Everyone held their breath and suppressed their auras.
A faint pink glow rose from Luo Yiyi's fingertips as she prepared to cast an illusion technique to conceal them at any moment.
The Ruthless Great Emperor gripped his sword, his gaze icy, ready to strike.
Situ Hao Yue also put away the Space Compass.
Spatial power circulated quietly, ready to seal the surrounding space at the first sign of trouble.
Time ticked by.
An exceedingly faint rustling gradually drifted through the deathly silent world.
It sounded like shadows scraping across the ground.
Soon, six indistinct figures drifted out of the distant gloom.
They were Ruins Shadow Patrol Soldiers.
Their bodies were translucent.
They seemed to have been condensed from grey mist and had no distinct facial features.
Only two points of eerie green flame flickered in their eye sockets amid the gloom.
The turbid qi around them was so faint it was almost nonexistent, blending perfectly with the Ruins Realm's return to silence aura.
Wherever they passed, even the surrounding return to silence aura rippled slightly.
There were six in all.
The leader was slightly larger and had a stronger aura, roughly at the immortal king peak stage.
They drifted very slowly.
As they drifted, they scanned from side to side.
The two points of eerie green flame flickered constantly, as though searching for something.
"They're Ruins Shadow Patrol Soldiers."
Blood Shadow transmitted his voice through spiritual sense, keeping it as low as possible.
"They have no intelligence and only know how to follow orders. They're especially sensitive to the vitality of living beings."
"Fortunately, the Void Barrier is shielding us. Otherwise, they would have discovered us long ago."
Luo Yiyi also asked through voice transmission.
"How large an area do these patrols cover?"
"They should be roaming everywhere within a