At the very center of the battlefield, the black-clad figure who had not moved from beginning to end finally stirred.
Yun Qing slowly lifted the Bear All Things Spear, which he had kept casually propped beside him.
He gently rolled his neck, producing a faint click. A smile curved his lips, yet it sent a sudden chill through someone lurking in the shadows.
"You've been watching the show for so long..."
He spoke with his spear held across his body, his deep, dark Double Pupils fixing on a seemingly empty corner of the battlefield.
"Thunderclap."
That single name exploded like a thunderclap inside someone's mind.
"Will you come out yourself..."
Yun Qing paused, raising the spearpoint slightly to aim at that patch of empty space. His tone was mild, yet carried an unquestionable pressure.
"Or must your elder brother 'invite' you out?"
"!!!"
In the corner he had singled out, chaos mist churned violently! An orange-red figure nearly sprang up on instinct like a startled rabbit, only to forcibly restrain himself. His aura faltered for an instant.
Yun Qing said nothing more. He merely watched him in silence, like a savage beast toying with its prey-dangerous in the extreme!
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.
Perhaps he thought the draining stalemate pointless, or perhaps the invisible pressure of Yun Qing's impending move had prompted him, but Fourth Young Master Yun Baojian, who had been watching coldly with his sword cradled in his arms, suddenly moved!
Clang-!
He drew his sword half an inch. An azure blade of sword energy, condensed to the utmost, slashed forth like a startled swan cleaving through chaos!
Its target was the relatively quiet stretch of empty space between the Three Masteries trio and Yun Kuan!
Boom!
The sword energy cleaved into it with