Chapter 801: Captured Alive (I)
The two cultivators attacked together. Li Xizhi formed a spell with one hand and wielded his sword with the other, leaping out of their encirclement and scattering patches of golden-red rainbow lights. Sweat appeared on his forehead as he finally found the chance to properly examine his opponents.
One of them had a dignified and sturdy appearance. He was neatly dressed and held a dark purple-black jar densely covered with intricate white patterns. His eyes were wide, filled with uncertainty.
The other man had a fierce and greedy look. He was taller than his companion and wore a black robe. Layers of white mist continuously drifted from him, coiling around him like agile serpents.
When he saw Li Xizhi easily escaping their encirclement, the devil cultivator holding the jar transmitted a hasty message using divine sense, “Fellow Daoist Qiu! This person is difficult to deal with. You're familiar with the local situation, do you know anything about him?”
The ears of the burly devil cultivator stepping on the white mist twitched. His aggressive gaze swept over Li Xizhi’s robe without hiding his intentions, and he replied darkly, “Brother Ge... judging from his appearance, he's probably from the Azure Pond Sect. He has many treasures, and it seems he's injured. You and I... let’s seize this opportunity and rob him!”
Devil cultivator Ge nodded slowly. Both of them were devil cultivators summoned from the region of Xu State. They were not trusted retainers of the Murong Family, so they had always intended to make a significant profit. When they saw Li Xizhi in poor condition, their greed immediately started to rear its head.
Li Xizhi calmly regulated his breath and transmitted a mana message. Li Quantao and Yu Yuwei had already suppressed their devil cultivator opponents and had spare attention to observe him, relieving him greatly.
But the two devil cultivators before him allowed no openings. Devil cultivator Ge finally made the decision to throw out his purple-black jar. A burst of gray smoke emerged from it and was swept forward by the wind toward Li Xizhi.
Rainbow light shone from Li Xizhi’s hand as he activated his defensive spell, Dawn Wind Stabilizer. Two arcs of rainbow light rippled outward like waves on water. The Heavenly Glow Dao lineage wasn't known for defense, and Li Xizhi’s technique was already one of the rare respectable defensive arts in the Dawn Dew Gathering Technique manual.