"Not bad. Perhaps this is what they mean by fortune and misfortune relying on each other. After being unlucky for long enough, things will eventually turn around!"
Four disheveled figures crawled out of the shadows, which were like an abyssal mire.
Every one of them was panting heavily, bloodstains covering their bodies.
They were clearly badly wounded.
They were none other than the four Gu controllers who had fought the Blood Butcher in front of Yang Manor not long ago!
Just moments ago, they had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Blood Butcher and were on the verge of having the Gu within them stripped away,
when several other old monsters arrived and drew the Blood Butcher's attention.
That had allowed them to escape with their lives by sheer luck.
Afterward, when those old monsters erupted into a clash,
the skinny man controlling Shadow Gu directly wrapped the other three in shadow.
Borrowing the power of Shadow Gu, he had slipped away to this place without a sound.
They had escaped that terrifying battlefield.
Recalling everything they had encountered before leaving, along with the oppressive and terrifying Gu power in the air, left everyone shaken to the core.
However, when they saw the group of figures from Yang Manor gathered on the open ground not far away, including Yang Zongcheng,
their moods improved considerably.
"These people should be relatives of that Gu fire controller called Yang Qingyun."
"That should be right. So our target is among them?"
"Probably not. I can't sense any Gu aura from them, but they must know that man's whereabouts."
"Act quickly. We can't delay any longer!"
"Although we don't know how long those old monsters will keep fighting, once they reach a conclusion—or come to an agreement—this trip will have nothing left