The two words had barely left his mouth when his voice cut off abruptly!
As the sword light vanished, the sentry's head hit the ground, followed by his body crashing down hard.
Mu Hei jolted awake and sprang to his feet.
Almost at the same time, several streaks of sword light flew out from the dense forest, sweeping toward the people in the camp at astonishing speed.
Mu Hei let out a roar. "Halt!"
At the same time, a divine power barrier unfurled, enveloping everyone in the camp.
The sword lights struck the divine power barrier and were knocked aside.
Everyone woke and rose in alarm. Standing back-to-back, they raised their divine power shields and formed as tight a circle as they could.
"Ha ha!" Laughter rang out from the forest in the night.
"Mu Hei, you dog, die!"
Mu Hei narrowed his eyes and looked toward the source of the voice.
Qi Ji emerged from the forest atop an Earth Howler, his face twisted in wild laughter.
At the same time, nearly twenty men emerged one after another from the surrounding woods.
Mu Hei glanced at the fallen sentry, his eyes turning red. "Qi Ji, you've got some nerve!"
"You actually dared lay hands on my Mu Clan people!"
"Aren't you afraid that once I return to Dragon Mountain Commandery, I'll report you to the Empire?"
Just then, another voice sounded. "That is, if you still have a life left to return to Dragon Mountain Commandery!"
Mu Hei turned at those words and saw that behind him stood another expert at the peak of the eighth level of the Divine Power Realm.
From what he could sense, the man had a head of white hair and a face as pale as if he had crawled out of a grave.