The Sword Attendant was dead!
A wave of shocked cries rang out through the city.
Blood stained the void crimson.
Beneath the heavens, the Little Girl stood in midair, gripping the Scarlet Spear.
Countless black flowers swirled around her, while boundless power of sin and slaughter flowed from her like tides.
The sight shook everyone to the core.
Kun Peng Old Demon, Grandma Yi, Biyunzi, Fu Yong, and the others all felt a chill run through their hearts, realizing that something was terribly wrong.
Only they knew that without the Sword Attendant in this Nine Radiance Ancient City, all their advantages would vanish into thin air!
Boom—
The Nine Radiance Ancient City shook. With the Sword Attendant's death, the power sealing this ancient city splintered apart and collapsed like a receding tide.
"Retreat, retreat now—!"
Terrified screams rose one after another.
Who knew how many people crushed their Star Radiance Tokens at that instant, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
The Dao Protectors, meanwhile, traversed the skies and fled desperately beyond the city, staying far away from this perilous place of conflict.
"Go!"
Over at the Eternal Thunder Court, Heavenly Sovereign Jin Xun led Xia Rouyun and his fellow disciples away.
"Elder, the battle isn't over yet. Why are we leaving?"
Xia Rouyun was unwilling to accept it. "And you still haven't told me about my Brother Li's identity. What exactly is the truth?"
"We'll talk on the way!"
Heavenly Sovereign Jin Xun's face darkened. If they did not leave now, it might become impossible to leave later!
Lian Yue, Dong Liujia, and the other peerless figures from the Upper Five Continents all chose to withdraw.
Yet as they departed, every one of them was filled with incomprehensible confusion. Was Li Muchen, the target of this killing trap, alive