"Big sister, save me!"
Startled out of his wits, the Great Forest Wood cultivator hurriedly called to the other two for help.
"Damn it! What the hell is that thing?!"
"Someone else is hiding nearby!"
Shocked and furious, the masked leader and the other cultivator turned and retreated swiftly in another direction, not daring to lend the Great Forest Wood cultivator a hand.
Neither had seen clearly, but the three streaks of green light that had flown from the shadows were ferociously sharp. Not only did their power seem beyond Mo Chen, who was already a spent arrow, but they had come from the wrong direction.
The successful ambush proved that the attacker was no weakling and might even specialize in sneak attacks. On top of that, an Initial Form Stage Snake Demon was racing toward them from behind.
All three villains were thrown into panic. They feared this venture would be their downfall.
Without consulting one another, all three unleashed their abilities and fled.
Of the two uninjured cultivators, one took to the air while the other plunged straight underground with Earth Escape.
The gravely wounded Great Forest Wood cultivator, however, flew barely fifty or sixty feet before falling.
Candle Shadow reacted swiftly and plunged after him. Before the Great Forest Wood cultivator could touch the vegetation and use Wood Escape, Candle Shadow swept away his Storage Bag with a coil of his tail, then swallowed him whole.
"Candle Shadow, come back and guard me. There are other cultivators nearby."
Mo Chen transmitted his voice through the mark with his divine sense, calling Candle Shadow back at once.
He had witnessed the hidden cultivator gravely wound the Great Forest Wood cultivator with three green concealed weapons. Keeping his spirit beast close would make it easier for them to support