As he dealt with the trouble before him, the Flame Wave Lion King turned to the red-clad woman beside him. "Little sister, I'll stop this man from escaping the Array. Hurry and take care of those three troublesome little mice."
At that, the red-clad woman didn't reply. Instead, she slowly held up three fingers.
Then she slowly lifted her flame-wreathed eyes and looked toward the three little mice causing trouble.
"Oh? There are actually little mice bold enough to jump out and deliver themselves to death!"
In her sight, a young man in an Azure Robe stood suspended in midair, his robes billowing in the wind. Beneath his dark hair, a pair of clear, tranquil eyes were studying her as well.
Luo Yi had originally planned to launch a sneak attack. After all, that was the best way to seize the initiative—and it was what he did best.
But when he approached the mountain range and clearly sensed that the demon before him was only at the middle stage of the Heavenly Human Realm, he abandoned the idea.
"Fellow Daoist, please help me break the formation. If I manage to escape, I'll be sure to reward you handsomely."
Following the woman's gaze, Tang Songyuan also spotted the young man in the blue robe.
On his way here, he'd assumed the three were up to no good, which was why they'd been following close behind his group.
He hadn't expected that he'd been judging others by his own petty standards. Now that they'd run into danger, they needed the three to come to their aid.
Though he felt guilty, he knew the situation was urgent and didn't dare dwell on it. He hurriedly shouted for help.
The remaining Martial Dao Grandmasters in the clearing, wrapped in iron chains like rice dumplings,