A Farce?

As flames rained down from the sky, the crushing pressure bearing upon East Abundance Island seemed to weigh a thousand jin. Though the barrier formation blocked most of it, the trees in the island's forests still snapped one after another, then swiftly withered beneath the searing heat.

Countless pavilions and towers also collapsed under the immense pressure. The crisscrossing waterways instantly boiled. From afar, Wang Ping, who was holding down the formation, sent a Blessing Talisman carrying the Green Wood Technique into the small town to the west, helping its residents dispel the crushing pressure and heat while shielding them from the flames.

"Ao Bing, come out and die!"

Lord Rongyang's voice echoed between Heaven and Earth. He was clearly being so high-profile on purpose, intending to draw the attention of the other Second Seats at once. To a great extent, he was guarding against Wang Ping.

Just as East Abundance Island's barrier formation was about to shatter, a visible blue flowing light above the island swept up rings of dim radiance with the wind. The flames vanished once the blue flowing light rose, and a figure shot into the sky from deep within the island, stopping several hundred zhang before Lord Rongyang.

This man was naturally Ao Bing, the Third Prince of Linshui Prefecture. Dressed in white robes, he had two azure-blue pearls circling him. The two pearls resonated with the spirit veins within his body, forming a special barrier of Water Spirit around him.

"Lord Rongyang, do you intend to declare war on Linshui Prefecture?"

"Can you represent all of Linshui Prefecture?"

"Naturally!"

"Then, several days ago, did you represent Linshui Prefecture when you broke with my True Sun Sect and Thousand Wood Temple?"

Ao Bing forcibly swallowed the words "So what if I did?" that had nearly