The instant the girl's fingers released the bowstring, a flash of red light burst from thin air. In the blink of an eye, it appeared before Ji Meng and Wei Ren. They didn't even have time to marvel at the arrow's speed; they could only dodge on instinct.
Wei Ren and Ji Meng barely managed to evade it. The sharp arrow pierced the tree trunk where they had been, and the red maple snapped with a cracking sound. Its heavy branches fell into the water, splashing it once more.
Ji Meng and Wei Ren took cover in separate maple trees, using the thick branches and leaves to hide themselves as they tried to figure out how they had been spotted.
Ling Jian looked back in shock. There was someone else?!
Hearing the water splash, Ling Jian had no time to wonder where this tail had come from. He shouted toward the water, "Wan Qi!"
This was bad, this was really bad. Not a drop of water from the Stone Sea could touch anyone!
The shockwaves sent red maple leaves whirling through the trees. The splashes stirred the green duckweed, blocking their view so completely that they couldn't see what was happening beneath the water.
Before Ling Jian could decide whether to dive in and save him, the blindfolded girl standing atop a red maple moved again.
"Lu Wanwan! Do you really have to slaughter us to the last?" Ling Jian shouted angrily at the blindfolded girl.
Behind him, Ji Meng suddenly clapped a hand to his palm. "I remember now! She's the Mohist Clan's Cold-faced Yama! Lu Wanwan!"
"Cold-faced Yama?" Wei Ren looked doubtful. "I've only heard of the Mohist Clan's Three Yama Kings."
"That's not what it means. They say Lu Wanwan is like one of the Mechanism Clan's