Outside Asura Hall, alarms rang through the mountains, their shrill electronic tones echoing incessantly.
"Transcendent life-form intrusion detected!"
"The hall's protective barrier is being corroded!"
"External communications have been cut off!"
In the underground hall, all twelve members rose at once.
Mo Yuan slowly opened his eyes. The Time Traveler bloodline circulated silently within him, and through his foresight, he had already learned who the enemies were.
He glanced at the Flying Thunder God Kunai resting quietly in the corner of the hall, then withdrew his gaze and said steadily, "Everyone, follow the plan the Hall Master left before he departed. Remember, focus on defense. Don't get drawn into fighting."
"The real purpose of this battle isn't to decide who wins, but to make Dark Moon believe they rescued the bait through their own abilities."
Everyone nodded at once.
Lu Chuan spread the blood-red wings behind him and added, "We may be putting on a show, but we still need to beat up whoever needs beating. Otherwise, those suspicious people from Dark Moon will start having doubts."
Su Ming picked up where he left off as fierce winds began swirling around his body. "Exactly. The fighting has to be real. We can't let them see at a glance that we're deliberately letting them rescue the prisoners."
"They're finally here."
Blue-white lightning danced across Thunder Abyss's body. Ye Canglan slowly put on the Ice Crystals Fist Armor, and Huo An stamped a foot down. The entire mountain trembled slightly, as though responding.
Tong Yu slowly opened her pale-purple nightmare eyes, and invisible ripples of mental power rapidly spread outward.
She frowned slightly. "Two on the east side, four on the west. Someone's moving quickly underground. Very fast. It looks like some kind of spatial traversal ability."
"There are also more than