A Ghost Deity much shorter than [Ling Axe] slowly emerged from the shadows, holding an iron chain that split into three, its three ends connected to Zhang Yuan, Xie Jingxin, and Ao Zhi respectively.
"[Iron Chain], you failed to catch them."
Seeing that all three had successfully responded, [Ling Axe] spoke.
[Iron Chain] glanced at the mountain-like [Ling Axe] and said indifferently:
"I'm not blind. Why aren't you hurrying after them?"
[Ling Axe] snorted, displeased by their attitude, but said nothing more. Picking up the enormous, heavy axe, they stamped two deep pits into the ground and leaped up, cleaving toward Zhang Yuan and Xie Jingxin.
Zhang Yuan continued forward along the iron chain. Looking back at the giant axe spilling demonic qi, he restrained Xie Jingxin beside him, who could barely hold herself back from attacking. His sleeves billowed as he swept out a gust of Miasma Wind, blowing it against the Ghost Deity [Ling Axe]'s enormous body and giant axe, diverting the strike elsewhere so that it cleaved into the ground on the left.
[Iron Chain] followed like a shadow, arriving beside [Ling Axe] in an instant and sending several more iron chains sweeping out.
Zhang Yuan dodged in the same way as before. The iron chain beneath his feet became four. He glanced at [Ling Axe], then swept his gaze over the surroundings, searching for something.
I can't shake them off.
He was already using [Golden Carriage Luan Chariot] at full strength. Logically, its escape speed should have allowed him to shake off these two Ghost Deities easily, yet they remained behind him the entire time. Something was clearly wrong.
Besides [Ling Axe] and [Iron Chain], another Ghost Deity was nearby. This hidden Ghost Deity was secretly erasing the distance between them.
"Zhang Yuan, there's another Ghost