The attacks of several people missed, hitting only the air.
"Where did he go?"
"Where is he???"
"..."
The group stopped their actions, looking around.
"Where are you looking? I'm right here!"
A voice reached their ears.
They all turned their heads in unison, only to discover that Qin Yi had already appeared on top of a large rock several meters away from them.
Qin Yi smiled and beckoned to them.
In such a situation, the middle-aged man and the others felt insulted, their faces turning ashen, their killing intent solidifying and radiating outwards.
"Kid, I'm going to kill you!"
The middle-aged man stomped his feet violently, kicking up a flurry of snow, and leaped into the air, his long sword slashing towards Qin Yi.
However, fighting Qin Yi would only lead to him suffering, and nothing else.
He leaped dozens of feet into the air, his sword strike towards Qin Yi appearing immensely powerful. But as it descended, it was caught between Qin Yi's two fingers.
"What???"
The middle-aged man was stunned to see Qin Yi catch his sword with two fingers. What's more, at that instant, the force he applied to the sword vanished without a trace. He wanted to slash at Qin Yi again, but the sword remained motionless, completely unable to descend.
His eyes widened in shock, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets!
But that wasn't all. Qin Yi, having effortlessly blocked his powerful sword strike with two fingers, exerted force with those two fingers the next second. The middle-aged man's sword was directly snapped in two by him.
Then, before the middle-aged man could react, Qin Yi flicked the broken sword tip he was holding.
*Shink...*
The sword tip instantly pierced the middle-aged man's chest.
The middle-aged man didn't even have time to cry out. His body crashed heavily onto the snowy ground, a large pool of blood flowing out, his life force extinguished.
"!!!"
His companions watched this scene, standing frozen in place, petrified.
When they finally came to their senses, their expressions towards Qin Yi were filled with apprehension and fear.
They dared not continue fighting Qin Yi and turned to flee west of the Heavenly Mountain, not even bothering with the middle-aged man's corpse in the snow.
Qin Yi, however, did not pursue them, allowing them to escape.
If he had chosen to pursue, not a single one of them would have gotten away!
Then, Qin Yi jumped down from the rock, glanced at the middle-aged man's corpse, and left.
He continued with his original task, searching for array formation materials.
Meanwhile, to the north of the Heavenly Mountain, Liu Anbang was leading ten disciples from the Kongtong Sect, searching everywhere for people from the Carefree Sect.
After searching for over an hour in the northern part of the Heavenly Mountain, they finally found three martial artists from the Carefree Sect.
Under Liu Anbang's command, they launched a surprise attack on the three Carefree Sect martial artists. As expected, all three were easily killed without any resistance.
After killing the three from the Carefree Sect, Liu Anbang was still not satisfied and wanted to kill more.
In recent times, the Carefree Sect had repeatedly crossed borders, constantly provoking and attacking their Kongtong Sect disciples. Liu Anbang and the other disciples harbored a deep resentment. Now, having received orders from Wei He, they naturally wanted to vent their anger.
However, shortly after they killed the three from the Carefree Sect, the news spread. The Carefree Sect headquarters learned of this and dispatched a large number of martial artists into the Heavenly Mountain.
In this situation, Liu Anbang had no choice but to lead his men to retreat first.
...
Qin Yi continued his search on the Heavenly Mountain for about two more hours but found no more array formation materials.
At this moment, he received a call from Luo Dexuan.
"Hello Mr. Qin, where are you?"
Qin Yi replied, "I'm still on the mountain, what's wrong?"
"I thought you weren't coming down for so long, I thought you had..."
Luo Dexuan stopped mid-sentence.
Qin Yi understood what he meant and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I was just looking for some array formation materials on the mountain, what could possibly happen!"
"That's good!"
Luo Dexuan responded, then continued, "Mr. Qin, it seems like something big has happened at the Kongtong Sect. When can you come down? Do we need to go back and check later?"
"What big thing has happened at the Kongtong Sect?" Qin Yi asked, surprised.
At the same time, he stood on a mountain, turning his gaze towards the direction of the Kongtong Sect.
However, even with his excellent eyesight, at such a distance, he could only vaguely see the buildings of the Kongtong Sect. He had no way of knowing what was happening inside.
"I'm not sure of the specifics yet. Just now, Yongnian and I were waiting for you below and saw quite a few martial artists from the Carefree Sect heading towards the Kongtong Sect..." Luo Dexuan said, "When they passed by, Yongnian and I had to hide quickly, otherwise we would have been discovered!"
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yi looked towards the Kongtong Sect with a thoughtful expression.
A large number of Carefree Sect martial artists heading to the Kongtong Sect, what did this mean? Were the two factions about to go to war?
Moreover, Qin Yi recalled what happened just a few hours ago when he encountered the middle-aged man and his group, and how he had killed the middle-aged man!
Could they have been Carefree Sect martial artists, and now a large contingent of them were heading to the Kongtong Sect because he had killed the middle-aged man?
Thinking this, Qin Yi lost any desire to continue searching for array formation materials on the mountain. He decided to return to the Kongtong Sect immediately to see what was happening!
If, by any chance, the Carefree Sect was going to war with the Kongtong Sect because of him, he couldn't let the Kongtong Sect take the blame for him.
"Are you two still in the original location?" Qin Yi asked Luo Dexuan.
Luo Dexuan replied, "Yes, we are still in the original location."
"Good, wait for me. I'll be down immediately!"
After hanging up the phone, Qin Yi did not linger on the mountain and quickly descended.
Not long after, Qin Yi met up with Luo Dexuan and Luo Yongnian, and they headed straight back to the Kongtong Sect.
...
At this moment, within the Kongtong Sect.
Wei He, Wei Baiyan, and Liu Anbang, who had recently returned, were all in the central hall, their faces etched with anxiety.
Liu Anbang paced back and forth in the hall, saying, "Has the Carefree Sect gone mad? They kill our people, and the moment we retaliate, they want a full-scale war. Ning Xiaoyao is simply a lunatic!"
Without surprise, Ning Xiaoyao was the sect leader of the Carefree Sect.
Wei He and Wei Baiyan remained silent, but their brows were tightly furrowed, showing their extreme annoyance.
"Sect Leader..."
At that moment, a disciple of the Kongtong Sect rushed in and reported, "Sect Leader, Deputy Sect Leader, the Carefree Sect has surrounded our Kongtong Sect. Our people cannot get out!"
Wei He strode up to the disciple and asked, "Exactly how many people has the Carefree Sect sent this time???"
"A-about fifty or sixty people!"
"What?"
Wei Baiyan exclaimed, "So many! Has the Carefree Sect dispatched all their martial artists!"
"Ning Xiaoyao truly intends to go to war with our Kongtong Sect!"