"Sixteen, what happened? Why did you only just get back?"
The moment he arrived, Xuan Seventy-One hurriedly asked.
Feeling the concern of Qin Hao and the other three, the aloof Xuan Sixteen felt warmth fill her heart. She smiled faintly and said, "It was nothing much. I was simply discovered ahead of time during my mission, and the outer realm demon spirits hunted me down and cut off my escape routes."
"Hunted you down and cut off your escape routes?"
Qin Hao's heart tightened.
Without a doubt, Xuan Sixteen did not want to say much, but how could Qin Hao fail to understand the danger involved? Xuan Sixteen's safe return was probably a stroke of incredible luck!
Her return alive was probably an extraordinary stroke of luck!
Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two also felt their hearts tighten, immediately realizing the danger she had faced.
However.
Since Xuan Sixteen would not speak of it, they could hardly press her.
"What's the situation outside now?" Xuan Fifty-Two asked.
At those words, Xuan Seventy-One and Xuan Thirty-Two immediately turned to Xuan Sixteen as well.
Xuan Sixteen had now returned.
But they would soon be heading out.
Understanding what was happening outside would be a considerable help in their upcoming Life-and-Death Missions.
"War on every front." Xuan Sixteen pondered briefly before saying, "The outer realm demon spirits are attacking everywhere, though the Heavenly Palace has also deployed Ancestral Gods to defend against them. I heard..."
She paused, then continued, "Divine Lord Redcloud took action and fought a Divine Lord Demon God among the outer realm demon spirits, destroying a vast swath of star regions."
"Even Divine Lords have taken action?"
"Hiss... it seems the situation is extremely grim."
"Those damned outer realm demon spirits."
Hearing this, Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan