"Calm your hearts and focus! Join forces and hold them off!"
Scarlet Clouds shouted in a ringing voice, her words carrying a powerful strand of Soul Consciousness.
The previously chaotic crowd instantly fell silent. One Earth Element Qi defensive barrier after another rose around them.
Those affected by the Poison Powder and running about in madness were pinned to the ground by their companions.
With their targets gone, the swarm buzzed about like headless flies, circling in place for nearly half an Incense Stick's Time before gradually flying off into the distance.
"Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters can't hold on much longer!"
A young voice cried anxiously from within the crowd. The Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters he spoke of were those who had earlier been struck by the dust scattered by the swarm and lost their minds, going berserk.
To maintain silence, they had no choice but to seal the afflicted people's acupoints. Yet it seemed to bring no relief at all. On the contrary, as they continued struggling against it, each of them strained so hard that blood began streaming from their eyes and noses.
It was as though they had been driven by some illusion into forcibly breaking through their own sealed acupoints.
After sensing the condition of one of them nearby, Si Kongtong turned a gloomy face toward Scarlet Clouds and the others from Love Tomb. "They've been poisoned too deeply and can no longer continue onward. What do you intend to do?"
Red Scorpion said awkwardly, "We've already gone very deep in. It isn't like at the start, when we could send someone to escort the injured back."
Jiang Ruoyun could not bear it. "No matter how far it is, we have to send them back. We can't just abandon them here."
"Kill them," Scarlet