The Pre-Heaven Realm and Heavenly Human Realm experts in the camp couldn't wait any longer. They were the first to flee.
More than a dozen people shot out in all directions. Seeing them make a move, some others couldn't wait either and followed.
Who didn't want to escape alive? The fighting had already started in the camp. If they didn't run now, they might die here. Though they knew the Tianli Sect's martial artists were powerful, everyone cast aside their fear in the face of death, focused only on getting out.
When Usul saw the second group flee, he grabbed Gelei Leo.
"Come on. I'll get you out. The rest of you, cover us!"
Usul was the captain of the Divine Light Sect's knight order, a peak Pre-Heaven Realm expert who was only a hair's breadth from advancing to the Heavenly Human Realm. As Gelei Leo's protector, he had to make sure Gelei Leo escaped alive.
Gripping Gelei Leo with one hand, he shot out. He was wary and didn't dare fly into the air, instead weaving through the ruins beneath the cover of night.
The other members of the Divine Light Sect followed. They were all Pre-Heaven Realm experts, and they kept close behind Usul.
But just as they flew out, cold light flashed in the sky. One by one, the martial artists in the first group were pierced by the light, spraying blood as they fell.
Screams tore through the night, their shrill cries making everyone's hearts clench.
Before the terror could even subside, several streaks of cold light swept across the night sky. The people in the second group screamed as they fell one after another, like birds with broken wings. Blood spattered through the air, and the stench of it filled the night in an instant.