"...Is it safe up ahead?"
"Brother Wuming, the route your Heavenly Sword Sect scouted is a dead end..."
At that moment, in the land of mist, Yuan Wuji, Ge Renxiong, and the others all looked utterly grim.
They had fought with everything they had and burned through most of the life-saving resources they carried just to escape the territory of those snow-white demon swallows.
The elite experts of the three great sects had already suffered nearly fifty percent casualties.
And now, they had no idea how much farther the road ahead stretched.
Jian Wuming's brows were knitted tightly, too.
The farther in they went, the more terrifying the forbidden beasts they encountered became. The snow-white demon swallows had already been so powerful... Could they handle whatever forbidden beasts came next?
Just then, Lin Yihao suddenly smiled and spoke:
"I have a way to get everyone safely farther ahead."
He stepped forward confidently and said:
"The only reason we've been safe this whole way is because I was here."
"Now, I can keep you all safe, but you'll have to pay the appropriate price!"
Everyone turned to look at him.
The three sect leaders, however, all wore cold expressions.
"You think a little cultivator who's only reached the Forbidden Realm can make such wild claims?"
Ge Renxiong spoke in a low voice, his words laced with anger.
"Who do you think you are, trying to bargain with us?"
Lin Yihao said coldly:
"With this sword, do I have the right to bargain with you?"
He took the rusty black longsword off his back and drew it slightly from its sheath.
At once, a terrifying aura burst from the sword, making everyone's hearts pound with shock.
"What... what kind of power is this? Even I'm shaken by it."
Jian Wuming exclaimed.
"This