Seeing someone wounded again because of that demon woman, the purple-robed cultivator, as leader of the Dragon Scale Guards, knew he had to speak up quickly before morale plummeted.
"Fellow cultivator from the Only Sword Sect, fall back to the perimeter. We can use our combined secret art to heal you."
Then the purple-robed cultivator transmitted his voice to everyone: "Fellow cultivators, we only need to defend while retreating and cover the fellow cultivator carrying the Dragon Scale until he makes it back."
Receiving their orders, everyone blocked the beautiful demon cultivator behind them, covering the retreat of the younger disciples from the various sects.
The rogue cultivators, however, suffered terribly. With no one to carry them, they could only flee bit by bit using their own Wind-Riding Technique and Five Elements Escape Art.
Fortunately, the beautiful demon cultivator pursuing them wanted only to seize the Dragon Scale and could not be bothered with the insignificant Qi Refining Stage underlings below.
What irritated her, however, was that whether she accelerated her escape technique or launched an attack, these Golden Core cultivators saw through it and stopped her.
"You humans certainly have a wealth of talents. You can actually link the auras and dharma power of twenty-seven people together."
"But your Human Race's array formations must have a few critical nodes. Heh, heh."
The beautiful demon cultivator's final chuckle made everyone's hair stand on end. Before her words faded, her figure abruptly blurred and vanished from the spot.
But with their combined-strike secret art amplifying their divine senses together, a single sweep revealed her figure.
She had approached the edge of the array formation and begun repeatedly forming hand seals to cast spells.
"Watch out!"
"Defend yourselves first! We don't need to hurt her!"
The Golden Core cultivators within the formation