A Half-Saint first level cultivator had more than enough strength to kill Saint Realm cultivators.
Dantai Lie led thirty men around beneath the eastern city wall. The wall was not tall, only three zhang high. For Half-Saint Realm Cultivators, there was no need for ladders; a few taps of their toes against the wall would be enough to flip over it.
"Up."
Thirty men leaped at the same time, toes stepping on the wall as they borrowed force and shot upward.
The Guards on the city wall discovered them, and arrows shot down from above. Dantai Lie swung his saber and knocked the arrows aside, then grabbed the edge of the wall with his right hand and flipped up onto the rampart.
Six guards stood on the wall. Seeing Dantai Lie come up, they drew their sabers and charged over. Dantai Lie used no technique at all. His long saber slashed horizontally, the blade sweeping across one guard's neck. Blood sprayed out, and the guard collapsed to the ground.
The remaining five Guards did not retreat and kept charging forward.
Dantai Lie killed one with each stroke, cutting down five men in five strikes. All thirty men flipped onto the wall, and in less than half an incense stick's time, the Guards on the wall had been cleared out.
Dantai Lie stood on the city wall and looked into the city.
Luofeng City's main street lay directly below the wall. The street was empty and deserted, without pedestrians or vendors. The shops on both sides had all shut their doors. A few narrow alleys lay in the distance, and no one could be seen in those either.
"No one?"
An elder walked to Dantai Lie's side and looked over the main street.
"Where are the people in the city? Didn't