When Black Cat climbed Moon-Catching Tower that afternoon and heard that conversation, it discovered a deeper shadow behind Seven Flood Dragon Cave; only now, after witnessing this scene, did it discover that Pei Ye's friend Green Skirt was not so simple either.
The battle between the two sides seemed permeated with a kind of... resolute restraint.
They clearly both had reasons they had to fight this battle and naturally refused to leave first, yet they kept probing, treasuring their trump cards beyond measure.
As though those trump cards... were also their vulnerable points.
Black Cat suddenly thought of an analogy-as though each side had a "general."
The general certainly had killing power, but it could never show itself lightly, because although it was not the strongest piece, it was the one that decided victory.
So... in this battle, they were not even eager to kill the opposing chariots, horses, and cannons, and could even sacrifice their own, so long as they forced out the opposing "general" first.
Jade Feather was the chariot, Seven Flood Dragons the horse; slay the "general" and win.
When this analogy surfaced in its mind, Black Cat's jade eyes widened slightly. Then it actually turned and vanished into the darkness, leaving everything still unresolved on the field behind it.
On the field.
Meng Chuyuan swept past. Even at his peak, Bowang's so-called foremost seventh-growth cultivator would have struggled to last ten moves against him. Now, wounded and leaking qi, even if he knew Meng Chuyuan was coming, Meng Chuyuan was confident he would not need a second stroke.
After the two on his side were defeated, he waited a while in the shadows before acting, hoping that person on the other side would come to rescue Nie Qianyu, giving him the advantage of remaining hidden