After leaving Yun Hu, Chen Yi took a shortcut and hurried towards the mountain with a burst of speed.
Throughout his path, the Ma Zi Gang members lay injured or dead on the stone steps of the main road. Chen Yi had no reaction.
His goals of destroying Ma Zi Gang, thwarting their plans, and crushing their middle and lower ranks had been achieved.
What remained was to head up to the top, to the core of both sides' confrontation.
Plan two was in play.
From a considerable distance away from the temple gate, Chen Yi could vaguely see a man dressed in black with a few of his men, in combat with Monk Guangzhi.
That group was led by Xu Yuan, the Second Young Master of the Xu Family.
However, due to lack of manpower and the intensity of Guangzhi's Crescent Moon Blade, the Xu Family's forces were being driven back.
If it were not for taking the time to provide an escape route for the Ma Zi Gang, Xu Yuan would have already fled.