As Demon Phoenix thought this, Huang Xiao was naturally thinking the same thing.
Huang Xiao sneered. "If you won't make a move, I'll go first!"
With that, Huang Xiao darted straight at Kong Fu.
"Just what I wanted!" Kong Fu laughed, ready to strike.
"Kong Fu, this old man found this brat first!" Zhang Jianqiao shouted.
"Ridiculous. So what if you found him first? Whether we can take him down depends on our own abilities," Kong Fu said with a laugh.
"Outrageous!" Zhang Jianqiao roared, then charged at Kong Fu.
Huang Xiao had not expected Zhang Jianqiao to attack Kong Fu rather than him.
He had his reasons for choosing to attack Kong Fu first.
At least Kong Fu still wanted to learn the secrets of the Evil Water Region and probably would not kill him immediately, so he would likely hold something back when he struck.
That would give Huang Xiao a little more confidence facing him, and let him probe his strength a little.
After all, Huang Xiao knew neither man and had no idea how strong they really were.
So Zhang Jianqiao has the same idea. This is my chance, Huang Xiao thought.
Zhang Jianqiao and Kong Fu were behaving just as Demon Phoenix had said: each harbored his own schemes, and neither would yield Huang Xiao to anyone else.
As they saw it, unless they defeated one another, neither could take Huang Xiao down. Whoever tried to attack Huang Xiao would be obstructed by the other, who might even strike to kill him.
The best approach, then, was to kill one of them. Only then would success be assured.
Huang Xiao had not used Heavenly Demon Disintegration, only Sound Art Qi Control to double his True Qi. The strength he now displayed was unquestionably far beyond