At this moment, Nangong Xin's entire body was draped over Ye Yun's shoulder. Both hands clung to Ye Yun's arm, his head resting on her shoulder as he followed her forward step by step.
At the same time, he was secretly delighted. Ye Yun had not rejected such an intimate gesture, and that filled his heart with joy.
He was suffering and happy at the same time.
"If you keep this up, do you believe I'll chop off your arm?"
Just as Nangong Xin was immersed in this tender haven, Ye Yun's icy voice reached his ears. He shuddered and immediately let go of her, putting some distance between them.
Facing Ye Yun's cold, stern gaze, Nangong Xin could only scratch his head helplessly and follow obediently behind her.
Still, his heart was already utterly satisfied. Ye Yun had let him hold her arm—he had held her arm! And Ye Yun smelled so good. Leaning against her had given him such a sense of security.
When the group emerged from the gorge and arrived at the high platform from before, they saw countless Demonic Beasts entrenched across the open ground ahead.
Some of those Demonic Beasts could even fly. It was simply outrageous.
The Demonic Beasts seemed to have been lying in wait for quite some time. The moment everyone emerged, they found them staring intently, like tigers eyeing their prey.
In the sky, a full twenty Nascent Soul Realm mighty cultivators stood in a line. Opposite them were eight Nascent Soul Realm Demonic Beasts.
"It seems the five great sects have mobilized everything this time. What a spectacular sight."
One of the Demonic Beasts looked at the twenty great Nascent Soul Realm cultivators before it, then at the several thousand disciples below—Foundation Establishment and Golden Core disciples, their strengths