Their gazes met. With no time to flee, "Chaos Golden Immortal" Qin Yue didn't dare let his guard down. He raised a Seven-colored Immortal Sword before him and manifested his Chaos Immortal Body, a Green Light Auspicious Cloud hovering above his head.
Though his opponent was an enemy of the third level, not an unfathomable foe like Hunyuan Fairy, he was still a mysterious powerhouse, probably with the strength of an Earth Immortal—far stronger than Qin Yue. He couldn't afford to slacken or assume he could easily stand against him and find a chance to escape.
Meng Qi saw how warily Qin Yue watched him and shook his head. His Somersault Cloud banked around Qin Yue and flew toward the horizon, with no intention of attacking.
Meng Qi wasn't the sort to slaughter innocents over five inexplicable quotas or the oppression of Golden Ao Island. He would only protect himself: if no one troubled him, he wouldn't trouble anyone.
Watching the Green-robed Man, his temples faintly streaked with gray, flee into the distance, Qin Yue recalled the complete lack of hostility in his gaze. He stood stunned for a moment, then suddenly sighed.
There were few in the world who could not be bent by might. Many could cry, "Of all the hardships in this world, death alone is hardest to face!" but few could put those words into action at the crucial moment. The man just now was likely one of them.
People like that were always worthy of respect. Even if he had attacked, Qin Yue would have had a good chance of briefly holding out before finding an opportunity to flee.
As his thoughts raced, another figure suddenly appeared in Qin Yue's field of vision: "Yin Ancestor" Xu Bei.
*I shouldn't fight him head-on yet. I'd only