"How long is it going to keep staring?"
An unusually jarring bellow shattered the deathly silence.
Ye Xingchen tightened his grip on the Greatsword, the taut string in his heart finally snapping.
No one could answer him. Jian Wuhen merely gave him an enormous roll of his eyes.
You little bastard, saying something so out of place at such a solemn moment. You're making me look like a fucking fool.
Feng Xian'er stood among the crowd, the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror in her hand glowing faintly.
She had intended to bring it up to Lin Shisan for protection, but feared the Heart-Exterminating Mirror would anger the Eye of Rules and bring disaster upon him.
She could feel the mirror's surface growing faintly warm, as though something inside were awakening.
It was a resonance she had never felt before, giving her a vague sense of unease.
"Lin Shisan..."
A piercing howl came from the void beyond Lion Peak Mountain, once again shattering the deathly silence.
The voice sounded like the cry of a night owl, steeped in bone-deep hatred.
A black demonic figure shot over from the distant sky at astonishing speed, leaving trails of afterimages in the air.
Ning Jiuying.
One of the Demon Sect's nine protectors had arrived in his true body.
Dense black demonic qi shrouded his entire body, obscuring his actual face.
Only a pair of glowing red eyes could be seen, like two burning red lanterns, radiating a terrifying aura of cold bloodlust.
His gaze passed over the crowd and locked firmly onto Lin Shisan.
Of all the times he could have come, he had chosen precisely this moment.
Clearly, he had been lurking in secret, waiting to strike the moment Lin Shisan came under the Eye of Rules' gaze.
Although Lin Shisan had completely eradicated that