Chapter 313: Three Moves
Killing intent.
An unimaginable, all-encompassing killing intent descended upon everyone in that moment.
The only sensation any of them had was of a blade poised silently at their backs, its tip a hairsbreadth from piercing their hearts.
As though the slightest movement on their part would drive that point forward without hesitation, snuffing out their lives in an instant.
The roaring noise that had filled the base of the Setting Sun Wall cut off entirely. An invisible dread spread across the heavens and earth, and absolute silence fell on every side.
A resonant clash rang out.
In an instant, what sounded like the meeting of blades seemed to tear through the silence from above the Setting Sun Wall's summit, yet the killing intent blanketing the crowd did not diminish in the slightest. On the contrary, the terror in everyone's hearts grew like a spreading vine, multiplying endlessly.
In that moment, almost everyone began trembling uncontrollably. They desperately wanted to flee, but something seemed to press down on them from the void, trapping them where they stood with nowhere to go.
At the very front of the crowd, where the Dugu family contingent stood, Dugu Changkong's entire body was enveloped in a fierce sword intent. He raised his head toward the patch of sky above the Setting Sun Wall's summit that had suddenly gone dark, and his hands hanging at his sides slowly clenched into fists.