Fang Cai halted. In the briefest instant, she swiftly weighed her options and said, "Mr. Tao, please come with us."
Zhang Yu followed her back beneath the flying vessel. Fang Cai made a simple gesture, and the soldiers standing there exchanged glances before silently withdrawing. Yet they continued to watch Zhang Yu with intense vigilance.
Fang Cai led Zhang Yu briskly to a soldier lying on a padded frame. Though he was clad in Profound Armor, it was clear that he had originally been a powerfully built man.
"Mr. Tao, this is our Captain. If you can, please help save him. I beg you!" Having said this, she solemnly cupped her fists to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu nodded. He took several steps forward, approaching the man, while the scattered soldiers subtly formed a circle around him, as if guarding against him.
He paid them no mind and examined the man lying on the ground from a certain distance.
Earlier, he had only given the man a passing glance from afar. Blocked by spiritual power, he had not examined him too closely. Now that he looked carefully, he discovered an enormous gash around the man's waist. He should originally have been cut in two at the waist, but some method had pieced him back together.
He looked at the enormous slash across the flying vessel and roughly guessed how this wound had been caused.
A silvery liquid lay within the wound. It was likely this that had been used to piece the body back together.
There was nothing particularly remarkable about this man's body. It was even far inferior to the ordinary Celestial Xia people Zhang Yu had seen before. Yet the outer armor he wore possessed spiritual power.
After his body had been pieced together, he should have been able