However, at that moment, Xiao Tianyang suddenly sensed another extremely abrupt presence appearing within the valley.
"How strange. How did they find this place?"
After Xiao Tianyang finished speaking, he transformed into energy particles and vanished from where he stood.
Qian Renxue was already accustomed to this.
After all, as one of the few powerful individuals within the valley, she could likewise sense that enemies had arrived.
Even taking a step back, what could she have done if Xiao Tianyang had stayed behind?
With him absent in person, Qian Renxue truly had no way to deal with him.
"Sigh, it's not as though we're related by blood anyway."
After leaving those words behind, Qian Renxue also vanished.
Of course, her method of movement involved turning into photons, rather than pure energy like Xiao Tianyang.
Above the valley, dark clouds bore down.
Countless twisted tentacles writhed back and forth within the black clouds!
Evil faces represented all manner of negative emotions!
Half-human, half-spider monsters; twisted beings without facial features; bizarrely shaped roots of evil!
In fact, the people in the valley did not even need to be actively attacked by those above before most of them revealed pained expressions.
The symptoms mainly manifested in two ways.
First, there was a choking sensation in their throats, accompanied by an urge to vomit.
Second, black patterns appeared at the corners of their eyes—twisted and evil, their intertwining lines forming the shapes of sinister eyes.
However, the phenomenon did not last long before being driven away by a surge of golden light.
At that moment, Xiao Tianyang was like a blazing sun rising into the sky. With a lift of his right hand, countless monsters screamed and retreated.
Yet just as Xiao Tianyang counterattacked, the other side responded as well.
Black flames descended like