A streak of sword light flashed from the darkness. In the next instant, the left calf of the Upper Class Noble archer who had launched the sneak attack was pierced by Qian Xiu's sword light.
Losing his balance, the attacker instantly fell to the ground. Qian Xiu followed up, piercing the other party's shoulder with another strike while kicking away his weapon.
"Don't move." The black sword was now pressed against the attacker's throat. Qian Xiu asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why did you attack me? What exactly is your relationship with the Endless Tree Demon outside?"
The attacker glared at Qian Xiu before sneering. "Azure Sky Sword Saint... If I can kill you here, then my life will have been worth it."
With that, the attacker's lips moved slightly.
Qian Xiu instinctively frowned. A sense of danger rushed toward him. The attacker's body suddenly erupted with blinding light... Qian Xiu's gaze sharpened, and he let out a cold snort.
Boom—!
The attacker from the Upper Class Nobles had actually chosen to self-destruct. But before he did, Qian Xiu had already activated his defenses. In the end, the power of the self-destruction failed to break through his defensive barrier.
Attacks involving the Upper Class Nobles casually blowing themselves up had become commonplace ever since the Exploration Legion advanced into the Third Great Layer. The madness of these Upper Class Nobles had consequently made the Chosen Ones extremely wary.
What they feared most was running into this kind of lunatic who did not care about his own life. It was precisely because these Upper Class Nobles attacked the Chosen Ones without regard for the cost that the two sides could not find any possibility of communication.
There did not seem to be any other Upper Class Nobles lying