Boom... Before everyone's eyes, four streams of Vast Righteous Qi surged forth, forming dozens of plum blossoms that enveloped the four Nascent Souls. In moments, they vanished without a trace.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They were even more shocked than when Xunkong Shangren had ambushed and slain three Nascent Soul cultivators. Though they were merely four early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, they were still Nascent Soul cultivators! They were all fourth-grade Yuan force, just like Xiao Hua! Yet four Nascent Soul cultivators had been slapped down by Xiao Hua, then snipped apart with a pair of scissors—crack! More importantly, everyone understood perfectly well that although Xunkong Shangren had killed three Nascent Souls with a wave of his hand, he had first wounded two of them with a magic treasure before crushing them to death with his giant hand. What Xunkong Shangren relied on was the sharpness of his life-bound magic treasure. Xiao Hua, however, was different. Though the one that slew the four was a glittering golden magic treasure, what truly restrained the four Nascent Souls was that giant hand... In other words, Xiao Hua could imprison four early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators through magical power alone. As for whether the thing that killed them was a magical artifact or a magic treasure, that was no longer important.
"Good!" Strange light flashed in Xunkong Shangren's eyes. He stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Hua's shoulder as he shouted, "You truly are a forthright man! Damn it, we must chop a chicken's head and burn yellow paper!"
Without betraying any emotion, Xiao Hua shifted aside and evaded Xunkong Shangren's large hand. Smiling, he said, "Must brothers swear brotherhood? Must true love dual cultivate?"
"Ah?" Xunkong Shangren froze on the spot, his missed hand suspended in midair. After quite a while, he burst into