Sword Qi surged and raged, and under its oppressive might, "Jin Tai" and the others were all unable to move.
"How can he be this strong?"
"Jin Tai" was forced down, his body pressed to the ground, staring at Xiao Yi in disbelief.
The rest were the same, faces all showing a look of shock.
But that flash of shock came quickly, and faded just as fast.
Xiao Yi even noticed that in this group’s eyes, although there was astonishment, it wasn’t fear or panic—just surprise, nothing more.
"Who exactly are you people?"
Xiao Yi’s tone had already turned icy cold.
Counting the fake Jin Tai and the other four, plus the five who had just appeared, there were a total of ten.
These were ten full-blown Peak of Supreme experts.
Any one of them was not much weaker than Ao Donglou, that Peak Sword Cultivator.
The stronger ones, like this fake "Jin Tai", were even on par with Ao Donglou.
Moreover, every one of these ten had terrifying methods, absolutely not ordinary Martial Artists.
Take the five fake elders led by Jin Tai for example—they had easily mimicked the true methods of the Five Great Academy Elders in such a short time.
And the five who came after—the Wind Sword, Water Sword, and Meteor Sword—their power too was ferocious.
The one who dove like a hawk at a rabbit, his strength was probably not much weaker than "Jin Tai".
The one who burst out from underground was an absolute expert in ambush and assassination.
Xiao Yi wouldn’t misjudge it—the five who appeared later were all Assassins.
Looking again at the outfits of these ten, with identical masks on their faces.
Clearly, these ten came from the same force.
On top of that, these ten cooperated with perfect tacit understanding—just one loud shout from "Jin Tai", and those five Assassins appeared in an instant.
Obviously, "Jin Tai" and the others had planned this long in advance.
First, the five impersonating "Jin Tai" appeared as Five Great Academy Elders, trying to force Xiao Yi to seal his own Cultivation and take him away.
If that failed, the five "Jin Tai" would attack with full force.
And if the five "Jin Tai" were no match, the five Assassins hidden in the shadows would move on command.
Furthermore, they had even deliberately left traps—those four who appeared first were one of the backup plans.
Finally, taking advantage of the moment when Xiao Yi was speaking and his mind relaxed, the one who burst from the ground intended to kill with one strike—that was the second backup.
Such seamless coordination, with multiple layers of contingency, all meticulously calculated.
This group was, without a doubt, from an Assassin organization.
Within just a short span, Xiao Yi had already seen through everything.
But ten Peak of Supreme experts moving together, just to kill him, Xiao Yi?
An entire mysterious Assassin group, painstakingly designing a trap, actually treating him Xiao Yi with such caution, yet also with such a certain will to kill?
In Xiao Yi’s mind, he truly couldn’t think of any force within the Central Region that could match these ten before him.
"Speak. What are you people?" Xiao Yi’s tone was already chilling to the bone.
His footsteps stepped forward a few more paces.
The overwhelming Sword Qi pressed down so hard the ten felt unbearable all over.
Ka ka ka...
The sound of bones being twisted under pressure rang out one after another from the bodies of the ten.
Yet under such pain, not even the slightest frown appeared between their brows.
The fierce Sword Qi fell on their bodies like one Divine Blade after another, carving out streaks of blood.
"If you still don’t tell the truth, any single strand of Sword Qi on you will be enough to tear you to pieces."
"If all my Sword Qi falls at once, I guarantee you’ll turn into a puddle of meat in an instant."
Xiao Yi’s voice was cold to the extreme.
From his body, killing intent was already soaring.
"Heh." "Jin Tai" was the first to open his mouth and let out a light chuckle.
"Vice Master Xiao Yi, in this Central Region, there’s no shortage of people who want you dead."
"Jin Tai" no longer addressed Xiao Yi as "little thief".
Clearly, him yelling "little thief" before was just to mimic the tone of the Five Great Academy Elders.
"I know." Xiao Yi gave a cold smile.
"But so far, everyone who wanted to kill me died before I did."