Even Wang Meng, who was in the Profound Comprehension Realm, could not detect White? while he was shrouded in Black Nothingness, let alone a few base guards.
Their attention was completely drawn to Li Yuqing, and they had no idea that White? had released Lan Xiao nearby. In an instant, one of them had his neck snapped.
The others raised their rifles and prepared to fire, but Lan Xiao grabbed one guard by the neck with each hand and lifted them up. The two guards immediately found it hard to breathe, their legs kicking wildly.
That alone would have been bad enough, but then vast swaths of dark-blue flames surged from Lan Xiao's hands.
Lan Xiao's flames had no heat, yet anything touched by them quickly charred. The two guards struggled desperately, but there was no way they could break free from Lan Xiao's grip. Thus, two black-and-blue torches appeared in the corridor.
The last guard turned around in terror and tried to run. At that moment, a Sewing Needle flashed through the air, pierced the guard's eye, and emerged from the back of his head.
The guard's eyes immediately went dull. Then his body collapsed heavily to the ground, dead.
"Was that Sister Yuqing's Sewing Needle?"
While shrouded in Black Nothingness, White? looked at Li Yuqing's hands and, sure enough, saw a needle pinched between her fingers.
Li Yuqing then closed her fingers, and the Sewing Needle she had held between them vanished to who-knew-where. She knew that Sewing Needle had been created by Li Yuqing using Primal Energy.
In the blink of an eye, the guards had been dealt with. The base workers in the corridor had already left long ago, and White? poked his head out from Black Nothingness's cloak.
"Let's go. We need to reach the