"Divine ability! It's a divine ability! Ah, run for your lives!"
The scene descended into chaos. Hundreds of cultivators scattered in every direction, wailing as they fled. The courage they had just mustered crumbled like a sandcastle in a gentle breeze. At that moment, each of them wished their parents had given them another pair of wings, as they cried and howled their way toward the city.
The Five Demons of Lijiang River stood motionless, clearly showing no interest in pursuing the fleeing cultivators.
After scattering the crowd, the red-robed stranger beckoned Xu Yi with a finger. "If the people above hadn't ordered us to take you alive if possible, I wouldn't waste my breath on you. I'm afraid I might use too much force and kill you, so we won't lay a hand on you. Tie yourself up. I'll count to three."
Xu Yi smiled faintly. "Just you few? No one else? Did Su Xingchun send you, or was it Tao Jingsheng?"
The red-robed stranger's expression darkened. Xu Yi's reaction had worn away the last of his patience.
Xu Yi and the Five Demons of Lijiang River moved almost simultaneously.
The moment six fireballs ignited, the light emanating from the Five Demons dimmed. The roaring flames reflected five faces twisted with utter terror.
In the next instant, the six fireballs exploded, and the Five Demons of Lijiang River evaporated into thin air like smoke.
After being pursued all this way, Xu Yi had already gauged the Five Demons' strength. The divine abilities they wielded were no stronger than the spark Xuan Lengyan had produced while practicing the Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique.
Their power naturally far surpassed that of ordinary cultivation techniques, but it was nowhere near his Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique.
Whether they had underestimated him and