Naruto was even more dumbfounded. He had nothing to say about the sheer extravagance of burning through a mid-grade spirit stone every time that puppet tiger struck at full power!
This was hardly a battle of spells. He was simply pelting those cultivators with heaps of Spirit Stones.
It seemed this burly cultivator really was rolling in wealth, with Spirit Stones to spare!
That stirred a powerful urge to kill him in Naruto. He absolutely had to strip the man of all his Storage Pouches next!
Now, the cultivators who had managed to work together at first finally scattered in the face of this tremendous threat.
They had little magical power left. Holding out any longer would only mean dying sooner rather than later, so splitting up and leaving their survival to fate was the safer choice!
At once, the burly cultivator directed the giant tiger to fire two blasts in succession, sweeping two of them out of the sky with enormous pillars of light.
Their fate was much the same as the first man's: equally gruesome, their bodies charred black.
The other two cultivators fled far into the distance.
The burly cultivator remained motionless astride the giant tiger, watching them depart with cold eyes and showing no intention of pursuing them.
Unexpectedly, however, his icy voice rang out:
"You there, you've been watching the show for so long. Have you finally found the perfect moment to reap the spoils? Isn't it time you made your move?"
Naruto continued watching, unmoved, because he knew the burly cultivator was addressing neither him nor Han Li high in the sky.
Sure enough, a moment later, the puppets turned their weapons toward a small mound of earth nearby.
With a rustle of shifting soil, someone indeed emerged from the mound—a strange man with