Simultaneously, Xu Lei uncapped a Jade Bottle and secured the Inner Core, still blazing with True Flame, within it.
'It worked! I got it just like that?!'
Xu Lei was both delighted and surprised that things had gone so smoothly.
Just then, however, he noticed that Qi Yang, who was sitting cross-legged, had snapped his eyes open and was staring right at him!
BOOM!
Without a word, Qi Yang raised his hand and flung the black alms bowl at him.
Spinning rapidly, it glowed like a miniature mountain as it smashed into Xu Lei, sending him flying backward.
His entire body slammed into the cave wall.
Even with his Lotus Treasure Fragments spinning to form a barrier before him, the impact shattered the formation and sent them scattering.
A wave of turbulence surged through Xu Lei's body. A dull ache bloomed in his chest, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
After all, there was still a gap in their Dao Practice.
