But six assassins suddenly appeared and surrounded them, seven soul rings gleaming around each one.
Clearly, after two and a half years of cultivation, the counterfeit Zhuan Po, Mie Hun, and Wang Liang had all advanced to Soul Sage.
Whether in overall strength or coordination, these Six Sword Slaves had reached new heights.
At that moment, both Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong knew they had pushed things too far. They were utterly terrified.
The Counterfeit Six Sword Slaves could not have cared less what happened to Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong.
Ever since their last mission in the Star Dou Great Forest had failed, Xuan Jian had imposed brutally strict training on them.
By now, they had cast aside their humanity.
They had become nothing but sword slaves who obeyed Xuan Jian alone.
Never mind Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing, two disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Even if it were Hu Liena, the Pope's disciple, they would dare to kill her as long as Xuan Jian gave the order.
"Attack!"
At Zhen Gang's command, the Six Sword Slaves struck together.
Under the six men's combined assault, Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong felt the threat of death almost instantly.
Their lives began flashing before their eyes.
Zhu Qing remembered all the kindness her older sister had shown her before she turned six. But after she awakened her martial soul at six and, still too young to understand, became engaged to Dai Mubai, the Star Luo Empire's third prince, her sister had begun targeting her in every way, even treating her as an enemy.
Later, as she grew older and gradually came to understand things, she learned that the two of them had already been dragged into a struggle where one had to die for the other to live.