They were two groups of disciples from different sects, and their fight had reached a fever pitch. People kept falling, lying on the ground and howling in pain.
Just then, however, one group began visibly losing ground. Seeing defeat looming, their leader, a disciple at the foundation establishment middle stage, roared in fury and charged straight toward the ancient tree!
"If I can't have it, neither can you!"
"Holy shit, he's going to destroy the spirit herb! If he can't have it, nobody can?!"
There was no time to hesitate!
Chun Xiaobai pulled his mask over his face and activated Heaven-Treading Steps. With a single Shrinking Land to Inches, he appeared beneath the ancient tree like a ghost.
He reached out and tapped the foundation establishment middle stage disciple with a finger. The fellow froze in place, still poised to pluck the spirit herb.
The foundation establishment early stage disciples pursuing him were startled by the sudden appearance of a man in black. Then their brows rose, and savage grins spread across their faces.
"Well, well! Another blind fool trying to swoop in and pick up the scraps!"
Chun Xiaobai couldn't be bothered to waste words on them. He activated Heaven-Treading Steps again, weaving back and forth among the foundation establishment disciples.
In a flash of lightning, they, too, froze in place, unable to move.
Only then did the disciples lying in the valley "howling" notice what was happening.
In an instant, their backs stopped hurting and their legs stopped bleeding. Every one of them sprang up from the ground and stared fixedly at Chun Xiaobai, the uninvited intruder.
"Damn it, what are you still staring at?!"
Chun Xiaobai shouted toward the bushes.
Li Xuanfeng and the others finally snapped awake as though roused from a dream. They leaped out