"Boom!"
A thunderous explosion echoed.
Xuan Hong's figure plummeted directly from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Elder Xuan Hong!" Xu Nian quickly put away his black-robed clone and rushed toward where Xuan Hong had fallen.
"Cough, cough, still... not dead. They used a combined attack technique; my defense couldn't hold up," Xuan Hong coughed up a mouthful of blood and said to Xu Nian.
Xu Nian helped Xuan Hong stand up.
In an instant, three elders pressed down from the sky, hovering above Xu Nian and Xuan Hong, blocking all their escape routes.
"Xu Nian, will you slay yourself to atone, or should we do it?" the leading elder's deep voice rang out.
A surge of intense anger filled Xu Nian's eyes.
But he was now entirely out of strength.
The previous secret technique had severely injured his body, and it was already very difficult for him to maintain normal actions.
