Even without prior rehearsal, the coordination of the three Sunlights was seamless. Naturally, that was thanks to their abundant combat experience.
Which Sunlight who had reached their level had not weathered countless battles?
As the mouth of the Sky Trapping Net closed in, the Sunflame Beast King had nowhere to evade. Like a humanoid beast, Liehuo pounced forward and threw a punch.
Yet that punch struck nothing. By the time the Sky Trapping Net closed, the Sunflame Beast King had already vanished.
All three turned to look to the side, only to see Lu Ye standing there quietly, the Sunflame Beast King that should have been killed clutched in his hand.
Clearly, he had saved the Sunflame Beast King at that critical moment.
This was beyond Ji Boyun and the other two's expectations. Any one of the three had a cultivation far exceeding Lu Ye's, yet the speed Lu Ye displayed in that instant had been a fraction faster even than their full-force bursts. Otherwise, he could not possibly have saved the Sunflame Beast King while the three of them joined forces.
Squeaking sounds rang out. The Sunflame Beast King seemed not to have grasped the situation yet. Held in Lu Ye's hand, it still bared its fangs at Ji Boyun, as though it shared some deep and bitter hatred with him.
In truth, the Sunflame Beast King did indeed bear a grudge against Ji Boyun. There had originally been more than one Sunflame Beast at the Sunlight level—there had been another.
But that other one had previously died at Ji Boyun's hands. The Sunflame Beast King had undoubtedly kept that hatred in its heart. Otherwise, it would not have singled Ji Boyun out for a sneak attack earlier.
However, all of this had happened before Lu Ye arrived, so