The black-clad squad numbered ten. As they closed in, the leader let out a fierce roar. "Our Earth Fiend Scavenger Gang has taken a liking to this beast. If you know what's good for you, hand it over obediently!"
Lu Feng and Xi Youmeng's expressions darkened at the same time.
"Scavengers?"
Xi Youmeng eyed the newcomers suspiciously. She knew that whenever secret realms and the like opened, there would always be people looking to exploit opportunities and profit everywhere. She simply had not expected to encounter them herself—nor to run into such people the moment they entered the Saint Fire Underworld Abyss.
Looking at the black-clad men before them, even the weakest possessed Heaven Soul Realm Second Breath strength. The leader's strength was likely no less than her own.
Out of rational consideration, Xi Youmeng felt that giving up the Hyena-Toothed Beast was the best choice. It would prevent them from provoking these desperadoes and affecting the rest of their training.
Compared with being watched for the entire journey ahead, unable to find peace and forced to remain on high alert at every moment, losing one Hyena-Toothed Beast seemed like nothing.
Still, she could not help feeling somewhat unwilling.
Lu Feng stared at the arrivals in astonishment, his eyes filled with doubt. Before these people appeared, he had not sensed them in advance at all, and that left him faintly uneasy.
With their strength, they should not have been able to evade his perception.
Song Wenbai said with a gloomy expression, "We are from the Dark Shadow Illusion Mask Pavilion. Could you give us some face?"
"The Shadow Pavilion from the Snow Region?" The black-clad men were taken aback.
Song Wenbai was delighted, secretly feeling that there might be a turn for the better.
Yet after his brief surprise, the