"Those two girls certainly have luck on their side. They're still alive." Linghu Xiang soon shifted his gaze away from Huang Xiao. To him, a little fellow like that was of no consequence.
He only paid Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue a little attention, too. Their earlier escape could only be put down to good luck.
I don't see that brat Huang. He should be dead, shouldn't he? Linghu Xiang thought to himself.
But the men he had sent out had yet to return, so he could not be certain.
None of that mattered now, though. He would deal with Liu Chongming first.
Huang Xiao saw Sword God Yi, Li Chaoxun, and Pang Yi a short distance away on the opposite side. Lou Feishang was there too, of course.
They did not have many people left either, and none of them looked as dashing as they had at the outset. Their clothes were stained with a good deal of blood, whether their own or someone else's.
Clearly, they had gone through considerable fighting and lost quite a few people on their way here.
Everyone seemed to have reached a balance now. No one struck first; they simply surrounded Liu Chongming.
Thus, the two women did not cross the open ground ahead to reach the other side. If they rashly entered it, these people would think they intended to attack Liu Chongming, and they might find themselves besieged by everyone.
Besides, neither of them wanted to rejoin the people from their own sects yet.
Jiang Liuli did not want to take orders from Sword God Yi, while Zhangsun Youyue did not want to stay with Li Chaoxun. Besides, with Huang Xiao here now, she could hardly go back by herself.
If she took Huang Xiao back and someone noticed anything amiss,