Yunxi and the other two immediately vanished from where they stood, following close behind. This was Haoran Sect's distress signal; having seen it, they naturally had to lend a hand.
Before the distress fireworks in the sky had even dispersed, the four of them had already arrived at the scene. They saw a group of Haoran Sect disciples in the Foundation Establishment Realm being besieged by three Golden Core cultivators.
The nine Foundation Establishment disciples formed an array to withstand the three men's attacks, but the gap in strength was there for all to see. Two had already fallen and could not rise, leaving flaws in the formation. One of the Golden Core cultivators flicked his sleeve and unleashed a metal-element spell, effortlessly breaking open the formation. The remaining seven, who had been barely maintaining it, were also sent flying to the ground. Their lives hung by a thread.
Cao Yi had already thrown out a formation disk to shield the Haoran Sect disciples. Zhang Lingrui, Lin Keyang, and Yunxi flashed forward, each taking on one of the three Golden Core cultivators.
To prevent the three from escaping, Cao Yi merely swayed twice around the outer ring. It looked as though he was covering the others, but he was actually setting up a trapping formation. The rescued Haoran Sect disciples all showed the relief of having narrowly kept their lives.
"Look, those four True Persons are among the finest of the top ten Golden Core stage contenders in the Sect Grand Competition!"
"Whew! We finally had some good luck for once. Our lives are saved."
After whispering a few words among themselves, the rescued Haoran Sect Foundation Establishment disciples began sitting cross-legged to heal their injuries. A battle at the Golden Core stage was not something they could interfere with.