Wang Ping and Yulian hid several li beyond the battlefield. He did not deliberately observe anyone, because given the cultivation of those present, if he intentionally watched them, even with the Sky-Veiling Talisman concealing his aura, they would sense the scrutiny and then catch his position with their naked eyes.
Cang Ji and Xu Chun did not make a move immediately. Xu Chun was likely still recovering from excessively using the True Fire Banner earlier, while Cang Ji simply did not wish to waste his effort.
Meanwhile, Rongyang and Kai Yun's battle appeared proper enough. Though both seemed to have revealed their true forms, neither had exerted their full strength. Lingzong and Zhi Gong were purely slacking off; they had not even exchanged blows.
Several dozen breaths later.
Perhaps having noticed that the fighting on Cang Ji's side had stopped, Rongyang and Kai Yun each resumed their human forms and stood facing one another. Rongyang looked around and said, "Fellow Changqing, give me a few Wood Spirit blessings."
Wang Ping withdrew from the state of "nothingness" with an amused smile and appeared beside Rongyang. With a point of his finger, two Blessing Talismans materialized.
Rongyang accepted the two talismans but did not use them immediately. Instead, he first took out and crushed an azure crystal. Surging Water Spirit Qi burst from within, and its appearance successfully suppressed the violent Fire Spirit within Rongyang's body. Then Rongyang said, "I nearly failed to hold back and beat Kai Yun senseless just now."
He was not joking. Though he had always appeared rather bedraggled in their past disputes, that was in truth because he had been suppressing the Fire Spirit within him. If he truly went mad, even Kai Yun and Lingzong together would likely have a hard time dealing with him. That