As Zhu Qing and An Xi spoke, a ripple of psychic energy swept through the Enclosed Tower.
An Xi looked up and saw a translucent barrier appear once more. Xu An came running over just then. "I've trapped the Anomaly inside."
"But the barrier probably won't withstand more than a few hits from it."
"Old Xu!" The Brawny Man hurried over when he saw Xu An. "Thank goodness you're all right!"
"Where's Xingzi? She healed you, right?" he asked, looking behind Xu An, but there was no one there.
Xu An shook his head at the question. "Xingzi is fine. She exhausted too much psychic energy and passed out."
"Our priority right now is the Anomaly inside the Enclosed Tower."
An Xi, Zhu Qing, and Lu Guan exchanged looks, all somewhat astonished.
They knew just how badly Xu An had been hurt. Only Zhu Qing could have recovered from injuries like that on his own. Had it been An Xi, she would have died long ago.
As for Lu Guan, even his skeletal frame would have fallen apart.
For the first time, An Xi felt that Chu Sheng had been right to poach someone.
However uncomfortable it made her, she still had to admit that Xingzi's ability was important to their convoy.
While they spoke, the Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat inside the Enclosed Tower had already toyed with everyone it had caught until they died.
The victims hung in the air. Some had their chests torn open and their internal organs missing.
Others had their faces peeled off, leaving a bloody mess.
Still others had empty sockets where their eyes had been.
The Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat still retained a cat's habits: tormenting its prey and killing.
Its blood-red eyes were now fixed on a group of a little over two hundred