Three days later, at dusk.
The setting sun sank low, and the clouds burned like fire.
Within a canyon more than a day's journey from Longxing City, where the Defense Clan was based.
Tang Li, the Clear Sky Sect's Fifth Elder, and Tang Lie, its Seventh Elder, had set up several tents here with over a dozen direct descendants of the Clear Sky Sect, all Soul Emperors or above.
They planned to rest there for the night before setting off again.
Over here.
Just as everyone had finished setting up the tents, lit a bonfire to illuminate the surroundings and drive away the barely perceptible chill, and taken out dried meat to heat up and fill their stomachs.
Whoosh~
A cold wind suddenly swept through.
At that moment.
Tang Li and Tang Lie, the Fifth and Seventh Elders seated on the ground, seemed to sense something.
Their expressions changed abruptly.
They rose to their feet almost simultaneously and summoned their Clear Sky Hammer martial souls.
As nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—rose beneath their feet, Tang Lie's cold shout suddenly rang out through the canyon.
"Who's there!"
"Come out!"
Hearing Tang Lie's furious roar.
The other members of the Clear Sky Sect also realized something was wrong.
They immediately stopped everything they were doing, summoned their Clear Sky Hammer martial souls, and stared vigilantly in every direction.
At that time.
In the perception of everyone from the Clear Sky Sect.
The surroundings were utterly silent.
The silence was enough to make their hearts quail. Every stray sound had vanished, and even their companions' heavy breathing sounded exceptionally clear.
As the Clear Sky Sect members looked around.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A series of piercing sounds suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterward.
Jin Feng, Niu Gao, Dugu Bo, the Defense