Li Ling dodged, instantly realizing that Yin Changming had attacked him to mislead the newcomers.
Pu Hui and Gao Yihua both belonged to Great Qian's Dao Registry Bureau. It would be awkward if they saw a prominent North Sea figure like him consorting with a cultivator from the Dragon-Seeking Society.
"Yin Changming, you won't get away!"
In the distance, a gray-haired sword cultivator wearing a tall crown shouted, sending a Sword Pellet resembling a bronze ball hurtling forth.
The other cultivator raised his hand, and hundreds upon thousands of blazing Fire Crows swept over like a cloud of flame.
Their combined attack engulfed an area over a thousand zhang across, seemingly targeting Li Ling along with Yin Changming.
"It seems your plan has fallen through, senior. They want to deal with me too." Li Ling chuckled through voice transmission, but remained unhurried, darting aside and retreating out of the way.
Yin Changming transmitted back, "They probably take you for some nameless rogue cultivator who wouldn't dare complain even if they injured you by mistake."
He dodged as well. Explosions boomed in the distance, and the Fire Crows struck the water, raising billowing clouds of steam.
The Sword Pellet missed, but wheeled back with extraordinary agility and resumed its attack.
"Demonic scum, die!" The sword cultivator in the tall crown formed a sword seal, infusing the pellet with sword intent and sending it charging forward with even fiercer force.
Yin Changming laughed. "The likes of you can't keep me here. Have you forgotten the losses you suffered before?"
In an instant, blood-red radiance surged, taking on a phantom shape as a startling aura rose amid the billowing mist.
Enveloped in that bloody light, Yin Changming seemed to transform into a Demon Monster shaped from shifting clouds and mist. Its vaguely humanoid