Indeed, though these desperate outlaws had banded together for various reasons, they were all in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Master Yong had become their leader only because his cultivation far surpassed theirs.
Who would have thought that Master Yong was actually at the Golden Core Stage?
Shhk!
As sword intent erupted from the azure-blue longsword treasure, that azure-blue flaming sword-ray instantly pierced through Ye Han's figure...
No!
What it had pierced was not Ye Han's physical body, but his afterimage...
Cloud-Chasing Divine Steps!
The instant Ye Han detected Master Yong's sneak attack, he unleashed the Cloud-Chasing Divine Steps divine ability and dodged the strike...
He had kept sensing a dangerous presence mingled among these people and remained utterly vigilant. Master Yong's aura had been elusive all along, leaving Ye Han unable to discern his cultivation...
But precisely because of that, although Ye Han appeared to have the upper hand and seemed completely unafraid of them, all his attention had actually been focused on Master Yong...
He had sensed that this fellow was more dangerous than an ordinary cultivator...
Still, he had never expected the man to be at the Golden Core Stage!
Yet once Master Yong attacked and Ye Han dodged his sword, Ye Han actually breathed a sigh of relief...
Because although Master Yong was at the Golden Core Stage, he had probably only recently advanced to it...
The black-clad, masked men, meanwhile, all gained a tremendous boost in confidence.
"Master Yong is at the Golden Core Stage!"
"This brat is dead meat!"
"Excellent! No wonder the master was so confident!"
With their confidence swelling, the black-clad, masked men erupted with spell power. Their fingers rapidly formed seals, calling their treasures flying back before unleashing dazzling bursts of spell power and bombarding Ye Han...
Master Yong's expression, however, changed