They had assumed Li Nanzhu deployed the smoke and spirit-confusing powder to wear down the two groups, planning to strike after they had exhausted each other or perhaps launch a sneak attack under the cover of chaos.
However, in the next moment, a white figure suddenly flickered before their eyes. Who else could it be but Suisui?
It was tightly clutching a flag in its arms!
"This..." Duan Xianxing's eyes widened first, his face filled with a mixture of shock and joy.
Jiang Yifan's cold face also showed a rare trace of surprise, which quickly turned into understanding.
He instantly understood Li Nanzhu's true intention—from the very beginning, her goal was to create absolute chaos to provide a perfect opportunity for the swift and stealthy Suisui to steal the flag!
Ling Suxin's beautiful eyes also sparkled with brilliance as she looked at Li Nanzhu with undisguised admiration.
Li Nanzhu wore a cunning smile as she reached out to take the flag from Suisui, habitually stroking its smooth skull. "Great job, Suisui! I'll give you an extra meal when we get back!"
Suisui let out a slight clicking sound, the ghostly light in its eye sockets flickering as if it were very satisfied with its performance.
"Little Junior Sister! You're incredible!" Duan Xianxing lowered his voice in excitement. "I thought we were going to wait for them to finish fighting before rushing in to snatch it! I didn't expect you to just have Suisui go steal it... uh, no, I mean, go retrieve it! That was a masterstroke!"
Jiang Yifan also nodded slightly, approval in his eyes.
Outside the venue, atop the high platform.
The sect leaders and the audience, watching this scene through the light screen, burst into a flurry of gasps and discussions once again.
"That skeleton... that skeleton stole the flag!"
"The Xuan Tian Sect and the Beast Taming Sect are going to cough up blood! They're fighting to the death, and the flag is gone!"
"This Li Nanzhu... she's quite a talent!"
The expressions of the sect leaders from the Xuan Tian Sect and the Beast Taming Sect instantly became extremely unsightly. Especially when they saw their own disciples still in the smoke, accusing and fighting each other with such heat while completely unaware that the flag had already changed hands, they were so furious they puffed their beards.
Within the secret realm, Li Nanzhu's group did not linger.
"This place isn't safe for long, let's go!" Jiang Yifan ordered decisively.
The four people and one skeleton took advantage of the chaotic battlefield where the smoke had yet to dissipate, quietly and swiftly withdrawing to continue toward the rendezvous point.
Behind them, the disciples of the Xuan Tian Sect and the Beast Taming Sect continued their battle in the smoke. It wasn't until the haze gradually thinned and both sides were exhausted and covered in injuries that someone suddenly realized—
"The flag?! Where did the flag go?!"
"What?!!"
"It was just here!"
"It must have been someone from the Xuan Tian Sect who stole it during the chaos!"
"Bullshit! It was clearly you from the Beast Taming Sect who pulled something!"
The flames of battle, which had just begun to subside, were reignited by the mysterious disappearance of the flag, becoming even more intense and filled with suspicion than before...
They would likely be pinning this blame on each other for quite a while.
Li Nanzhu and her companions had long since vanished, hiding their deeds and their names.
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