"..."

The white dragon demon king's coils slowly relaxed, a flicker of something unusual crossing its eyes.

Another upper-tier Mixed Origin Grandmaster.

The worthless fox really was as cautious as ever.

Pity — what did upper-tier Mixed Origin matter?

Before it, that amounted to nothing either.

Whatever schemes these people were running, in the face of truly overwhelming strength, none of it meant anything.

The white dragon's eyes took on a more savage edge as they fixed on the young man.

Subdue this one first. Deal with the fox afterward.

In an instant, the three of them formed a surrounding formation, locking Shen Yi tightly in the center.

"Don't say this seat didn't warn you — if you've got any cards to play, you'd better show them now."

Daring to follow along this brazenly, and valued so highly by the War Temple — surely he couldn't be all show and no substance.

Perfected Master Hu gave Perfected Master Changqing a meaningful look. Neither moved to strike first, instead settling into a flanking posture.

As for who they actually intended to deal with...

Both pairs of eyes drifted briefly toward the white dragon.

What struck them as slightly odd was that Shen Yi had turned a furrowed brow toward Perfected Master Changqing, and upon hearing he was from Xuanguang Cave, looked faintly disappointed.

But he said nothing more about it.

Shen Yi gave a small nod, then asked calmly, "Are there any others?"

At those words, the white dragon's eager claw paused mid-reach, and then its body shook with silent laughter.

It had spent too many years away from the Silver Moon Cold Pool — were the human cultivators of today all this arrogant?

"..."

Perfected Master Changqing looked over at the fox demon in puzzlement. Were they certain they'd brought the right person — this was the Shen Yi that Great Qian had been hiding away?

Surely there hadn't been some mix-up.

"Are you right in the head?!"

A muscle twitched at the corner of Perfected Master Hu's eye. Surrounded on all sides, and instead of throwing himself at the…