Qin Yi frowned a little when she witnessed Lu Qingmei stepping up for Li Luo. Initially, she had planned to finish Li Luo off before entering the isolation area so that she could focus on securing the Coiling Dragon Pillars later on.

However, she had not expected Li Luo to be so sly. She had just sniffed out his location, but he had already found a helper.

In fact, the most surprising thing to her was that Lu Qingmei was willing to help him.

Among the Twenty Banner Leaders, Lu Qingmei was second only to Li Qingfeng. Although Qin Yi was confident in winning against her, she was afraid that causing such a huge commotion now would attract the other Banner Leaders over.

In that case, she might become a common enemy for all of them. While she was confident that she would come out on top in that scenario, she was afraid it would no longer be a perfect end for the tasks she had on hand today.

As a result, she was slightly hesitant for a moment.

In the same moment, Li Luo had also noticed that Qin Yi did not continue her advance. His eyes lit up immediately as he whispered to Lu Qingmei, "Banner Leader Lu,...