"Damn it, Six Paths!"
Meng Qi and the others appeared in a ruined temple. Hearing the clearly last-minute prompt added by the Six Paths, they looked around at their teammates, all of them visibly furious yet powerless to do anything.
Originally, they had exchanged enough karma points this time, and they had known in advance that their opponents would be demons.
They had quite a few methods specifically for dealing with demons. Even if Outer Scenery-level monsters appeared, they could kill them outright!
If they had all gathered together, Xu Yue and Jiang Zhiwei—both top ten on the Human Ranking—could each take on a Half-step Outer Scenery opponent. If necessary, Cao Zhan could even use Might Cannot Be Bent alongside the others to temporarily hold back one.
Even if a fourth Half-step Outer Scenery demon appeared, Ke Changji, who had already achieved Celestial Being Resonance, could still work with Meng Qi to restrain one.
After all, Meng Qi was already strong enough. Luo Shengyi and Qing Ying were both Human Ranking experts, while Zhang Yuanshan and Qi Zhengyan were no weaklings either. With Ruan Yushu providing sonic-attack support, they could hold out until Xu Yue and Jiang Zhiwei finished their battles, then sweep back and kill the enemies one by one. They could already stand against four Half-step Outer Scenery demons head-on without using consumable items.
Or they could kill one or two Half-step Outer Scenery demons with special bloodlines.
Combined with quite a few consumable items capable of killing Outer Scenery-level enemies, their preparations should have made this a sure thing.
There had even been a chance that no one would be lost.
Yet this sudden twist had split the team in two, drastically increasing the difficulty.
According to the background briefing, this was still the final stage of