Ambush (2)

"Gao Sha, it's right to be careful, but if we keep moving like this, others will catch up or pass us by another route. Then we won't be the first to find the inner valley entrance, hahaha..."

"Exactly. Those 'Falling Star Valley' cultivators practically delivered themselves to us as prey. They lasted less than thirty breaths before we cut them down with ease. If they hadn't used formations to help a few escape, we'd have killed every last one..."

"Heh, they're a pack of turtles hiding in their shells. All they know is how to launch sneak attacks. Otherwise, with the Great Elder's strength, even killing Tian Xingzi would've been no problem..."

The first to respond to Gao Sha were the three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

All three were at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage or above. Their clothes bore specks of blood, but their nimble movements showed they weren't wounded.

Most chilling of all, two of them had bloody human heads hanging from their waists.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators clearly had Storage Pouches at their waists, yet they had chosen not to put the heads inside. Large patches of terror and resentment still clung to the severed faces.

As they spoke, one of them even patted the head at his waist, shaking fresh blood from its severed neck. Drops rained onto their robes and the ground, but he paid them no mind.

Instead, he laughed all the more smugly. The sight was enough to make anyone's heart seize.

The Qi Condensation Stage cultivators under their command were no different. Many had one or several bloody heads hanging at their waists, their eyes still wide with fury.

Hearing the Foundation Establishment elders' strange laughter, they joined in. For a time, their laughter shattered the hush of wind rustling through the reeds.