Sensing the two forces rapidly approaching, Xiao Yan found the auras of their leaders incredibly familiar: they were Yang Lingyan and Chu Qun, who had always followed him.
The two imposing groups broke through the Four Sects' encirclement from opposite directions and joined up with the Echo Sect's forces.
"Brother Xiao, we came late!" Yang Lingyan explained to Xiao Yan.
But seeing the group of experts behind Yang Lingyan, Xiao Yan knew it could not have been easy for him to gather so many people. He smiled. "Not late at all. You came at just the right time."
Chu Qun smiled at Xiao Yan as well. "When we heard Lu Zhi was gathering people to deal with you, Brother Xiao, Old Yang and I used our sects' influence to find these friends. We may still be outmatched by Lu Zhi, but we can't let others look down on us."
Xiao Xun'er slowly descended from the air with the somewhat exhausted Qing Lin. Controlling so many people at once had left Qing Lin utterly drained.
A figure also darted through the encirclement to Xiao Yan's side. Once the many experts in the air recognized him, none of them dared stop him. They made a token attempt to block him before letting him enter the circle. It was Xu Yingwu, who had launched the sneak attack with Xiao Yan from afar. After all, he was the Echo Sect's true leader.
Xiao Yan looked at Lu Zhi in midair and smiled. "Given the situation, Lu Zhi, are you still going to fight?"
Carried by Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's voice spread far and wide. Nearly everyone present heard him clearly, and there was not a trace of fear in his words. Xiao Yan had dared charge straight into the layered encirclement; at this moment,