The slaughter in the Water and Heaven Society was swift and efficient. In just twenty breaths, its Fourth Rank martial cultivators had been wiped out by the many protectors and guest retainers.
The others failed to escape as well. With a lift of his hand, Luo Hanzong sealed off the surroundings with the First-Rank Astral Spell Arts—Star-Misaligning Melee.
This art threw the stars into disarray and disrupted the temporal sequence void, making escape many times harder for everyone.
Black fog also shrouded the area, interwoven with all manner of illusion arts that made it difficult to tell directions.
"Ice City Wind Sword" Changsun Ruolan went further, freezing everything within three li with her frost-sealing sword qi.
"Do you need me to act?"
Changsun Ruolan held her hands behind her back and looked ahead with interest. "There are quite a few experts here, but not one who can put up a fight."
They were all Second- or Third-Rank cultivators, at the level of the middle or lower reaches of the Earthly Ranking.
Even the society master, "Heavenly Mantis Divine Saber" Xu Tiannan, had greatly inflated fighting strength. His First-Rank Lower cultivation had come from some secret art, and his true fighting strength fell short of the Heavenly Ranking.
By contrast, she found it somewhat difficult to gauge the depths of Chu Xisheng's protectors and guest retainers.
Even Changsun Ruolan had to pay them a little attention.
"Not for now. Let the guest retainers do as they please. Your Highness Changsun, you need only keep watch for me and try not to let anyone escape. After all-"
Chu Xisheng's lips curved slightly. "I paid for this."
These guest retainers ate his food and took his money. How could they not put in some effort now?
Dan Xuefei happened to be nearby, and