“Scram!”
Before Tang Qiao’s whip could even approach the figure on the ground, a low growl erupted from within the thunderclouds. Light flickered, and her whip was instantly shredded.
Qin Si, clad in new red robes, stepped out of the sea of thunder, a sword in hand, his eyebrows sharp and icy. But as his gaze fell upon the person on the ground, his fierce eyes softened immediately, filled with worry. Qin Si crouched down and, heedless of his depleted spiritual energy, frantically drew upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to heal Bai Shengyi’s injuries.
The Hongmeng Paper transformed into a human form and said hesitantly, “She’ll be fine.” The Hongmeng Paper, having a certain affinity with the Reincarnation Brush, could sense Bai Shengyi’s condition through it.
Qin Si ignored him, continuing to silently mend Bai Shengyi’s wounds. However, as soon as he started to utilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Tang Qiao sensed the emptiness within his spiritual energy and sneered, “A mere Void Breaking Realm cultivator, who has just survived the lightning tribulation and not even stabilized their realm, dares to stop me?”
As her words fell, she conjured another fiery red whip in her hand and lashed out! The whip, both tangible and intangible, did not disappear even when Qin Si crushed the space it occupied. When Qin Si attempted to displace it to another space, as he had done with Tang Qiao earlier, he found it impossible.
“You think I would fall for the same trick twice after being fooled once?” Tang Qiao sneered. “This whip of mine is forged from the spatial tail of a nine-tailed fox, specializing in countering spatial arts. Even if you were a Saint Realm cultivator, you couldn’t do anything to it with spatial arts!”
As she spoke, faint traces of black energy appeared in Tang Qiao’s palm, mixing into the whip and making it even more ferocious.
“Tang Qiao, you’ve actually fallen into demonic ways?” Yun Buluo exclaimed from a distance, seeing this. To fall into demonic ways after ascending to immortality was to sever one’s cultivated path and be rejected by heaven and earth! It was precisely for this reason that, despite various worlds not discriminating against demonic cultivators, they were few and far between. Moreover, demonic cultivators in lower realms, restricted by the heavenly dao, rarely achieved ascension.
Tang Qiao did not answer, but kept her eyes fixed on Bai Shengyi, “Today, I will kill you to avenge Yue Jun!” Seeing the whip about to strike Bai Shengyi, Qin Si immediately dodged, holding Bai Shengyi, but the whip followed closely. Qin Si’s gaze sharpened, realizing the whip would not stop until its goal was met, and moved to shield Bai Shengyi.
“Spring Hong Fifth Sword, Yuanshi.”
The primordial beginning, time reversed! Tang Qiao saw only that since that voice rang out, a crystal-clear blue longsword shot out from the center of the thunder sea. Sword qi hummed, and before she could even blink, the fiery red whip had returned to her sight!
“You–” Tang Qiao looked up in astonishment, only to see Qin Si had moved away from Bai Shengyi. The wounds on Bai Shengyi, and the flesh and bone blackened by heavenly lightning, were rapidly being replaced by newly grown snow-white skin. What was revealed to everyone was a captivatingly beautiful face, a cold and indifferent oppressive gaze, and… an aura of radiant divine light all over her body!
“Spirit-Communicating Bone!” Yun Buluo exclaimed in a low voice, his gaze filled with disbelief. “Why does Bai Shengyi have a Spirit-Communicating Bone?” Yun Buluo’s thoughts churned, and he suddenly realized something. He turned and headed towards the Cloud Sea and Cloud Cliff. After only a few steps, he saw Yun Ya running towards him, covered in blood.
“Seventh Young Master! Nineteenth Miss has killed Yun Hai!” Yun Ya exclaimed before fainting. Yun Buluo was shocked.
“Water!” Bai Shengyi, unaware of what had transpired within the Yun Shenzhou team, coldly regarded Tang Qiao. She raised the Reincarnation Brush in her right hand, and the Hongmeng Paper transformed into a white sheet, hovering in mid-air, allowing her to casually write a single character on it. As the character fell, the wind and clouds of heaven and earth drastically changed.
“My Lord, that wisp of fire spirit you were looking for can also be given to the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Brush,” the Hongmeng Paper suggested, as if feeling the current scene wasn’t grand enough.
Bai Shengyi then remembered the strand of divine fire she had obtained from the Underworld River Gate and immediately took it out. As soon as the flame was released, it transformed into a giant, dark eye, with a small ball of white at its center, resembling an eyeball.
“Chongli’s Eye!” Long Zining of the Moon Star Middle World exclaimed in shock, taking two steps forward, eager. “It’s actually Chongli’s Eye divine fire, representing the end of darkness and the dawn before the Chongli!”
“Zining, should we seize it?” Although this divine fire was only a wisp, it was immensely beneficial for the cultivation of demon cultivators! To put it plainly, in the current Moon Star Middle World, the legendary Beast God who had ascended to the Great World cultivated so rapidly precisely because he had subdued a wisp of Chongli’s Eye, using it to gather vast amounts of stellar energy, which led to a sudden enlightenment and ascension to the Upper Realm!
“Wait, let’s wait until they finish fighting,” Long Zining said. Although her personality was assertive, she was very cautious. “The situation is unclear, and there are many people watching covetously from all sides. Everyone, be careful.”
“Only Qiao Yi and the others remain from the Purple Yellow Middle World. The Chongyuan Middle World cultivators are acting independently. As for these cultivators from the Divine Revelation Small World, they are not worth worrying about, so there’s no need to be too concerned, right?” someone remarked.
Long Zining glared at the speaker. “Do not underestimate anyone. I have a feeling something is amiss with this secret realm.” As she spoke, Long Zining used a secret clan technique to contact her clan’s scouts in various locations, asking them to investigate any unusual movements, especially in the Chongyuan Middle World.
Chongli’s Eye integrated into the Reincarnation Brush without any obstruction. The Reincarnation Brush happily spun in mid-air, and the character “Water” instantly emitted a strong golden light! Like a divine oracle! The sky seemed to have a river pouring down from the heavens, and a torrent of water rushed towards Tang Qiao!
Tang Qiao reacted with extreme speed. With a thought, the fiery red whip unfurled, transforming into a raging sea of fire. However, before the sea of fire could ignite, it was completely extinguished by the water!
“Pfft!” Tang Qiao was sent flying backward by the impact and exclaimed in disbelief, “How is this possible! Didn’t you just survive the lightning tribulation? Why do you still have such abundant spiritual energy…”
However, Bai Shengyi did not answer. She picked up her brush and began to write on the Hongmeng Paper again. But before she could finish, Tang Qiao got up, tore through space, and fled!
“Bai Shengyi! Just you wait!” Tang Qiao’s resentful voice echoed from a distance.
Seeing Tang Qiao’s failure, Liu Tianyun, who was standing at the outermost edge of the onlookers, said to the female cultivator beside him, “You saw it too. This is the person my good father uses. Such a waste.” Standing beside him was none other than Yun Youyue, who had killed Yun Hai and disappeared.
It was unclear what method Yun Youyue had used, but she dared to stand openly not far from Yun Buluo, yet Yun Buluo did not notice her. Yun Youyue was as proud as a sky-swallow, her red lips curved. “Although the Lord of Yingwu Prefecture is useless, he is at least a Saint Realm cultivator. Red Lotus Demonic Lord, you are still merely at the Void Breaking Realm. What can you give me?”
Yes, merely Void Breaking. After only a few hours, Yun Youyue’s aura had already grown to the Saint Realm! Such terrifying cultivation speed was unheard of even by Liu Tianyun, who immediately felt the urge to recruit her.