Not far away, Ao Donglou, who was tangled in battle with Bright Illusion, Heavenly Que, and Heavenly Hidden, the three Academy Elders, was still paying constant attention to Xiao Yi’s side.

Seeing Xiao Yi instantly dodge Jin Tai’s attack and even counter-grab him, he was immediately delighted.

"As expected of Xiao Yixiao."

"Just by thinking about it, anyone who can be on equal footing with that Yi Xiao wouldn’t possibly be some nobody."

However, when Ao Donglou heard the words coming from Xiao Yi’s mouth, his expression suddenly changed.

"Not an elder of the Five Great Academy?"

Over on Jin Tai’s side, when he heard Xiao Yi’s words, his eyes turned cold, but he sneered, "I don’t know what you’re talking about."

"I’ve long heard that you Xiao Yi are a little thief slick and sly beyond measure. Seeing you today, it truly is so."

"That’s called being quick-witted," Gongsun Huowu shouted loudly from afar.

"I knew Young Master Xiao Yi wouldn’t fear these few people," Guu Lianxing smiled. "Brother Ye, you don’t need to take such risks."

"Mm." Ye Liu nodded. "I should’ve realized earlier—Brother Xiao Yi has been so calm all along, he clearly doesn’t fear them."

Guu Lianxing said, "Brother Ye just saw Young Master Xiao Yi being besieged, and the ones surrounding him are all renowned Supreme Experts. He just got anxious for a moment, that’s all."

"This guy’s strength seems to have become way more monstrous," Ran Qi curled her lips at the side.

On Xiao Yi’s side.

Xiao Yi was still gripping Jin Tai’s arm with one hand.

Strong as Jin Tai was, at this moment he couldn’t even pull his arm back.

Xiao Yi glanced at the Golden Wheel in Jin Tai’s hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, "Not going to admit it, huh?"

"If I’m not mistaken, that Golden Jump Flow just now, it wasn’t that you held back."

"It’s that this Mysterious Martial Technique of Golden Dawn Academy—you haven’t mastered it yet."

"Forcing yourself to imitate it, your own Primordial Power clashed with the Martial Technique, causing its power to be greatly reduced, and the longer you unleashed it, the more its power weakened."

"Heh." Xiao Yi smiled faintly, indifferent. "The dignified Chief elder of Golden Dawn Academy, and you haven’t even mastered Golden Jump Flow? Who are you trying to fool?"

"You..." Hearing this, Jin Tai’s expression changed.

In the distance, Golden Dawn heard this, and as if recalling something, his expression changed as well.

"No, Elder Jin Tai is a man of few words. How could he speak threat after threat like you did just now, clearly harboring ulterior motives."

"Hmph." Xiao Yi snorted coldly.

The hand that had been holding Jin Tai suddenly twisted.

Jin Tai seemed to realize what Xiao Yi was about to do, and hurriedly tried to forcefully pull back and retreat.

Boom...

A chilling force suddenly erupted.

Jin Tai forcibly blasted Xiao Yi’s hand away and retreated at high speed.

Xiao Yi’s eyes were sharp and his hands quick; his two fingers lightly tapped, brushing past in a flash.

Whoosh...

In an instant, Jin Tai retreated more than ten steps.

Xiao Yi, however, gave a cold laugh and glanced at the item in his hand—it was a Universe Ring.

It was precisely the Universe Ring he had snatched from Jin Tai’s hand in that split second just now.

Xiao Yi probed it with his senses, and his brows furrowed once more.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

From the Universe Ring in his hand, beams of light surged out.

Five figures were tossed out from within the Universe Ring.

The Martial Artists of all sides present were stunned at the sight, their expressions freezing.

They all knew that a Universe Ring couldn’t hold living beings, only dead objects.

Which meant...

The Martial Artists of the various great forces present, as well as the Chief Disciples of the Five Great Academy, reacted instantly, their faces changing drastically.

Pa... pa... pa...

Five soft thuds in succession.

The five figures—no, to be precise, the five corpses—fell to the ground.

Looking more closely, the faces of the five corpses were exactly the same as those of the current Jin Tai and the other Five Great Academy Elders.

"Elder Jin Tai."

"Elder Xia Houtong."

"Elder Ling Huqiu."

"Elder Li Ya."

"Elder Shangguan Die."

Guu Feifan and the other four Chiefs were all smart people, so they naturally understood what had happened in an instant.

The five of them stared at the five corpses on the ground, their faces filled with extreme shock, and at the same time, a layer of sorrow welled up.

These were the elders of their Academies, seniors who had once guided their cultivation and treated them exceedingly well.

Especially Ling Huqiu; besides being a senior of the Academy to Linghu Wang, he was also an elder of the Linghu Family—practically a great-grandfather generation.

The sorrow on the five people’s faces instantly turned into boundless rage.

They all turned their gazes toward Black Cloud Academy and Mo Youu in unison.

"Black Cloud Academy, you’re truly vicious," Linghu Wang’s body trembled; that was the uncontrollable shaking born of extreme anger.

"Black Cloud Academy, I’d like to see how you bear the wrath of our Five Great Academy in the days to come," Guu Feifan’s fists were clenched so tightly they crackled.

"We..." Mo Youu, who was in a fierce battle with "Ling Huqiu," froze in shock.

It had to be said, Mo Youu’s Sword Dao strength was indeed not weak.

The "Ling Huqiu" he was fighting was clearly also a Sword Dao Expert, and even an old-generation Supreme sword cultivator with extremely deep attainment in the Sword Dao.

Yet Mo Youu not only wasn’t at a disadvantage, he was firmly suppressing him.

But in this very instant of distraction, the "Ling Huqiu" he was facing seized the opening and sent Mo Youu flying back with a single sword strike.

Xiao Yi stepped forward a few strides and easily caught Mo Youu.

"Junior Brother Xiao Yi, we didn’t..." Mo Youu’s expression turned anxious as he tried to explain.

Xiao Yi nodded, staring straight at the five "Jin Tai," "You five also aren’t people from Black Cloud Academy, are you."

Swish swish swish...

The five Jin Tai’s expressions flickered, but in just a few seconds, a surge of Prohibition power flooded across their faces.

Their faces had already changed.

However, there was a layer of mask on each of their faces, hiding their looks.

And their figures were more or less the same as the Five Great Academy Elders who had already died.

Yet the Five Great Academy Elders were all old men.

While between these five men’s brows, they only looked middle-aged; they were clearly not the Five Great Academy Elders.

"Who are you people?" Ao Donglou’s figure flashed, withdrawing from the clash as he questioned coldly.

Xiao Yi looked at the five, his brows furrowing as well.

He hadn’t made a move earlier precisely because he had sensed something was off.

Now he finally understood where that wrongness lay—it was these five people’s auras.

Changing one’s face was no difficult matter for a powerful Martial Artist; what truly determined a Martial Artist’s identity was still the innate aura they were born with.

As for the Five Great Academy Elders’ auras, Xiao Yi wasn’t very clear.

After all, he’d never really interacted with them and wasn’t familiar.

But the auras of these five now had felt inexplicably strange to him from the very beginning.

It was as if there was some faint, bizarre power covering their auras, making them hard to perceive clearly.

For no reason at all, why would these Five Great Academy Elders deliberately make their auras so elusive?

Very clearly, something was wrong.

And now, these five people’s identities made Xiao Yi frown as well.

Since they had deliberately killed the Five Great Academy Elders and come here under disguise, then they absolutely wouldn’t have mentioned anything that linked to their actual faction.

Yet they’d dared to claim this was Senior Luoo’s kill order.

That in itself proved they weren’t Senior Luoo’s people.

Then who exactly were they?

The masks on their faces were clearly standardized masks.

In Xiao Yi’s memory, there was no information on any force that dressed with such masks.

Moreover, these five had actually been able to silently kill the Five Great Academy’s Chief elders and assume their identities?

"Jie jie." At this moment, "Jin Tai" let out a chilling cackle.

"As expected of the renowned Vice Master Xiao Yi, you do have some skill."

The moment that eerie, sinister laugh rang out, all the Martial Artists present turned pale.

"Evil Cultivators?"

"Jie jie." "Jin Tai" sneered coldly, "That Yi Xiao brother of yours killed people from my Evil Lord Mansion and destroyed one of my Evil Lord Mansion’s branches."

"Since we couldn’t find him, we’ll just come for you, one of the twins."

"First kill Xiao Yi, then another day slaughter Yi Xiao."

"Since we can’t keep the act up any longer, there’s no need for us to hide our strength anymore."

Bang... bang... bang... bang... bang...

The auras on the five of them suddenly soared.

Jin Tai’s aura directly surged to the Peak of Supreme limit.

The other four instantly rose to the Peak of Supreme as well.

Very clearly, this was these five’s true strength.

"Evil Cultivators? No, you’re not." Xiao Yi shook his head. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Whether or not they were Evil Cultivators, he could tell at a glance.

Pretending to be Evil Cultivators before him was nothing but a joke.

"Whatever you are, once I capture you, your identities will naturally be clear."

Clang...

Xiao Yi lightly took a single step forward.

The instant his foot landed, Sword Qi filled the sky, raging outward.

"Hiss, what terrifying Sword Qi." Ao Donglou sucked in a cold breath.

Under the Sword Qi, the five Jin Tai who had just had their strength soar were actually unable to move.

"Impossible, you also have Supreme Peak Cultivation?" Jin Tai’s face changed drastically.

The Martial Artists from the surrounding factions all sucked in cold breaths as well, "Just relying on Sword Qi, he easily suppresses five Peak of Supreme experts?"

...

Third update.