Su Jiu knew they had probably run into serious trouble.
Although she and her Junior Granduncle were immune to all poisons, Qi Song and her Senior Brother clearly were not.
The Greenfire could fly, and their numbers were so dense that the slightest lapse could let some slip through.
As for how potent their poison was, mere contact would likely leave a person unable to fight.
Once the poison on their bodies touched skin, it seeped straight into the blood and meridians, then began draining the spiritual qi from the cultivator's body.
And all of this took only ten breaths.
In other words, a single Greenfire could turn a cultivator into an ordinary person within ten breaths. How could an ordinary person possibly resist? Their only end would be for the Greenfire to swarm over them and gnaw them down to a pile of white bones in an instant.
Without a second thought, Su Jiu set up a Defensive Formation right where she stood.
"Senior Brother, Qi Song, stay inside. Don't come out."
With that, Su Jiu left the formation, summoned the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword, and readied herself for battle.
Watching the formation patterns moving beneath his feet, Xia Jue let out a quiet chuckle. "Junior Sister, aren't you making me out to be a little too useless?"
His Voidfang Sword abruptly appeared in his palm.
At the same time, Chu Luohen brought out his Scarless Sword.
Only Qi Song wore an apologetic expression. "Sorry..." He knew his own limits, and he knew he would not be able to protect himself outside the defensive formation.
Su Jiu nodded. "It's fine." In their current situation, Qi Song would only add to the chaos if he came outside. They might even have to spare extra effort to rescue him.
Rather than