At the sight of Xie Jinhuan's arrival, Lü Yan's eyes blazed especially red, as enemies' eyes did when they met. He flashed back to the Confucius Temple and shouted angrily:
"Give me back my Fire-Command Edict!"
Xie Jinhuan had just thought Lü Yan was rebelling. Now that he saw him intercepting the followers of the Demon Path, he certainly could not speak too harshly:
"I already handed it over to Empress Dowager Guo. I don't have it."
"Then how am I supposed to deal with these people?"
"Leave them to me. Elder Lü, take this to protect yourself first."
With that, Xie Jinhuan drew the Zhenglun Sword and landed before the statue of the Most Sagely Former Master with a weapon in each hand, looking toward Xu Tong, who had already stopped.
Lü Yan caught the Dharma Artifact Xie Jinhuan tossed him. Finding it was a First Grade Yellow Qilin Seal, he looked rather disdainful.
Still, having something was better than nothing. He immediately assumed a mighty expert's stance, supporting the Yellow Qilin Seal in one hand as he guarded the entrance, without the slightest intention of helping.
Xu Tong and his two companions stood in the square, their eyes showing clear confusion:
"How did you get here?"
Boom-
Xie Jinhuan could not be bothered to waste words on these bastards. Wielding the Twin Weapons with lightning on his left and fire on his right, he dragged two trails across the square and flashed up to them in an instant. The Heavenly Gang Mace, wrapped in Blazing True Fire, hammered straight at Xu Tong's center, while the Zhenglun Sword swept toward Wei Jili.
Whoosh, whoosh-
With his weapons enchanted, these attacks were no longer mere assaults of Gang Wind. Instead, they scattered Thunder and Fire that injured on contact. From