"Ah!" Shiranui Asuka kept patting her chest. "That scared me to death... I thought I was finally going to die..."
"What kind of talk is that?" Great Tengu shook his head helplessly. "What do you mean, 'finally' die? Do you think we don't exist?"
"I saw you all arguing..." Shiranui Asuka said pitifully. "I thought nobody was going to save me..."
When she looked up afterward, she saw that several monsters had already brutally torn the monk to pieces, spilling black blood all over the ground.
"Ah!!" Shiranui Asuka jumped in fright. Great Tengu hurriedly covered her eyes. "There, there, Xiao Xiang. Don't be scared."
Shuten wiped the black blood from his arm and said, "Flying Head and Tamamo-no-Mae, stay here and protect Xiao Xiang. Shout if anything happens. We'll come over right away."
The usually taciturn Ibaraki nodded. "That's right. Any of you can die, but I won't allow Xiao Xiang to die."
With their roles clearly assigned, they charged forward to fight the Black Monks, stealing the limelight for a time.
A very frail-looking Black Monk ran over and asked timidly, "A-Xiang, can I hide here too?"
Shiranui Asuka turned to look. There was indeed a frail monk standing before her. Tamamo-no-Mae and Flying Head stepped forward, ready to tear the monk apart.
The Black Monk hurriedly waved. "It's me... Xiao Nian..."
"Ah! Sister Xiao Nian!" Only then did Shiranui Asuka realize she hadn't paid any attention to Xiao Nian all this time. Fortunately, Xiao Nian had disguised herself, keeping her out of mortal danger. "Hurry and take off your disguise! Hide here with me. You'll be fine!"
The frail monk nodded and slowly approached.
Tamamo-no-Mae kept feeling something was off... Was this Xu Liunian? Why was there a faint murderous aura about her?
Just then, a girl