Seeing Ling Tian and the others effortlessly dispel the Zither Worms' attacks while his own group was left in such a sorry state, Ming Ye and the others felt thoroughly dejected. Li Yang in particular had thought he would be the hero who resolved the crisis and stole the show. He hadn't expected Ling Tian's arrival to sweep away all his pride.
Ling Tian and the others found Li Huo's group's sorry state rather amusing, but apart from Su Ying and Fairy Meng Shang, who dared to laugh, the rest held it in with considerable effort.
With a flash, Ming Ye entered Ling Tian's Phenomenal Domain. Seeing Ling Tian trying to suppress his laughter, Ming Ye said crossly, "If you want to laugh, then laugh. You'll only make yourself miserable holding it in."
Ling Tian didn't laugh, of course. He drew a deep breath, then looked toward Li Huo's group. "Fellow Daoist Li Yang, you should rest for a while too. We don't know when Brother Qiong Lie and the others will arrive."
Though he was rather displeased, Li Yang didn't want to keep "making a spectacle of himself." He withdrew his Phenomenal Domain and entered Ling Tian's with the others.
"You're pretty impressive, kid. You came up with a way to deal with them so quickly. When we were surrounded by the Zither Worms at first, I was ready to give up," Ming Ye said, half joking and half serious.
"Fairy Meng Shang's Ice Soul Divine Needles gave me the inspiration, and Silver Fox knows quite a lot about the Zither Worms' traits. That's why we came up with a way to deal with them so quickly," Ling Tian replied modestly.
Just as someone was about to speak, a sudden whooshing sound rang out. Everyone looked toward it and