A flicker of surprise crossed Lu Xiaotian's eyes. Ye Ziyu was also close to finishing off the opponent before her, while Baili Fei and Fu Yu were holding their own. He didn't need to worry much about those few. The Sword Embryo that Lu Xiaotian had transformed into flashed forward, darting straight in front of the monsters lunging at the fire corpses and blocking them from reaching the two fire corpses behind him.
Having fought these monsters before, Lu Xiaotian acted with considerably more decisiveness. After all, when facing some sinister creature he had never encountered, he always held something back until he discovered its weakness, ready to deal with any sudden changes. But now that he had a rough understanding of the monsters formed from these crystals, he no longer had so much to fear.
The Misty Sword Embryo that Lu Xiaotian had transformed into surged with power. The two fire corpses were in particularly bad shape, and Daoist Sanhua was not doing much better. If they could not purge the sinister power invading their bodies, they might well suffer casualties. In this completely unfamiliar place, the two fire corpses—and even Daoist Sanhua—were not especially powerful by Lu Xiaotian's standards, but they were still a force to be reckoned with. Of course, sometimes they also made suitable cannon fodder. Baili Fei and Fu Yu were his own people, so they were naturally unsuited to that role.
There were quite a few monsters to face at once—ten in all. Aside from the strange power lurking in the shadows, they had no other special tricks, but every one of them had reached the Divine Void Realm. Facing enemies more than ten times their number while also trying to protect the two fire corpses and Daoist Sanhua was no easy task.
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