Immediately, Zi Canglan took out a communication sound stone and quickly transmitted a message.
Long ago, the remnant cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the other forces had left communication methods with one another, making it easier to help each other in critical situations.
However, unless they were truly in desperate danger, they rarely used these communication methods.
Gathering together could increase their survival rate, but it also made them a larger target.
If the Ironblood Sect discovered them, they would be much easier to surround and wipe out.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
As time passed, figures rapidly appeared one after another.
The first to land was a middle-aged man carrying an ice-cold great blade on his back.
Li Yun recognized this middle-aged man.
He was precisely the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School.
"Brother Zi, what urgent matter made you summon us here?"
The sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School spoke.
In the next moment, his gaze fell on Li Yun.
When he saw him, his expression immediately darkened.
"Brother Zi, do not tell me that you hastily summoned us here just for this boy?"
His expression became unfriendly, and his voice turned cold.
As soon as the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School spoke, the expressions of the other arriving cultivators also turned unsightly.
They looked at Zi Canglan with displeased gazes.
After receiving Zi Canglan’s message, they had thought some earth-shaking event had occurred.
In the end, it was actually only because of the arrival of a junior.
Moreover, this junior was merely at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm.
In the past Azure Void Region, the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm would have been considered decent.
But now, what did it count for?
Any Spirit Manifestation Realm expert sent by the Ironblood Sect could slap a whole group of such juniors to death.
"This..."
Zi Canglan’s expression immediately became awkward.
He suddenly realized that he did not know what to say.
Should he tell these people that Li Yun wanted to counterattack the Ironblood Sect and wipe it out in one move?
He was certain that if he truly said that, not only Li Yun, but even he himself would be treated as a madman by these people.
"Zi Canglan, if you have nothing else to say, we are leaving."
Seeing Zi Canglan fall into awkward silence, the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School’s expression became even uglier.
He snorted coldly and said, "Do you understand how much risk you have put us in by rashly summoning us here?"
"If the people from the Ironblood Sect discover us, they only need to send a single hall master or chief elder, and we might all be wiped out."
"You should understand that there are fewer and fewer of us survivors left now. We cannot afford any unnecessary risks."
Finally, the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School said coldly, "Brother Zi, I hope this never happens again. I will not stay any longer. Let us go."
After saying this, he turned to leave.
At the same time, the other cultivators who had arrived also shook their heads and prepared to depart.
"Leave? Do you think you can still leave?"
Just then, a burst of wild laughter suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterward, four massive devilish pillars flew rapidly from the distance.
They crashed into the ground in an instant, sinking dozens of feet into the earth with loud booming sounds.
Vast devilish qi surged from the four pillars.
The qi intertwined and spread quickly, forming a great formation of rolling devilish qi that sealed everyone inside.
Then, two figures appeared before everyone at the same time.
One wore a blood-red robe and had a bloodthirsty smile.
The other was a cold-looking old man who radiated a sinister and eerie aura.
"Xue Shahe."
"Tuo Han."
The expressions of the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School and the others changed.
The one in the blood-red robe was none other than Xue Shahe, the hall master of the Blood Fiend Hall, one of the four major halls of the Ironblood Sect.
As for the cold old man, he was Tuo Han, one of the five chief elders.
Both of them were important figures within the Ironblood Sect.
Their simultaneous appearance here clearly meant this had been prepared in advance.
"Jie jie."
The cold old man, Tuo Han, gave a sinister laugh and said, "Sect Master Han, did you really think we did not know that you remnants had ways to communicate with one another?"
"Before this, the reason we did not spend much effort searching for you was not because we lacked the ability, but because we were too lazy to bother."
"We planned to wait until you gathered together so we could wipe you all out at once and eliminate future troubles forever."
"However, I must admit that your vigilance exceeded my expectations. If not for this incident, we might have had to wait many more days for this chance."
As he said this, Tuo Han looked toward Zi Canglan and laughed loudly.
"Zi Canglan, speaking of which, we truly should thank you."
"You!"
Zi Canglan’s face immediately became extremely ugly.
He had not expected that the people from the Ironblood Sect had already set a trap, waiting for them to walk into it.
And he had proactively walked into that trap.
Because of him, all of them might fall here today.
"Brother Zi, at this point, there is no need to blame yourself anymore."
At this moment, the sect master of the Heaven Severing Blade School calmed down instead.
He shook his head and said, "Since the Ironblood Sect was already prepared, today’s event was bound to happen sooner or later. In that case, we might as well fight to the death today. Even if we die, we must make the Ironblood Sect pay a price."
"Exactly."
The gazes of the other cultivators also became determined.
In truth, they had long grown tired of hiding like fugitives.
Since there was no path of retreat, they might as well risk everything.
Even if they died, at least they would die for a worthy cause.
That was better than living like stray dogs, constantly afraid of being discovered.

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