Three eighth-rank fighters closed in from both sides at once.
The one on the left was Grus, tall and lean, with a dark red bone blade in each hand.
He moved so fast that the afterimage on Song Chen's left had yet to fade before he was right beside him.
His bone blades crossed in a slash, sending two dark red arcs straight at Song Chen's neck.
The one on the right was Mark. Short and stocky but powerfully built, he charged head-on with a massive bone shield gripped in both hands.
Psychic energy gathered over the bone shield into a dark red wall of light, forcibly blocking Song Chen's blade.
The third was Taran, slender and long-limbed. Forming seals with both hands, he released a dark red net of psychic energy from behind, trying to restrain Song Chen.
Together, the three sealed off every direction.
Song Chen activated Void Traverse on the spot, but he did not intend to dodge. He passed straight through to the inside of Mark's bone shield.
Mark felt the front of his shield suddenly meet nothing. His enemy was already right in his face.
The Falling Star Blade swept upward, its blade light piercing the bone shield.
The blade light entered through Mark's lower jaw and punched into his skull.
Grus and Taran retreated at the same time, but Song Chen was far faster than either of them.
With a flash of Void Traverse, he appeared beside Grus.
The Falling Star Blade swept horizontally, its blade light slicing through the middle of Grus's neck.
His elongated head flew into the air, dark red blood spraying several meters high from his severed neck.
Taran had already retreated a hundred paces. His hands frantically formed seals as the dark red psychic net closed around Song Chen.