Zhang Yuanqing instinctively pulled Guan Ya to his side, his tone stern.
"Don't stray too far from me!"
The tall mixed-race beauty stumbled from his pull. Through the mist, Guan Ya saw Yuanshi's grave, tense expression. He looked like a child protecting his beloved toy, his nervous, cautious emotions written all over his face.
His reaction was the most genuine instinctive response. He would soon realize that I have a set of gear protecting me. Knowing Yuanshi's personality, he'll definitely immediately go inspect that poor girl's cause of death and change the subject.
"Guan Ya, be careful. I'll go see what happened," Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice.
Just as expected, Guan Ya thought, I saw through you, brat, a long time ago.
She followed Zhang Yuanqing to the corpse. By then, the other team members had already gathered around the girl's body, completed a preliminary "autopsy," and were discussing it with grief-stricken expressions.
"She was decapitated by a sharp weapon. Ai Ai had no chance to react at all," Peony Fairy said sorrowfully.
She seemed to know the girl called "Ai Ai."
"I was right beside her just now, but I didn't sense any movement. There was no sound of a blade being swung, nor any sound of the mist stirring," said Cattle-Pen Mountain Little Fairy, her hair tied in a bun as she frowned.
No movement at all—this was somewhat terrifying.
Unknown enemies were the most frightening. The Spirit Realm Walkers silently tensed up and took out their respective items in preparation for any danger.
All Under Heaven Returns to Fire crouched on the ground, examining the head and body. As he observed them, he voiced his analysis.
"The attack should have come from the front. It was an instantaneous decapitation. Strange—the spacing between team members wasn't