"What are you trying to do?" Despite some trepidation, Xu Yiyi still interrogated them sharply.
"What are we trying to do? Your Luoxia Valley and Three Star Hall want to start a war with my Ying Heavenly Clan because of Chu Feng. Now that we are hostile forces, you actually ask what I am doing?" The elder of the Ying Heavenly Clan laughed coldly, filled with mockery.
"As an elder, bullying us juniors—don't you think that is beneath you?" Xu Yiyi asked.
"Little girl, the battlefield is merciless. Did your master not even teach you this basic principle?" As the Ying Heavenly Clan elder spoke these words, the chill in his eyes grew increasingly intense, filled with killing intent.
"Sir, Luoxia Valley and Three Star Hall are enemies of your Ying Heavenly Clan, but we are not." One of the surrounded disciples bowed repeatedly, speaking with both salutations and deep bows.
"Sir, this matter has nothing to do with us. Please let us go." Immediately after, all the disciples who were not from Luoxia Valley or Three Star Hall hurriedly spoke up.
"It indeed has nothing to do with you. Leave." The Ying Heavenly Clan elder waved his hand, and at the same time, those outer sect disciples quickly slipped away.
"Although it has nothing to do with them, it has everything to do with you." Then, the Ying Heavenly Clan elder turned his murderous gaze back onto Xu Yiyi and the others.
At that moment, the disciples of Luoxia Valley and Three Star Hall felt a collective chill in their hearts. Just from the elder's gaze, they could tell.
He truly meant to kill them.
They were probably truly facing a great catastrophe.
"This elder, you just heard it yourself—I have always been at odds with Chu Feng. Our Three Star Hall did indeed say we would protect Chu Feng, but that was our Hall Master's wish. I actually do not agree with it."
"If today you kill me because of Chu Feng, then my death would be far too unjust." Suddenly, Kou Kang stepped forward, looking completely innocent.
"Kou Kang, you..." Xu Yiyi flew into a rage as soon as she heard Kou Kang's words. Even Song Biyu's expression changed, never having expected Kou Kang to be such a cowardly man, actually begging for mercy from the enemy.
"Junior sisters and brothers from Luoxia Valley and Three Star Hall, am I not right?"
"We had no connection with Chu Feng to begin with. Why? Why should we die because of Chu Feng?" Kou Kang ignored the strange looks from Xu Yiyi and Song Biyu and continued addressing the other disciples.
"Yes, Senior Brother Kou Kang is absolutely right. We shouldn't die for Chu Feng."
"Sir, we have no relationship with Chu Feng. Please, we beg you to let us go."
As soon as Kou Kang said this, a portion of the disciples from both Three Star Hall and Luoxia Valley hurriedly distanced themselves from Chu Feng.
"You all... you spineless things..." Facing these disciples' pleas for mercy, both Xu Yiyi and Song Biyu trembled with fury.
Their actions were not just begging for mercy, but also bringing shame to their sects. Such behavior was no different from betrayal.
"We are not spineless; we simply don't want to die for no reason because of an outsider." Kou Kang retorted, and then continued to the Ying Heavenly Clan elder: "Sir, please see the truth clearly and do not mistakenly kill innocent people."
"Haha, fine. My Ying Heavenly Clan is not an unreasonable group."
"Since you've all said this, then I will give you a way out. You may leave as well." The Ying Heavenly Clan elder waved his hand again.
Although, to save their lives, this kind of behavior was somewhat understandable.
Nevertheless, the actions of Kou Kang and the others still drew sighs and scorn from many onlookers.
After all, this kind of behavior, no matter how you looked at it, was cowardly and fearful of death, completely lacking in backbone.
However, Kou Kang and the others paid no attention to the opinions of others, slipping away from the area as if escaping a tiger's jaws.
But just as Kou Kang was about to step out of the encirclement, he suddenly stopped and turned back, secretly transmitting his voice to Xu Yiyi and Song Biyu: "There is no need for you to die because of Chu Feng. Come with us."
"Get lost," Xu Yiyi snapped coldly, her eyes filled with disgust as she looked at Kou Kang.
Even Song Biyu, who shared the same sect as Kou Kang, looked at him with a gaze equally filled with contempt.