At those words, Yun Qizi's faith in the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord wavered instantly, and he teetered on the brink of collapse.
"No!!!"
"These are lies meant to mislead us!"
Yun Qizi's faith in the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord was deeply devout, and his reason was gaining the upper hand.
But at that moment...
An eye had quietly opened between Lu Mian's brows. A blue-black Ghost Eye stared straight at Yun Qizi.
With his Dao heart violently shaken, countless images surfaced in Yun Qizi's mind again.
He seemed to see a devastated sea of flames. The Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord knelt on both knees, his body shattered. The fire dragons coiled around him lay barely alive on the ground, and his flowing, flame-like hair was growing dim. A terrifying darkness was devouring the world.
Under the hallucination's influence, Yun Qizi's reason was suppressed once more.
Whoosh!
Lu Mian rose straight from his meditation cushion, his palm blazing like a golden sun as he slammed it toward Yun Qizi's brow!
The safest place was often also the most dangerous.
Why had Lu Mian chosen to strike inside the Dao Palace rather than find a way to lure Yun Qizi out into the countryside?
Because Yun Qizi would feel perfectly safe inside the Dao Palace. He would have no guard up at all.
Besides, Lu Mian had already misled him into believing he posed no threat.
With neither his surroundings nor the person before him presenting any danger, Yun Qizi would naturally be at his most relaxed-and at his most vulnerable to Lu Mian.
And Yun Qizi had indeed fallen for it.
Just as Lu Mian rose, Yun Qizi barely managed to open his mouth, about to utter a word.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
But suddenly, he felt something tighten fiercely around his