"So the inevitable had finally come?"
Xu Yi let out a sigh. With a sweep of his hand, thirteen white flame orbs exploded in an instant, transforming into a vast net that blotted out the sky and covered the earth as it spread.
The moment the net appeared, he had already fled.
The fiery net was enormous, instantly ensnaring the pursuers from every direction. The energy pressure within it left everyone stunned.
"Who would have thought this thief had such methods? We can't take this battle lightly. Otherwise, we'll be facing utter destruction."
The speaker, Bai Zhi, was a Unity Dao cultivator like Kong Zhen. As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of deep-blue starlight flames erupted from his palm, and the section of net pressing toward him immediately grew much thinner.
Bai Zhi's face filled with alarm. He shouted, "Brother Kong, Brother Lei, this is no time to hold back!"
Kong Zhen and another Unity Dao cultivator, Lei Fangming, struck at the same time. The fiery net shattered at once.
Meanwhile, many of the cultivators in the formation took out their Ruyi Pearls and began reporting the enemy's movements.
The commotion Xu Yi had stirred up this time was simply too great. Within a radius of three thousand li, six sects and five Aristocratic Clans had all been alarmed.
These sects and Aristocratic Clans were the power blocs with a stake in this region, spanning three thousand li. Xu Yi had struck at their core interests; they had no choice but to fight for their lives.
The dozens of people Xu Yi had run into were only one of the small squads these power blocs had sent out.
Now that the message had been sent, the squads from every major force were bound to mobilize at the same