As the vortex completely disappeared into the sky, leaving only a trace of the demonic energy that Anuo Xi had once occupied, Dongfang Cangwu's face instantly turned pale.
Forcibly opening the entrance to the demon realm required immense spiritual energy. His meridians had barely recovered, and now they were shattered again.
Damn it! What in the world were these people at Gnan Academy doing! To actually dare release a being like Anuo Xi!
Dongfang Cangwu tiptoed, thinking that Yan Jiaojiao, who had forcibly activated the formation, was likely in a critical state. For his own safety, he decided to go check on her. However, as soon as he circulated his spiritual energy, his vision went black, and he transformed into a small black dog, slowly descending to the ground and shrinking into a tiny ball.
At this moment, above Gnan Academy, Tang Xiye was torn to shreds by the immense explosive force, her black feathers scattering like a black snow falling upon the academy.
Yan Jiaojiao, having reached her limit, spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. She fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string.
As the scenery around her continued to shake, Yan Jiaojiao closed her eyes with a self-mocking smile.
After being tricked by the canine Heavenly Dao, Yan Jiaojiao had repeatedly warned herself not to make futile sacrifices. Yet, just now, facing Tang Xiye, Yan Jiaojiao had acted without regard for herself, using her true spiritual energy to forcibly activate an ancient formation. As the formation activated, her spiritual energy was rapidly drained, and she even heard the cracking sound of her dantian shattering.
At that moment, Yan Jiaojiao felt as if the dantian she had painstakingly repaired and elevated would shatter again, turning her into a cripple with a shattered inner core.
However, this time the canine Heavenly Dao was on her side. The activation of the ancient formation forcibly smoothed out her unstable true spiritual energy. Under the formation's suppression, her cultivation increased again, and her inner core and meridians acted like a water pump, rapidly drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy.
With the guidance of her true spiritual energy and the expansion of her own meridians as her cultivation increased, the barrier in her body shattered once more, this time upgrading directly from Yellow Tier to Green Tier Level three!
Although this was a blessing in disguise that led to a significant improvement, her meridians felt as if they had been crushed, leaving her completely devoid of strength.
The disciples of Gnan Academy watched from below, dumbfounded.
It wasn't until Yan Jiaojiao fell to the ground like a tattered rag doll, creating a deep pit, that the immense impact shocked everyone, and they finally realized what had just happened.
Yan Jiaojiao, using a formation no one had ever seen before and four magic orbs, had turned Tang Xiye into fireworks...
"Yan Jiaojiao... amazing..."
A disciple murmured.
The other disciples gradually regained their senses, exchanging glances and weeping with joy.
They had survived!!
They had initially believed this to be a certain death situation, with Anuo Xi possibly returning at any moment, and the demoness Tang Xiye empowered by the Demon King's strength, capable of crushing them effortlessly. Yet, this dire predicament had been single-handedly turned around by Yan Jiaojiao!
"Yan Jiaojiao!"
Countless disciples surged towards Yan Jiaojiao. Seeing her lying in the deep pit, covered in blood, her eyes shone so brightly. Even as blood continuously seeped from her lips, she remained breathtakingly beautiful.
Yan Jiaojiao achieved god-like status in this battle! She had fought the demoness alone and emerged victorious!
She was like a flower blooming on a precipice, dazzlingly red, inspiring an irresistible urge to submit.
On the high platform, the severely injured sect leaders couldn't help but shed tears. They exchanged glances, and the usually stern Luo Guiyuan couldn't help but look at Shangguan Yuan and say with a smile, "In the past, I was too pedantic. Your disciple is indeed extraordinary."
Shangguan Yuan's face was ashen, but upon hearing Luo Guiyuan's words, a hint of redness returned to his cheeks as he smiled, "Of course. After all, she is the one I have chosen to be my successor as sect leader."
Speaking of the sect leader succession, the light in Luo Guiyuan's eyes gradually dimmed.
"Tang Xiye's words earlier... what do you think she meant?"
A flicker of pain flashed in Shangguan Yuan's eyes.
No one was foolish. Tang Xiye was a demoness, so what about their former master...
They all looked towards the direction of the Sutra Pavilion.
The tall tower remained.
But their master, who possessed such a pure and transcendent aura and had guided them to become sect leaders, had vanished without a trace.
...
Gnan Academy had just suffered a massacre. Initially, everyone should have been dispirited, but thanks to Yan Jiaojiao's presence, the disciples didn't find it too difficult to clean up the mess. Instead, they were enthusiastically discussing Yan Jiaojiao's final formation.
"I asked a formation master from my family. They said it was an extremely powerful formation. When the four magic orbs were amplified by the formation, their explosive power would be continuous until the person within the formation was annihilated. I never imagined Yan Jiaojiao would know such a formation; it's truly incredible. My family's formation master even said she has great potential to become a master formationist in her youth."
"Wow..."
Two out of every three sentences spoken by the disciples now were about Yan Jiaojiao. She had undeniably become the representative of this generation of Gnan Academy.
And this representative was currently lying on a bed, unable to move her limbs. A small black dog lay by her side. Master and pet, both injured, looked remarkably pitiful.
"Jiaojiao, your little black is truly amazing. He dared to confront the Demon King directly! Fortunately, your formation could directly transmit the demoness's power to the Demon King, otherwise, little black would have been in great danger too."
Dongfang Cangwu flicked his tail, thinking dismissively: Would I have been in great danger facing that disgusting thing? You guys were still playing in the mud when we used to fight! Such foolish and ignorant humans, treating Yan Jiaojiao like a god.
With that thought, he scanned Yan Jiaojiao up and down with contempt. Seeing her body bound so that every inch of skin was exposed, he snorted through his nose, "I don't know who tied her up like this. Aren't they afraid this dead woman will be strangled to death!"
Thinking this, he extended a paw and scratched, breaking a section of the bandages. Others also loosened automatically.
Yan Jiaojiao let out a sigh of relief.
If she hadn't been unable to move, she would have really wanted to hug the little black dog and kiss him to death!
No one had noticed how uncomfortably she was being strangled. Little Black had discovered it with just one sweep just now. Sob sob, he truly is her little black!
"Little Black is naturally the best!" Yan Jiaojiao spoke up for him, praising him to the heavens. Finally, she added, "Thank you all for going to the back mountain to find little black for me this time."
She had fallen and immediately lost the ability to move. It was Jiang Yiling and Wei Congling who dragged their injured bodies to the back mountain to find the dog.
Wei Congling waved her hand. She was also badly injured, but after all, she was much better off than Yan Jiaojiao.
"Jiaojiao, what do you think will happen to Gnan Academy in the future?"