This is bad! Dong Santong knew the newcomer could not be on their side. Given the tremendous commotion their battle had caused, it would have been strange if the nearby cultivators had not noticed!
Bzzzz!!! By now, the dark mass of bees had flown within several yards of him. Although he had fired several light spheres at them, what good had that done? The blasts had merely scattered the swarm for a moment, without doing any real damage.
"Tch!" Dong Santong smacked his lips. He could barely sustain the magic power he had forcibly mustered, and those light spheres had exhausted the last of it. Never mind turning invisible-even keeping himself airborne was a struggle.
I'll stake everything on this! Inspiration suddenly flashed through Dong Santong's mind. Gritting his teeth, he let himself drop toward the ground as though he could no longer stay aloft, evading the swarm's attack. He whipped out a red pill, tossed it into his mouth, and bit down hard. Then he hurled Li Xiaoya toward the mountain on one side. White light blazed all over him. Whatever pill he had swallowed, his magic power surged, and an eerie flush spread across his face. With a flash of white light, he vanished into thin air. Bereft of their target, the bees began circling aimlessly.
Boom!! Li Xiaoya's body smashed through several large trees like a cannonball and shattered a boulder, apparently suffering no harm at all. That was only natural. After their countless sparring matches, Dong Santong knew better than anyone how formidable Li Xiaoya's physique was. A fall of a few dozen yards posed no real danger to him.
"Hm?" Surprise crossed the Strange Cultivator's face. Just as before, his divine sense could no longer locate Dong Santong. Without hesitation, he sniffed hard through his