"Watch out!" Li Xiaoya suddenly darted in front of He Jin and swung the Blazing Fire Spirit Blade in his hand.
With a deafening clang, the spear hurtling toward them was cut in two. Its pieces fell to the ground with two crisp clatters.
"Th-that thing can teleport?" He Jin cried out, his face changing drastically as fear lingered in his heart.
"No! It isn't teleportation!" Li Xiaoya said firmly. He had seen it clearly. "These things seem to have acceleration arrays inscribed on them. When they're in midair, close to a cultivator, the arrays suddenly activate. Cultivators who've grown accustomed to their initial speed are caught off guard and mistake it for teleportation!" Even so, his expression grew solemn again as he continued, "I blocked a spear just now, and the force behind it was no joke. It was at least several times stronger than an ordinary projectile-launching Mechanism Beast's throw. These won't be easy to deal with!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Before anyone could react, the Mechanism Beast guards in the plaza hurled their spears at them.
"Everyone, get farther inside! They can't hit us there!" Li Xiaoya shouted urgently. Holding the front line, he swung the Blazing Fire Spirit Blade as fast as lightning, knocking down the incoming spears one after another. They fell to the ground with crisp, repeated clatters.
At his words, everyone hurried backward. They were positioned partway up the plaza wall, and the incoming spears could only hit targets at the entrance. None of them were fools; in a few swift movements, they had retreated all the way to the back.
Swish, swish! Seeing that everyone had retreated, Li Xiaoya swung the Blazing Fire Spirit Blade twice more, then darted inside as well. He jabbed his fingers