Squeak! A long cry brought the four people who had been slaughtering wildly to a halt. Hua Xuanzi, Senior Brother Zhao, and Zonghao all instinctively clutched their heads, and then the pressure of a second-tier Demon Beast bore down on them.
The four of them staggered under the suppression. Aside from Yunxi, the other three dropped to one knee, instantly pinned down.
Yunxi had only felt a tightness in her forehead at first. Then a cool sensation spread through her sea of consciousness, instantly restoring her clarity. After that, the pressure of the Foundation Establishment Realm forced her back two steps, and it took a full two breaths for her to recover.
The second-tier Sand Rat's sound attack had struck directly at her sea of consciousness, but the Red Wooden Token floating within it had blocked the attack. She had discovered another use for the wooden token—it could protect her sea of consciousness from attacks.
But the pressure of the Foundation Establishment Realm was real. Though her true cultivation was Qi Refining Layer 9, she was still one tier below a Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Beast. However, because her sea of consciousness had not been affected, and because her body was tougher than the other three, she became the only one of the four still standing.
The instant they were suppressed, the first-tier Sand Rats swiftly swarmed in and began attacking the four of them.
Without hesitation, Yunxi unleashed "Flowers Falling from the Sky," throwing out nearly all the First Order Talismans in her Storage Pouch. Explosions rang out in rapid succession, and the multicolored glow of countless spells filled the space around the Sand Rats attacking them.
The Sand Rats struck by the talismans scattered in every direction. For a moment, the Sand Rats besieging the four lost their