Are You a Great Xia Native Too?

The burning straight blade sliced through the writhing black hair and instantly pierced the Black-Haired Female Ghost's skull. Flames scorched every strand that approached the blade, and a pungent stench spread through the air!

Amid a shrill, miserable wail, the firelight swept forth and completely engulfed the Black-Haired Female Ghost.

After killing the Black-Haired Female Ghost with ruthless efficiency, Lin Qiye raised a hand, and the straight blade automatically flew back into his palm. Yet there was not the slightest joy on his face, because several revived stone statues had already crawled out from the nearest walls and were closing in on them!

"Run!" Lin Qiye said rapidly to Amamiya Haruki as he used Mental Power to sense their surroundings.

Amamiya Haruki did not hesitate. He sheathed Rain Collapse, then took off after Lin Qiye in the direction with the fewest stone statues.

After a brief hesitation, Wei Dong also sprinted after Lin Qiye.

He had no Forbidden Ruins, and without those pieces of equipment, he was merely an ordinary man with decent combat skills. Faced with an attack from so many stone statues, he had no chance of surviving. The best option was naturally to flee with Lin Qiye.

More importantly, based on the abilities Lin Qiye had just displayed, Wei Dong could basically rule out the possibility that he was a Magatsu Blade wielder. He might even, like Wei Dong, have come from outside the Human Circle.

And outside the Human Circle, the only people who seemed capable of moving freely through the mist were the Shang Xie Association... But he could be certain that Lin Qiye was not one of them. There was no mark of the Spear of Judgment and Oath on his palm.

No! That wasn't right!

Besides the Shang Xie Association, there was another