Crack... crack...
The sounds of bones breaking rang out one after another. In barely ten seconds, the gray-robed man's entire right hand had turned into a stark white skeleton.
The gray-robed man screamed in agony without pause, but it was useless, because Xiao Tengyun's two fingers had his right arm firmly clamped.
"I'll warn you one last time. If you leave now, I'll spare your lives," Xiao Tengyun said, staring at the gray-robed man.
The gray-robed man's face twisted viciously, but he could only endure the intense pain and nod in agreement. He then called for the others to leave quickly.
Xiao Tengyun watched the direction in which they disappeared, his brows twitching as he muttered, "It seems the number of cultivators on this continent has grown considerably over the years. I just wonder what level its top experts have reached."
After a brief hesitation, Xiao Tengyun used Earth Escape and burrowed underground.
Xiao Tengyun did not notice that shortly after he left, a handsome man in green robes appeared there.
"Strange. I clearly sensed fluctuations from a cultivator here just now. Could he have already fled?"
The Green-Robed Man frowned and continued observing for a while, but found nothing. He then flew away on his sword.
Not long after Xiao Tengyun departed, a burly man with gleaming stubble suddenly poked his head out from the grass on the hillside.
"Xiao Lingyu, you really did flee to the Southern Wasteland. And you still dare act so arrogantly? Let's see how I play with you."
The burly man let out a sinister chuckle before quietly following after him.
"Xiao Tengyun is too crafty. I must conceal my tracks, or I'll alert him."
Xiao Lingyu hid in the shadows, his thoughts racing. Then his figure flashed, and he blended into the dense