The martial cultivators watching near the city gate were all aghast the moment they saw Fang Xiao.
"Run! The city-protecting formation can't stop him!"
At once, they each employed their own methods and scattered in every direction.
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding area was completely empty, without a soul in sight.
Fang Xiao paid no attention to them.
The guards operating the city-protecting formation atop the walls, however, were instead hindered by the formation itself and failed to withdraw in time.
Feeling that the formation's power still lingered outside the Azure Cloud around him, Fang Xiao knew that even if he entered the city, it would continue targeting him.
His gaze shifted, swiftly locking onto the guard commander who had shouted from the city wall earlier.
I may not be able to break the formation, but as long as I deal with the people controlling it, the result will be the same.
The moment he sensed Fang Xiao's killing intent, the commander went cold from head to toe and immediately tried to flee.
But no matter how fast he was, how could he outrun the Thought Sword?
As the Chanting Sword Art circulated, Fang Xiao's thought stirred, and the man, along with the many guards coordinating with him, fell without warning.
Clearly, they were dead beyond dead.
Having lost its controllers, the city-protecting formation neither collapsed nor stopped operating.
It simply no longer deliberately targeted Fang Xiao alone.
Sensing the pressure around him lessen drastically, until it was no longer enough to threaten him, Fang Xiao slowly withdrew the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect into his body.
Maintaining the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect placed little strain on him.
Yet it still occupied a portion of his Great Dao Power.
If fighting broke out later, it would instead affect