The Tang family's people had left, leaving the cultivators of the Profound Jade Sect and Pine Stone Sect present filled with joy.
To force the Tang family's people away without suffering a single loss—this had been something none of them could have imagined before. The Tang family's strength was in no way weaker than either sect.
If the Tang family had possessed an Old Ancestor at the late Integration stage, then even if the Profound Jade Sect and Pine Stone Sect joined forces, they absolutely would not have dared come here and threaten the Tang family so brazenly.
Looking at the hundreds of storage rings piled across the stone ground before them, the cultivators of the two great sects naturally beamed with joy.
"Ah, this is bad! Someone actually dares to rob us!"
Just as everyone was about to step forward and count the spirit stones the Tang family had handed over to buy their lives, Ji Xinghai suddenly bellowed.
At the same time, two yellow beams shot abruptly toward a certain spot to one side as his hands moved swiftly.
All the cultivators present were at the Core Formation realm or above. When Ji Xinghai shouted, vigilance rose in everyone almost simultaneously. They hurriedly activated their combined attack formations and brought out their respective magic treasures.
Anyone who dared to secretly strike and seize the spoils before five Integration stage cultivators naturally would not be weak.
Amid two booming explosions, the two attacks Ji Xinghai had launched in haste—but which contained immense energy—were blocked by two spiritual-energy sword rays that likewise revealed astonishing might.
"Giggle, giggle. I thought I had hidden myself quite well, but I never expected you to detect me anyway. It seems that although Fellow Daoist Ji has yet to break through the late Integration stage