"The three of us will form a formation and hold these Demon Beasts back. The rest of you withdraw first."
Another wave of Demon Beasts died beneath Su Jiu's Ice Silk. As she drew the threads back, they even refracted faint glimmers in the sunlight.
Hearing Thirteen's words, she rejected the idea without a second thought. "You won't be able to hold them off. Besides, this beast tide came out of nowhere. I keep feeling something isn't right."
An Enforcement Hall Disciple suggested, "Why don't we keep fighting while moving toward the exit a little at a time? We can't go on like this forever. Since when did the Linnan Region have so many Demon Beasts, anyway? I've never heard of this before."
Thirteen pressed his lips together. It wasn't just his fellow disciples who had never heard of it; none of the information he had gathered beforehand mentioned a beast tide either.
Could something have happened in the hills deep within this barrier?
Had there only been the three of them, they might have formed a formation to break through the encirclement and investigate. But with Qi Song and Li Ran, Su Jiu's two good friends, to consider, they truly dared not take that risk.
The six of them began retreating toward the way they had come. Just as they neared the exit, light flashed over the Teleportation Array, and three more figures appeared before them.
When those three figures saw them and the Magic Beasts behind them, their eyes went wide with shock.
Even A-San's gaze stopped lingering on Su Jiu at that moment.
"Get out of here, quick!" Thirteen shouted anxiously.
A-San's face had already taken on a faint greenish cast. "We can't! Once this Teleportation Array has been used, it needs about a quarter of an