Tianma crossed his hands, staring at Ji Yan as he fell into a shutdown state while keeping watch on the moving [doors] and prisons around them, his eyes narrowing slightly as he sensed something was wrong...
Just then, Ji Yan opened his eyes and turned his head. "Found it."
"Then..."
Before Tianma could speak, Ji Yan cut him off again. "But now, we may have other trouble to deal with."
"Uh, I noticed."
Holding the [Eerie Prison Box], Tianma cast a sidelong glance around him and said calmly, "They came pretty fast."
"But I don't know..."
Squelch—!!
Almost the instant his words fell, Tianma's pupils suddenly contracted.
A pitch-black sharp weapon stabbed into the back of his neck and pierced out through his oral cavity. Blood spurted out, instantly staining his clean shirt red.
Lu Dao No. 2, who had activated the [Aries Totem], had appeared behind him at some point. He grinned viciously. "Surprise!!"
The next moment, Ji Yan sensed something as well. Turning around, he fired a [Burial Coffin Nail] behind him.
Lu Dao No. 3 activated the [Lion Totem], "disarming" the [Burial Nail] and stripping it of its eerie power and even its toughness. He caught it barehanded and laughed. "Brother Ji, we meet again!"
Ji Yan's expression barely changed. He said indifferently, "Let me guess. That [Time Eerie] offered you an even greater temptation as a bounty for me, right?"
No. 3's smile grew increasingly savage. "Mm-hmm, you really know me inside out!"
"I'm so grateful you came back. Really!"
With that, he activated the [Lion Totem] again, covering Ji Yan, while also activating the [Golden Ox Totem] over his fist and smashing it toward Ji Yan's face.
Ji Yan remained expressionless. At the instant the [Golden Ox Totem] was about to touch his face and