Clang!
The moment the two finished speaking, they faintly heard a sword cry erupt above the secret chamber.
Bang!
Before either could react, a steel needle shaped like a silver sewing needle, but countless times thicker, pierced straight through the entire chamber.
"That's the Xiaoyao Sect's treasure, the Reverse Scale Needle! The Nine Prefectures have discovered us!"
Recognizing the steel needle, the graying Thousand Heads of the Faceless Tower looked at Lü Qianshou, his face filled with terror.
"Impossible! No one was following me when I came back!"
Lü Qianshou remained utterly certain.
Bang, bang, bang!
No sooner had he spoken than more steel needles plunged underground from above. One Faceless One had nowhere to hide and was impaled on the spot.
"It's over. They've destroyed the Earth-Traveling Earth-Diving Formation I set up, too. There's no way out."
The graying Thousand Heads slumped into a stone chair, his face despondent.
Unwilling to accept this, Lü Qianshou took out his spirit mirror to see what was happening outside, but a single glance turned his face deathly pale.
In the spirit mirror, the ruins of Greenwater City were already enveloped by an enormous sword formation.
Beyond the sword formation, at least a hundred powerful cultivators from the Azure Profound Sect and the Nine Prefectures stood ready for battle.
Among them were Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao, both of whom he had fought before.
"Surrender or be killed where you stand. The choice is yours."
Just then, Dugu Qingxiao's icy voice suddenly came from aboveground.
Lü Qianshou and the old Thousand Heads exchanged a glance, then sighed in unison.
Then the old Thousand Heads shook his head helplessly and said,
"Let's surrender for now. As long as Tower Master Song is still in the Mortal World, we'll have a chance to escape."
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