Zeng Mu held out both hands, allowing a personal guard, at Qin Zhongyi's signal, to bind them with a whip instead of wrist shackles. To keep it from coming loose, Ying Zheng exercised a little control over the metal element, fusing the whip's ends together. Now, no matter how strong Zeng Mu was, he could never break free.
"That man must be mad. I'm going in." Yenaier rose as she spoke, ready to jump from the tree and ambush them.
The instant her feet left the trunk, a soft yet irresistible force pushed her swiftly back.
"Kelo, what are you doing?" She turned to her in astonishment.
Okelo showed none of the surprise on Yenaier's face. She merely said softly, "Nameless has his own ideas, and therefore his own plans. He set this game up himself. As outsiders, we can't see the pieces he's placed or what they're meant to do. So don't act rashly. Let him direct and control everything himself. That's the safest course."
"But... but they're taking him away!"
"All that means is that this is part of his plan too."
Listening beside them, Pitman spoke, his voice growing louder. "I also think we shouldn't intervene again."
"What?" Yenaier's eyes widened, filling with the look one gave a traitor.
"What do you mean?" Unlike the puzzled tone she had used with Okelo, her question to Pitman was charged with suspicion.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm judging this based on the actual situation."
"Didn't you see Ying Zheng's strength just now? A Return to Truth Realm Elementalist isn't someone you or I can fight as we are now. Even with Nameless, who's in the Willful Realm, we would be no match for him. Besides, he has two Willful Realm Elementalists here under his command. If we