The talismans on Jun Xiaomo and Ye Xiuwen’s bodies shone with an intense blue light before promptly vanishing into thin air. Then, as the blue light faded, Jun Xiaomo and Ye Xiuwen remained standing where they were, as though nothing had changed.

Seeing this, a glint of light flashed across Qin Lingyu’s eyes – Had the talisman lost its effects?

Having contemplated that possibility, he increased his speed as he rushed over towards Jun Xiaomo and Ye Xiuwen, intending to lure the Demonvine over towards them.

There’s no time to run!

Ye Xiuwen tensed up anxiously as he tightly gripped Jun Xiaomo’s wrist and retrieved his Frostburn Sword from his Interspatial Ring. Ye Xiuwen held his sword horizontally across his chest in a defensive stance – Instead of running aimlessly, why not duke it out with the Demonvine!

Then, Ye Xiuwen promptly pulled Jun Xiaomo behind him so that he stood between Jun Xiaomo and the Demonvine. Obviously, Ye Xiuwen intended to protect this young man, Yao Mo. Jun Xiaomo smiled warmly in appreciation of Ye Xiuwen’s gesture.

All these things happened extremely quickly, and Qin Lingyu sprinted past Ye Xiuwen and Jun Xiaomo in the flash of an eye, luring that vicious Demonvine right before Ye Xiuwen and Jun Xiaomo’s faces.

As he passed Jun Xiaomo and Ye Xiuwen, Qin Lingyu also released a dense wave of ice spikes to deter the Demonvine’s fast approaching appendages.

At the same time, he glanced over at Ye Xiuwen and Yao Mo from the corner of his eyes, and he was surprised to see that both of them seemed to remain rooted to the floor, as though they were waiting for death! Didn’t they notice all of us retreating from this Demonvine?!

The Demonvine possessed incredible resilience to attacks. As long as one was...