Fang Qianyuan had long since shut out everyone else's discussions and exclamations. In his eyes, only one person remained: his opponent before him, Golden Toad True Person.
At that moment, an enormous Jade-Eyed Golden Toad crouched on the rolling sea. With a body like a mountain and broad webbed feet, he stood atop the water as though on level ground, spirit essence surging around him.
Golden Toad True Person stood on the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad's head, his aura billowing in resonance with the toad beneath him, radiating the vast, fierce presence of a master.
Not far above him, Little White stood in midair, dragonlike and tigerlike, her body slightly hunched as she faced him.
Fang Qianyuan's black robes snapped and fluttered. The tie holding his long hair had slipped loose at some point, leaving his waist-length hair dancing wildly in the wind.
A cruel sneer appeared on Golden Toad True Person's face. He formed a hand seal, apparently issuing some command to his subordinates aboard the Treasure Ship. The ship began turning its rudder and slowly sailed away.
"It's too late to regret this now. I will not easily forgive your insolence!"
Fang Qianyuan ignored him. "Good. With the Treasure Ship gone, you can fight without holding back."
"Still, there's really no need, because you'll be dead soon."
"The dead needn't worry about worldly possessions. Even if they get smashed, it won't matter."
He regarded Golden Toad True Person coldly, as though looking at a dead man.
"What? Does this brat actually intend to kill Fellow Daoist Lai?" The Unorthodox Path cultivators were taken aback.
"Isn't that a little too arrogant?" The people from East Pass likewise exchanged looks.
But they did not take those words to heart, believing he was merely provoking Golden Toad True Person and stirring up