After the delicate-looking man appeared, a second figure emerged, then a third...
The instant Hua Meixi saw those three figures, her pupils shrank violently. "A Shi and Four Beauties of the Thoughtless Sacred Sect, and Pei Fenyi."
But there were more than just those three. When Yin Shi drifted down with the two women to the edge of the blood-pattern array, dozens more figures came rushing out from behind the blasted-open gap.
They were, astonishingly, dozens of Desert Dust Academy disciples.
Just as Sikong Jing had said, the Blood Charm Demon Cat was now in grave danger. The Thoughtless Sacred Sect had actually evaded its awareness.
And they had come straight to the center of the blood-pattern grand array, facing the Blood Charm Demon Cat head-on.
At that moment, the Blood Charm Demon Cat gaped wide, staring at Yin Shi and the others in utter disbelief as it asked tremblingly, "You... you're not dead yet? Why wasn't I able to detect you?"
It was completely dumbfounded. It had never expected these people to still exist. They should clearly have all died.
At those words, the sinister charm on Yin Shi's face deepened.
"Legend says that the Blood Charm Demon Cat's greatest ability is its life-sensing power, inherited from the ferocious beast Night Charm. So when we came here, we deliberately 'died' beneath the Spirit Shadow's attacks, turning our life auras into death auras."
"Like that, wouldn't you be unable to sense us?"
As he spoke, Yin Shi smilingly took out a bundle of grayish-white grass roots and continued, "Gray Mist Grass Roots. Swallow them, and one will give off a temporary aura of death. They happen to be perfect for dealing with you."
"Of course, I couldn't make us appear too weak either..."
"So, along the way, I occasionally killed