The black-clad man slew Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators like themselves as easily as turning his hand. As for Golden Core Early Stage cultivators, they were no match at all. Even a Golden Core Late Stage powerhouse like Dou Fenghu had been defeated so forcefully by the black-clad man, his core-origin artifact destroyed as he fled grievously wounded. Three Golden Core cultivators had fallen one after another to the black-clad cultivator. No matter how covetous they were of the strange celestial phenomenon appearing over Marquis Zhenwei's Residence, how could they dare remain another moment? They only hated that they had not been born with an extra pair of legs to run faster, terrified that the black-clad man might catch up.
The few Golden Core cultivators who had been watching the battle fled in utter disarray. Fortunately, Lu Xiaotian merely stopped at the edge of Marquis Zhenwei's Residence and showed no intention of pursuing them further. The Golden Core cultivators slowed slightly, still shaken to the core, and looked back. They rejoiced that the black-clad man had not followed after them.
Cao Kun rode his eighth-tier Diyou Hound some distance behind the black-clad man. As he looked at him now, his gaze held both reverence and fear. This was not the black-clad man's first time making a move. Compared to the last time, when he had wounded the Silver Orchid Bandit and forced him to retreat injured, that had merely been a minor scuffle. This time, his move had produced an earth-shattering effect. So many Golden Core cultivators had eyed Marquis Zhenwei's Residence, intending to wreak destruction, yet the mysterious black-clad man had brazenly struck beneath the watchful eyes of all those Golden Core cultivators. When even a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator sought to leave, the black-clad man had forcefully