"Two Ordinary Creation experts, and hundreds of Puppets."
The three young men and women looked battered. Each bore injuries, and their fine clothes were torn to shreds.
By contrast, the two men opposite them were unscathed, their auras overwhelmingly powerful. And then there were the Puppets surrounding them on every side...
"This is trouble."
Of the three, the eldest was a bearded man whose expression had turned grim. Gripping a Great Saber, he stood between his companions and said in a low voice, "Junior Brother Luo, Junior Sister Lin, go. I'll hold off the Blood Cloud Saber Demon and Xi Kui!"
As he spoke, the Bearded Man glanced at the Puppet remains scattered across the ground. Deep wariness filled his eyes.
There were around a dozen fallen Puppets. Though covered in wounds, they were still remarkably intact.
Their defenses are astonishing!
The Blood Cloud Saber Demon is a Puppet Master too!
The Bearded Man's face darkened. He and his companions had accepted a mission to kill the Blood Cloud Saber Demon together. They had thought that, even if the demon had spent a hundred years in the Creation realm, the three of them could handle him by joining forces.
Before setting out, they had also investigated Blood Cloud Stronghold. Its Deputy Stronghold Chief, Xi Kui, had reportedly left to cultivate in seclusion. Only the Blood Cloud Saber Demon remained.
The Blood Cloud Saber Demon was the chief of Blood Cloud Stronghold!
And Xi Kui was its Deputy Stronghold Chief. They were Blood Cloud Stronghold's two Creation Great Experts!
As for the Bearded Man and his two companions... they were Inner Disciples of the Azure Flame Sect. The Bearded Man was named Jiao Hui. He had cultivated in the Azure Flame Sect's Inner Gate for fifteen years, had long since passed