Far away, atop Sea City's gate tower, a group of people watched the battle on the distant sea through the city defense office's Scrying Formation.
Through the powerful formation, they could not only see every detail of the clash, but even hear its sounds faithfully relayed in real time. It was almost as if they were there.
Though the exchange took a long time to describe, it had actually unfolded in just a few breaths.
First, Golden Toad True Person had gathered the waves and unleashed his signature move, Ten Directions Sea Dragon Roar.
Then Fang Qianyuan and his spirit creature had been struck, left rigid where they stood by the tremors produced by its Sound Dao power.
Golden Toad True Person had swiftly turned the white dragon into solid ice, freezing his opponents before closing in to attack.
What he had not expected was that Fang Qianyuan had kept a move in reserve. He suddenly burst free of the ice and delivered a fierce counterattack.
When Golden Toad True Person grunted, clutched his chest, and shook violently, nearly falling from the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad's head, everyone on the gate tower burst into enthusiastic cheers.
They stood on the Righteous Path's side, so naturally they cheered Fang Qianyuan's counterattack.
Yet profound bewilderment followed.
"Young Master Fang was clearly hit. How did he still have room to maneuver, as though nothing had restrained him?"
Indeed, Fang Qianyuan's opponent was no nameless nobody.
He was Golden Toad True Person, a veteran of the Unorthodox Path and an expert of the Demon Alliance, whose fearsome reputation had spread far and wide over thirty years of roaming the Eastern Sea!
Fang Qianyuan had managed to deceive him not only because Golden Toad True Person had misjudged the situation, misled by his continued retreat at