Streaks of red light shot past one after another. Sutie was quite formidable as support, but she was no good in close combat.
After the middle-aged man's chains were cut apart, he pulled out a leather whip and lashed it at me with sharp snaps. As for Dao Lord Feng, the moment he saw the melee begin, he immediately led his guards in preparing to flee!
While maneuvering against these two immortals, both of whom excelled at long-range attacks, I also began pursuing Dao Lord Feng. But of course, Sutie and Hu Zhang would not let me have my way. The two worked together seamlessly, clearly having planned this in detail. After all, they knew I would come after Dao Lord Feng.
Killing Sutie and Hu Zhang would not be troublesome, but if Dao Lord Feng escaped, finding him again would be truly difficult. The reason I had found him so quickly this time was that he believed he had an escort and had therefore taken the shortest route. If he fled alone and hid in all directions, things would be much harder to say.
Facing their long-range assault, I immediately released eighty-one Vein-Pattern Swords. Once I set up the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams formation, Sutie was surrounded by my grand array. Hu Zhang, however, was much craftier than Sutie. The moment I released the flying swords, he had already begun pursuing Dao Lord Feng.
I had no intention of killing Sutie. Instead, I continued after Dao Lord Feng, while Sutie shouted from behind me, "Li Xiu! He only wants to uphold justice for his father. Why are you pursuing him to this extent?!"
"Heh, what justice could his father possibly have? He tried to kill me and was killed by me. Could I be the one in the