A woman let out an utterly miserable scream. Wang Qiuxin and Wang Huaxiao looked toward its source and saw that one middle-aged beauty had lost her left arm, her face pale as paper, while another middle-aged beauty was sent flying backward with blood at the corner of her lips.
A graceful red-skirted young woman and a refined middle-aged man turned into two streaks of light and fled in opposite directions. Even Golden Sand True Person, the strongest among them, had been no match for the enemy—let alone them. They had been loose cultivators to begin with and felt little sense of belonging toward the Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
The red-skirted young woman had not fled far when a Sky-Supporting Giant Blade over a hundred zhang long arrived in an instant, about to cleave her in two.
The red-skirted young woman hurriedly waved the Red Short Ruler in her hand. Countless red motes emerged and formed a Crimson Fire Cloud more than ten zhang wide, rushing to meet the Sky-Supporting Giant Blade.
Boom!
The Crimson Fire Cloud was like flimsy paper before the Sky-Supporting Giant Blade, split cleanly in two and erupting into Crimson Flame that engulfed the blade.
The red-skirted young woman had evaded it as well. Before she could catch her breath, an entirely silver giant eagle descended from the heavens, its sharp talons clawing at the crown of her head.
She shuddered in fright and raised the Red Short Ruler in her hand over her head. Roaring flames swept forth.
Clang!
With a dull clash of metal, the Silver Giant Eagle's talons seized the Red Short Ruler and carried the red-skirted young woman high into the sky.
Several hundred Golden Flying Blades, each a foot long, shot toward her. The red-skirted young woman slapped at the air with her