Lü Siya appeared to have fallen into a desperate situation.
Several Phantom Assassins attacked her in turns, beating her back step by step.
At the same time, she had to remain constantly wary of Anti-Material Sniper rounds capable of piercing even Hell Beasts, lest they take a vicious bite out of her.
Her face grew paler and paler, gradually taking on an expression of despair.
Yet no matter how bedraggled she looked, she always kept her combat power restrained to the level of the Peak Heaven Realm, without displaying the slightest inhuman strength.
At last—
Lü Siya retreated to the edge of the Space Barrier.
Behind her lay layer upon layer of hazy ripples.
If she retreated any farther, she might fall into a Space Fissure, where some or even all of her limbs and organs would be torn to pieces and randomly teleported to some unknown nearby coordinates.
Before her, the Phantom Assassins' killing formation tightened ever further.
Even Meng Chao, observing from the shadows, felt suffocated.
But just as several Phantom Assassins once more swung their blades at her, a faint, almost imperceptible curve appeared at the corner of Lü Siya's lips.
That curve was like a cicada-wing-thin scalpel, slicing apart the despair she had deliberately displayed.
At the same time, a shrill howl came from behind the Phantom Assassins.
A colossal black shadow shot up from underground to a height of seven or eight meters, nearly blotting out the dim sky.
Then, accompanied by the roar of wind and thunder, it crashed down heavily upon the Phantom Assassins and the Skinning Monster.
It was the Giant Sandworm that had originally lain in ambush underground, waiting to sneak-attack Lü Siya!
This giant worm was clearly a Biochemical Warbeast remotely controlled by the Blood Alliance.
Yet now, its target