"Boom!"
Xu Xiao didn't even glance at the man; with a flick of his wrist, he turned the man into ashes with fire. The cultivators surrounding him were all shocked and terrified, daring only to release a bit of Dharma Light to briefly obstruct, save for a few like Baihou, whose cultivation levels were high enough to dare to engage in close combat, while the rest could only silently back away.
Under Xu Xiao's feet, the red circle seemed to be a special flying shuttle, extremely fast by nature but hindered by the few blocking his path. Dodging left and right, he couldn't gain speed. Harnessing the momentum from killing, he used the flames to push the crowd back, trying to break out of the encirclement.
Just as a smile began to appear on his face, a streak of sword light flew at him. Xu Xiao's expression turned grim. With a sweep of his sleeve, he spewed out flames and bellowed,
"Which blind minnow dares to block my way!"
