"Is that so? We certainly think alike!" Wang Yan said grimly without turning his head. "I knew you would be here, too!" With that, he rolled, his figure blurring into an afterimage as he appeared several yards away...
Then!
"Boom!" A startling, muffled blast sent countless stones and grains of sand flying...
A gash several yards long had been cleaved straight into the cliff behind Wang Yan. Wisps of purple fire surged along it, unleashing a strange wave of air...
Meanwhile, in midair!
"Whoosh, whoosh...!" Dressed entirely in black, Fairy Purple Smoke hovered on her Jade Ruyi dozens of yards away, staring icily at the man below. With her breathtakingly beautiful face, black robes, and wisps of purple flame rippling around her, she looked like a queen of the night against the sky. Her eyes fixed on Wang Yan as though she meant to see straight through the mask on his face...
Fairy Purple Smoke was not surprised that Wang Yan had dodged her attack. Seeing that he showed no intention of fleeing, she said coldly, "Who are you? Wearing a mask like that, hiding your head and showing only your tail!"
"Who I am doesn't matter!" Wang Yan declared confidently. A cold gleam flashed in his eyes as he pointed above Fairy Purple Smoke and said gravely, "What matters is-watch your back!"
"What?" Fairy Purple Smoke froze. Suddenly, an incomparably sharp aura surged up behind her, hurtling straight toward her heart. An overwhelming sense of danger washed over her...
At that very instant!
"Whoosh!" Fairy Purple Smoke swept her broad sleeve, unleashing a swath of purple-red flame. Rings of Purple-Red Flame abruptly whirled around her entire body, lifting her into the air. In the blink of an eye, waves of Purple-Red Flame surged outward, and she vanished into thin