After Fan Ling and his party entered the Small Forest, this rather secluded stretch of land fell into utter silence.
An eerie stillness hung over the area, lingering for a long time.
At one moment, Xiao Yan's fingers against the ground suddenly trembled slightly. His eyes snapped open, and he looked up toward the path leading to Black Seal City, where the faint sound of hoofbeats was rising.
Are they coming?
Murmuring inwardly, Xiao Yan's gaze gradually sharpened. On the distant road, a group of riders on swift horses raced toward the other end of the path as though chasing stars and overtaking the moon, throwing up towering clouds of yellow dust along the way.
Creak!
As the hoofbeats grew louder, faint sounds of bowstrings being drawn suddenly came from the quiet Small Forest.
So the Blood Sect is after the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill!
At the far end of his vision, the approaching riders gradually came into view. When Xiao Yan, hidden in the woods, spotted the woman in a green dress leading them, he immediately understood.
"Teacher, how strong is the Heavenly Snake Mansion?"
"Decent. A little stronger than the Blood Sect!"
Yao Lao said mildly, "That Dou Emperor aura in the forest below should belong to the Blood Sect's Sect Master. Since even he has come in person, he clearly has no intention of letting these people from the Heavenly Snake Mansion leave. And as long as no one makes it back alive, the Heavenly Snake Mansion can only stamp its feet in fury, with no idea who did it!"
"Not leaving a single survivor? Pretty ruthless."
Xiao Yan's mouth twisted at those words, but he was hardly surprised. If word of something like this leaked out, the two factions would fight to the death.
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