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Bel couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Was this Bronze Mancer… taking the initiative to attack him?

When he called out to Theron before, it was out of an abundance of caution and honestly annoyance. Any cultivator worth their salt knew it was improper etiquette to watch an unknown group in the middle of battle. The fact that Theron had been watching them was already crossing a line.

Back then, he had told Theron to scram to make sure nothing went wrong. But what he didn't expect was that Theron would overstep his bounds to this extent.

They, too, had noticed the oddity with the beast, which was why they decided to fight it even though its abilities weren't appealing to any one of them.

Plus, unlike the usual entries of the Sect, they were already Silver Mancers, so they had no need for Echoes. What they were more interested in were the Bloomstones the beast had likely been in contact with.