At last, night fell. As soon as darkness came, the temperature plunged. A bitter wind seeped in through the cave's air holes, chilling everyone to the bone.
Xu Yi said softly, "It's about time. Come with me. If anything goes wrong, take to the air. After all, if we have to flee, that cave is the only place we can take shelter."
Everyone was on tenterhooks. As longtime residents of Tu Hun Star, they hadn't left their caves at night in ages, much less taken a risk like this. Every one of them had their heart in their mouth.
Holding their breaths, they moved like a band of specters beneath the cover of night, rising toward the cave. When they reached it, Xu Yi crudely disabled the warning mechanism and shifted aside the boulder blocking the entrance. Before he could even make a move, waves of energy rippled out from inside.
Clearly, his method of breaking the ward was far too crude and had alerted the people within.
They couldn't see any enemies on the other side, so they could only attack with all their might in hopes of protecting themselves.
In the next instant, a figure was just about to ride the waves of light out of the cave when Xu Yi struck. The Purple Firmament Sword Group shot out. He didn't even bother aiming, simply stabbing them straight down until they completely filled the cave's entrance.
"We surrender! We surrender!"
Xu Yi had barely shown his hand before the people inside cried out that they surrendered.
There was no helping it. Xu Yi had attacked from outside the cave and brought out such a formidable weapon. With a volley of swords raining down, the people inside had no chance to dodge.
Destroying the cave and fleeing underground might