One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Although Liang Wu'er verbally declared she would give chase, she ultimately did not move. The Tang Clan members, true masters of assassination, immediately realized this was a ploy to lure them apart.

"Don't rush. We can't afford to be alone in this situation. If our people are alone, we'll fall into their rhythm. Remember not to act impulsively." Old Master Tang Shiying reminded them immediately. Everyone in the Tang Clan knew this, so he wasn't worried. What worried him were the three outsiders, Sun Yao, Si Teng, and Lü Ci.

"Tch, anyway, the person who made the mummies is in this cave. He can run away, but he can't hide. We'll catch him sooner or later."

As Liang Wu'er spoke, she bit off the foxtail grass in her mouth. She didn't know when she had brought it in, but she had been holding it in her mouth ever since she entered the cave.

"Alright, but a mere ant can't affect the overall situation. Let's just continue to move forward as a group. They've made a gamble they're bound to lose. The important thing now is that we don't suffer any casualties."

As Sun Yao spoke, he took a step forward, and the next moment, the silver-winged arrow on his headdress emitted a cicada-like chirping sound. The chirping echoed throughout the cave, and Sun Yao immediately realized where the enemy was.

Sun Yao gave Lü Ci a look, and Lü Ci immediately understood what Sun Yao meant. He took a few steps closer to the cave entrance where the enemy was located, and then stomped his right leg hard. A series of bombardments could be heard coming from the cave entrance.

Upon hearing the sound, everyone turned to look at Lü Ci. Of the ten people who entered the cave together, only the unfathomable Sun Yao and this young master of the Lü family were capable of such a feat.

The Lu family's inherited martial art, Ruyi Jin, focuses on striking from a distance. This acquired supernatural ability, Ruyi Jin, is a family secret passed down only to sons. It allows practitioners to use various physical contact mediums to deliver invisible force for attacking and defending from a distance. It can also attack from afar, unleashing invisible Qi energy like a meteor punch. Its power increases with the practitioner's skill level.

Besides, there was another reason: among those present, only Lü Ci had secretly used Qi. Although Lü Ci's use of Ruyi Jin was extremely concealed, everyone present, except for Sun Yao and Si Teng, was a top-notch assassin from the Tang Clan, and they all noticed Lü Ci's movements.

"Why are you looking at me? The information was given by the Daoist Master. All I did was follow his instructions and attack wherever he told me to."

Lu Ci spread his hands and tossed the bundle to Sun Yao. Sun Yao didn't argue, but simply waved his hand and pointed to the hole that Lu Ci had just bombed.

Some time had passed since Lü Ci's bombing, but apart from thick smoke billowing out of the cave, nothing else had happened, and no one had appeared.

Just then, a strange flute melody drifted out from the cave entrance.

"Cover your ears, don't listen to these flutes, they'll create hallucinations!"

Upon hearing the flute sound, Liang Wu'er immediately covered her ears and loudly warned everyone to be careful of the sound.

Upon hearing Liang Wu'er's warning, the Tang Clan members immediately covered their ears. Liang Wu'er quickly added, "Even with your ears covered, don't be careless. Although you can't hear the flute, it can still disturb your mind. It's truly insidious. If you think you can't hear it and become careless, you'll fall into its trap."

Just then, Lü Ci slowly walked towards the cave entrance. Everyone thought Lü Ci had been tricked, and Tang Houren even called out "Young Master," intending to warn Lü Ci not to fall for it.

Just as everyone was about to speak, Sun Yao raised his left hand, signaling them to shut up.

“Don’t underestimate this little mad dog of the Lu family. This kid is not only reckless but also arrogant. But the most outrageous thing is that he is clear-headed. Back when the Lu family patriarch celebrated his birthday, Lu Jin took the stage and he wanted to try his hand, but he got to fight me and my senior brother instead. This kid was as quiet as a stone.”

Sun Yao chuckled softly, gesturing for everyone to look at Lü Ci. All eyes turned to Lü Ci, who hadn't taken two steps before slamming his right fist into the ground. The next instant, a burst of purple Ruyi energy erupted, blasting towards the cave entrance.

"I do want to kill them, but they dare to try to fool me with such a simple trick? But I'm not in a hurry for them to die. If I rush in and kill them all in a moment of madness, that would be too easy on them. I need to enjoy the process of torturing them. That way, my trip here won't be in vain."

The attack of Ruyi Jin did not cause any substantial damage. The music inside paused for a short while, and then suddenly changed its tone.

A series of white lights flashed from the cave, followed by bursts of white flames. Everyone immediately distanced themselves from the flames, leaving only Sun Yao and Si Teng behind.

The white flames, like white mist, spread throughout the cave. Old Master Tang Shiying gathered his poisonous energy onto his blade and swung it forcefully, briefly dispersing the white, mist-like flames.

But this was only a temporary solution; the white flames quickly returned to their original state.

Just then, a figure appeared in the smoke. Lu Ci looked up and saw it was Tang Houren, who had just spoken to stop him. Tang Houren vanished completely from the white flames, and then Tang Houren's voice sounded from behind him.

“That flame is inextinguishable. I once heard Tang An mention that he encountered a kind of flame that only burned living things. I’m afraid this flame is similar in nature.”

Just then, a huge ball of white smoke-like flame emerged from the cave. This ball of white smoke looked to be about the size of a small shipping container, and it immediately filled the gaps in the cave, addressing the shortcomings of the existing white flames and smoke, such as their small quantity and slow spread.

"Playing with fire in front of me? You must be trying to teach a fish to swim. Ever since I mastered the fire elemental technique, there's no fire in the world that I can even look at seriously."

As Sun Yao spoke, he walked into the fire. With each step he took, the white smoke and sea of ​​fire cleared a path for him, and with each step, the white smoke and sea of ​​fire seemed to encounter a natural enemy, dispersing in all directions.

He soon arrived at the very center of the cave, which was also where the flames were most concentrated.

"Your fire is somewhat similar to the Samadhi True Fire of the Zhuge family, but this kind of flame cannot limit my abilities."

As Sun Yao spoke, he raised his left hand upwards, and countless white flames and smoke gathered towards his palm.