"Senior Brother Liu!" Only then did Li Xiaoya react. He cried out in anguish, tears streaming uncontrollably down his face.
It had all happened far too quickly. Only a few breaths had passed between Sun Xing's exotic flame piercing Liu Qingshan's body and Liu Qingshan speaking his final words. Before Li Xiaoya could even notice anything was wrong, Liu Qingshan had been frozen into a purple ice block. In truth, even if Li Xiaoya had reacted in time, he could not have saved him. Liu Qingshan had only just achieved core condensation, and Sun Xing's exotic flame had pierced straight through his body. Its freezing effect had spread through his body and meridians from the inside out, leaving him no time to counter it. He had only managed to force out his final instructions by resisting the freezing flame with all his strength. Even then, he had frozen to death before he could finish.
Whoosh! Suddenly, a purple light beam flashed toward Li Xiaoya.
"Junior Brother Li, watch out!" Li Xiaoya felt a tremendous shove against his shoulder that sent him flying.
Bang! The beam missed Li Xiaoya but struck the frozen Liu Qingshan beside him with a deafening crash. The purple ice shattered, reducing Liu Qingshan's corpse to a heap of icy fragments on the ground.
"Ah! I was kindly sending him off to see Senior Brother Liu. Why did you have to stick your nose in?" Sun Xing spoke with a sinister smile and feigned innocence, though inwardly he lamented the missed opportunity.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Only then did Huang Hua and the others react. They drew their weapons and moved in front of Li Xiaoya.
"Senior Brother Liu! Senior Brother Liu!" Tears poured down Li Xiaoya's face as he sank to his knees. Staring at the purple