The situation had indeed been a dead end.
Bai Fuyun believed that Ye Tianming had joined forces with Fang Qianyuan and the others to kill Luo Feihu and make fools of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, costing the sect every advantage and its chance to obtain the mystic treasure.
Ye Tianming, meanwhile, believed that Bai Fuyun was bent on killing him for his treasure. As a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse with an overwhelming advantage, Bai Fuyun could hardly be expected to show mercy and let him go simply because he handed it over.
Thus, he had decided to resist to the bitter end.
Had Wu Lianyi not appeared, Bai Fuyun would undoubtedly have unleashed his formidable abilities, stooping from his exalted position at Heaven Tier to deal with him personally.
But Ye Tianming would not meekly show weakness either. Determined to measure himself against Fang Qianyuan, he did not mind following Fang Qianyuan's example and fighting an established titan to the death while still in the Earth Rank Realm!
He believed that a death struggle against Bai Fuyun would leave him nine chances of dying and one of surviving, but even that single thread of hope was something he would fight desperately to seize.
Wu Lianyi's arrival, however, seemed to offer another possibility: Ye Tianming could hand over the "Constant Time Transformation" he had obtained and share it with Bai Fuyun and Wu Lianyi. Not only would this avert a clash, but it would also make him a friend of the Myriad Phenomena Sect and place him under its protection.
While Ye Tianming deliberated, Wu Lianyi again transmitted his voice through a secret art to Bai Fuyun. "Fellow Daoist Bai, there is something you do not know. Though contests over treasures depend on strength, with all beings standing equal and each using their