Inside the tree hollow, a man sat cross-legged, the bloody stench emanating from his body.
Lu Ye looked up and saw that the man's aura was unsteady, inexplicable Dao intent winding around him. His vitality was like a candle flame in the wind, liable to be snuffed out at any moment.
He was slightly startled. "Xiao Qianchen?"
The man before him was none other than Eternal City's City Lord.
Lu Ye had not had much contact with him—indeed, they had never even spoken face-to-face—but after spending so many years in the Star Abyss, he naturally knew Xiao Qianchen.
After all, he had always been on quite good terms with Qin Feng.
Hearing Lu Ye's voice, Xiao Qianchen slowly opened his eyes, his expression turning bitter. "I've made a spectacle of myself before you, Fellow Daoist."
Lu Ye did not need to ask to know what had happened. Frowning, he said, "Didn't I have the Dragon Race send you a message, telling you to stay on high alert lately?"
Previously, after he, Blood Calamity, and Si Shengya had joined forces to encircle Xue Yuan, he learned that the other three Half-Saints had entered Hundred Battles City together. He had then asked the Dragon Race to find a way to inform Xiao Qianchen of the recent situation in the Star Abyss, precisely so he would be more vigilant.
In his view, Xiao Qianchen was defending his city. Even if those three Half-Saints joined forces to attack, he should have been able to hold out for a while. Once they received word, they could swiftly teleport into the battlefield through the Primordial Parasol Tree's power, either to interfere or launch an ambush.
Saving Eternal City should not have been a problem.
Even though he had entered the River of Time and Sequence, Blood