The martial artists in the campsite soon discovered that they simply could not stay near Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing for long.
At that moment, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing stood on either side of the wooden structure, watching the surrounding darkness with wary expressions, ready at any moment to deal with the Black Shadow's sneak attacks.
The Houtian Layer Ten Martial Artists assigned to dismantle the structure were focusing all their attention on attacking the structure's nodes with everything they had, throwing the wood they tore down piece by piece beneath the steps of the great hall. They had no spare energy at all to guard against the Black Shadow's sneak attacks.
The Black Shadows around them seemed to have gone mad, launching wave after wave of assaults at this side. Every so often, a Black Shadow would suddenly burst out of the darkness and launch a fatal sneak attack at the martial artists dismantling the structure.
Even with the flames there, the Black Shadows often relied on their speed and agility to dodge them, then seized an opening to ambush the martial artists.
If Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing, these two Xiantian Masters, had not been holding the line—striking fast, accurately, and ruthlessly, driving the Black Shadows off in an instant every time they attacked—those Houtian Layer Ten Martial Artists would probably have long since become ghosts beneath the Black Shadows' claws, without even their bones remaining.
What made things even more troublesome was that every node of these wooden structures was carved with dense Formation Patterns. These patterns were like invisible barriers, firmly protecting the building materials and making the dismantling work exceptionally difficult.
Even martial artists who had reached Houtian Layer Ten needed to concentrate all the Internal Force in their bodies and attack nonstop for