It was clear they were experienced and worked together smoothly. This wasn't their first time doing something like this.
Ye Xin didn't dare let her guard down. She hurriedly summoned a Cyan Shield, which instantly expanded and blocked her from the front.
Five gleaming magical weapons struck the Cyan Shield, producing a series of muffled thuds.
They didn't want to kill Ye Xin. They wanted to wound her so they could violate her.
Ye Xin knew their intentions, too. She summoned a thick stack of Chain Fireball Talismans, which transformed into over a hundred Crimson Fireballs that came crashing toward her opponents with overwhelming force.
The bald man formed a hand seal, and the Yellow Shield shone brightly.
Rumble!
A series of explosive blasts rang out. Roaring flames engulfed the Yellow Shield, while the Crimson Fireballs struck the ground and blasted a large crater into it.
The sharp whistling of wind filled the air as a vast swath of Wind Blades shot toward them.
With a muffled thud, hundreds of cyan Wind Blades slashed into the Yellow Shield. Its surface was battered and scarred, with dozens of tiny cracks appearing across it.
Two Red Flying Swords swept around the Cyan Shield and slashed at Ye Xin.
Ye Xin hurriedly summoned a Cyan Flying Sword to meet the two Red Flying Swords.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The Cyan Flying Sword blocked the two Red Flying Swords, while two Blue Flying Knives swept around the Cyan Shield and struck Ye Xin's Spirit Protection Barrier with a muffled thud.
Ye Xin was utterly terrified. She would rather die than suffer the humiliation of being violated by five male cultivators.
She slapped several Defense Talismans onto herself, and multicolored screens of light covered her from head to toe.
All she could do now was use herself as bait to buy Ye Xue time, so Ye Xue could run as far away as possible.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Ye Xin had used up all her talismans. Figuring that Ye Xue had made it far away, her gaze turned resolute. She withdrew her defensive barrier as two Cyan Flying Knives slashed toward her.
She closed her eyes, but the pain she expected never came. Her body felt tightly bound.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a thick Cyan Rope wrapped around her. She struggled with all her might, but to no avail.
Han Changming saw everything clearly. The two Cyan Flying Knives had suddenly transformed into two Cyan Ropes and quickly bound Ye Xin.
"Bitch, you want to die? It's not that easy. You can play with us brothers first!"
The bald man leered lasciviously, his lecherous gaze roaming over Ye Xin's curvaceous body.
Two Qi Refining cultivators walked toward Ye Xin. She was both furious and anxious.
Seeing the two Qi Refining cultivators approach, Ye Xin bit down hard on her lower lip. She had already made up her mind: she would rather bite her tongue and kill herself than be humiliated by these villains.
Han Changming watched the two wicked cultivators walking toward Ye Xin, his brow furrowing.
The two hadn't lowered their defensive spells, so sneaking up on them wouldn't be easy.
To catch the bandits, first seize their leader. Han Changming's target was the bald man.
"Rumble!"
A faint rumbling sounded as dozens of sharp Yellow Earth Spikes burst from the ground and shot toward the two Qi Refining cultivators.
At the same time, over a hundred Transparent Water Arrows flew out of the sea and streaked toward the bald man.
Ye Xin was taken aback, then quickly realized what was happening. Ye Xue hadn't left. She had been hiding nearby, waiting to ambush the wicked cultivators.
The bald man had been on guard. He controlled the Yellow Shield to block in front of him, then slapped two first-grade superior Defense Talismans onto himself. Thick layers of cyan and red light covered his entire body.
The Yellow Earth Spikes and Transparent Water Arrows struck the defensive barriers of the five Qi Refining cultivators, producing a series of muffled thuds.
Her first attack had failed, so Ye Xue surfaced from the water. Gritting her teeth, she summoned over twenty Chain Fireball Talismans, which transformed into hundreds of Crimson Fireballs and hurtled toward the bald man and his two companions.
Rumble!
Roaring flames engulfed the bald man and his two companions, while the other two Qi Refining cultivators wasted no time attacking Ye Xue with their magical weapons.
Ye Xue hurriedly summoned a Blue Command Flag, releasing a vast Blue Water Curtain to shield herself.
With a series of muffled thumps, the magical weapons were blocked by the Blue Water Curtain.
A vast swath of white light appeared amid the roaring flames, and the flames flickered violently before dying out.
A pale white barrier covered the bald man and his two companions. The bald man held a snow-white pearl in his hand, and it radiated a bone-chilling cold.
Several pieces of yellow wood lay scattered on the ground. They had clearly come from the Yellow Shield.
"Damn girl, we nearly got sunk in a ditch. Luckily, I—"
Before the bald man could finish speaking, hundreds of sharp Yellow Earth Awls abruptly burst from the nearby ground and shot toward him and his two companions.
The bald man's expression changed. He hurriedly took out a talisman, but before he could slap it onto himself, an extraordinarily strange shriek suddenly rang out.
At the sound, it felt as though needles were stabbing into his sea of consciousness. A wave of pain surged through him, slowing his movements.
With a series of muffled thuds, hundreds of Yellow Earth Awls struck the white barrier. It flickered in and out, looking ready to shatter at any moment.
A faint black flash shot through the air and struck the white barrier. It pierced through the barrier, broke through the bald man's defenses, and went straight through his head.
The bald man and his two companions went limp and collapsed onto the beach, their auras extinguished. A nearly invisible bloodstain marked the bald man's head.
The other two wicked cultivators knew something was wrong and tried to flee, but over a hundred Crimson Fireballs came hurtling toward them.
Rumble!
A tremendous boom rang out, and roaring flames engulfed them.
Another extraordinarily strange howl sounded, and a black flash swiftly vanished into the sea of fire.
The magical weapons that had been attacking Ye Xue and Ye Xin all fell to the ground. Their controllers were clearly dead.
The Cyan Rope binding Ye Xin transformed back into two Flying Knives and dropped to the ground.
Before long, the flames died down, revealing two men lying in a pool of blood.
"Thank you for saving our lives, Fellow Daoist. My sister and I are deeply grateful."
Ye Xin clasped her fist toward Han Changming's hiding place and thanked him. She didn't put away her magical weapons; instead, she reinforced her protective barrier and remained on guard.
Han Changming stepped out from behind the yellow boulder. Naturally, he wasn't showing his true face.
"Fellow Daoist Hu, it's you."
Seeing Han Changming, Ye Xin was slightly taken aback, and her wariness eased considerably.
"I wondered who was kind enough to step in and help. So it was you, Fellow Daoist Hu. Thank you."
Ye Xue smiled sweetly and thanked him.
"It was nothing. I didn't expect to run into the two of you here, either. Where are your companions? Why are there only the two of you?"
As Han Changming spoke, he put away the Shadowless Needle.
He had been able to kill the five Qi Refining cultivators this time for two reasons. First, Ye Xue had distracted them. Second, the Amethyst Flying Scorpion had disrupted their seas of consciousness. Han Changming had seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, which was how he had managed to kill them all.
"We ran into wicked cultivators, and our companions all fled in different directions. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Hu. Without you, my sister and I would have been doomed."
Han Changming smiled and said, "It was nothing. If there's nothing else, you should return to the market."
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