An Unexpected Outcome
"Bai Shan" looked at Bi Fan with a cold sneer, his eyes fixed on him as if he were already a corpse.
But as Bi Fan's aura changed, "Bai Shan" began to look uneasy. He furrowed his brow and asked in a low voice, "You—you are!"
Xiao Lian replied indifferently, "I have nothing to say."
"You!"
"Bai Shan" seemed furious. He tilted his head, then suddenly gave a strange little smile, as if he didn't particularly care about defeating his opponent.
Instead, he looked around with great curiosity, as though he'd been reborn.
Watching his expression, Xiao Lian narrowed his eyes. He was almost certain of this fellow's origins. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes. If not for the invasion by those creatures all those years ago, how would his family ever have been destroyed?
In an instant, he became a streak of light and charged at "Bai Shan" so fast that the two of them gasped.
But "Bai Shan" reacted quickly too. The moment his opponent moved, he vanished from the spot.
A short distance away, black mist slowly appeared, bringing him back into view dozens of meters away.
Xiao Lian snorted. He crossed his hands before him, and in just a few breaths, he swiftly completed the first four forms of the Mountain Scroll Art.
Compared with the earlier struggle, when he'd nearly worked himself to death to complete them, this smooth, effortless display left everyone below staring wide-eyed. They began to wonder whether this person was really Bi Fan at all.
Some people's gazes had already shifted to Xiao Lian. They would rather believe that it was his power driving Bi Fan that had made this possible.
Xiao Lian stood where he was. A casual glance back sent everyone's eyes skittering away; no