Lai Changxiao shot ahead in an attempt to flee. Even Yan Junshan and the others set aside all other concerns and fled, arcing through the sky like rainbows, preternaturally quick.

Daoist Master Thousand Absolutes shattered a secret talisman. A bloody mist enveloped him, and he disappeared into thin air. 

Both Gathering Stars Realm cultivators gave up on fighting and fled. Ordinarily speaking, even others of the same realm would have found it difficult to stop them.

However, Su Yi had long since prepared for this.

The instant the two of them fled, Su Yi raised his finger and tapped the air twice in rapid succession.

Kcchh! Kcch!

Two streaks of sword qi shot forth, arriving at Lai Changxiao and Daoist Master Thousand Absolutes in a flash.

Lai Changxiao was already several thousand feet away when he sensed the danger. He suddenly bellowed, and a barrier of dark light condensed around him.

The barrier was covered in strange and contorted light patterns. It was like a spiritual shield.

Bang!

When the sword qi descended, the light barrier shook violently, then burst into fragments.

The sword qi continued ahead, its power not dropping in the slightest as it cleaved into Lai Changxiao’s body. 

Earlier, this Gathering Stars Realm expert of the Yuanyang Spirit Sect had clashed...