"Bright Light White Tiger Armor... breathtaking beauty... could this be Lady Xuanyuan Xueluo, the White Tiger Battalion's newly appointed Commander?!"
Cornered by the Mysterious Origin Avatar, Yun Mubai's eyes suddenly lit up when he recognized Xuanyuan Xueluo's armor. Then, as though clutching at a life-saving straw, he shouted:
"Lady Xue Luo, save me! My lady, save me!"
At these words, Xu Taiping stopped the Mysterious Origin Avatar's descending saber.
At the same time, he asked Elder Zhang and the others inwardly:
"Elder Zhang, does Yun Mubai know Miss Xue Luo?"
Elder Zhang, who was guarding against a sneak attack from the Cloud Court Thirteen Swords, soon replied to Xu Taiping through voice transmission:
"He probably doesn't. At least, during the time we've dealt with him, he's never mentioned Miss Xue Luo."
Elder Zhang paused here, then continued through voice transmission:
"But, young master, the Xuanyuan Xueluo of today may be somewhat different from the Xuanyuan Xueluo we knew before. Please watch how things unfold for now, and don't act rashly."
"Different?" Xu Taiping frowned at this, deeply puzzled.
To his eyes, aside from looking a little more mature and capable, Xuanyuan Xueluo did not seem to have changed.
As if guessing Xu Taiping's confusion, Elder Zhang continued through voice transmission:
"Young master, you've only just reached the Fifth Layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, so you may not know this. The tower has changed again. The boundary between its Fourth and Fifth Layers is not one of geography, but of time."
"Simply put, everything that happens in the Fifth Layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower takes place ten years after everything in the Fourth Layer."
Xu Taiping's heart jolted at these words, and he immediately asked for confirmation through voice transmission:
"In other words, in the brief moment it took