Everyone froze for a moment.
The battle here was not something juniors could take part in. Half-King was the minimum requirement to join.
Even the Yama Successors had to enter the formation as a group and transform together into a Green-Skinned Vicious Ghost just to barely join the fight.
Yet this young man had barged right in, wearing floral shorts and sunglasses in the dead of night. Who knew whether he could even see clearly? He simply kept giving directions.
"Lower back, to the left!"
The Green-Skinned Vicious Ghost had no time to think and slapped toward that spot. Sure enough, the Water-Monkey Ancestor had appeared there at some point, despite having been smashed into pieces just a moment earlier.
"Lord King of the Metropolis, watch your back!"
Yuan Tiansuan spoke again.
In the distance, the King of the Metropolis, who had quickened his attacks out of anxiety, froze. Without another word, he stepped away from where he stood.
The next instant.
A giant hand of black water abruptly slammed down from the void behind him, cutting off the river's flow for a moment.
This was a sneak attack into which the Son of the River Earl had poured all his strength. When it failed, his expression darkened. The King of the Metropolis seized the opening and drove a palm into his back with the power of an entire infernal prison behind him.
Boom!
River water exploded upward. The heat was like an inferno, sending vast amounts of steam billowing into the air.
The Son of the River Earl was wounded.
The King of the Metropolis took the opportunity to create an illusory double with Half-King strength, saving Zou Lianshan, whose arm had been torn off by Lady River Earl.
Yuan Tiansuan's arrival gave the Nine Provinces' side another second