This time, we had fallen into an unprecedentedly difficult situation.
In terms of powerful enemies, the Great Tengu and the Saiō of the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect did not even rank among the formidable foes we had encountered before.
Fox Grudge of Ghost Cry City, the Black Shaman of the Northern Desert, Kong Lingqi of Ten Thousand City—every one of them had been stronger than the Great Tengu before us.
Even during the battle at Carefree Tower, when we faced the materialized body of the Great Fiend, we had never been so passive.
But now, although these enemies were not as strong as those we had faced before, we had to confront them ourselves. There were no other helpers.
We had no Xiao Yu's spirit body as our trump card, no master to back us up, and no reinforcements.
Everything had to be resolved by ourselves.
The threat of death, the crushing pressure of death, left us all unable to breathe.
But I would not admit defeat so easily, much less give up resisting.
Facing the Great Tengu's long and short katanas, I wielded the Dark Axe and Black Umbrella, constantly blocking and counterattacking.
Senior Brother beside me kept restraining the Great Tengu as well, but the opponent's cultivation was above both of ours. He had reached the peak of the Spiritual Wisdom Realm and had even touched the Heaven Surge Rank.
On top of that, he knew curse arts, and the katanas in his hands were powerful ritual artifacts.
If the Black Umbrella had not retained some defensive power, neither Senior Brother nor I would have been a match for him.
Bang!
The opponent struck down again.
This time, I barely blocked it with the Black Umbrella.
But I myself was sent flying five meters away.
The web of my