No one could have imagined that Niu Youdao would choose this place to make a suicidal move. There were only two of them, while this was a place packed with thousands upon thousands of troops and experts!
Even with the precedent of Heaven Valley, no one had expected Niu Youdao to dare seize hostages here. For a moment, no one had recovered from the shock.
Niu Youdao himself had already leaped into the air, sweeping two enormous sword auras around him with both hands, one before and one behind. The people around him were so startled that they scattered out of the way. Some soldiers failed to flee in time and were instantly cut apart, flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Yun Ji grabbed Shang Shuqing with one hand and snatched the infant from her arms with the other, using her magic to protect them both from harm.
The earth churned, and the two adults and one child swiftly sank underground. The tremendous rumbling startled the infant awake, and it burst into wailing.
Shang Shuqing looked at Yun Ji, so horrified her jaw nearly dropped, and screamed, "No!"
As they sank, Yun Ji shook her head, revealing a snake head. Her bloody maw opened, and she actually stuffed the infant into it, swallowing the child whole in one gulp. Shang Shuqing was so frightened she nearly fainted.
The snake head appeared only briefly before swiftly changing back into a human face.
The earth surged and closed over them as they vanished underground.
Seeing this, those who had dodged immediately realized they had been tricked. Niu Youdao had not come for secret talks at all—he had come to snatch hostages.
"Earth escape? Where do you think you're running?" An Supreme Elder of Sunset Glow Manor bellowed in fury and flashed over, visible