"Let's hold them off first. Once that useless fool recovers, we'll deal with these two."
A woman who looked utterly unrestrained pulled two large sabers from behind her back and pointed them at Xu Tong and Gu, speaking with a grave expression.
"You must be careful. That fellow's strength is truly terrifying. Even with the power of heaven and earth here at my disposal, I'm no match for him."
The imposing man took no offense whatsoever at the woman's words. Instead, he hurriedly warned them.
He knew perfectly well that if they failed again, all of them would likely die here today.
Even for the sake of their own lives, they could not afford to fail.
"We understand."
The five of them had already sensed what had happened to the man. Otherwise, how could they have arrived here so promptly?
"Attack!"
Xu Tong let out a roar.
Without the slightest hesitation, Gu charged straight at the five people before him.
Despite the vast disparity in numbers, Gu still held the advantage.
The five facing him merely wanted to buy time.
Xu Tong, however, made no move at all. He remained where he was, calmly watching their battle.
He seemed to be doing nothing, but he was already secretly sensing all the formations around them.
They only needed to stall a little longer and make these people activate their formations repeatedly, and Xu Tong would be able to locate the formations' cores.
Once that happened, these Leaders would no longer have any home-ground advantage.
With a bang, the five of them clashed with Gu for the first time.
It had to be said that although they knew Gu was immensely powerful, they could never understand just how powerful he was until they actually fought him.
They had done everything they could