"What?!"
"Damn it!"
Both Monk Ruyi and Fierce Saber's expressions changed drastically.
Whether it was Monk Ruyi, who wanted to take them back, or Fierce Saber, who wanted to force the location of the Jiang Clan's Young Master from them—or at the very least silence them—they would not allow someone to take the captives away so easily.
Thus, both immediately altered their moves and turned to attack the suddenly appearing figure.
Ordinary Nine Apertures martial artists could never alter their techniques so effortlessly. Being able to retain half their power after changing moves at the last second would already have been impressive.
Yet these two, having cultivated for years under the pressure of this world, changed their moves with complete ease. They lost at most twenty percent of their power, and their attacks remained devastating—even stronger than one person striking with full force.
Meng Qi was amazed by the sight, but he refused to be outdone and likewise changed his move, preparing to intercept.
He had no idea what was happening, but stopping them came first.
"Trifling tricks."
After seizing the two young men, the black figure merely sneered at the attacks surging toward him from three directions and flicked his fingers repeatedly.
In an instant, the three attackers seemed to fall into a bizarre force field. Their moves were struck by his fingers one after another, then collapsed simultaneously!
His first strike blocked Fierce Saber's attack, seeming entirely unremarkable. Yet when the second struck Monk Ruyi, it actually carried a trace of Fierce Saber's power.
By the time he attacked Meng Qi, it bore the combined force of all three.
A finger mark was stamped directly onto Meng Qi's weapon-grade broadsword. The overwhelming force sent him staggering back, triggering his body-protecting hard technique. Combining the Sound Transmission Soul Searching