Chapter 397 Abrupt change
Seeing the powerful rank 3 Nascent Soul stage experts that flew deeper inside the city instead of staying here to eradicate them, made the late-stage Spirit realm and the Nascent Soul stage cultivators on top of the city walls heave a sigh of relief!
After all, against the 4 rank 3 Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and especially that peak rank 3 Nascent Soul stage young man in golden robes, they knew that they were completely powerless to put up any resistance.
The moment that Shun Long saw Qiu Lei's group heading deeper inside the city however, he stopped holding back as well, as a blue light instantly covered his body before his speed increased by more than 5 times.
He was like a bolt of blue lightning, as a moment later, he quickly appeared above the city gates, before he also flew deeper inside the city, completely ignoring the people who were staring at him with wide-open eyes!
After all, for a peak rank 9 Spirit realm cultivator to be just as fast as the 4 rank 3 Nascent Soul stage experts was a visually shocking scene that no one of them had seen before. Even if the rank 3 Nascent Soul stage cultivators weren't flying at full speed, Shun Long's speed was definitely faster than any rank 2 Nascent Soul stage expert!
Of course, Shun Long knew that he couldn't lag behind if he wanted to have a chance to obtain the Holy sect's token so he could only go all out this time.
Since he hadn't formed his soul sense just yet, he could only use his wits as well as his own strength if he wanted to have a chance at obtaining the token.
Since that golden-robed young man had first spread out his soul sense before he led Qiu Lei's group towards the east of the city, Shun Long knew that this must have meant, that there was a powerful Nascent Soul stage expert in that direction.
Thus, heading towards that direction also meant that there was a good chance to find the Holy sect's token.
After all, instead of searching throughout the city blindly, following after the 4 rank 3 Nascent Soul stage cultivators was a much better choice.
Of course, Shun Long wasn't the only one who was chasing after their group either.
A few peak rank 2 Nascent Soul stage cultivators had also passed through the attacks of the people at the city walls almost effortlessly, as they chased behind the group of rank 4 rank 3 Nascent Soul stage experts as well.
Less than a minute later, Shun Long saw Qiu Lei's group arriving above an old tower that seemed to be on the verge of crumbling to pieces.
The golden-robed young man had a profound look in his eyes as he looked at the tower in front of him, as he then gathered the qi in his hands, and without any warning, he sent a powerful flame fist towards it.
The crimson flames looked as if they were about to burn the air itself, as the gigantic fist flew towards the old tower.
BOOM!
Without any suspense, the moment that the flame fist touched the already half-broken tower, the tower collapsed into countless pieces.
However, the flames that were supposed to completely burn down the old tower into dust were suddenly extinguished, as a gigantic sandstorm erupted out of nowhere, as it completely covered the now-destroyed tower.
At the same time, from the debris of the collapsed old tower, Shun Long saw a young woman with a cold look in her eyes emerging from it, followed by a young man in brown robes, as well as a middle-aged man who was holding a large greatsword, as they all shot towards the sky at the same time, facing off against the golden-robed young man from Qiu Lei's group.
The golden-robed young man however didn't seem to be surprised by this woman's appearance. Instead, it looked like he had everything under control, as he looked at her with a cold look, before he said in a commanding tone
''Hand over the Holy sect's token and I will allow you to live. Refuse, and I will simply bury you all here today!''
Anger instantly colored the young woman's expression when she heard these provocative words, while the sandstorm that was swirling around her started to turn even more powerful. However, the short-haired young woman didn't flare up, and instead, it looked like she was trying to suppress her fury, as she looked at the golden-robed man from Qiu Lei's group as she said in a questioning tone
''You fool, didn't you notice that there are 2 more peak rank 3 Nascent Soul stage cultivators in this city aside from me? What makes you think that I have the Holy sect's token?
Besides... you really are too arrogant to claim that you will bury me here today!''
The golden-robed man didn't seem angry when he heard the black-robed woman's response. Instead, a mocking look appeared in his already cold eyes, before he then said with a similarly mocking smile on his face
''Do you take me for a fool, or do you really think that you are smarter than you actually are? You may be able to fool the others who have already split up and are chasing after the other garbage in this city, but I am not an idiot like them!
Since you revealed your strength the last time, did you think that no one would notice that you are actually the strongest one in this city? Do you really think that you were the only one who was holding back at that time?
If it wasn't because there were 9 of you and just 6 of us, I would have already buried all of you criminal trash!
Enough talk! Hand over the-''
Before the golden-robed young man could finish his words, he suddenly turned his gaze to the side with an incredulous look in his eyes.
It wasn't just him, even Shun Long who by now had already understood that the golden-robed man's group had already met this young woman's group a few days ago, and had either lost or they had been forced to retreat, was now staring at the scene in front of him with eyes that betrayed his shock.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a black-robed old man had appeared behind Qiu Lei, and before anyone could react, the old man stabbed a pitch-black dagger in Qiu Lei's back.
Before Qiu Lei could react, the old man instantly removed the dagger, before he slammed it on the back of his chest a second time!
The silver-robed Qiu Lei had a look of pain on his face, as he tried hard to turn around and see his assailant's face.
He couldn't believe that he had been sneak-attacked with his guard up.
His body however seemed to have lost all of its strength, as the silver-robed Qiu Lei felt his eyes losing their focus while his body started to plummet.
Unable to support himself any longer, he fell from the sky like a cannonball, as he crashed on the ground with a bang!
An early rank 3 Nascent Soul expert had been instantly killed just like that!