The Golden Core disciple of the Beast Taming Sect was both shocked and enraged. With a wild roar, he fired off several attacks at Zhu Yinxi!
Simultaneously, he summoned a long sword and thrust it straight toward Zhu Yinxi’s back.
As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Zhu Yinxi didn't even turn. He simply reached back and thrust his sword out.
Clang!
With a crisp ring, the tip of the flute-sword struck with pinpoint accuracy at the weakest point of his opponent’s power!
The Golden Core disciple felt a bizarre force travel up his short trident. His entire arm instantly went numb, and his long sword nearly flew from his grip.
Meanwhile, the various spiritual energy attacks were quietly neutralized by an invisible oscillation of sound waves the moment they came within three feet of Zhu Yinxi.
"How is this possible?!" The Golden Core disciple was horrified. The other man's swordplay and control over power had reached an unfathomable level.
Could a music cultivator even achieve such a degree of skill?!
In that spark of a moment, Zhu Yinxi had already moved like a hot knife through butter, striking the vital points of the other three Foundation Establishment disciples or shattering their jade pendants, eliminating them instantly.
The entire process took no more than two or three breaths.
The four-man team from the Beast Taming Sect was reduced to a single, dumbfounded Golden Core disciple in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, the attacks from the three toads finally arrived. Venom and long tongues swept over the spot where Zhu Yinxi stood!
Zhu Yinxi’s gaze turned cold. His figure blurred once more, easily evading the toads' combined strike.
He ignored the three demonic beasts and instead turned his icy stare toward the remaining Golden Core disciple.
Swept by that gaze, the disciple felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Cold sweat instantly soaked his back. He had no doubt that if he dared to interfere again, he would be the next one eliminated!
"Get out!" Zhu Yinxi spat out a single, freezing word.
The Golden Core disciple's face flushed between green and white. Finally, he gnashed his teeth, shot a hateful look at Zhu Yinxi, and glanced warily at the three fierce toads. In the end, he truly didn't dare stay any longer. He retreated at top speed, vanishing into the mist without looking back.
He chose to abandon the flag; survival was more important!
Zhu Yinxi didn't even look at his fleeing opponent, nor did he pay attention to the flag planted deep in the marsh. He didn't even care about the three toads that were eyeing him with a mix of hostility and hesitation.
At this moment, he had only one thought—to save his sixth junior brother!
His figure flashed, turning into a blue shadow as he raced toward the canyon at maximum speed!
In the marsh, only the three bewildered toads and a lonely flag remained.
Inside the canyon, the dust had yet to settle, and killing intent permeated the air.
Several new wounds had appeared on Wind Weilan’s body, and blood stained his blue robes red.
His breathing was ragged, but the hand holding his blade remained steady.
What weighed most heavily on his heart was that no response had come from the Soul-Sound Bell regarding his second senior brother, Zhu Yinxi. There was only an ominous, dead silence.
"Second Senior Brother must have run into major trouble and won't be able to make it in time."
This realization made Wind Weilan’s gaze turn completely cold. He could no longer place his hopes on outside help.
Since no rescue was coming, he would have to carve a blood-soaked path out on his own!
Di Yunkuang clearly noticed the shift in Wind Weilan’s aura—it was the transformation from a cornered beast's struggle to a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble.
He sneered, "Wind Weilan, give up! Hand over the flag obediently, and you might suffer less!"
Cang Dongqing also called out sharply, "Stubborn resistance is meaningless!"
Wind Weilan didn't answer. He responded with action.
After narrowly evading another heavy strike from Di Yunkuang, he used the momentum to drift backward. In that instant, his left hand reached into his storage bag and pulled out a palm-sized black array disk!
This was a defensive item gifted to him by Feng Qingping. Because it was a one-time use item, Wind Weilan usually cherished it immensely and almost never used it.
Using it now meant he was truly being pushed to his limit.
The function of this array disk wasn't for a direct frontal assault, but rather—for trapping enemies!
"Hmm? An array disk?" Di Yunkuang’s eyes narrowed. Although he was surprised that Wind Weilan had another trick up his sleeve, he didn't care much.
How powerful could an array laid in haste by a Foundation Establishment cultivator be?
However, he was mistaken.
Wind Weilan poured what little spiritual energy he had left into the array disk and slammed it onto the ground!
"Small Cosmic Star Trapping Array, activate!"
Hum—!
The array disk erupted with brilliant light, instantly sinking into the earth!
With the array disk as the center, countless starlight threads as fine as hair suddenly lit up, instantly covering a radius of ten yards!
The starlight threads interlaced to form a simple yet profound trapping array. This array activated extremely fast, and though its range wasn't huge, it excelled at catching opponents off guard!
Di Yunkuang, Cang Dongqing, and the three Foundation Establishment disciples happened to be at either the edges or the center of the array’s coverage!
In an instant, the five of them felt the space around them solidify, as if they had fallen into an invisible quagmire!
Their movements became sluggish, and the circulation of their spiritual energy was significantly disrupted. The three Foundation Establishment disciples, in particular, felt as if they were carrying massive boulders, finding it difficult to even take a step!
"Not good! It's a trapping array!" Di Yunkuang’s expression shifted. He hadn't expected Wind Weilan to have this trick!
He immediately circulated his spiritual energy, attempting to forcibly break through the array's restraints. But an array disk made by Feng Qingping, even a one-time use one, was not so easily escaped.
And Wind Weilan would never waste this fleeting opportunity he had painstakingly created.
His target had never been the late-stage Golden Core Di Yunkuang, but rather—those three Foundation Establishment disciples!
The moment the trapping array took effect, Wind Weilan moved!
He pushed his speed to the limit, completely ignoring the slowed Di Yunkuang and Cang Dongqing, and lunged straight for the Xuan Tian Sect disciple closest to him!
That disciple was struggling with all his might against the pressure of the array. Seeing Wind Weilan lunging toward him like a god of slaughter, he was scared out of his wits, but his movements were too slow to evade!
"Die!"
Wind Weilan’s eyes were cold as the long blade in his hand turned into a streak of black lightning. Without any flourish, he stabbed directly at the opponent’s chest!
Pfft!
The blade easily pierced through the disciple's protective spiritual light. It was about to run him through!
The disciple's eyes widened, and then a flash of light erupted. He was teleported out by the rules of the secret realm!
A one-hit elimination!
Wind Weilan didn't pause for a second. He withdrew his blade, turned, and lunged for the second Foundation Establishment disciple!
All of this happened in the blink of an eye! It wasn't until the first disciple was eliminated that Di Yunkuang and Cang Dongqing managed to shake off most of the trapping array's restraints!
"You dare!" Di Yunkuang’s eyes nearly burst as he roared, swinging his sword toward Wind Weilan’s back!
Cang Dongqing also gave a sharp cry as a golden sword light swept in to intercept!
But Wind Weilan seemed to have eyes in his back and didn't attempt to clash with them at all!
Using the residual influence of the trapping array, he twisted his body in a strange maneuver, narrowly avoiding both attacks. His long blade struck out again at the second, terrified Foundation Establishment disciple!
Crack!
The blade light flashed, and the jade pendant at the second disciple’s waist shattered instantly!
Eliminated!
By now, the effect of the trapping array began to wane.
The third Foundation Establishment disciple screamed in terror, scrambling toward Di Yunkuang.
Wind Weilan’s gaze sharpened. He knew he couldn't afford to be greedy.
He suddenly hurled the long blade in his hand. The blade turned into a streak of dark light, flying straight toward the third disciple!
At the same time, he himself turned without hesitation and bolted toward the deepest part of the canyon, where the mist was thickest!
His spiritual energy consumption was massive, and he was wounded. Being able to eliminate two opponents in an instant was his limit!
He had to disengage immediately and find a chance to recover!
"Where do you think you're going!" Di Yunkuang swung his sword, knocking away the blade Wind Weilan had thrown. Seeing his two eliminated brothers, he trembled with rage. Alongside Cang Dongqing, he madly gave chase in the direction Wind Weilan had fled.
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