Night Four and Bu Liugu Zhen's idea was sound, but the Evil Ghost Elite were no pushovers.
The Evil Ghost Elite lined up their spears to form a Forest of Spears, leaving Night Four and Bu Liugu Zhen no chance to approach. They had no intention of entangling themselves with the two, either. Instead, they gripped their spears and forcibly pressed forward against them. Their speed did not slow at all—they simply stopped accelerating.
Night Four and Bu Liugu Zhen were risking their lives to buy time, but Gai Louxian saw Jiang Shi and Bunny Heroine stop. They ran to the bandaged freak instead of continuing deeper inside.
Had they fled inward just to meet up with this strange man?
Gai Louxian recalled the demonic corpses he had seen along the way. Their bodies were covered in chaotic slashes, all so crude that one might suspect the attacker had deliberately avoided their vital points. Otherwise, how could he have managed to miss the right answer every single time?
If the bandaged freak had killed them, then his strength was definitely below Night Four's.
Gai Louxian sighed, stopped, and waved forcefully. "Quick! Quick, take Jiang Nian and run!"
Since even Jiang Nian was no match for them, Gai Louxian no longer wished to flee.
The reason he had forced himself to run all the way here was because he had been counting on Jiang Nian to turn the tide.
Ordinary people might have believed that the Commander was Ping City's strongest expert, but Gai Louxian knew very well that Jiang Nian far surpassed the Commander in both combat ability and defensive tokens. The Commander was over fifty and had not entered a secret realm in years, choosing only to indulge himself. His vital energy and blood had long since withered, while