"Senior, how did you know about this when you entered this place together with us juniors?" Lan Xuan asked suspiciously.
"That is something I do not need to tell you. You can choose to believe me or not. It is up to you." The Black Panther Puppet gave a cold laugh.
Within this Violet Paulownia Forest, the number of vicious demon hounds never seemed to decrease. Their bodies had been refined through special means, leaving them with little intelligence and an extreme bloodlust. As the fierce battle continued, dozens had already fallen to Lan Xuan and the others. Yet the vicious demon hounds showed no sign of diminishing.
"Hiss!" Among Lan Xuan, Mo Yuyan, and the other cultivators, two vicious demon hounds suddenly abandoned Yan Xiaoyu and pounced toward Xue Yan. Yan Xiaoyu stood in midair, a huge spiderweb spread behind her. Threads of silk lashed out viciously like sharp whips.
Originally, four vicious demon hounds should have been attacking Yan Xiaoyu, but two of them suddenly charged toward Xue Yan instead. Yan Xiaoyu's current combat strength came from the White Jade King Spider; her own cultivation had not reached this level. When the two vicious demon hounds abruptly withdrew, she seemed unable to react in time.
Xue Yan had originally only needed to face four vicious demon hounds, but two more suddenly joined the assault. After prolonged fighting had consumed much of his strength, he failed to block them in time and was struck in the chest by an icy-blue sphere spat out by one of the vicious demon hounds. In an instant, his spirit armor was completely wrapped in a layer of blue ice. Within the floating ice, it looked as though a dog-shaped demon spirit were hiding. Like a shadow, it bit toward Xue Yan's throat.
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