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Mo Hua's expression jolted. He immediately turned into a streak of waterlight and rapidly retreated.

At the same time, the black-clad leader's gaze turned cold. He drew his spirit sword and cleaved out a flash of sword light at Mo Hua, who was shrouded in watery afterimages.

Mo Hua quickened his escape technique and retreated another step.

The sword light lagged a step behind and struck the ground before Mo Hua, smashing the floor tiles to pieces.

The disturbance in the hall's lingli drew the attention of Cheng Mo and the others outside.

They remembered Mo Hua's instructions:

"Make a move the moment there's any disturbance."

Hao Xuan used a wind-type movement technique, his footsteps swift as the wind. He instantly arrived behind a Foundation Establishment Early Stage man in black, raised the Thousand-Jun Rod, and smashed it down.

Caught completely off guard, the man in black took a heavy blow to the head. Blood streamed down his face, and his head spun.

Cheng Mo still had a twig clenched between his teeth. Soundlessly, he pounced like a fierce tiger, raised both massive axes high, and chopped them directly into the man's forehead.

The man in black died on the spot.

Another man in black nearby noticed the commotion and tried to rush over in support, only for the already-ambushed Yang Qianjun to unleash a dragon-like thrust that pierced straight through his shoulder.

Situ Jian controlled the Separating Fire Sword and drove it through the man's lower abdomen.

Then the two joined forces and continued their assault.

The man in black was still struggling, but after three exchanges, Yang Qianjun and Situ Jian killed him together.

That left only the last man in black outside the hall.

He had been farther away. By the time he sensed the lingli fluctuations