"Hm?"
At that sound, a shaft of divine light shot through the doorway like an arrow loosed from its string!
The light wheeled and struck Black Wind, shattering it in an instant. It revealed the person's true form and sent him sprawling to the floor, where he coughed up blood without stopping.
Then the light wheeled again and struck the gaunt, naked Scarlet man, pinning him in place!
It all happened in a flash. The newcomers had not even entered, yet the situation inside was already clear.
Chen Cuo's Mother, Zhang Ju, and the others stared dumbfounded. Chen Luan was still shaken by what had nearly happened to him.
Everyone turned toward the door.
Five people filed in!
"You three crooked heretics dare swagger in here? Do you not know what place this is? Have you no fear of the court's Legalism?"
The man in front was handsome, with long hair falling to his waist and sleeves billowing around him. As he entered, he raised a hand and wrote in the air, forming talismans one after another.
The three men, led by the naked one, screamed. Three talismans were branded onto their bodies, sealing away every trace of their magic power and leaving them as mere mortals of flesh and blood!
"Immortal Adept, spare us! Immortal Adept, spare us!"
In the blink of an eye, all three were begging without a shred of dignity, utterly unlike the arrogant men they had been moments before!
Had the people in the room not just seen them throwing their weight around, they might not have recognized them.
Precisely because they had, Chen Cuo's Mother and the others were certain the five newcomers were even more powerful members of an Immortal Sect. From the sound of it, they were on their side, too.
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