The moment Zora vanished, the silence she left behind didn’t last even a second before Abigail and Emily rushed forward at the same time, both of them kneeling beside Kai who had been dropped like a sack of useless bones. His body didn’t move, his breathing was shallow but steady, and the blood on his clothes had already dried in patches, making it look worse than it actually was, but still, the sight alone was enough to make Emily’s face pale slightly.“is he alive?” she asked quickly.Abigail placed her hand lightly near his neck, checking his pulse before letting out a small breath. “Unfortunately, yes.”Emily blinked. “Unfortunately?”Abigail sighed. “If he was dead, at least we wouldn’t have to deal with his complaints when he wakes up.”Even in that situation, Emily couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.“He’s breathing fine,” Abigail added. “Just exhausted… or more like abused.”They both glanced at the direction Zora had disappeared, then immediately looked away like it was

The six figures approached without hiding their presence, their auras spreading naturally as they moved, and when they finally stopped before the invisible barrier, the air around them grew heavier, layered with authority and pride, the kind that made it obvious they were not used to being ignored or questioned. At the center stood the old man who had come earlier, calm but slightly tense, while the others beside him carried expressions that ranged from impatience to outright disdain, their eyes already scanning the barrier as if they expected it to disappear just because they had arrived.Kai stood inside the barrier with Abigail and Emily, completely relaxed, his arms loosely folded as he looked at them like they were just another group passing by, and though he didn’t recognize most of them, their cultivation was obvious, each one standing at the peak of the Spirit Severing Realm, all just a step away from breaking through, yet even with that, Kai didn’t show even the slightest bi

Kai stood there for a brief moment after issuing the first set of instructions, his eyes moving across the ten figures again, not hurried or panicked, but thinking, calculating and breaking down what stood before him into something manageable. The pressure from the eight Unity Dao experts was still heavy, pressing against everyone present, but Kai didn’t let that distract him, instead he focused on the structure of their formation, how they stood, how they reacted, and more importantly, how confident they were.Then he pointed not randomly but directly at two of the old men beside him.“You two,” he said calmly, “take one of the Spirit Severing ones.”For a moment, there was silence.Then immediate displeasure.“What?” one of them snapped, his brows furrowing deeply. “Why should...”“We are in the same realm,” another added, clearly irritated. “Why should two of us face one?”The pride in their voices was obvious, and honestly, under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t even consider

The moment Abigail’s words landed and the Unity Dao expert charged with full force, the entire battlefield shifted in a way no one had expected, and for a brief second, it felt like everything had gone completely out of control. The old men who had just been preparing themselves felt their hearts tighten instantly, their expressions changing as they watched the scene unfold, confusion and disbelief mixing together as they tried to understand what exactly they were looking at.“What is this…” one of them muttered under his breath, his brows furrowing deeply.Another stepped back slightly, his voice tense, “Why would they provoke him like that?”From their perspective, it made no sense at all. The opponent was clearly far stronger, clearly more dangerous, and yet instead of trying to stall or defend carefully, the girls had chosen to insult him further, pushing him into a state where he would attack without restraint, and that alone was enough to make even experienced cultivators uneas

The moment Kai’s Helberd struck and nothing seemed to happen, the battlefield froze in a way that felt unnatural, like even the wind had paused to watch, and for a brief second, everyone questioned what they had just seen, their minds refusing to accept such a strange outcome.An attack had landed cleanly, perfectly even, yet there was no explosion, no visible injury or immediate effect, and that alone made it feel wrong.“What was that?” one of the old men muttered under his breath, his eyes narrowing as he tried to understand what had just happened.Another frowned deeply, his voice low but filled with doubt. “Did it miss… or was that intentional?”From the other side, the invaders didn’t even bother hiding their amusement, their expressions quickly shifting from brief confusion to outright mockery as laughter spread among them, light at first, then louder, as if Kai had just performed something ridiculous for their entertainment.“That’s it?” one of them said, shaking his head slow