Li Qinglian, utterly unaware of Tuoba Tian and Wu An's plan, was attacking Ling Chen with all his strength.
He wanted to use this method to keep Ye Yun from being eliminated for the time being.
Only by doing so would he himself have a chance to obtain a spot to travel to the True Dragon Continent.
When Li Qinglian once again swung out a streak of Sword Qi that sped toward Ling Chen,
he suddenly noticed two whooshing sounds tearing through the air behind him.
In an instant, Li Qinglian's expression changed slightly, and his heart sank.
Without time to hesitate, he immediately mobilized the True Essence within his body and pushed the Soaring Sword Step to its limit.
In a flash of lightning and flint, he dodged one of the attacks.
The other attack, however, struck Li Qinglian squarely in the back.
"Bang~"
A sound like iron striking steel rang out.
In an instant, Li Qinglian felt a piercing pain shoot through him. Enduring the pain, he borrowed the force of the blow and flew away.
After opening some distance, he swiftly turned to look behind him. The ones who had attacked him were none other than Tuoba Tian and Wu An.
At this sight, a flash of killing intent passed through the usually mild-tempered Li Qinglian's eyes.
He had only thought of rescuing Ye Yun earlier and had overlooked Tuoba Tian and Wu An, allowing them to successfully launch a sneak attack against him.
As for why they had done this, Li Qinglian understood in an instant.
In the current situation, as long as the two of them eliminated him and then worked with Ling Chen to eliminate Ye Yun,
they could safely secure the spots. Were he in their shoes, he likely would have made the