A seven-man squad.
On the surface, Tian Wei had the highest cultivation, having reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Casting.
Even Tian Wei, at the Fourth Layer of Qi Casting, could not withstand the attack unleashed by the detonated Sword Seed. Han Song and the other four squad members had lower cultivation—one at the Qi Casting Realm Third Layer and four at the Qi Casting Realm Second Layer—and were even less resistant to Mental Power.
The instant the Sword Seed erupted, their minds went blank, and they froze in place like puppets.
Blood-red sword shadows poured down like a torrential rain, shrouding them all.
A streak of Sword Qi pierced through Han Song's chest. Blood gushed out as his body toppled over stiffly. His eyes remained wide open, as though he had not come to his senses even in death.
Of the four Qi Casting Realm Second Layer members, one had his neck severed by Sword Qi, his head rolling across the ground. The other three were struck by more than a dozen streaks of Sword Qi at once, their bodies riddled with holes like sieves.
As for the black-clad man who had detonated the Sword Seed, the backlash tore him into fragments the moment the Sword Qi erupted. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and he did not even leave behind a scream.
All of this happened in less than two breaths.
The dust settled.
The clearing was a scene of utter devastation.
The ground was crisscrossed with ravines carved by Sword Qi. Broken stones and rubble lay scattered everywhere, while the air was thick with the stench of blood.
Tian Wei, Han Song, and the other four teammates were all dead.
Only Chen Xuan...
He had sensed that something was wrong before the Sword Seed erupted and swiftly retreated,