"He dodged it!"
Seeing Fang Qianyuan react so swiftly, the two people on the ridge looked startled, but their expressions soon settled into understanding.
One of them was a woman in a fitted blue outfit, her hair tied back. She looked to be in her thirties, with a mature, capable air and a bold, dashing bearing.
Her fingers formed a sword seal, and Sword Qi flowed around her. She had unleashed the attack just now.
Her name was Jian Ruyi, a sword cultivator who had achieved success through her own efforts. Over twenty-odd years of adventures, she had earned the fine reputation of the "Duckweed Swordswoman" in Central Province and could be considered an established expert of some renown.
Rumor had it that she had originally been a farmer's daughter. After a fortuitous encounter, she had resolved to devote herself to the sword, taking Jian-sword-as her surname and changing her given name from Ruyi, meaning wishes fulfilled, to Ruyi, meaning as one. The name's tone had changed at once.
"He is, after all, a genius who appears only once in several thousand years. We absolutely cannot treat him as an ordinary Earth Rank Expert," said the burly man beside Jian Ruyi, who wore a short jacket that left his arms bare.
The man had close-cropped hair, and Dao Patterns covered his arms. As he spoke, a faint radiance began to emerge from his body as well. The phantom of a tiger-shaped spirit creature gradually rose, enveloping him in a spirit garment.
This man's name was Zong Wujin. He was likewise an established expert of some renown in Central Province, known as Master Tiger of the "Tiger-Form Fist."
They were both unaffiliated rogue cultivators hired by the Yin Family and the Spirit Taming Sect, drawn by the enormous war bounties offered.