Shi Feiyang had not come to find Master Red Cloud out of a sincere desire to save her life. Neither she nor Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan had much to do with him; the latter was even his enemy.
He wanted to obtain the Chiyou Threefold Scripture, but he was unwilling to exploit another's peril or throw stones at someone already down a well by forcibly robbing her during her tribulation. Instead, he intended to give Red Cloud a chance to survive.
As for these villains under Red Cloud, he hardly took them seriously. He first seized the Red Sand Gourd from one of them. Cursing furiously, that man formed a hand seal and launched three Flying Needles at him, while the others behind him sent Flying Swords and Flying Needles hurtling over to kill him.
Shi Feiyang squeezed hard with both hands. With a crack, he wrenched the gourd apart, and extremely fine red dust erupted from within, gushing and spraying everywhere.
The man who had held the gourd tried to form a seal to control the red sand. Shi Feiyang gathered it together with his hands, gently blew out a breath of essence qi blended with a current of wind, and pushed his hands in opposite directions.
The red smoke immediately exploded outward!
The villains knew how dangerous this red smoke was and scrambled to dodge, but how could they possibly escape in time? Five of them were enveloped by it, their eyes rolling back as they collapsed on the spot.
Only one, whose cultivation was the deepest and whose reactions were the quickest, merged with his sword and flew out of the red smoke. His sword light flashed as he shot straight into the valley.
Standing at the Valley Entrance, Shi Feiyang looked at the five people lying on