Xu Changxing naturally would not give this man a chance to escape.
Almost as soon as the escape light flared, he called down the Thunder Technique he had been preparing for some time.
Crack!
A bolt of lightning flashed, colliding squarely with the escape light.
A few breaths later, a cultivator with half his body charred black fell before Xu Changxing with a thud.
Only then did Xu Changxing turn to Zhou Lechi and say:
"This was the man who secretly interfered just now, disrupting the formation diagram you laid down and using a secret technique to provoke that Red Essence Tiger.
Do you have a grudge against him, senior brother?"
Zhou Lechi was still utterly stunned.
He had heard that his third junior brother was extraordinarily gifted, having cultivated all the way from Qi Refining to Core Formation in just a few short months, and had even fought Li Changge amid thunderclouds for several hours without falling behind.
But hearsay was ultimately hearsay; it could not compare to the impact of seeing it with his own eyes.
The shock of seeing the Red Essence Tiger that had nearly driven him into a hopeless corner slain with a single sword strike had already been difficult for Zhou Lechi to digest.
Then, in the space of a breath, Xu Changxing had captured alive the culprit who had been plotting against him behind the scenes.
The sight shook Zhou Lechi to his very core.
Only thanks to his solid foundation had his true essence not reversed its flow along with the upheaval in his mind.
He barely managed to steady himself before looking at the half-charred figure.
But once he saw who it was, his mind, which he had only just managed to calm, trembled violently once more.
This time, along with