Retreat in Defeat

Facing the three tail stingers shooting toward her, Lan Chen's expression turned especially grave.

Before the tail stingers even drew near, she could already feel an icy killing intent rushing straight at her.

With a flip of her hand, a foot-tall little tower appeared in Lan Chen's palm.

With a raised hand, she tossed it into the air. The little tower flew above her head, blazing with azure light.

The azure radiance condensed into the phantom image of a treasure tower, protecting her within it.

The three Gold-Eating Ants had naturally targeted Lan Chen first because her gray cloth bag could unleash gales, blocking the yellow poisonous mist's attacks.

Naturally, Song Wen and the other two could not simply watch as the three tail stingers attacked Lan Chen.

Song Wen was the first to act, summoning a wall of blood.

However, the blood wall barely slowed the tail stingers at all before they effortlessly pierced through it.

Instead, the deadly poison on the stingers caused the Blood Sea Seal to lose a bit more blood qi.

Next came Mo Yexue's flying sword.

The flying sword struck one of the tail stingers.

The tail stinger was sent flying.

However, the flying sword was also knocked back several yards. By the time it tried to intercept the other two tail stingers, it was already too late.

Blood Brow also tried to recall her three Soul-Breaking Awls, but they were too far away—like a whip too short to reach.

The two tail stingers struck the phantom image of the treasure tower.

The tower phantom seemed almost solid, emitting a faint hum.

The tail stingers left only two shallow white marks on the azure phantom before they could advance no farther.

Just then, the two tail stingers suddenly changed direction and shot diagonally upward.