Elsewhere, Mu Guyue was already fighting the Nascent Soul Cultivator. Although her strength had not fully recovered, she actually held the upper hand. Killing him in a very short time, however, was beyond her.
Not good!
Li Yan's heart tightened.
He was about to throw caution to the wind and use the speed of Phoenix Soaring to kill those Golden Core Realm cultivators, but doing so would undoubtedly leave his back exposed to a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.
Moreover, the enemy might strike in an instant and kill Mu Guyue first.
Just then, the sounds of figures tearing through the air rang out incessantly in the distance, coming from behind the manor and rapidly approaching its front. They were the other cultivators in Li Yan's squad.
At the same time, sharp whistles sounded overhead. Several attacks had already crossed the intervening distance, striking toward the main gate from afar.
But the enemy cultivators swooping down from the treetops blocked every one of them.
In the space of a thought, Li Yan still shot toward the main gate. At the sight, a cold sneer curled the Spirit Transformation cultivator's lips.
"A turtle trapped in a jar, and you still think you can run!"
He thought that, upon realizing his cultivation level, Li Yan had been frightened into abandoning his companions and fleeing outright.
The Spirit Transformation cultivator immediately raised an arm and drew his five fingers together. Five slender red threads flew from his fingernails, shooting toward Li Yan's back like lightning.
Rather than join the attack on Mu Guyue, he chose to attack the fleeing Li Yan.
Behind him, Mu Guyue saw Li Yan fly rapidly toward the gate after a single exchange, and her finely shaped brows immediately knitted.
Her pair of crescent handguard blades swiftly slashed out two