Their expressions immediately changed.
"Don't worry." Wen Yan said, knowing what they are thinking. "Since they dared left to face it, then they must be confident in fighting it." He told them. "Furthermore, aren't there still xiao Bao and xiao Ling? So, Chen Han and the others wouldn't die." He said.
They all sighed in relief. They know that Wen Yan isn't comforting them, but his words are true. Xiao Bao and xiao Ling are Fei Yin's and Cheng Sheng's, respectively, sword spirits. Not to mention integrity, they know that Fei Yin, although looked cold, and Cheng Sheng, although has a reputation of a scum, are both kind at heart. Even if they are not, there are also Xinfaxian Sect disciples in this special space. Fei Yin and Cheng Sheng would definitely not abandon them, especially Fei Yinzi, who is Fei Yin's nephew, and Cheng Sheng's disciple, along with Ling Yun. Furthermore, if something really happens and any of the participants would die, not only will the Righteous Alliance's reputation would be smeared, Fei Yin and Cheng Sheng would also be held responsible since xiao Bao and xiao Ling, including the Shapeshifting Blanket, failed to save them.
So, the participants have the confidence that they won't die. Also, they have faith in Cheng Sheng, this person who can bring miracles. Wasn't Fei Yinzi's situation, as well as the Shanliangde Sect disciples' catastrophe, were solved by xiao Bao and xiao Ling? Thus, they know that they won't die.
Of course, they also know that not dying is not equivalent of nothing happening to them. They still haven't forgotten that one of the main objectives of the Intersect Competition is to temper the participants, make themselves stronger after surviving the ordeals. This can be shown to what is happening now to the Shanliangde Sect disciples. Their conditions were very stable and they are almost recovering. Cui Xiang herself has already said this, and they can also see it. But, something happened to them again.
"Err… I don't know whether I should say this or not, but…" Tang Li spoke.
"Then don't say it!" Li Yan snapped at him.
Tang Li's lip twitched. "Then, I won't." he said and sighed.
Their faces were covered with black lines. They already know that what Tang Li is going to say is that the Shanliangde Sect, particularly their disciples, are very unlucky. They know that this would make Sun Yu, the sect leader, feel displeased and this also would leave a bad taste in their mouths. So, Li Yan immediately stopped him. Tang Li also knows what is right and wrong, and he doesn't have the intention to throw stones at someone who fell. So, he didn't say anything.
"Stop chit-chatting! Let's go!" Wen Yan told them.
"Yes!" they answered and immediately flew away.
…
Back in the venue, everyone saw Sun Yu's face darkened. Although, usually, they would poke fun at Sun Yu, they know when to do it or not, especially Xie Lan who always picked a bone on the Shanliangde Sect. Xie Lan, who should be gloating at the Shanliangde Sect being unlucky, didn't say anything. Instead, his face also darkened.
Even if Xie Lan dislikes the Shanliangde Sect and always mock them for being unlucky, but this time, it is something serious. "FCK IT!" he cursed.
"Lian-er…!" Sun Yi cried while Wu Yuan's face is now extremely cold.
"Wu-er! Su-er!" Chen Han cried. His eyes are red and his fists are clenched.
"Yun-er… Yun-er!" Ling Xi cried while Yu wen comforted him.
Everyone felt their backs became cold when they saw that Chen Wu, Wu Lian, Chen Su, Ling Yun and Jin Yu were surrounded by hundreds of demons! This is more than the number of the demons that besieged the Shanliangde Sect disciples, and this is ten times more than the number of the demons that surrounded Wu Tie and Jin Yu at that time.
Everyone felt their hearts tightened because the participants' Cleansing Stones have fallen on the ground. Now, they can also see blood in their peripheral vision. Maybe the participants have done it intentionally since they know that something extremely not good would happen to them, just by looking at the demons around them. But, maybe it was also not intentional and their Cleansing Stones just accidentally fell. However, it shows how extreme the battle is.
Earlier, they have seen that Ling Yun seemed to be tracking something and Chen Wu, Wu Lian, Chen Su and Jin Yu are following behind them. Then, suddenly, they saw that the surroundings became dark. Before they knew it, they were already surrounded! But, they could have escaped. However, they really underestimated the demons, and they found out that this time, they were really done for after they saw the large number of the demons. They might end up worse than the Shanliangde Sect disciples.
"Damn it! What is happening ah?!" the audience complained in anxiety. Even if they are watching for fun, but these are humans' lives, especially the young ones! How can they just be indifferent to this?!
"Wait! I seemed to have seen the hem of someone's uniform!" someone exclaimed. "It was the Qianxu Sect's!" he said.
"What?!" the others exclaimed.
"Finally! Their reinforcements' arrived!" they sighed in relief. They are referring to the Siblings' Group, consisting of Su Mi and Su Yi, Jing De and Jing Xu, and Qian Jue and Qian Meng.
The sect leaders' faces, as well as the Righteous Alliance's and the elders', slightly cleared up. But, they are still anxious. Their disciples are still outnumbered! Qian Shan's face turned pale in horror and Qian Tian is extremely tense. Qian Lin is about to have a heart attack because of what is happening. Jing Rui's expression also looked ugly.
"What happened?! Why didn't we see them arrive?" someone asked.
"Because we are focused on Chen Wu's group ah!" somebody answered.
"They were… actually also chased." Jing Rui spoke as he clenched his fists.
"WHAT?!" everyone turned to him.
Jing Cheng frowned. "We really have underestimated the demons." He said. "We were watching our nephews earlier. Only when we found out that they have 'regrouped' with Chen Wu's group did we realize that they were actually being led to Chen Wu's group." He explained. "This is a trap, and the demons wanted to strike them down in one swoop." He told them.
Everyone was stunned, then they loudly cursed.
"So, you mean to say that the number of demons also have increased?!" Tang Teng asked in disbelief.
"My disciples…" Sun Yu sharply inhaled.
"My son!" Wu Tong cried.
It was only then did the others recalled that something happened to the Shanliangde Sect disciples and Wu Tie.
"Did… did Xiang-er make a mistake?" You Rou nervously asked as she clenched her fists.
"That can't be! Don't think too much!" Lei Qing told her.
"Now that this happened, it was nobody's fault. It was the culprit's!" Feng Mo angrily said. Before anyone could react, he already kicked the unconscious culprit to consciousness.
"HA!" the culprit gasped when he was abruptly woken up. "Who the fck…!" he cursed, only to grunt in pain when Feng Mo unceremoniously kicked him again.
"Tell us! What the hell is going on?!" Lei Ling, who is also furious, asked.
Everyone, including the culprit. "…" he is unconscious this whole time so how can he know what just happened?! What do you expect should he answer?! They thought, though they immediately held themselves back after seeing Jing Kang's cold expression. This also isn't the time to roast an ally.
Li Tian briefly explained what happened to the culprit.
The culprit was stunned. "You… you were able to use the talisman?!" he exclaimed.
"Not me. It is our talented Cheng-shidi." Li Tian answered. "Tell us. Why did the Shanliangde Sect disciples' condition worsened? And how did the demons managed to group up even if Cheng-shidi already disabled the control on your talisman?! The demons shouldn't be this smart!" he said, itching to slap the culprit with his fan.
"How do I know about your land's demons?!" the culprit asked back. Then, he suddenly paused as if he thought of something. "No matter what kind of demon they are, but they have one common instinct!" he looked at them. "To prey in groups!" he told them.
"WHAT?!" Everyone exclaimed, stunned.
"Then, what about my disciples?! Why did their condition worsened?!" Sun Yu asked.
The culprit suddenly froze. Then, he looked away. Everyone could guess. There is something unspeakable about this.
A vein snapped in Sun Yu's forehead and he grabbed the front of the culprit's shirt. "You fcking tell me now, or else, I will extract your soul from your body and refine it!" he said.
Everyone sucked in a cold breath as they looked at Sun Yu, stunned. This… they thought and looked at each other. Suddenly, Feng Mo's eyes flashed. He looked at the others and winked. Everyone then understood: puppet.. Sun Yu will make this culprit become Wu Bai's puppet. Then, they can extract information for free and easily from this bastard!