"Tap!"
Just then, Qu Shuang took another great stride forward, moving the gray mist formed by the returning to the ruins power on his body completely away from the enormous bronze cauldron.
Then he looked at Xu Taiping with admiration in his eyes and said:
"This Old Man simply never expected that a youngster like you would spot the abnormalities in Pearl Relic and the others all on your own."
At this point, he turned to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and continued:
"Nor did I expect that you, Senior, would unconditionally trust a junior's deduction and draw your sword without hesitation to slay their clones."
Xu Taiping felt rather ashamed at these words.
After all, his ability to spot the abnormalities in the Pearl Relic House Master and the others had depended more on the Lotus Eye's warning.
But because he could not expose the Lotus Eye's existence before the Primordial Lord, he could only steel himself and accept Qu Shuang's praise.
In fact, by this point, both Xu Taiping and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord already believed seventy or eighty percent of what Qu Shuang had said.
Thus, Xu Taiping finally sought confirmation from the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord:
"Senior Qu Shuang, if you won't let Senior Li Daoyan strike, how are we supposed to slay this clone of yours?"
Unless they eliminated this clone with its returning to the ruins power, they would not dare take their next step.
After giving Qu Shuang a long look, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord also said coldly:
"You don't seem able to fully control this clone either."
If Qu Shuang could fully control this clone, they could simply leave it alone.
But as things stood, merely moving this clone away from the great cauldron seemed to have already cost Qu Shuang a tremendous amount