The ground where return arrow was shot is exactly where Ma Fei Hong was standing!Just like what happened inside the cracks, the return shot from the smoke image of Ma Fei Hong also created explosions.
Gao Lan Mei and Ma Fei Hong were able to teleport to the nearest cliff, high enough for them to be able to see what happened.
"So, next plan?" Gao Lan Mei asked with a frown. "It can deflect the attack. Very inconvenient!" She added.
"Blasted!" Ma Fei Hong finally shouted with annoyance, after a while of staring at the aftermath of the return shot. To help with her frustration, she raised her clenched fist in the air, preparing to punch the ground.
"Stop. Do not destroy the cliff." Gao Lan Mei advice. Who knows if Ma Fei Hong has enough strength to make the cliff collapse with one punch? "Do we have limited options?"
"Hmp!" Ma Fei Hong scoffed. Her skills and cultivation are for attacking long range. Her defense may be top notch but dealing with herself is going to be a great difficulty.
Judging by the range of the damage, it seems the return shot of her smoke replica is stronger.
"I need to think of something else." Ma Fei Hong stated. "Anything that does not involve the attack returning."
"Let us test it out." Gao Lan Mei offered. "You just need to provide me some paper."
"Oh! You can make some more like the one the once during the royal challenge arena?" Ma Fei Hong thought. "However it is exploding so it may be a big problem."
"Do we need to just patch the cracks or we need to destroy it entirely?" Gao Lan Mei can also use some of her spells and rituals. She also realized that she can do something about the smoke as a test.
"We need to patch it. It is impossible to fix the cracks unless, we got the treasure from the Yinying caster, responsible for that." Ma Fei Hong explained.
Gao Lan Mei frowned, before asking, "What treasure?"
"It is a black wooden gourd. The gourd is created with s.p.a.ce inside it, and all the smoke that you see is exactly from there. The sky is only a medium to deceive the rest." Ma Fei Hong explained with a scowl.
The gourd is not supposed to be used for evil, but when YingYin"s got their hands on the treasure, it is inevitable to be used on evil deeds eventually.
"How did you know it is the wooden gourd? Why are you so sure?" Gao Lan Mei asked as she gritted her teeth.
Ma Fei Hong did not though more about it and just explained. "Because I have seen it before, and I can feel the energy from the smoke, a remnant where it came from. Too bad, it was not this impure before."
"I see." Gao Lan Mei"s stated indifferently but her eye glinted dangerously. "We will look for the holder of the gourd then." She stated indifferently, but in her heart, Gao Lan Mei wants to badly see the gourd.
Ma Fei Hong just nodded her head before giving enchanted papers to Gao Lan Mei. "We can start with this one."
Gao Lan Mei got the papers, Ma Fei Hong then watched as she started folding quickly producing large cranes.
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Inside the Royal Palace
"Get out of the way! Do you know who am I?! Prioritize me!"
"No! You should prioritize us instead!"
"Despicable! We are from the Ye family!"
"We are from the Ming family!"
Lou Ren shook his head as he watches the commotion around the large transportation circle.
The magical transformation circle needs to be used by batch, and since all the citizens need to be evacuated as soon as possible to somewhere outside the s.h.i.+zi territory, it is now an issue who will go next after the royal family.