"These cherry blossoms..."
At the sudden sight of cherry blossoms dancing across the sky, everyone froze. Many of those present were not particularly familiar with Kong Chen, and their understanding of his strength was limited. On top of that, Zhou Hui's portrayal of Kong Chen's abilities over the years had already become deeply ingrained in their minds. Faced with this scene, they failed to react for a moment. Some of the women even wore entranced smiles.
However, Zhou Yuan and the other two knew Kong Chen to some extent. Liu Hao in particular had gathered a great deal of intelligence on Kong Chen from every possible source in preparation for dealing with him, all so that he could know both himself and his enemy and capture Kong Chen in one stroke.
But much of the intelligence Liu Hao had collected was from a long time ago. He had no accurate judgment of just how far Kong Chen's strength had progressed, because Kong Chen had made far too few moves over the years. And whenever he did act, almost no one escaped, so the information about him was never very reliable.
"What beautiful cherry blossoms," a late-stage Nascent Soul girl murmured, raising her hand to touch a petal spiraling down through the air.
"Don't touch the cherry blossom petals!" Zhou Yuan roared, his face grim.
But he was still one step too late. The instant the girl's hand touched a red cherry blossom petal, terrifying flames ignited. In the blink of an eye, her body vanished from everyone's sight, leaving not even a trace of ash behind.
Hiss!!!
Everyone sucked in a breath. Many immediately released protective spiritual energy in panic, trying to stop the falling petals, while quite a few took out their magical treasures in an attempt to destroy