By this point, the team members' faces were filled with fear, and they could barely even speak coherently.
"Yang, Yang Chen, what... what should we do?"
"Yang Chen, what are we supposed to do?"
At this moment, they had placed their backbone, their pillar of support, entirely on Yang Chen.
Yang Chen had become their only hope. It was not that they believed he could still do anything, but that they themselves could no longer make a choice.
Fear had stormed and conquered reason.
Yang Chen's expression remained unchanged. Without taking his eyes off the ghostly creatures gradually attempting to encircle them, he said, "Hide first."
"B-But if we hide, what will you do?" Murong Hongye asked worriedly.
"Hurry and go. If we stay, we'll only be a burden to Brother Yang Chen." The moment the others heard Yang Chen tell them to hide while he stayed behind to buy time, they were overjoyed.
Naturally, they did not need to think twice. Once they decided to leave, they would not linger for even a moment.
If luck favored them, perhaps they could even slip away.
Only Murong Hongye, who held feelings for Yang Chen, was unwilling to leave when she saw him remaining there alone.
As far as Yang Chen was concerned, some of the team members were eager to leave. Though it was somewhat heartless, they were not wrong.
Indeed, staying behind would only burden him.
This was not the time to talk about loyalty. Even he felt some pressure when facing so many ghostly creatures. If these people hid, it would bring him nothing but benefits and no harm.
For a time, the team members all retreated.
Seeing this, the Nine Yin Ghost General sneered. "You really are noble, letting them hide first while you stay here to