At this point, everyone present was utterly shocked.
My mind buzzed, and half my body went cold. In that instant, I froze completely.
It was not just me. Master and Uncle Yu's expressions changed drastically as well.
"What? The Tatar Black Shamans are here?"
"Have the Black Shamans not died out yet?"
"Have those Black Shamans eaten bear hearts and leopard guts? They dare invade us?"
"..."
Only then did I snap out of my shock.
I hurried forward.
"You said... you said Mao Jing is dead?"
Fear filled me. It had been a long time since I had felt such terror so vividly, wrapping itself around my entire body.
I had known Mao Jing for years. He was the first person I had met in our four-man team.
If he had not controlled that rooster to guide the way back then, it would have been difficult for me to escape the Experimental Building.
Unless Xiao Yu had forcefully revealed herself and fought the Great Fiend head-on...
The bloody battle against the driver ghost on the bus afterward had also been a near-death experience.
And now... now that I had heard news of Mao Jing's death, I simply could not believe it.
He was so intelligent and widely read. How could he possibly have died in a place like this?
Pine Breeze, whose left hand was nothing but bare bones, was about to speak after hearing me.
But he failed to catch his breath and collapsed unconscious in the main hall.
"Pine Breeze, Pine Breeze..."
I called out repeatedly.
But Pine Breeze was on the verge of death. There was no way to wake him.
"Quick, take Pine Breeze for treatment!"
Daoist Jade Soul said.
At the same time, the entire main hall erupted into commotion.
Foreign evil cultivators were