By contrast, Elder Ku Rong and Hou Sihai reacted even faster than the Man in Grey.
The moment they saw the Candle Dragon Arrows rise into the sky and Yan Dongsheng perish, the two realized something was wrong. A step ahead of the rest, they each activated their true essence, resisting the rain of arrows overhead as they rapidly retreated.
Before they could get far away, they saw the two level-four Fire Flood Dragons and the Man in Grey fall one after another.
Their expressions grew increasingly grave, and another measure of panic filled their eyes.
Yet though the two fled quickly, the terrifying offensive brought by the Candle Dragon Arrows in the sky was even faster under Su Shi'er's control.
The arrowlight flashed again. Another beam as thick as an arm tore through the sky, trailing a dazzling tail behind it. It overtook the rain of arrows falling across the heavens and caught up to Elder Ku Rong, who had fled the fastest.
"Damn it!!!"
Elder Ku Rong clenched his fists in fury as he hung in the air.
As a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, it was not as though he had never encountered life-and-death perils.
But a predicament as dangerous as this was something he had not faced even once in centuries. More importantly, the one attacking him was merely a Golden Core stage brat.
He still remembered their first meeting in Donghuang Village of Muyun Prefecture several decades ago. At the time, Su Shi'er had been nothing more than an unknown nobody he could have crushed to death with the twitch of a finger.
Such a vast reversal only added several more measures of resentment to his heart.
Anger was anger, but knowing the arrowlight behind him could not be resisted, Elder Ku Rong's face turned the