Huang Xiao and the others hurriedly retreated.
Jiang Hengdao's words meant that he was about to act as well.
His plan had failed, and venting his anger naturally meant slaughtering every last one of them with utmost cruelty.
They had all been mentally prepared for this.
Jiang Hengdao cultivated the Ruthlessness Dao, so his methods were naturally incomparably cruel.
Huang Xiao and the others were retreating now because Senior Xuanyuan and his companions would still be the first to strike.
With experts like these exchanging blows, juniors like them naturally could not stay too close.
Huang Xiao had some general understanding of Senior Xuanyuan's intentions.
Their current strength was not enough to take part, but if this continued, an opportunity might instead arise for them.
That was because Senior Xuanyuan believed that, as time passed, Jiang Hengdao's internal power could be suppressed even further.
Only then could they enter the fray.
Although Senior Xuanyuan had not told him outright, some of his actions had given Huang Xiao clues.
Senior Xuanyuan and his companions had not actually exhausted all the Origin Flame.
Originally, Huang Xiao had held nothing back, but Senior Xuanyuan had told him to put away some of the Origin Flame, saying that it would be for their use when the time came.
What did that mean?
It meant that Senior Xuanyuan believed they would still have a chance to strike at Jiang Hengdao and wanted to use this Origin Flame to increase everyone's strength.
Senior Xuanyuan thought they had a chance, which meant that Jiang Hengdao would not be too much stronger than them.
Was that possible?
Could the Otherworldly Aura really suppress Jiang Hengdao's strength to roughly their level?
If so, Senior Xuanyuan and his companions were preparing to fight Jiang Hengdao now to buy time.
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