Qin Xiao stood at the bow of a small boat, with a heap of cores piled beside him.
They shimmered with faint light in every color, looking remarkably similar to the cores Jiang Mian had refined.
He rubbed his chin with interest, then controlled a giant hand made of water to haul up the "strange fish" he had just caught.
Elsewhere, Jiang Mian seemed to be quietly following behind Ye Chenyang, but her attention was entirely on her clone.
Just now... she had spread out her senses in every direction, yet she hadn't detected Qin Xiao's presence at all?
He had probably used the same method she had, concealing his presence with "wind."
It wasn't until Qin Xiao made his move to intercept the clone that her senses located him.
Jiang Mian hadn't expected the guy to be "fishing" at the edge of the Second-tier zone.
"[Element] pinnacle..."
When they'd met before, Jiang Mian had already sensed that the elemental auras within Qin Xiao converged together, like a fruit platter.
Generally speaking, after reaching the Third-tier, [Element] Awakeners who wanted to advance had to try to comprehend the elements and increase their affinity.
But as a pinnacle, he was bound to be different.
Although Jiang Mian lacked information, judging from her own circumstances and the scent on him, perhaps it was like in those novels, where he refined elements into his own body?
The element she used most was "wind," while Qin Xiao's was probably "water."
But that wasn't important. What mattered most right now was that her clone had fallen into his hands!
Should she... blow it up immediately?
But the color of her flames was far too conspicuous. Ye Chenyang would definitely recognize it—or rather, he knew this guy very well. What if they talked about this someday...