"Senior Sister Hua Ci?" A cultivator who knew Hua Ci called out softly.
Hua Ci turned and gave him an indifferent look. When their eyes met, the cultivator froze where he stood. For no reason at all, a feeling of shame at his own inferiority rose within him.
It was not just him. Most of the cultivators present felt the same way, as though Hua Ci were a divine maiden high above, beyond all reach, while they were filthy vermin crawling through a mire. Merely looking at her felt like a desecration.
Quite a few hurriedly lowered their heads.
By the time everyone came back to their senses, Hua Ci had vanished, and the portal had completely dissipated in that instant.
"This is bad!" Only then did someone suddenly react. "It isn't safe on the island right now. Hua Ci, she..."
Everyone had been astonished by Hua Ci's transformation just now. No one had expected her to step through the portal and return to Three Realms Island at such a time. Ordinarily, it would not have mattered, but a battle between Sunlights had erupted over there.
With Yuan Du against Black Cloud, and Ma Bin, Luan Xiao'e, and Yan Miao battling, how could Hua Ci possibly come to a good end by rushing into the fray?
"Where's Yaya?" Shui Yuan discovered something else that terrified her. Yaya, whom she had kept by her side all along, had vanished at some point, and she had not noticed at all.
On Three Realms Island, the two Sunlight battlefields were locked in fierce combat. Ma Bin and Black Cloud were more or less evenly matched, but Ma Bin likely could not maintain this state for long. His Dao Foundation injury had yet to heal, and this was no time for an intense clash.