Before Mr. Seventy-Seven could unleash the power of the short blade, still sheathed and clearly a demigod artifact, Lin Qi's fists had already slammed into his head like meteors. With a crisp crack, Mr. Seventy-Seven's skull exploded, spraying blood across the floor.
The two black-robed men who had appeared alongside Mr. Seventy-Seven let out disbelieving screams and simultaneously drew wands radiating powerful magical fluctuations from their sleeves. But before they could act, Etris's long hair, wreathed in fiercely burning black flames, shot out from behind Lin Qi like lightning and coiled around their necks in a single sweep.
A strange light flickered in Yun's eyes. The two black-robed men suddenly froze, then simultaneously raised their wands and viciously blasted each other in the head.
The blow left both men bloody and battered, their cries of pain ringing out without end.
Then Elysian Heaven appeared before them as abruptly as a ghost. Her hands bloomed lightly like lotus petals, gently striking their brows. The two black-robed men's bodies stiffened at once, and Etris's hair snapped inward viciously. Their heads silently severed amid the black flames, blood erupting in swift fountains.
Etris gave a soft snort. Her hair suddenly drained the two black-robed men's blood and souls completely clean. Then the black flames over her body abruptly contracted. The black fire that had originally towered several meters high swiftly compressed until it was only an inch tall, yet it became thicker and deeper, like a black hole. A mere glance at those black flames seemed enough to pull one's soul inside.
The surrounding black-robed men all cried out in despair and terror. They simultaneously drew weapons of every kind and wands shining in every color, preparing to launch an all-out, desperate attack on Lin Qi's group.
But a suffocating pressure descended out