"That's right. We can't throw ourselves into disarray at a time like this, or this monster will only pick us off one by one!"
"Everyone, hold steady. Don't panic. There's nothing to fear—it's merely the same sort of thing we've encountered before!"
At this moment, the highly respected leaders of the major factions stepped forward one after another to restore order. They could not allow this chaos to continue. Otherwise, they would either be wiped out to the last man or be forced to retreat. Yet after paying such a tremendous price to come here, how could they possibly be willing to leave now?
Ye Xiwen nodded. These people truly were veterans of countless trials. In such circumstances, the most terrifying thing was not the monster, but the unknown. As long as they knew what kind of monster it was, there would surely be a way to deal with it.
Under the leadership of the heads of the major factions, the crowd gradually calmed down and ceased panicking. Even so, people were still seized from time to time by bone claws shooting out from nowhere. Before long, agonized screams would ring out, followed by the bone-chilling sound of bones being chewed.
Suddenly, an exceptionally shrill sound of something tearing through the air came from the void. Ye Xiwen immediately realized something was wrong. At that very moment, a gigantic bone claw had already reached him, raking viciously toward his face without giving him the slightest time to react.
That bone claw had struck far faster than sound could travel. By the time Ye Xiwen heard it, the claw was already upon him.
"Clang!" Just as the bone claw was about to seize Ye Xiwen, the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram suddenly emerged from his body. Endless yin-yang life-death energy burst forth from