"Hehe! Junior brother, that Green Wild Boar is already dead. You can turn off that protective barrier now!" the sallow-faced cultivator in red said with a smile, a trace of greed slipping into his eyes.
"Uh! I don't know how to turn this protective barrier off!" Li Xiaoya shrugged and frowned awkwardly. Unexpectedly, the moment he finished speaking, the blue Light Barrier flashed and dissipated.
"Huh!? Why did it turn off?" Li Xiaoya cried in surprise. He certainly hadn't wanted to turn it off now. One glance told him these people were no good. Now he was in real trouble.
"Hehe! Good, it's off!" The five cultivators exchanged glances and chuckled.
What they didn't know was that, several dozen zhang away, a pair of eyes was watching their every move. Their owner murmured, "I arrived a little late, but since you're courting death yourselves, you can't blame me!"
"Hehe! I don't know what happened either. This thing turned itself on, then turned itself off!" Li Xiaoya said with a smile, though he was growing ever more uneasy inside.
"Oh! Where are you headed now, junior brother? Would you like to hunt Demon Beasts with us? We can take you out afterward!" the pockmarked cultivator said warmly, though his gaze strayed unnaturally toward the ring on Li Xiaoya's finger.
"Ah! You're still going to hunt Demon Beasts, senior brothers? I'd better not go! I wouldn't want to hold you back. I'll find another senior brother to take me out!" Li Xiaoya said, half declining, half hesitating, while sneering inwardly, What a joke. Hunting Demon Beasts with you lot would be sending a lamb into a tiger's jaws!
"What? A moment ago, you were shouting for us to help, and now you don't want us? What do you take us for?" The