Those refugees were being trained by Master Gou. Seeing this group arrive and stun hundreds of people just to make an entrance, he flew into a rage.
"I'll be damned! Get down here!" Master Gou cursed, abandoning even his sword flight as he stepped into the air and charged upward.
Seeing him run hundreds of meters into the sky while stepping on the air with his sword in hand, the other five blue-robed cultivators were baffled.
"What is this? He can't even fly on a sword?" One cultivator opened his mouth and spat out a burst of astral energy.
Master Gou's face was cold. He did not dodge. Only when the astral energy was right before his eyes did he suddenly forcibly solidify it.
It was the forced solidification of the Air Wall Trait. Although it collapsed after only one second, that second was enough for Master Gou to brush past it and reach the rear of the astral energy.
The astral energy was like a sword. Although it was guided and locked onto its target, if the target was behind it, it had to turn around. Its speed dropped sharply, and it lost its edge.
Master Gou had cultivation of his own as well. Twisting around, he met it with a slash, circulating his spiritual power to withstand the blow.
His body shook, and he used the recoil to accelerate his charge without looking back!
"Huh?" The cultivator tilted his head. This was the first time he had seen someone neutralize an astral-energy attack like that.
Master Gou had learned a great deal of intelligence from Dongye Boyu. Based on that information, he had relied purely on combat experience to weaken the astral energy's power, then endured the impact and used the recoil to accelerate.
Whoosh! Master Gou slashed