Their opponent's reaction had truly caught them by surprise, but things had come to this, and Yan Ji, Hu Gou, and the other demons had no way back.
Yan Ji asked Madam Yue Ling, "Is there any way to activate this palace?"
Their opponent was also an expert in the Demon King Realm, so she did not expect to win through brute force.
Moreover, the Fox Demon Race had few members left. If they were all killed here, there would be no hope for their future.
She hoped to rely on Madam Yue Ling to open the restrictions within the cave abode and usher them into the Heavenly Fox Palace for shelter.
Madam Yue Ling said, "I can indeed control this palace's array. Hurry inside."
At once, the moonlight warped, and an invisible barrier admitted them.
Soon, Ma Qiong arrived with a group of his subordinates, only to find himself shut outside. His face turned livid.
"Well, well! So you really did harbor ill intentions and were after these ruins. Who exactly are you?"
He did not even know this was the Heavenly Fox Palace. He merely assumed Yan Ji and the others had used some other means to steal its secrets and discover a way inside.
Yan Ji naturally could not be bothered with him. She looked up at the nearby palace.
"Did you really think you could sleep soundly just by hiding inside? How naive."
After calming down a little, Ma Qiong sneered and immediately ordered, "Men, bring over all the Thunderclap Bombs we prepared!"
"This is bad. We overlooked something. They came to excavate these ruins, so they were already prepared to break through the array by force!"
Hearing Ma Qiong's words, Hu Gou could not help growing worried.
"Thunderclap Bombs? What are those?"
In bygone ages,