Yin Curtain I

Outside the abandoned manor.

The white fox leaped lightly into the air and landed steadily on a massive tree branch.

"Using the power of that avatar once should have been enough to deal with him completely. But after getting rid of the envoy, we still have to consider the trouble afterward. The Main Sect will not let this go."

"Of course. But as long as the Mother of Pain is still holding on, we can remain safe and sound forever." A black python as thick as a water barrel slowly crawled out from the nearby bushes. Its eyes were like two drops of ink, black beyond black.

"It's just... that envoy. I keep feeling like I've seen him somewhere before. He looks very familiar." For some reason, the white fox felt a growing unease in its heart.

"Perhaps we encountered him when we used that offspring to gather souls before?" the python asked in a low voice.

The white fox pondered for a moment and was about to answer.

BOOM!! A tremendous blast suddenly erupted, and the entire ground shook violently.

"What's going on!!?" The white fox and the other two hurriedly steadied themselves.

"Not good! The offspring has shattered! Run!!" The python's eyes widened in terror. It turned and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a streak of black lightning that shot into the distance.

The white fox and the Black Chicken were no slower. One sprang toward the trees, while the other plunged headfirst into the ground.

But it was already too late.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!! Dense black lightning shot out from the center of the manor, like pitch-black cracks twisting and spreading to cover a radius of several hundred meters.

The Black Chicken, white fox, and python had only managed to flee a dozen