"We'll strike first," Huo Lian said. "Lu Mu, use your formations to hold them back."
"They're too strong. Formations I lay down in an instant won't have much effect on them," Lu Mu said with a frown. "But I'll do my best."
"Who among us can afford not to do his best now?" Ke Zhenyi said gravely. "Damn it, these bastards didn't go to the Central Desert themselves, and now they want to snatch what we have. Despicable."
"Then again, if they'd gone, there wouldn't have been anything left for us, would there?" Liu Wangtai said with a hearty laugh.
"Put that way, we ought to thank them, then?" Ke Zhenyi laughed too after saying this.
With those words from the two of them, much of the oppressive atmosphere on the Wild Ox Sect's side instantly dissipated.
"Get ready-" Ke Zhenyi called out once he stopped laughing.
"Wait!" Just then, Huo Lian suddenly shouted.
"What's that?" Ke Zhenyi followed Huo Lian's gaze.
In fact, it was right ahead of them, where everyone could see.
A commotion broke out among the people ahead, but it did not last long. They cleared a path, and a dozen or so people stepped forward.
"The Broken Blade Sect!" Lu Mu drew in a sharp breath. "That Old Woman Bi Hu actually came in person."
Huang Xiao got a clear look at the newcomers. Sure enough, a woman stood at the very front of the group. She looked to be in her forties or fifties and was quite seductively beautiful.
From the way these people made way for them, it was clear that the Broken Blade Sect commanded considerable prestige in the Demon Domain.
There were several Ancient Realm Late Stage experts here, yet Huang Xiao could see the wariness on their faces when they