How much longer would they have to hide?
The five Subterranean Beasts were in grave danger, and Anti-Upheaval's four members were in a frenzy of bloodlust.
The yellow sand outside Barren Sands City had already turned to bloody sand, and a monstrous miasma enveloped Ye Zichen and the others.
Thud!
At that moment, Li Hu, the vanguard, had been fighting for a long time. In a moment of carelessness, a Subterranean Beast's tail slammed into his back.
In an instant, his sturdy body fell heavily on the desert in the distance like a small cannonball.
As he fell to the ground, the other Subterranean Beasts around him also swiped at his vitals with their claws.
"Scram!"
There was a flash of silver light, and Luo Zi appeared in front of Li Hu, slicing off several of the Subterranean Beasts' claws.
"Let's go."
Luo Zi grabbed Li Hu's arm, then ignored the beasts and regrouped with Ye Zichen and Xue Mo.
"Are you alright?"
Both of them saw Li Hu's injuries, but they were too far away and surrounded by Subterranean Beasts. They couldn't rush to his aid.
Li Hu, whose back was lacerated, grinned. "It's no big deal."
Although he said that, the pain of swinging his axe made him grimace.
"We can't keep going on like this."
Luo Zi handed Li Hu some healing pills, then looked at the horde of Subterranean Beasts. He couldn't help but frown.
He didn't need to say anything; everyone knew what was going on.
None of these Subterranean Beasts were particularly strong, and most of them were at least earth supremes. But quality wasn't enough. Quantity won.
Even if Luo Zi and Li Hu were eighth-stage sky supremes, a casual attack from them could destroy their souls.
But two fists were no match for four hands. One couldn't beat ten, and ten couldn't beat a hundred. Even a diviner would have a hard time fending them off.
Furthermore, there had indeed been incidents in the God Realm where Devas had died to beast swarms of earth paragons.
"Retreat."
After a moment's hesitation, Ye Zichen chose to retreat. Fighting for so long had drained their reserves of divine power. If they didn't replenish themselves, they might die here.
"We can't retreat!" Xue Mo furrowed her brows and roared, "Murong Xue and the others are still inside. If we retreat now, what will happen to them?"
"I know you're worried about them. Everyone here feels the same way. But as you can see, our rash attack is completely useless against this beast tide. "
Xue Mo was worried, but so was Ye Zichen.
"Listen to me. Let's retreat first. If we delay any longer, we'll be trapped inside as well."
When she saw the Subterranean Beasts surrounding them, Xue Mo bit her lip and clenched her fists.
"Retreat."
Luo Zi supported the severely injured Li Hu, and the four of them retreated from the Beast Tide in a triangular formation.
"How is it going inside?"
Chen Guangfa had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw Ye Zichen and the others, he immediately asked, "What's up?"
No one spoke. No one wanted to speak.
After arriving at a safe location, Xue Mo and the others sat on the ground, either healing their wounds or recovering their divine power. Ye Zichen, however, stared solemnly at the Beast Tide up ahead.
He didn't know why, but even after fighting for so long, he was still brimming with divine power.
In this sort of atmosphere, Chen Guangfa could guess that the situation wasn't good. He didn't want to annoy Xue Mo and the others, so all he could do was do what he could.
"Xue Mo, did you send a message to the academy?"
"I did." Xue Mo rose to her feet, her expression dark. "But we still haven't heard anything from the academy."
As soon as she finished speaking, she clenched her fists tightly, and a layer of ice formed on the desert beneath her feet.
"What the hell are those guys doing?"
From the way Xue Mo addressed the academy's management, it was clear that she was no ordinary person. But now wasn't the time to bicker over her status. Right now, they had to figure out a way to save Jiang Yong and the others.
"Guangfa, can you fly the ship over and let them up?"
Chen Guangfa shook his head. "Subterranean Beasts, don't be fooled by their underground prowess. In truth, they can fly in the air too. Subterranean Beasts that have ascended to supremacy have intelligence. If we fly over, we'll definitely be attacked by them. "
"So there's something like that?"
Ye Zichen arched his brows, but his fingers fidgeted with the ring on his finger.
The way he saw it, there was absolutely no way out of this situation. No matter how much he wracked his brains, he couldn't think of a way to help Jiang Yong and the others escape.
The only thing he could think of right now was to release all the sky supreme yao on the second floor of the Yao-Sealing Pagoda.
Rumble!
Suddenly, there was a massive explosion in the depths of the Subterranean Beast horde.
Everyone looked in that direction and saw five giants, each a hundred feet tall, appear.
"Martial Sovereigns, Fire Women …. Jiang Yong and Murong Xue's dharma bodies!"
Luo Zi's shoulders trembled as he shouted.
"Activating their dharma bodies right now is suicidal. Maintaining them consumes vast amounts of divine power. Given their current reserves, there's no way they can maintain them for long. Once they run out of divine power, they …. "
Luo Zi didn't finish his sentence. Instead, he turned and gnashed his teeth.
"What should we do now?"
"I have to save them," said Xue Mo resolutely, but her eyes never left Ye Zichen's.
In the face of her gaze, Ye Zichen fell silent.
Should he hide?
He couldn't leave the Yao-Sealing Pagoda!
If he exposed it here, he wasn't strong enough to protect it at all. But if he kept hiding, Jiang Yong and the others would really die here.
"Should I release the yao from the Yao-Sealing Pagoda or not?"
Ye Zichen's emotions were complex. At that moment, Luo Zi shouted again.
"The Appearance Association's Two Golden Flowers' dharma bodies have disappeared, and so has Pan Sheng's …. Only the Martial Sovereigns and Fire Women are still here, but judging by how indistinct their dharma bodies are, I don't think they'll last much longer."
"Ye Zichen, are you still going to hide?" roared Xue Mo.
Xue Mo didn't know about the Yao-Sealing Pagoda, but she knew Ye Zichen had sky supreme-level attendants. Back in the tavern, Ye Zichen had only been able to suppress her and Chen Guangfa because of the yao inside the Yao-Sealing Pagoda.
Although she wasn't sure of the yao's relationship with Ye Zichen, she was certain ….
So long as Ye Zichen wanted to summon them, they'd immediately appear.
She didn't know how many attendants there were, but it was better than nothing. Even if he only had two or three attendants, they'd still stand a better chance than the four of them.
A long while passed, but when Ye Zichen didn't respond, she couldn't help but nod and smile.
"Alright, I guess I misjudged you. Just keep hiding. Even if I die, I'll save Murong Xue and the others. "
Xue Mo hefted her dagger and was about to charge into the crowd of beasts. Ye Zichen, who'd been pacing back and forth, inexplicably gnashed his teeth.
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