A Fluke That Hit the Mark

The Dinghai Pearl hovered high in the air, releasing five-colored rays that pinned down the black mist and surging waters, greatly weakening the True Martial Evil Thought. Even so, he flew and reached out at a speed that was anything but slow. In the space of a few breaths, he was already close to the Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner, which was itself slowly drifting toward him!

Just then, Meng Qi—who had once again crashed into the tomb wall, leaving a human-shaped dent—suddenly reached out and grabbed at the air. He pulled forth a scroll from the void. Mountains and rivers rose and fell within it, as if it were a world of its own, and it happened to envelop the True Martial Evil Thought.

Secret Treasure: Mountain and River Diagram!

Yielding ground to advance, using the Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner as bait to make the True Martial Evil Thought ignore everything else and walk right into the trap!

Against a powerful evil thought whose insight, experience, and knowledge were all peerless across the ages, Meng Qi would certainly be discovered if he tried to use the Mountain and River Diagram in secret, rendering it completely useless. So his true body fought fiercely to draw the enemy's attention, while his clone seized the Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner to dispel the evil thought's wariness in other respects. Then the clone quietly unfurled the Mountain and River Diagram in front of the banner!

If his goal was to seize the Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner, he had failed. But if his goal was to briefly trap the True Martial Evil Thought, then he had succeeded—and the Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner was his!

Meng Qi gave a forceful tug, gripping both ends of the scroll with one hand and activating