“You talk big for an ant!” One of the young men in the back flashed behind the newcomer, grabbed him by the neck, and disappeared. 

“Let go of m..! ” The newcomer stared at the young men in horror. He could tell their cultivation was no different from his at his peak. He did not understand where these people came from!

“You can just die.” The young man snorted and clenched his fist. Blood splattered all over but did not land on either of the young men.

“Wasn’t that the demonic cultivator Kuro?” One of the young men asked.

“Was it? He was pretty weak. If I recall, Kuro is around our cultivation and would not die so easily.” 

“Maybe I was mistaken.”

“We do not have time for that since our real target is here.” 

The young men all turned and looked towards the figure who had stopped their 2000-man army. Her beautiful face and slender body stood proudly in the sky as her cold eyes scanned the cultivators in the air. “All of you have no place here. Leave now or die.”

“Haha! You talk big for one person. But since you are beautiful, we do not mind showing you how we really have fun.”

“Oh? You like it hot, huh? Good, I will make you hot then.” The figure suddenly snapped her fingers, and the young man who had just spoken suddenly burst into flames. She coldly smiled and asked: “Is it hot enough?”

“You! Kill her!” Another cultivator yelled out. They all moved to attack the figure, but before they could, they saw a sea of flames rolling towards them. 

The figure stood in the sky, her hands stretched out. Flames rolled off her arms as she spread them out towards the incoming army. “You dare attack my sect and dare to cause harm to those I care about. Do you really think you can live to see another day when I am around!?”

Elder Nishikawa’s eyes were filled with murderous intent. No matter what, she would not let her disciples lose their home once again. She would rather them walk over her dead body before that happened.

“Don’t use up too much of your strength in one go.” A hand gently grabbed Elder Nishikawa’s shoulder. She turned to see her long-time friend smiling back at her with his old face. 

“You came…. Why didn’t you evacuate?” Elder Nishikawa did not want him to come. If anything were to happen to him, what would the sect do?

“How could I leave you to fight alone? My disciple is taking care of things. For now, you just need to relax and not over-exert yourself. If you break your seal here, Yuki and the rest will have bigger things to worry about.” Yuki’s sect master released his grip before drawing out his sword. “Plus, these old bones have not moved in a while. It seems those youngsters from the mainland do not understand what it truly means to attack my Heavenly Cloud Sect.”

“Heh… Hahaha!” Elder Nishikawa let out a laugh. She had forgotten. She had really forgotten this old man was scarier than her. “Then shall we show them what it means?”

“We shall.” Yuki’s sect master smiled as he charged forward. It had been a long time since he had fought with Elder Nishikawa at his back. If there was one person in the entire world he could trust, it was her. 

“Old man, you are overestimating yourself!” Just as the Yuki sect master was about to attack, two young men appeared in front of him and slashed out with their swords. “Do you think you could go against the Celestial Haven Sect!?”

“You!” Yuki’s sect master was startled by these young men’s cultivation. He quickly jumped back, narrowly dodging the attack, and stared at them in disbelief. “Why would your Pill Sect want to fight with us? What good does it bring your sect to fight with mY Heavenly Cloud Sect?”

“Simple! The phoenix blood within that woman is what we came for. We want to hang her upside down and slowly drain her blood out to make tonics!” One of the disciples arrogantly replied, not thinking he could lose at all.

“Oh…. So you know of my race. But sadly for you….” Elder Nishikawa’s eyes suddenly shined with a fiery light. “I am not a mystic race but a true phoenix.”

A symbol appeared on her forehead causing Yuki’s Sect master eyes to turn red. “No! If you break the seal now…” 

“We have no choice. In our current state, we can not fight all of them!” this was true. With the current enemies at hand, there was no way to stop the situation from getting worse. The cultivators they had planned to slaughter were now ignoring them and flying past them, heading towards the sect. If they did not do something now, then everything would be for naught. Elder Nishikawa did not want her girls to see their home destroyed once more. 

“Too bad you waited too long.” A voice appeared behind Elder Nishikawa; she turned and was about to strike out when she suddenly felt all the spiritual qi in her body disappear. Even the symbol on her head had vanished. “Spiritual Restraint. Once tied up with this rope, you will not be able to use any of your powers.”

“You!” Elder Nishikawa struggled. She tried to break free, but no matter how much she tried to break free, she could not muster up any of her strength.

“Kill the old man, and let’s go. These idiots will finish off the sect.” The young man said before gripping the rope in his hand and flying off the way he came. Yuki’s sect master let out a ferocious roar. “How dare you! I will kill you all!”

“Old man, your death is now!”