Wu Yufeng saw his flying swords lose control and urgently shouted to Su Xi, "Quickly stop them."
Though he didn't care about killing, he couldn't bring himself to execute his fellow disciples without emotional turmoil. If these people were to die, it would surely leave him with a heart demon, hindering his future cultivation.
Su Xi glanced at the sky full of flying swords and blinked, her feet not moving.
It wasn't that she didn't want to help, but she deeply felt her powerlessness.
She had only just established her foundation. To stop Wu Yufeng's fully unleashed flying swords, she would have to sacrifice her own life. And why would she do something as foolish as repaying kindness with animosity?
Just as the flying swords were about to slit the throats of the people on the ground, a beast's roar echoed from the mountain forest.
This roar contained immense energy, destroying all the surrounding trees. The flying swords in the sky were directly shaken away by this powerful sonic wave.
During this brief delay, Wu Yufeng's disordered spiritual energy within his body recovered. He formed hand seals and seized the opportunity to recall his scattered flying swords.
At the same time, he looked gravely towards the direction the sound came from, his expression complex. A mere roar had stopped his flying swords; the power behind it was undoubtedly not low.
If they were to encounter each other, their chances of survival would be slim.
Su Xi's face changed instantly upon hearing the roar. Wu Yufeng didn't know, but she recognized the roar as that of the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon.
The two of them had just gone through a fierce battle, and their stamina was greatly depleted. Furthermore, even if they hadn't been exhausted, the two of them alone were no match for the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon.
"Quick, go," Su Xi called out to Wu Yufeng and turned to run in another direction.
Wu Yufeng glanced at the three people on the ground, paid them no heed, and followed Su Xi, running forward.
Cultivation was inherently going against the heavens. Everyone had their own destiny. His not killing these people didn't mean he had to save them.
Whether they could escape this time was entirely up to fate.
Not long after Wu Yufeng and Su Xi left, Liu Piaopiao, who was on the ground, suddenly opened her eyes. She gazed in the direction Su Xi and Wu Yufeng had departed, a cold smile playing on her lips.
That bitch Su Xi had good luck, not falling for the trap just now.
But to escape her grasp was still too naive.
She heard the roar of the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon growing louder behind her and got up, chasing after Su Xi and Wu Yufeng. She had been caught off guard earlier and ambushed by Xu Jiu. Now, she absolutely couldn't miss this opportunity.
Shortly after they left, the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon, following the scent, landed at the spot where everyone had been.
Seeing the bloody corpses on the ground, it roared and swallowed them into its belly. Its gaze then fell upon the Tang siblings nearby.
It sniffed the Tang siblings, and a look of disgust suddenly appeared on its face. It abandoned the idea of eating them and looked towards the direction Su Xi and the others had left, flying after them.
It had already smelled the familiar scent of the Crimson Fruit in the residual air.
Su Xi and Wu Yufeng ran a considerable distance. Believing the demonic beast wouldn't pursue them, they finally stopped.
"This place feels so strange," Su Xi said softly to Wu Yufeng, reminding him.
Wu Yufeng nodded, his gaze sharp as he looked towards a certain spot. "This place is indeed peculiar. They must have been waiting for a long time."
Upon hearing Wu Yufeng's words, Su Xi unhesitatingly threw a talisman from her hand. She trusted a sword cultivator's intuition and didn't hesitate.
Though not of high grade, the Barrier-Breaking Talisman could dispel all disguises. It was perfect for seeing through a peculiar place.
With a cracking sound, several men in dark robes, who had been invisible nearby, suddenly appeared, looking bewildered at Su Xi and Wu Yufeng.
o((⊙﹏⊙))o
They had been so well disguised; how had they been exposed so suddenly?
Since Su Xi and the others hadn't walked into their ambush, they had to attack proactively.
They raised their black iron chains and charged towards Su Xi and the two of them.
The black iron chains were entirely dark, and the surface of each chain was carved with the image of a ghost head. Even before they got close, Su Xi felt a chilling aura emanating from the chains, sending shivers down her spine.
These men formed a pincer movement around Su Xi and the others, and their chains were suddenly unleashed.
As soon as the Xuan Iron Chains were thrown, they automatically formed a pentagram pattern, trapping Su Xi and Wu Yufeng in the center.
Immediately, a dark light flashed from the pattern, and Su Xi and Wu Yufeng felt a heavy, pulling force that pinned them to the ground, unable to move.
Trapped in the formation, Wu Yufeng felt as if he had fallen into a swamp, utterly unable to move. He instinctively looked at Su Xi, wanting to know if she had any solutions.
However, when he saw Su Xi, his expression instantly changed to Σ(⊙▽⊙”a.
Su Xi was not beside him at all; she had already walked outside the formation. The formation's restraint seemed to have no effect on her.
Su Xi noticed Wu Yufeng hadn't followed and turned back, asking with confusion, "This formation might be strange. Why are you still standing there instead of leaving?"
"Why can you walk out?" Wu Yufeng felt wronged but tried hard not to cry.
"I just walked out easily?" Su Xi had initially thought these people had set up such a grand display for some sinister purpose, but she found she was completely unaffected.
Not only Wu Yufeng was astonished, but the surrounding demonic cultivators were also staring at Su Xi with bewildered expressions, unsure of where the problem lay.
The formation they used was the renowned "Five Demons Control Corpse" of the demon realm. Those within the formation would have their internal organs gradually decomposed and their energy absorbed by the formation.
Although their own cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, they could easily trap Golden Core stage experts using this formation. Therefore, they had never imagined that the formation would fail to trap Su Xi.
"Kill her." They didn't know how Su Xi had escaped the formation and now only wanted to eliminate her.
Thus, two black-clothed men broke away from the formation and charged towards Su Xi.
Seeing the black-clothed men rushing towards her, Su Xi directly threw the firewood stick in her hand.
The firewood stick was unadorned and ordinary.
Upon seeing this, the two demonic cultivators almost burst out laughing. Even if Su Xi didn't have any treasures, she shouldn't have picked up garbage.
The firewood stick traced an arc through the air and, under the astonished gazes of the two demonic cultivators, plunged into the body of one of them.
The injured demonic cultivator's body instantly stiffened. He looked at his entire demonic energy being absorbed by the firewood stick with terror. Within two or three breaths, his body withered, turning into a pile of dust.
With the loss of one person from the Five Demons Control Corpse, the formation instantly loosened. The suppressed spiritual energy within Wu Yufeng regained some connection.
Without hesitation, his treasured sword was quickly unleashed.
Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!
The sky was filled with swords, which madly sliced at the chains binding him, emitting clanging sounds.
Facing Wu Yufeng's counterattack, the remaining few men's faces were grim, but they could only grit their teeth and persevere.
Their individual combat strength was not strong; therefore, they absolutely could not let Wu Yufeng break free, or the outcome would be a bloody massacre.
As the attention of the remaining few men was entirely focused on Wu Yufeng, Su Xi, after dispatching the last black-clothed man, realized she had been overlooked.
Seeing that she was ignored, she helplessly touched her nose and picked up the firewood stick, walking towards the black-clothed men within the formation.
Since no one was paying attention to her, she wouldn't hold back.
After all, her firewood stick seemed to have a strong restraining effect on these demonic powers.