"What...?"
Ao Ding stared at the hand reaching out of the mirror and felt his hair stand on end. He spat out a mouthful of black water!
Before the black water could touch the hand, flames sprang up within it, evaporating it in midair!
Ao Ding snapped out of his daze. Realizing what had happened, he looked toward the Great River Water Lord.
"Master Soaring?"
He had guessed who the hand belonged to, but he could hardly believe it.
"He followed us here?"
"Your Incarnation projection!" The Dragon Lady came to a sudden realization, shock showing on her face. She turned to the Great River Water Lord. "Your Incarnation projection shattered, and Master Soaring caught its lingering trace. That let him track you down, follow the trail back, and find this place!"
"I know!" the Water Lord said, his face dark.
"How could he trace us here so easily?" Ao Ding asked, alarmed and uncertain. Then he saw the Water Lord send out a ray of Spirit Light. The hand seized it, and the light broke apart into a few wisps of thought!
"This..."
It had happened so suddenly that he and the Dragon Lady were overwhelmed by the figure in the mirror, both at a loss!
The Great River Water Lord appeared as still as an ancient well, but he thought, Ao Ding and the dragon have no idea that Chen Fangqing already traced the trail back twice. I used my authority and the advantage of this place to drive him off both times.
But on this third attempt, his opponent had taken his Three Lights Heavy Water. With one side gaining as the other lost ground, he could no longer hold him back!
"But even if you gained the upper hand through a trick, you have no right