So, Tong Mingshan charged at Su Jikuan.

He had calculated it, gauging that as he sped past Su Jikuan, Dongguo Shou should be able to see him; he wanted to intimidate Dongguo Shou a bit, saying you are fast, but I am not slow either, so you better not act recklessly.

Tong Mingshan also saw how powerful Su Jikuan was, and he did not think he could be a match for Su Jikuan; he just wanted to swoop past to show Dongguo Shou, with True Fire as a sword in his hand merely for self-defense.

He wanted to take the risk and flash past quickly, fearing being hit by the 'Star-shattering Finger.'

Unexpectedly, Su Jikuan reacted swiftly, not allowing him to slip by smoothly, forcing his Escape Technique to slow down and almost wrecking his Fire Power Escape Light.

In that instant, he panicked indeed and naturally swung his sword to strike.

However, the guy surprisingly used his fingers to intercept his True Fire formed into a sword shape, leaving him stunned; his fire isn't a physical object, so what good is it to hit it with 'Star-shattering Finger'?

This brought up again the biggest drawback of his Two-flavor True Fire, which is that once cast, it is too slow; his Cultivation Method can't condense fire into a physical form for fast, long-range attacks like An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin. To be lethal, he still has to charge forward himself for close combat.

This fighting style is too disadvantageous against experts with overwhelming cultivation; no matter the destructive power of True Fire, it's useless if he gets slapped to death before even getting close.

Before, he only regarded the 'True Fire Escape Light Technique' as a Fire Attribute Skill's Escape Technique, and indeed it was merely an Escape Technique.

Of course, learning this Escape Technique is not bad.

Aiming at Artifact Refining, he was grateful to have learned a superior Life-saving Technique—what more could he ask for?

It was only after witnessing the terrifying suppression brought by Dongguo Shou's speed advantage today that he outlined some vaguely held ideas in his mind with a specific contour.

Admittedly, he also wasn't sure if some of his ideas would work against these masters possessing Divine Skills.

He understood that a single slip-up against such experts would cost him his life.

Making such a decision right now, concerning life and death, required immense resolve.

Luckily, he passed this hurdle, and after this encounter with Su Jikuan, he finally gained real confidence in some of his ideas.

Yet, what he didn't expect was Su Jikuan daring to play with fire, and he couldn't understand Su Jikuan's logic—why not just sidestep if hitting fire with 'Star-shattering Finger' was futile?

He certainly knew the consequences for those without a Fire Attribute Skill if burned by his Two-flavor True Fire.

In that split-second scene, under poor lighting, only he, Su Jikuan, and Dongguo Shou clearly saw what happened inside and outside the Mirror Image.

Of course, he didn't see Su Jikuan lose two fingers after flying away.

Those in front of the Mirror Image only saw a stream of light flash by.

Han Bao, still maintaining the Mad Demon Transformation stance, understood Tong Mingshan's intentions once he saw such speed and quickly dashed out, rushing towards the heavily wounded Li Hongjiu, who had already smashed to the ground.

Dongguo Shou, once again obstructing Su Jikuan and Luo Que repeatedly, was distracted by the light stream circling the scene; the speed was so fast it resembled a thrashing tail.

It might not be appropriate to describe it as a stream of light; it was more like a line-shaped beam of light.

In the midst of dodging, he noticed Han Bao taking the wounded Li Hongjiu away; he flashed and suddenly blocked Han Bao, striking with a heavy hand, shouting, "Put him down!"

Han Bao clutched Li Hongjiu with one arm and swung his hammer with the other.

With a bang, the hammer's shadow delayed Dongguo Shou's attack; the ensuing solid hit clashed firmly with Dongguo Shou's palm, shaking him into a retreat.

Han Bao still withheld his strength, as he had no intention of injuring Dongguo Shou with his Mad Demon Hammer; it was only meant as a deterrence.

This scene left Manxi and others before the Mirror Image dumbfounded—what was going on? Were their own people actually fighting among themselves?

Manxi immediately turned to look at Mulan Jin, which clearly meant, these people you brought along—what are they doing?

Mulan Jin also furrowed his brow slightly, knowing there must be a cause behind it, but staging such a scene openly before the Mirror Image was indeed inappropriate.

Other teams in front of their own Mirror Images thought they had seen it wrong.

Meanwhile, Dongguo Shou at the scene was also enraged, "Whose side are you on?"

Just then, he abruptly turned his head, only to see a flash of light swiftly approaching; having seen Su Jikuan's severed fingers, he dared not be careless, his figure slightly flickered, and he vanished, narrowly avoiding the sweep of the light.

Furious, Dongguo Shou felt betrayed and could not stand being taken advantage of like this; he would rather let Su Jikuan and Luo Que off temporarily than let these traitors go unpunished.

His gaze swept over, estimating the flight path of the light, and with one teleportation, unexpectedly retrieved his weapon and swung his sword.

Who would have thought the light twisted and evaded at an uncanny angle, its dodging speed astonishingly quick?

Dongguo Shou found it hard to fathom that such a fast speed could still make such sharp turns—what Escape Technique is this?

Before he could react, the light charged again, with Tong Mingshan determined to entangle him, not allowing another opportunity for him to attack Li Hongjiu.

Furious, Dongguo Shou immediately counterattacked.

He teleported to retaliate, and Tong Mingshan swiftly dodged, flashing beside him with the Fire Sword, prompting Dongguo Shou to teleport away again. Yet, as soon as he reappeared, Tong Mingshan dashed before him, and he vanished again, teleporting onto Tong Mingshan's path.

Thus, the two tangled mid-air, chaotically attacking and defending.

Initially, neither was accustomed to this kind of battle; ordinarily, neither encountered such a relentless opponent, never allowing a moment to breathe.

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