Bang!
Wang Quan stamped his foot, and the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust sprang up beneath him.
The smoke and dust rose into the sky, flew out beyond the twelfth pass, and hung in the air.
Wang Quan stamped again, and the smoke and dust churned, shrouding a hundred li.
"This little patch of smoke and dust is too small. Look at the black clouds pressing down on the city from their side-ten thousand li across, grand and imposing."
The vanguard officers curled their lips. "He'd be better off taking their dark clouds, refining them, and using them to suppress them instead."
One vanguard officer's eyes flickered. "Perhaps seizing those clouds could even earn us some Favor."
"I really want to see how this Favor differs from other kinds!"
The other vanguard officers nodded.
But Wang Quan was the chief vanguard officer. Since he had made his move, the others felt awkward about stepping in.
Everyone turned in unison to Wang Quan, watching to see how he would deal with the enemy.
Many even muttered inwardly, I hope Wang Quan fails so I can go up there and show off!
Meanwhile, in the New Method camp, both the Heavenly World cultivators and the native New-Method Cultivators burst into laughter at the smoke and dust Wang Quan had produced. "A hundred li of smoke and dust? Hardly worth mentioning."
Just then, they saw seventy-two banners shoot upright atop the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust.
The banners fluttered, and a woman emerged from among them.
She landed to one side, and two command flags appeared in her hands.
The New-Method Cultivators curled their lips in disdain at the sight of her.
"She hasn't even attained Legend, yet she dares come out here?"
This woman was none other than the Officiant