging water power of the surrounding starfalls provided the Starfall Water Spirits with natural cover. Thus, when the water-law power carrying starlight seeped into the churning sand and penetrated to a certain depth, Yun Zhongshu only then detected it.
The sudden discovery of an enemy's presence naturally startled Yun Zhongshu. He had never imagined that anyone could use such a method to infiltrate his law space and remain undetected until now.
Not to mention Yun Zhongshu—even Lu Xiaotian, who was watching from the side, found it breathtaking. The two Starfall Water Spirits had kept their attention fixed on the four of them. Before being summoned, the Starfall Water Spirits had not known much about the situation inside or outside Starfort.
When a trace of abnormal fluctuation came from the Starfall Water Spirits' side, Lu Xiaotian's divine sense sensed it at once, and he concealed himself to the side. He had also seen their use of water-law power with perfect clarity. Lu Xiaotian himself had not cultivated many law profundities in the water element, and