Seeing how quick-witted that Schwartz fellow was, Li Bai turned around and nodded to Little Red Carp, agreeing to it. He might as well do the Dragon Knight Order a favor while he was at it. They'd owe him one!
He couldn't very well let this cheap Paladin's shelf life be less than an hour, could he?
Anyway, taking one along was no different from taking two. For Little Demoness Hong Li, it was just a thought; hardly any trouble at all.
Her Li Pearl Domain could now cover a radius of thirty zhang. Anyone or anything within that range could be moved into Li Pearl Space at will. Even a nuclear blast wouldn't faze her.
More than two thousand meters from the oasis, a battered figure emerged from thin air. He stood hunched over atop a sand dune, gasping for breath.
Still shaken, he turned to look back toward the oasis and muttered, "That was terrifying. I can't stay here. I need to get far away, fast!"
He had just made up his mind and was about to lift his foot when a voice reached his ears.
"Shadow Elder, you'd better stay right where you are!"
"Who?"
Shadow Elder, an extraordinary powerhouse from the Aladdin organization who had been lucky enough to escape the oasis, immediately reversed his grip on his Tactical Dagger and held it across his chest.
Several flashes of cold light flickered. A strange, gurgling sound rose from deep in his throat. He lowered his head in disbelief to see several tri-edged throwing spikes lodged in his chest, streams of blood spurting out.
Weapons of this design had been made purely for killing. Once they struck, there was no point in trying to save the victim.
His vision began to darken. Summoning the last of