As they looked at the Dark Guild lackeys surrounding them, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun's expressions darkened in unison.
More than half were experts at the peak of Gold Rank, with three Black Gold experts overseeing them, their auras deep and heavy as an abyss. Their chilling bloodlust seemed almost tangible, freezing the surrounding air until even every breath carried a bone-piercing chill.
"There's no way out. Fight!"
Nie Li growled, and the Demon Spirit mark between his brows suddenly lit up. The Tiger-Toothed Panda's savage power instantly surged through every limb and bone, boosting his Gold Rank spiritual power by several tenths. His fists whistled through the air with the terrifying pressure of a ferocious beast, making the air hum. Ye Ziyun's delicate hands moved swiftly as the Wind and Snow Empress's icy-blue Demon Spirit phantom slowly appeared behind her. Bitter cold swept out in all directions, instantly coating the stone slabs beneath her feet with a thin layer of crystalline ice.
Yet even together, their Gold Rank cultivation left them stretched thin against such opponents. The three Black Gold experts' auras bore down on them like mountains, so heavy they could barely breathe. Just as several vicious killing blows were about to land, a ghostly black figure silently emerged from the shadows on the ground without warning.
The figure was clad entirely in black armor, standing straight as a spear. Blades on the hands and feet glinted with an ice-tempered chill, while an unsettling aura of deathly silence radiated outward-it was one of the Bayonet Corps' Shadow Soldiers.
Nie Li's pupils abruptly contracted as his sense of danger skyrocketed. Without thinking, he grabbed Ye Ziyun and retreated several yards, his gaze fixed on the black figure. He could clearly sense that the faint pressure radiating from this newcomer