The fog rose with astonishing speed.
In the blink of an eye, Zuo Yongjun and the others were surrounded by mist pouring in from all directions, and visibility plummeted.
At the same time, the temperature of the surrounding space dropped.
Specks of white frost actually appeared on the blades of wild grass, while an icy, sinister aura spread soundlessly.
"Form up!"
Realizing something was wrong, Zuo Yongjun immediately shouted in a deep voice, "Repel the enemy!"
Without a second thought, the ten well-trained Imperial Guards took the Divine Mechanism Crossbows from their backs, expertly loaded and cocked them, and assumed a defensive formation.
Some members of the Imperial Guard Department had been recruited as elites from the army, while others had been trained by the department itself.
Regardless of their backgrounds, all possessed extensive combat experience and iron discipline.
The ten Imperial Guards encircled Zuo Yongjun and Wu Song, crouching halfway down with their Divine Mechanism Crossbows raised.
Crossbow bolts gleaming with cold light pointed in different directions.
No matter where the enemy emerged from, they would be met with a crushing blow head-on!
At this moment, the surrounding fog thickened further, and strange sounds reached everyone's ears.
A woman's coquettish laughter, children playing, an old man's idle chatter, a woman's curses...
They sounded like the ordinary clamor of a marketplace, yet they lingered by their ears like ghostly whispers.
Even covering their ears tightly could not shut them out, leaving them agitated and irritated.
Though every Imperial Guard possessed a will of steel, after listening for a while, quite a few showed annoyed expressions.
Even the hands gripping their crossbows were no longer steady as rocks.
"What demon dares cause trouble here!"
Seeing this, Zuo Yongjun suddenly glared and roared, his voice like a lion's bellow that shook all