With a tearing hiss, the awl-shaped magical artifact actually battered a blackened breach into the radiance of the lightning chains. Xun Shu's face changed drastically. She no longer dared say anything to the Huanling Sect disciples. Tilting back her head, she spat out a mouthful of blood essence, then rapidly formed hand seals and struck them into the lightning chains that had just absorbed the blood essence.
With another crackling burst, purple lightning unexpectedly shot from the lightning chains and struck the awl-shaped magical artifact. Unlike the lightning from before, this purple lightning easily shattered the awl-shaped artifact, sending it wheeling as it was about to fall from the air.
Rather than being alarmed, the Huanling Sect disciple who had unleashed the artifact was delighted. Pointing a finger, he sent the awl-shaped artifact soaring back into the air and laughed. "This little lass has already used her final means. Junior Brothers, put some more effort into it. Let's finish off these three little things first, then wait for their other disciples to walk into the net!"
"Haha, exactly!" The other disciples laughed as well. "Thunder Control Sect disciples have always been famed for their many treasures. Look at this disciple—she actually has a defensive magical treasure on her. The storage bags of those other two female disciples probably contain good things too, don't they?"
"Just so!" The Huanling Sect disciples roared with even greater laughter.
Xun Shu gathered her wits and no longer dared let herself be distracted, yet she silently prayed in her heart. Junior Brother Xiao, I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have called you here. You... you mustn't come over...
Unlike Xun Shu, Qian Diheng had been looking toward the valley entrance the entire time. He seemed to have immense faith in Xiao Hua. Even though