Yun Si blocked another attack, her gaze sweeping behind her.
More than half the Cloud Valor Guards were dead or wounded, and scarcely any of the immortal attendants remained alive. Her phoenix eyes finally settled on that figure in green.
Shuo... good, he was still alive.
The taut string in Yun Si's heart slackened for an instant. They were only three thousand miles from the Yun Clan Ancestral Grounds-not even a distance worth mentioning to a Dao Lord. If she could hold off these two a little longer and find a weak point in the Eight Gods Annihilation Formation, she would have a chance to tear her way out.
Once the spirit-severing blockade broke, the Yun Clan would notice immediately.
Yun Si's gaze remained calm. She was about to turn back to the battle behind her, but the instant her eyes passed over the empty space behind Yun Qing, she froze.
Something was wrong!
Yun Si's phoenix eyes sharpened fiercely!
"Shuo, fall back!"
Her piercing shout shook the sky!
Yun Qing's heart sank. Without the slightest hesitation, spiritual power exploded beneath his feet, propelling him forward.
And at that very same moment, the previously empty space behind him.
Cracked.
The sky tore like paper, then sealed again as an elderly figure, so emaciated that he was nothing but skin and bones, gently lifted the curtain of the void.
"Heh heh heh..."
A cold, clinging voice came from every direction at once, making the Eight Directions Divine Platforms tremble. "Who would dare surround and kill you, Yun Si, with only two Dao Lords?"
The newcomer's eyes had no whites, only pitch-black darkness. Though his looks left much to be desired, the terrifying pressure around him brought even the Cloud Valor Guards' battle formation to a sudden standstill. Without a doubt,
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