Calculations

The four umbrella-bearers stood pressed so close together that if the person in front failed to take a step, the one behind would immediately fall.

Their strange behavior, coupled with their four tattered black umbrellas, made them seem like a single entity. They were like a bizarre mushroom with its roots fused together and its cap split open.

This was Li Huowang's first time seeing people dressed like this within the Fa Sect. The unease in his heart gradually intensified, because he could not sense any gazes from those four directed at him.

Just as Li Huowang thought the four before him were about to say something, the shadows of all the Fa Sect Believers instantly gathered around Li Huowang as their center, swiftly forming an Imperial Decree on the ground—larger than a house and billowing with Black Qi.

The moment the Imperial Decree appeared, dark clouds began rolling across the sky. In an instant, the daylight rapidly dimmed until it was nearly as dark as night.

Feeling the atmosphere so oppressive it seemed capable of freezing the air, Li Huowang knew this would likely be a bitter battle. To ambush him, the Fa Sect had surely long prepared every possible measure.

From the moment he had tied up and taken Mount Tai Stone away, the Fa Sect had probably already regarded him as a thorn in their eye.

With a resolute gaze, Li Huowang slowly drew a deep breath. Peng Longteng, holding the Giant Halberd low at his side, gradually appeared behind him.

Just as the drawn-bows-and-bared-blades tension was about to reach its peak, and Li Huowang was ready to risk his life, Xuanpin's red-robed figure sprouted from the earth.

"Don't move. I'll take you away from here."

After Xuanpin spoke softly to Li Huowang, six withered hands bearing