anied by sparks of spiritual energy. Qiao Qiao'er had been struck by a whip, half her face swollen high with a very noticeable lash mark. However, her opponent wasn't faring any better. They had suffe...The great battle subsided, but not a drop of blood was spilled.

And at the very instant the enemy died, Lu Ye distinctly felt a mysterious force surging from some direction. It was as if in that moment, his physical cultivation had been replaced by something else entirely.

Stand-in puppet!

Xiao Wai has taken it over.

The five remained in the Xuanwu formation, their array's power unactivated. Each channeled their spiritual energy forward, appearing aimless and without direction.

After a few moments, Xiao Wai suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This thing is reacting!"tly activated to its limit, and the light curtain covering the garrison suddenly became much more solid, with an aura flowing on it.Facing across, Lu Ye's eyes, empowered by the spiritual patterns, in...