The Golden Core Realm cultivators before Zhang Xin suddenly shuddered, and cries of agony shook heaven and earth.
Streams of blood shot from their backs, soaring straight into the sky!
Those figures, whose auras had been sharp and fierce, fell straight toward the ground like stones, strung together like candied hawthorns.
Zhang Xin froze. The spiritual power he had been about to inject into his Golden Core Realm cultivation also stopped at once.
"Th-they're all dead?"
As Zhang Xin stood there dazed, another furious shout rang in his ears.
"Quick! Hold the gate open for at least three breaths! Don't let it close!"
Li Yan, who was dodging the five rake-like attacks pressing down upon him, immediately spotted the Golden Core Realm cultivator standing there in a daze.
The vermilion gate beside that man was already closing, leaving only a gap wide enough for less than half a person to pass through. Li Yan could not help shouting urgently.
Earlier, after doing his utmost to break free of that Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator's lock, he had launched an attack at the great tree and all the Golden Core Realm cultivators at the same time.
The five Golden Core Realm cultivators from Soul-Suppressing Palace could no longer hold on. Outnumbered, they had been surrounded and killed in almost a single exchange.
Those rebellious Golden Core Realm cultivators had to die.
But with a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator locked onto him—and one in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm at that—even though Li Yan had some confidence in dealing with Spirit Transformation cultivators, how could he dare lower his guard in the slightest?
While fleeing at high speed, he had only sent out the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike after seizing a brief opening.
Yet with the magic treasure no longer under