At the thought, he looked toward Man One and raised his brows in open disdain.
"Where is this senior you mentioned? Why can't this Dao Seed see so much as a shadow?"
Before Man One could answer, Cao Yuxiu nodded to Liu Yiyi and the other three Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds in the sky.
Then he stamped hard on the ground. Like a cannonball from its barrel, he shot forward without using the movement techniques ordinary cultivators favored. Moving too fast for the naked eye to make out, he came to a stop before Man One.
The anger on Man One's face instantly turned to terror.
But before he could threaten Cao Yuxiu again—
Boom!
A deafening crash erupted from the Green Canopy atop the Giant Ancient Tree.
A Fire Phoenix appeared, its wings spread wide enough to blot out the sky and nearly cover the entire Pearl-Curtain Blessed Land. Scorching flames radiated from its body.
Yet the instant that flame-wreathed figure appeared, a piercing phoenix cry rang across the field.
The Fire Phoenix plunged toward the ground like a falling star, becoming a blazing mass of fire.
The cultivators present did not know exactly what had happened.
But they knew a powerful cultivator outside their ranks was making trouble for that expert of the Nirvana Crimson Phoenix Clan.
"Was that your doing?"
Recalling the familiar aura she had sensed in passing earlier, Liu Yiyi's delicate brows drew together.
This was nothing like the last time she had witnessed that mysterious expert strike at the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect.
His attack had made a great commotion, and his methods had been stranger still. But he had never fully revealed himself before her, so the threat she felt had remained limited.
This time was entirely different. The Fire