At that very moment, Li's speed abruptly increased dozens of times over. Itachi swore that he would probably never see such speed again in his life. In an instant, Li had already rushed onto the surface of the lake, a short blade gripped in his hand. "When compassion and sorrow arise in the heart—Sword of Sorrow."
Li pointed the short blade downward. In an instant, an incomparably intense radiance gathered upon the blade, and that enormous beam of light pierced directly into the lake water. Faintly, Itachi seemed to hear an agonized scream, and then everything returned to silence.
When Li returned, he was carrying several people in his hands. Then he went back again and brought back several more. Only then did Itachi realize that they were the people who had vanished yesterday. Their bodies were nearly frozen stiff by now, but Li still skillfully treated them to a certain extent.
In the end, they survived, but they would likely be left with many lasting complications. They probably would not be able to come to this land to adventure or hunt again.
An hour later, everyone in the hunting party was busy. They began warming themselves and bandaging their wounds. After all, Itachi had shown no mercy when stopping them earlier.
However, two people were now beside Itachi. One was Li, and the other was Kurama Fangyun.
Kurama Fangyun looked at Li's face and suddenly said, "Thank you." She had been the first to wake up. When she saw everything, she immediately broke down in tears. It seemed she had not been entirely unaware.
Li merely shook his head lightly. "Actually, it was what I should have done. When you asked me to make that deal that day and made me owe this hunting party a favor, I had