Zihai was already at the mid Origin Core stage, and the core it had formed was a Solid Core. Though its strength fell short of Nine Doubts Adept's, the gap was not great. Even after joining forces, those four Tribulation Stage cultivators were still inferior to Yan Chihuo before he deployed Three Heads and Six Arms—let alone before joining forces, when there had been only one Tribulation Stage cultivator.
The man did not even let out a scream before turning to ash. The three below were shocked and enraged, hurriedly retreating. Though the three of them together were far inferior to Zihai, they would not be killed by Zihai in a single move.
Seeing this, Nine Doubts Adept hastily fled, but Yan Chihuo was unwilling to let him go. These people had appeared out of nowhere and seemed to be targeting him. How could Yan Chihuo possibly spare them?
With a rise and a fall, the two left Zihai and the three cultivators far behind. Nine Doubts Adept raised a hand, and a streak of white light shot forth.
"Thunderbolt Pellet!" Yan Chihuo recognized it at once, but before the thought had even passed, the white light swallowed his body. Zihai was horrified at the sight and no longer cared to pursue the three men, hurriedly dodging away.
The reason Nine Doubts Adept had fled before using the Thunderbolt Pellet was that he did not wish to injure the three cultivators. Zihai, too, had been left far away, and so they escaped this calamity.
Gu True Person stood dumbfounded, never expecting the situation to change so swiftly. At first, Yan Chihuo and Nine Doubts Adept had fought to a draw. Once those four Tribulation Stage cultivators arrived, the tide seemed poised to turn. Who would have thought that Yan Chihuo