He had thought about various possibilities of them being discovered by the shadow.
Never did he expect it would be Young Master Xiang’s magnificent sword to leave its mark.
Whoosh!
The shadow gave them no time at all, instantly enveloping the volcano beneath them.
Several remaining Two-star and Three-Star Blood Demon Kings, without any suspense, met their end immediately, their screams reaching up to them.
Vaguely, Jiang Fan seemed to hear their curses too.
The tragic cries close to his ears made Jiang Fan’s heart shudder, instinctively urging him to run fast.
But reason told him, at this moment, any movement would lead to death!
No matter how fast he ran, he couldn’t outpace the shadow.
Young Master Xiang and the others, along with the White Tiger beneath their feet, all remained calm and still.
Fortunately, it was them — either top-level Great Venerates of various realms or Beast Kings emerging from hunting grounds.
Had it been anyone else, how could they possess such strong willpower?
Now, they could only wait for the shadow to finish searching the volcanic ruins and retreat.
This process did not take long.
After just a few breaths, with another two cries abruptly stopping, the shadow withdrew from the ruins, wandering towards a distant area.
Jiang Fan was so tense that his whole body was drenched in sweat.
Liu Bianhuang, Yun Wanxiao, and Heavenly Sword all kept their gaze fixed on the shadow, their expressions extremely tense.
Luckily, the shadow finally seemed to be leaving.
Once it was out of their sight, it would be time for them to escape and leave.
But.
Just as it was about to move away, it suddenly stopped again.
Jiang Fan’s heart skipped a beat, sensing something was terribly wrong!
Yun Wanxiao and the others’ faces changed drastically too!
The shadow must have realized!
Indeed!
The shadow unexpectedly rose into the air, slowly moving toward the space above the volcano, trying to probe for any hidden fish slipping through the net.
Jiang Fan made a decisive move, stepping on the White Tiger’s head, signaling to run quickly.
The White Tiger, too, was seasoned from battles and was not one to bury its head in the sand like an ostrich; this was a situation calling for immediate action.
The later, the more dangerous!
Young Master Xiang, Liu Bianhuang, Yun Wanxiao, and Heavenly Sword also made extremely decisive choices.
Young Master Xiang suddenly pointed to the distance: "I am! Omnipresent!"
A ripple of law power was unleashed.
With his movement, the shadow swiftly locked onto them.
In the next instant, darkness engulfed everyone’s vision, plunging them into this deadly black shadow!
Jiang Fan was horrified upon realizing this wasn’t a mere shadow.
It was a living entity!
Its body compressed into a flattened shadow, with two blood-red eyes like phantoms within, capturing the prey hidden in the shadow.
Moreover, it immediately sensed their presence.
A black blade, chilling to the soul, silently cut towards them.
Whoosh—
Young Master Xiang, being the first to act, was also the first to suffer the attack, instantly turning into mist.
It turned out he had already used the law to become incorporeal; his true self had appeared outside the shadow and was concentrating silently again.
Heavenly Sword’s face changed drastically, deciding to act swiftly too.
At the moment the blade sliced towards him, a puppet identical to him appeared in front, pulsing with the wave of law.
The blade cut through his body, but the damage appeared on the puppet instead.
A piercing scream emanated from the puppet.
In contrast, Heavenly Sword avoided the attack unscathed and seized the chance to instantaneously move away from the shadow, hiding away and staying silent.
The blade also sliced through Liu Bianhuang, but he remained composed.
He was the most prepared participant this time.
Only a slight crackling could be heard; some magic artifact in his embrace shattered, erupting with a soul-level law wave.