Wang Hao drew his Purple Cloud Sword, his gaze sharp as he stared intently in one direction. His powerful spiritual sense had already detected the location of the other party. In the distance, amidst the miasma and mist, footsteps echoed.
A group of ragged martial artists walked out, including elderly men over seventy years old, middle-aged men with long beards, and both male and female martial artists.
There were about seventy of them. Although they were dressed in tattered clothes and looked extremely disheveled, each of them had incredibly sharp eyes, full of energy and killing intent. They were definitely top-notch martial arts experts.
Among the crowd, an elderly man with white hair stood next to Zi Qian, his fingers tightly gripping her shoulders.
The five fingers were like five iron nails, locking Xia Xiaoyi's shoulders, piercing her martial arts wounds, and causing drops of blood to flow out.
Xia Xiaoyi bit her lip, stared at Wang Hao standing opposite her, shook her head at him, signaling them to run away quickly.
However, Wang Hao saw Xia Xiaoyi's gaze, but he didn't run away. What would happen to Xia Xiaoyi if he ran away?
A young man dressed in a white martial arts robe and carrying two swords stepped out from the group of martial artists, bowed to Qingran, and said, "Greetings, Senior Sister Qingran and Senior Brother Wang."
Qingran's eyes were cold as he stared at the young man standing opposite him and said, "Lu Chuanpeng, I really didn't expect you to be an undercover agent in the black market. You've hidden yourself very well."
Lu Chuanpeng said stiffly, "The seniors have been imprisoned in the Crimson Flame Secret Realm for many years. They have neither weapons nor armor, and their physical condition has also deteriorated significantly."
"Even if we escape the Crimson Flame Secret Realm, we still can't escape. We will definitely be suppressed by the powerful figures from various academies. There is only one way for us to escape, and that is to take a hostage."
"But since you're here, we'll take you all hostage. That will definitely be more effective than just capturing Xia Xiaoyi. You two, you'd better just submit obediently."
Qingran smiled coldly and said, "I'm afraid I can't help you with this."
"Why waste so much breath on them? Let's kill this girl now, and then capture these two, so they don't think we're being merciful."
The white-haired old man who was gripping Xia Xiaoyi's shoulders had a violent look in his eyes. He raised his arm and slapped Xia Xiaoyi's head down. His attack was extremely ruthless, and her head would surely be shattered if this palm landed.
Wang Hao's expression changed, and his powerful spiritual sense instantly spread out, fixing the white-haired old man's arm in mid-air, preventing it from falling. The white-haired old man was only at the Great Perfection of the Profound Realm, and he was unable to break through this spiritual suppression.
"Whoosh!"
Wang Hao channeled his spiritual energy into the meridians of his legs, and with a series of footwork steps, he transformed into a blur, moving as fast as the wind, rushing towards Xia Xiaoyi, intending to take her away.
"Hmph, you're still too green to try and snatch people from our black market."
A bald, burly man over two meters tall leaped up and landed to Wang Hao's right. He then channeled the last of his inner energy and punched Wang Hao in the waist.
The bald, burly man's cultivation had reached the mid-stage of the Earth Realm. He was once a leader in the black market and practiced a powerful technique called the "Great Vajra Martial Scripture."
Once you circulate your true energy, your skin will be covered with a golden light, and your body will look as if it has been cast in gold and bronze.
Wang Hao used one hand to release Xia Xiaoyi from her restraints, and with the other hand, he swiftly raised his sword and swung it at the bald, burly man.
"Whoosh!"
A sword aura of icy coldness, more than ten meters long, flew out from the sword, like a white line passing across the bald man's chest.
"puff!"
The sharp sword energy cleaved open the bald man's chest, leaving a bloody gash more than a foot long, and even severing several of his ribs.
The bald, burly man was thrown backward and crashed to the ground, bleeding profusely from his chest; he was seriously injured.
"Let's attack together and take them all down."
Gu Yao Han Sanfu stood among many black market experts, his face calm, his eyes icy, his body as imposing as a mountain, radiating a powerful martial arts aura.
He was once a leader in the black market, with a cultivation level reaching the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm, and he had extremely high prestige in the black market.
The words uttered by Han Sanfu were like muffled thunderclaps, exploding in Wang Hao's ears and causing him to stagger backward, as if his meridians and blood vessels were about to shatter.
Following Han Sanfu's command, twelve powerful figures from the black market simultaneously attacked Wang Hao.
Seeing this, Wang Hao took out the battle map that Si Jingjun had given him, opened it, and continuously poured spiritual energy into the scroll. The surface of the battle map emitted a blood-red glow.
"Whoosh!"
Dozens of enormous leopard-headed blood bats flew out of the scroll, baring their sharp, bloody teeth and flapping their fleshy wings as they charged toward the twelve black market experts.
"Splash!"
More than forty leopard-headed blood bats, each with strength comparable to the Great Perfection of the Profound Realm, blocked the twelve black market experts.
Wang Hao said to Xia Xiaoyi, "Leave the Crimson Sky Secret Mansion now and notify the vice deans waiting outside to come and suppress the prisoners in the black market. It would be best if you could take Shi Mengqi with you."
Xia Xiaoyi gave Wang Hao a deep look, and without hesitation, immediately took out a Wind Wing. Under the stimulation of her true energy, the array patterns in the Wind Wing were activated.
"Still trying to escape?"
From among the black market prisoners, a fierce woman with disheveled hair rushed out and chased after Xia Xiaoyi at a speed that was several times faster than Xia Xiaoyi, who was using the Wings of Wind.
At this moment, Wang Hao and Qing Ran fought and retreated, killing five black market prisoners in succession.
However, there were too many black market prisoners, and they were all top-notch martial arts masters. They quickly surrounded the two of them, blocking all their escape routes.
"Wang Hao, come here quickly."
Qingran's gaze was cold as she took out a half-meter-long black array diagram. She opened the diagram, and streaks of dark black array patterns rushed out, covering the ground and forming a huge array.
"Boom!"
The formation operated rapidly, and the spiritual energy in the air condensed into countless sharp wind blades.
"Sizzle!"
The black market prisoners screamed incessantly, and within moments, more than a dozen people were severely injured by the wind blades and forced to flee the formation.
The array diagram that Qingran took out was extremely powerful. Under her full control, it forced all the black market prisoners to stay more than ten feet away, and they dared not approach the array.
"Wind-Splitting Soul-Severing Array!"
Han Sanfu walked to the edge of the formation, stared at Qingran standing in the formation, and said, "As expected of the Li family's secret guards, they actually have such a powerful formation diagram."
"With the protection of this array diagram, it is estimated that a typical martial artist at the Great Perfection of the Earth Realm will be unable to do anything to you for the time being."
Qingran was shocked. She hadn't expected the other party to know her identity. It seemed that Li Xu had quite a few undercover agents around him.
Wang Hao stood beside Qing Ran, staring at the man standing at the edge of the formation. His intuition told him that the man was extremely powerful, definitely not comparable to an ordinary Earth Realm Great Perfection martial artist.
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