"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
Xiao Yan spat out the dirt in his mouth and staggered to his feet. Looking at the massive crater hundreds of zhang wide left behind by the explosion, he was utterly bewildered.
What had happened? A flash of white light, and the Half-Saint Puppet's head had been split open?
Xiao Yan suddenly realized that only a true Dou Saint could kill a Half-Saint Puppet in a single strike. And in the current battlefield, there was only one Dou Saint...
His gaze shifted toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's side. There, a petite figure in a black robe leisurely swung a wooden sword, looking utterly out of place amid the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members desperately fending off the Half-Saint Puppets around her.
The Young Girl seemed to sense Xiao Yan's gaze. She turned her head slightly, her bright, starry eyes beneath the hood narrowing as she smiled sweetly. It seemed Miss Liuli no longer wished to keep pretending.
Xiao Yan shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile, but he was still quite grateful that Liuli had acted in time.
Although he had found the puppet's weakness, it was still a Half-Saint in strength and would be extremely troublesome to deal with. They had already gone through the Beast Tide and were far from their peak condition. If they expended too much effort here, then when the time came to fight for the Bodhi Ancient Tree's opportunity, they would be exhausted and hindered at every turn.
"Brother Xiao Yan, are you all right?" Xun Er came to Xiao Yan's side with the task of keeping the others apart, shielding him closely.
Xiao Yan smiled faintly and shook his head. "The shockwave just rattled me a little. It's nothing serious."
Hearing this, Xun Er and the others finally