Two black-robed cultivators were besieging Cheng Suling.
One was at the Foundation Establishment middle stage and wielded a Blazing Flame Fork. Wherever its flames swept past, vines were reduced to charcoal.
The other controlled three pitch-black, bone-piercing shuttle-shaped Spirit Artifacts designed to penetrate protective spiritual light and barriers. They darted back and forth like lightning, vicious and insidious, all but impossible to guard against. He was actually at the Foundation Establishment late stage!
Spirit Artifacts crisscrossed as both men unleashed their techniques.
Cheng Suling struggled to fend them off. Specks of blood already stained her skirt; she had clearly suffered internal injuries.
It's him!
Lin Changheng had recognized the Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivator. He was none other than the man who had hurried over in an Escape Light during Yan Mingyi's Foundation Establishment Celebration.
He was the cultivator surnamed Luo who had explored alongside Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling. He had apparently had some urgent business back then.
Yet now, his face was murderous. He had turned against her and was attacking even more fiercely than the other cultivator.
Cheng Suling's gaze toward him was likewise filled with fury and resentment.
This further confirmed Lin Changheng's suspicion that the upheaval here had been caused by this man's betrayal.
The rough outlines of their grudges and conflicts were becoming clear as well.
This man had probably even played a crucial role in Floating Star Island's rapid fall.
Meanwhile, Lin Changheng observed the battle without rashly intervening, choosing to plan before acting.
He soon discovered that although Cheng Suling was only at the Foundation Establishment middle stage, she had managed to withstand both a middle-stage and a late-stage cultivator for quite some time. Her substantial magical power and numerous techniques certainly helped, but the more crucial factor was her use of