Not only did Ban Sai and the others tense up, even the Ancient Beasts' expressions changed slightly.
During the great war, the Death Sentence Guards had slaughtered no few members of the Ancient Beast race. The two sides bore blood-deep hatred for one another.
"Too slow, Xifu Lake." One of the Death Sentence Guards spoke sharply. He raised a hand, revealing a hollow in his palm as well, and aimed it at An Xi standing guard at the doorway.
"Now, return to the nebula." A dark crimson, profound starlight condensed in the Death Sentence Guard's palm.
Not far away, two more streaks of light shot over. Two tall men with sharp white wolf ears watched from afar, smiling.
Screech!!
The dark crimson beam suddenly shot forth, like a red spear capable of piercing all things, viciously stabbing toward An Xi, who stood with her chest raised.
"What do you want to do to my Research Institute!?"
Suddenly, a thick, powerful hand reached out precisely from behind An Xi and caught the red beam in its grasp.
"!!!" The two Death Sentence Guards showed looks of astonishment.
The red beam writhed and trembled madly in the palm, trying to break free.
From the Core Area's exit, a tall, muscular black shadow slowly emerged.
Boom!!
The beam exploded in the black shadow's hand, turning into countless red fragments that scattered down.
"Our Research Institute may be small, may be weak, but this place belongs to us, belongs to all of us. It is our true, only home and harbor."
Xifu Lake looked up into the black shadow's eyes, but all he saw was a sheet of deathly white. He could not even find any pupils.
Warily, he gave the two Death Sentence Guards a signal with his eyes.
"To obstruct judgment is