Yu Zhiwen spat out a mouthful of blood, but as the soundwaves churned, the spray flowed backward and splattered all over her face.
Xu Xiaoshou shot forward.
He weaved through the surging soundwaves, charging against the current into the sky, and wrapped an arm around Yu Zhiwen's slender waist, turning to shield her against his chest.
"Xu Xiaoshou..."
Yu Zhiwen murmured unconsciously. Her vision went dark, and she fainted on the spot.
"Damn it."
Xu Xiaoshou narrowed his eyes.
Yu Zhiwen was not weak.
Though she was only at the peak of the Innate stage, she had many defensive spiritual artifacts and defensive array discs on her.
Yet beneath that roar, those self-activating Master-level spiritual artifacts had not even bought half a breath of time before exploding outright.
One could well imagine how terrifying the colossal White Skeleton inside was! A sharp pain shot through his back.
But it was not enough to make Xu Xiaoshou retreat even half a step.
"Countershock" and "Resilience" forcibly intercepted this opening sound attack.
The others were not so fortunate.
Aside from Yu Zhiwen, who had borne the brunt of it and been blasted away by the roar—
Luo Yupo, engrossed in the spiritual array and still intending to set Xu Xiaoshou up, was in an even more miserable state as he was sent flying.
Only after smashing through dozens of High Flame Maples did he barely halt his momentum. He flipped headfirst in midair and plunged straight into the ground.
Qu Qing'er and the others had been completely unprepared as well.
Faced with the might of that roar, some spat blood while others fainted.
The scene seemed to have plunged into a desperate impasse in an instant, as everyone arrived at hell's gates.
"Retreat!"
Xu Xiaoshou swept the area with his Perception. Aside