While Lin Yuanji sank into dejection, a Nine-Star Battle Puppet over ten thousand zhang long, the Sky-Reaching Divine Dragon, confronted an opponent in the void just over ten thousand li from where Sky-Pillaring Immortal City had fallen.
Its opponent was an elegant beauty dressed in a Star-Moon Robe, with a Feathered Crown on her head and a Jade Belt around her waist, the very image of a classical beauty.
She was Xiao Linyue, a Primordial Spirit Great Power of the Spirit Firmament Gate, a major sect on the Earthly Immortal Continent, also known as the Moon Fairy.
"Puppet Masters really are rats who hide their heads and tails. Your people are trapped down on the ground, yet you stand by and let them die."
Shen Longcheng had not come in person. He hid far away in the void, confronting her only through the Sky-Reaching Divine Dragon, and had not expected her to mock him for it.
The Sky-Reaching Divine Dragon spoke. "You are mistaken, Moon Fairy. Keeping you occupied here without needing to show ourselves is a mark of intelligence. Besides, I am not standing by and letting them die. Our forces will arrive soon, and then your rosy scheme to seize this city will come to nothing."
The Moon Fairy sneered. "As far as I know, all seven Grandmasters of your Puppet Dao have their own assignments. The Earthly Immortal Continent produces talents in abundance, and our fellow Primordial Spirit cultivators far outnumber yours. Even if you can spare someone to come here for a while, what could they accomplish? Dharma King Yuanhao and Fellow Daoist Lin certainly won't sit idly by and let your reinforcements arrive."
Her words revealed the Immortal Alliance's intention to besiege a target and strike its reinforcements, but they might also have been a