At those words, the golden-armored female cultivator signaled her subordinates with a glance, and a squad raised their crossbows, aiming at various spots in the snow around Shi You.
Although they were only cultivators at the Golden Core late stage or Nascent Soul early stage, the heavy crossbows in their hands were Origin Tier superior magic artifacts, powerful enough to wound Nascent Soul late stage cultivators.
This was one of the reasons the Imperial Clan had maintained its foothold in the Dali Domain for centuries. Every year, the Imperial Clan could manufacture over a hundred such powerful crossbows.
That terrifying number was equivalent to establishing a small sect every year.
Shi You was already injured, leaving him utterly bedraggled and powerless to resist.
Moreover, he had spent too long on the ice pillar deep in the gorge, and some of his meridians and internal organs had frozen.
His injuries were severe. Without timely treatment, he would certainly die here.
His howling now was merely a rotten idea he had come up with in desperation.
The golden-armored female cultivator cared nothing about Lin Ke or whoever else, and continued issuing orders. "Fire!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Another dense volley of arrows struck the cave wall. In the final second before the cracks across the cavern completely intersected and burst apart,
Lin Ke flashed out with a hearty laugh, while the two women remained hidden inside the nearly collapsed cavern.
After all, he had no choice but to come out now.
"Fellow Daoist, we meet again."
"This demonic cultivator is not my senior brother. I don't know him."
At the sight of Lin Ke, the golden-armored female cultivator tilted her head. "Oh? You again?"
"Why are you everywhere? Where are those two female cultivators?"
"Don't tell me..."
Lin Ke hurriedly said, "You've misunderstood,