In Wei City, the three who had fled into the city in disarray panted heavily, drenched in cold sweat, still shaken by the narrow escape.
"We can't beat him."
The young man in blue straightened up, wiped the cold sweat from his brow, and spoke.
"We truly can't beat him."
Teacher echoed him.
Ning Chen spread his hands, indicating that he had no solution either.
"That Enlighten Me Dao Sword of his is too formidable. Without a way to restrain it, we're nothing but living targets," the young man in blue said bitterly.
"It's fast, and we can't touch it. How are we supposed to restrain it?" Teacher asked flatly.
The young man in blue looked at Ning Chen beside him suspiciously. "Just now, you seemed to vanish in an instant. You're pretty fast."
"I'm not going."
Ning Chen saw through his intentions and immediately refused.
Lure the enemy? He was not an idiot.
"Do you have any sense of cooperation at all? This old scholar and I are helping you deal with your trouble!" the young man in blue said indignantly.
"Still not going."
Ning Chen remained unmoved.
"You!"
The young man in blue was so furious he wanted to hit someone. With a great enemy before them, he forcibly held himself back and said, "Think again. What other methods do we have?"
"Do either of you have a magical artifact that can block that Enlighten Me Dao Sword?" Ning Chen asked.
"No."
Teacher was the first to answer.
Then, both their gazes turned toward the young man in blue.
"Why are you looking at me?" the young man in blue snapped. "That's the Enlighten Me Dao Sword, not some scrap metal. Where would I get an artifact capable of blocking it?"
"Don't you have an umbrella? You could