Just now, the sword attack from the dark sword phantom possessed a high level threat to them and now that it was stacked with a soul attack, it was only normal for them to suffer. If it werent for the soul attack, granted his bestial instincts that had noticed danger briefly before it struck, he could have evaded the attack.
As for Xiao Ming, the exhaustion on him was only minimal. With a minute circulation of dao qi, he was back to his peak. Liu Haotian gave Xiao Ming a hateful look and one filled with indignation. He had stormed over thinking that the entire situation would turn out in his favour as long as the other party was able to overwhelm him in numbers. The truth was that he had initially riled himself up to come and pluck Xiao Ming from his roots so that he could curb his arrogance. This happened because he got the report from he disciples who encountered Xiao Ming at the Mystic Hell Realm the other day.
