Mu Gu's struggle had indeed had some effect. At the very least, Xiao Yan's movements paused slightly because of his shout. Xiao Yan's hesitation was naturally not because he had truly been frightened by Elder Mu Gu's cry, but because he had long sensed a force within the starry sky watching this place. Yet with Elder Mu Gu's life hanging by a thread, that person had remained calmly inactive, making Xiao Yan unable to help wondering about their intentions.
However, Elder Mu Gu's shout ultimately made Xiao Yan pause. It seemed the person in the starry sky should be from the Pill Tower. And if Xuan Kongzi, the foremost of the Pill Tower's three great heads, was here, Xiao Yan had to be wary. During the Pill Convention, it was an unwritten rule that contestants could not kill one another. If Xuan Kongzi insisted on intervening, this matter would become another drawn-out dispute.
Contrary to Xiao Yan's expectations, the figure in the starry sky seemed not to have heard Elder Mu Gu's desperate cry at all and made no move whatsoever. Xiao Yan, however, gleaned something from this. To him, Elder Mu Gu was someone who had to be killed no matter what. He urged the three who had yet to stop, "Hurry up. Don't give him another chance to speak!"
Qing Lin merely paused where she stood before appearing in front of Elder Mu Gu once more. Her attacks had never ceased before this. After receiving Xiao Yan's order, the green light in her eyes became even more dazzling.
Seeing that the reinforcements he had hoped for had not appeared at all, Elder Mu Gu gritted his teeth and cursed, "A bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites!"
In an instant, lightning and fire flashed as the tyrannical golden spear pierced toward