"What?!" A Xin's words reached not just An Xi's ears, but everyone else's as well.
The already tense atmosphere was instantly saturated with fear.
The Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat seemed to relish the humans' fear and licked its lips.
An Xi, Zhu Qing, and Lu Guan exchanged glances, then quietly took a step back.
Brilliant golden light appeared on the Black Jade Bone Spear once more, and the Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat prepared to leap aside.
But at that critical instant, An Xi shouted, "Run!"
As she shouted, she stamped down, her immense strength cracking the ground into a spiderweb. She could guarantee that this was the fastest she could possibly move right now!
She wasn't the only one. Zhu Qing did the same, grabbing Lu Guan, who stood nearby, and covering over ten meters with a single stride.
Their movements stunned the Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat as it prepared to dodge an attack. Although it possessed a rudimentary intelligence, instinct still governed most of its actions.
It could neither understand human speech nor comprehend human behavior.
It was simply playing according to its instincts.
"Meow~?"
Confused, the Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat tilted its head as it watched An Xi, Zhu Qing, and that "fellow creature" who had inexplicably attacked it flee.
An Xi and Zhu Qing had fled so abruptly that not only the Unicorn Spectral Horse-Cat, but Xu An and the others were left bewildered.
Run if you want to-we were ready to run too. But why pretend you were going to attack?
That thought lingered for less than a second before Xu An shouted as well, "Run!"
"It's come to this. There's nothing else we can do!"
Yes, there was nothing else they could do!
At first, this anomaly had felt powerful, but not overwhelmingly so. Yet it had kept them