The Demon Sect members Zhang Xiaofan had cut down and killed actually all turned into dried corpses in the blink of an eye. Not a shred of flesh or blood remained on them, only skeletons wrapped in a layer of skin.
The disciples of both the righteous and demonic paths all sucked in a cold breath. The area around Zhang Xiaofan emptied in an instant, disciples from both sides scared into fleeing.
A Demon Sect disciple who was fighting a righteous-path disciple asked his opponent with lingering fear, "Are you sure he's a disciple of your Azure Cloud Sect?"
That Azure Cloud disciple looked at the dried corpses on the ground not far away and swallowed. "Y-yes! So you... you people should hurry up and... sur-surrender!"
Seeing that the Azure Cloud disciple before him was just as frightened as he was, that Demon Sect disciple also swallowed. "How about... we move farther away?"
"Good!" That Azure Cloud disciple then ran off shoulder to shoulder with that Demon Sect disciple.
After Zhang Xiaofan killed several Demon Sect disciples, he searched again for Qi Hao and the others, only to find that they were gone again.
Zhang Xiaofan was so furious that he turned his head and swept his gaze over the surrounding crowd, whose fighting had slowly come to a halt. Everyone nearby swallowed, their feet shifting backward of their own accord.
Blue and red light flowed once more, streaking through the crowd before finally vanishing into the distance.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaofan still remembered the direction Qi Hao and the others had left in.
Before the hall, disciples of both the righteous and demonic paths lowered their heads and looked at the dozen or so dried corpses scattered across the ground. The sounds of swallowing rose one after another.
Only after