Fang Yun did not look at Wolf Abyss King. Instead, he watched Nie Shoude flying backward through the air, his eyes filled with disappointment.
Only after hurtling backward for a long while did Nie Shoude regain his strength. Noticing Fang Yun's gaze, his face filled with shame.
"If you don't want to die, get lost. Don't force me to tear up our agreement." Wolf Abyss King's voice boomed like a great bell.
Nie Shoude glanced at Fang Yun, then turned and fled.
Fang Yun's face was livid. He had never expected to be betrayed by a Great Scholar of the human race-and one who belonged to neither the Lei Family nor the Zong Family.
Fang Yun took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, and looked at Wolf Abyss King. He released his bubble-shaped Realm of Family, State, and World, its radius extending just over two li.
Wolf Abyss King froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Oh, Fang Yun, Fang Yun. Everyone calls you a heaven-blessed genius, yet your Realm of Family, State, and World is this small! It's absolutely the weakest I've ever seen. If I'm not mistaken, you must have forced your breakthrough, leaving flaws in your Cultivation of the Self Realm. You're not even a match for that old fool Nie Shoude."
Standing atop Walking the Blue Clouds, Nie Shoude looked back at Fang Yun midway through his flight. Seeing that Fang Yun's Realm of Family, State, and World did not even reach three li in radius, he froze.
"A towering reputation is hard to live up to. It seems you're nothing special after all. If someone weaker than me dies, then so be it. You can't blame me..." As though a great weight had lifted from his shoulders, Nie Shoude spent sacred qi to accelerate,