Gui Sha was beside himself with rage. "This man colluded with the Demon Clan and slaughtered over a thousand people! His crimes are unforgivable, and he deserves death! What are you self-proclaimed righteous cultivators waiting for? Kill him and let the souls of the dead rest in peace!"
"You wounded him, and now you dare frame him? I should never have spared your life." Bai Yuqing moved like lightning, lashing out with a long-legged kick that sent him tumbling from above.
As luck would have it, he flew straight toward Xie Jun.
Xie Jun sneered, raised her foot, and kicked him flying again.
By an even greater coincidence, he went straight toward Xiao Qinghe.
"Urgh..."
Gui Sha's organs nearly shifted out of place. He landed in a wretched heap beside Xiao Qinghe and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
It splattered all over Xiao Qinghe's hand.
Xiao Qinghe: "..."
What the freaking hell...
Thanks a lot, you two!
He looked at the formation's core beneath his feet, then suddenly flashed his teeth in a grin and called out, "You accuse me of colluding with the Demon Clan? Then I'll let everyone see who the real demon is!"
He reached back and pulled out the Soaring Firmament Sword.
The formation's core was no longer restrained, and Gui Sha had already activated the formation again.
The formation restarted, its radiance shooting into the sky.
"Aah!"
A piercing, agonized scream rang through the heavens.
Everyone jolted in horror. Gui Sha suddenly went berserk, his eyes blood-red and his fingers contorting into terrifying netherworld claws.
"He's turned into a demon?"
"So he was the demon all along! The thief crying thief! He brought this on himself. Serves him right!"
Gui Sha had slaughtered the Red Merfolk, stripped off their red scales, and consumed