The man behind him had changed from a Seventh Growth to a Sixth Growth. In all fairness, the pressure had actually dropped sharply, but his situation had not improved. Instead, he had fallen into despair.
Because under that crushing pressure just now, he had still had something to hope for. Now that hope had arrived, and the cage he had designed for the old man had closed around him without the slightest deviation.
Whoever Zhao Army Adviser fought was where everyone's eyes would lock. Yang Yan wanted to leave but could not; covered in paint, he was far too conspicuous.
He flipped backward, first going to pull his saber from the roof.
Below Moon-Catching Tower.
Pei Ye, the last to enter the garden gate, still had not understood what had happened.
First, he saw a colorful figure appear upstairs, but he did not know why the man looked like that. He could neither distinguish his clothes nor see his face, but his movements as he leaped, and his delighted reaction upon seeing their group, gave Pei Ye something to go on. He waved, and sure enough, the man waved back.
Yang Yan! Had he done it?
Then he saw the man suddenly duck back inside, only to fly out again a moment later, brushing past Zhao Army Adviser as he flew up.
No, that wasn't right! Though the man who appeared the second time was also covered in paint, he clearly was not Yang Yan, and he was far too fast. He was that old man!
The moment he realized this, Pei Ye also understood what had happened upstairs.
And so he could not help freezing for a moment.
Zhao Army Adviser... had gone after Yang Yan?
He had recognized Yang Yan because the two had an agreement; even