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Bang! The Ghost Guard silently appeared behind the Foundation Establishment old man. The twin spikes formed from Soul Force burst with a cloud of black light and abruptly stabbed him in the back. His energy shield had absorbed most of the force, but the remainder still drove the twin spikes deep into his spine. The old man stared back in disbelief, only to see a ferocious ghost with a blue-green face and fangs baring its teeth at him in a savage grin. Its cold, razor-sharp teeth sank straight into his neck.
He'd fallen for a trap. It was all over. The Foundation Establishment old man's pupils began to fade as he watched his clansmen being slaughtered one by one by the ferocious ghosts behind them. Blood filled the air, and the ghosts' excited, savage shrieks rang without end.
Another Foundation Establishment Cultivator had just reached the battlefield when the Ice Ghost Guard set its sights on him. He, too, was middle-aged, but his cultivation was only at the fifth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. As he watched his clansmen being slaughtered one by one—even his own elder brother had been seized by a ferocious ghost and was being devoured alive—he burst into a brilliant Escape Light and prepared to flee. But a mass of icy white vapor enveloped him. His entire body turned numb and stiff with cold; his Escape Light went out, and he plunged from the sky. An icicle from the Ice Ghost Guard awaited him.
Lei Dong had been most concerned about the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators. He'd assigned a level-twelve Ghost Guard to each of them from the start. How could he let them get even the slightest chance to escape? A