"Hahaha! The exit's just ahead!" Jin Zhan, who was running at the front, suddenly cried out in delight.
Sun Xing looked back over his shoulder, his face dark and silent. No wonder-all the capable subordinates he had brought with him had perished. How could he possibly be in a good mood? He gritted his teeth and thought, Just wait! One day, I'll raze this damned place to the ground! Looking back this time, he could vaguely make out the two enormous statues and a sliver of the translucent Light Barrier in the distance.
Bzzzzzz! Suddenly, a spine-chilling buzzing rang out.
"Huh?" Sun Xing turned to look and saw a Black Whirlwind hurtling toward them. Wherever it passed, trees rotted, snapped, and scattered. Its momentum was truly terrifying.
"This is bad! We have to find some way to hold them off. Those insects are too fast!" Jin Zhan cried out in alarm.
"Fairy Li!" After a moment's thought, Sun Xing immediately shouted, "Sorry for the trouble, but please set up a formation to stop them! Otherwise, none of us will escape!"
Although both men had ways to hold off the Black Beetles briefly, they knew that even the slightest delay would let the Black Qilin and Black Leopard behind them catch up. Then neither of them would escape. They had no choice but to ask Li Yuer for help.
"...!" Only the buzzing of the Black Armored Beetles answered them. There was no trace of Li Yuer. Clearly, she had no intention of paying them any attention. She was invisible, after all, and the Black Qilin would target the others who were exposed first. With Jin Zhan and Sun Xing holding it off, she could hardly be happier. She was no fool—why would she intervene?
"Fairy Li! If you help me,