The instant he was trapped inside the shield of light, He Ya sensed that something was wrong. He drove the longsword in his hand viciously into the spiritual energy shield, yet it only penetrated a little. He could not even break the shield, much less escape from it.
Even with a full-force strike, this was the result. He Ya could not believe it for a moment and stood rooted to the spot. But while He Ya froze, Huo Hai did not. His hands rapidly formed Reinforcement Seals, strengthening the Spirit Insects.
"He Ya, you should have died back then. But because we were in the Western Frontier, I did not want to cause too great a disturbance, so you lived until now. Today, you have fallen into my hands. What was left unfinished that day will be settled here today." Huo Hai no longer concealed his killing intent. He Ya seemed to have thought of something as well.
"What happened back then was your doing." From Huo Hai's words, He Ya connected many things. Thinking of how Huo Hai was Southern Cloud Kingdom's first Insect Spirit Master, and how he himself had been injured by insects back then, He Ya's eyes turned bloodshot.
Back then, Huo Hai had not even reached the Spirit Practitioner Realm. He Ya had not believed that Huo Hai could control insects at that time. But things were different now. Huo Hai had practically admitted it. So all along, his true enemy had been Huo Hai, standing right before him.
Huo Hai said coldly, "He Ya, I do not care in the slightest that you attacked me, because you are nothing but trash. But you laid hands on my little sister. That is something I will never forgive." If he had not arrived in time that