The leader was an elderly man with long hair and a long beard.
He was gaunt and bony, with piercing eyes and no detectable aura around him.
Billy released his spiritual power to probe the elder’s cultivation but found nothing, indicating that he was a Perceiving Dao Realm expert.
Following closely behind him were two people in gray robes, a man and a woman, who appeared to be in their seventies or eighties, yet looked vibrant and energetic.
“Purple Spirit, can you detect the cultivation levels of the three people at the front?” Billy asked through his divine sense.
“The strongest one is at the fifth-rank Perceiving Dao Realm, followed by one at the third-rank Perceiving Dao Realm and another at the second-rank Perceiving Dao Realm,” Purple Spirit replied.
“Fifth-rank Perceiving Dao Realm?” Billy’s pupils contracted slightly.
“Yes!” Purple Spirit responded. “Besides those three, there are about ten others in the mid to late stages of the Entering Dao Realm.”
“What a grand formation!” Billy remarked.
It seemed that the Holy Ghost Tribe was determined to capture him this time!
Such a lineup was not something even the well-resourced Holy Ghost Tribe could easily muster!
He also noticed that among the opposing camp, there were about a hundred people dressed in identical black outfits, each holding a specially crafted curved blade and wearing ghost masks.
From their auras, it was clear that the weakest among them were at the third-rank Otherworldly Realm, with the strongest at the ninth-rank Otherworldly Realm!
“Can you handle the fifth-rank Perceiving Dao Realm?” Billy asked again.
“Even if I can’t win, I can definitely hold him off!” Purple Spirit responded. “However, that means you’ll have to deal with the others yourself!”
“That’s settled then!” Billy replied. “Just hold him off for a while!”
“Alright!” Purple Spirit agreed.
Billy then withdrew his divine sense from his body.
Meanwhile, the opposing group had already approached within three to four hundred meters.
“You brought so few people? Quite bold!” The long-haired, bearded elder named Louie Hatfield stared at Billy like a beast.
“What’s your name?” Billy glanced at him.
“A dying man doesn’t need to know,” Louie Hatfield replied coldly. “I’m the second elder of the Holy Ghost Tribe…”
Before he could finish, a burst of purple flame shot out from Billy’s body, rushing towards Louie Hatfield with lightning speed.
No one on the opposing side had time to react!
“Hmm?!” Louie Hatfield’s pupils contracted as he raised his hand to block.
Caught off guard, Louie Hatfield couldn’t fully defend against Purple Spirit’s full-force attack. He was immediately sent flying hundreds of meters away, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
Before he could regain his footing, Purple Spirit charged again like a purple lightning bolt.
“Courting death!” Louie Hatfield roared, raising his hand to grasp in Purple Spirit’s direction.
The space around them instantly distorted, slowing Purple Spirit’s speed.
However, he still underestimated Purple Spirit’s power!
With another muffled sound, Louie Hatfield was sent flying another hundred meters, spitting out blood.
Though attacked twice, his combat strength wasn’t significantly affected.
After regaining some composure, he formed a violent seal with his hand and hurled it at Purple Spirit at lightning speed, distorting the space around them.
Purple Spirit didn’t choose to clash head-on but dodged to the right and flew into the sky.
“Attack! Kill everyone except Billy!” Louie Hatfield shouted to his men before chasing after Purple Spirit.
In those two exchanges, he had roughly gauged Purple Spirit’s strength. Though slightly inferior to him, it wasn’t by much.
Therefore, his priority was to deal with Purple Spirit first before anything else.
“You killed our young master; today you all must die!” The third-rank Perceiving Dao Realm old woman glared at Billy.
Before she could finish her sentence, a muffled sound echoed, and she was sent flying four or five hundred meters away, spitting blood into the air.
The attacker was naturally White Feather. Although its combat strength was lower than Purple Spirit’s, dealing with a third-rank Perceiving Dao Realm cultivator wasn’t difficult for it.
“Hmm?” The old woman steadied herself and looked at White Feather.
Like everyone else, she hadn’t taken a flying beast seriously at first.
She had assumed White Feather was merely Billy’s mount!
“White Feather, kill her!” Billy ordered sternly.
As he spoke, White Feather moved, flapping its wings like a small mountain towards the old woman.
The old woman didn’t dare confront White Feather head-on and dodged to the side.
Although she reacted quickly, she was still a step slow and was sent flying by the shockwave for five or six hundred meters.
But it wasn’t over; White Feather didn’t pause and chased after her again.
The old woman, still unsteady, didn’t dare face White Feather directly and quickly dodged again. White Feather naturally didn’t let her off easily and pursued her relentlessly.
Meanwhile, Billy and his group engaged in battle with the rest of the opponents.
Billy alone held off a second-rank Perceiving Dao Realm cultivator and two ninth-rank Entering Dao Realm elders.
Although it was difficult for Billy to match a Perceiving Dao Realm cultivator without activating Cracked Sky, his abnormal defensive ability made it equally hard for the three opponents to take him down easily.
Aubree faced a sixth-rank Entering Dao Realm opponent. Despite being two ranks lower, she managed to hold her ground for a while.
Casey also faced a sixth-rank Entering Dao Realm elder. With Demon Blade’s support, his opponent found it hard to harm him quickly.
Harleen and Ivy each fought a fifth-rank Entering Dao Realm elder. With their trump cards activated, they could hold off their opponents for some time.
The rest of the opponents surrounded Opal and Amber’s group. The enemy not only had numerical superiority but also higher cultivation levels in many cases.
For a moment, everyone felt immense pressure. Within minutes, several of them were already injured badly.
“You killed our young master; all of you must die today!” The second-rank Perceiving Dao Realm cultivator roared after sending Billy flying hundreds of meters with a palm strike.
Without pausing, he formed another violent seal and hurled it at Billy again.
The first-rank Perceiving Dao Realm elder also attacked simultaneously with a powerful strike aimed at Billy.
“Enough talk. Die!” Billy’s eyes narrowed as he activated ‘Cracked Sky.’
The blade light flashed like lightning, tearing through space with overwhelming force.
“Hmm?!”
Sensing the power of this strike, both opponents’ pupils shrank to pinpoints as a wave of death enveloped them.
Without hesitation, they dodged to the side.
The blade light targeted the second-rank Perceiving Dao Realm elder. Despite reacting quickly, he was still too slow.
The blade light sliced through him, leaving two halves of his body falling to the ground in a bloody mess. His face showed endless unwillingness.
Even in death, he couldn’t understand how he had died at the hands of a second-rank Entering Dao Realm youth.