After listening to Red Wind's explanation, Black Mountain's bear face was covered with the words, "What's all that gibberish you're spouting?"
He stared at the amber light barrier for a while, then gave a heavy snort.
"I don't believe it!"
He bent down, picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground, hefted it, then hurled it at the amber light barrier without a second thought.
"Watch this!"
The stone flew out fast, but the instant it touched the barrier's surface, it seemed to sink deep into a mire.
It slowed visibly, finally hanging motionless at the edge of the barrier.
"Holy shit?"
Black Mountain's bear eyes widened. "It-it really stopped!?"
Now everyone understood.
Red Wind stared at the stationary stone, realization flashing through his tiger eyes. "No wonder..."
"No wonder what?" Black Mountain was still bewildered.
"No wonder the mastermind didn't attack Xie Changsheng."
Red Wind looked at the three people and one donkey frozen inside the barrier. "It wasn't that they didn't want to. They couldn't."
"They probably couldn't beat Xie Changsheng, so they resorted to this trick."
They had trapped the number one on the Azure Profound Ranking, along with the two unlucky fellows beside him, inside this "Time Amber."
Zhou Yan looked at Xie Changsheng inside the bubble of light with a complicated expression. "I was wondering why there hadn't been any movement."
Hui Ming said nothing, merely pressing his palms together and murmuring the Buddha's name.
After studying the stationary stone for a while, Black Mountain suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Oh, right!"
He turned, spread a bear paw, then suddenly slapped his thigh as he remembered the business at hand. "Nearly forgot! Your Storage Rings! Hand 'em over and lemme have a look-see!"
Hui Ming's expression was utterly ugly, without a trace of the so-called "Smiling