"You are..."
At the sight of this man, Dong Xuan'er felt something extraordinarily strange. Though this was their first meeting, he gave her a profound sense of closeness.
The Gorgeous Man looked at Dong Xuan'er and smiled. "Xuan'er, I finally found you. Come with me."
Dong Xuan'er glanced at Ape One instead and asked worriedly,
"He's my friend. Let him go, and I'll come with you."
Dong Xuan'er was still uneasy, but the Gorgeous Man said, "Relax. He's only unconscious. He'll wake up after a while. It was only because of you that I spared his life. Now, will you come with me?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Dong Xuan'er left with the Gorgeous Man. A cloud of pink mist enveloped them, and they soon vanished.
Meanwhile, Red Powder Skeleton and the others in midair seemed to receive some instruction. They abandoned their opponents and stopped attacking the camp, leading the Foundation Establishment cultivators in retreat.
The surprise attack had begun with a tiger's head and ended with a snake's tail. The Seven Sects were utterly baffled, unable to understand what the Joyful Union Sect was trying to do. They had suddenly attacked, then suddenly withdrawn, as though the whole thing had been decided on a whim.
The Seven Sects immediately tightened their defenses. Before long, Lin He and the others emerged from the Golden Drum Plains.
The Seven Sects had naturally won an overwhelming victory in this battle on the Golden Drum Plains. They had slain thirteen Core Formation Stage cultivators and captured Jian Li alive-their greatest success since the war began.
Everyone returned with Lin He in their midst, only to find the Seven Sects' camp busily strengthening its defenses. Their expressions changed. After asking, they learned that the Joyful Union Sect had launched a surprise attack on the