As soon as Bai Ying said this, the entire square fell into a deathly silence.

"Refining... Refining Void stage!" On the viewing platform, the elders of Huayang Sect were all pale-faced, their withered fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"Absurd!" A deacon from the Huayang Sect abruptly stood up. "When Bai Ying left the Huayang Sect, she was clearly only at the Foundation Establishment stage!"

The crowd erupted in uproar.

The leaders of the minor sects looked at each other, all seeing shock in each other's eyes.

Some cultivators murmured in disbelief, "This...this is against the natural order..."

"In just a few years, he went from Foundation Establishment to Void Refinement... Even Ancestor Huayang couldn't have done that! Just who is this Bai Ying?"

What's most chilling is that Bai Ying's aura continues to grow stronger, completely different from Ruan Xinrou's spiritual energy fluctuations. This indicates that she is not relying on external forces, but has truly entered this legendary realm.

For a moment, no one could believe what they were seeing.

This Bai Ying is far too terrifying. If they can't kill such a formidable enemy quickly, they can't even imagine what level she will reach in the future.

A cold smile played on Bai Ying's lips, her eyes gleaming with a chilling light: "Weren't you going to massacre my Lingyin Sect?" She flicked her slender finger, and a streak of starlight traced a brilliant path through the air like a dragon. "I stand right before you now. Come on, make your move."

Ruan Xinrou's delicate face was now deathly pale, her carefully applied makeup soaked with cold sweat. She realized with horror that the remaining power of her Void Refinement Realm was slipping away from her body like sand through her fingers.

"System! Think of something!" she screamed hysterically in her mind, but all she got in response was intermittent electrical noise, like the last gasps of a dying person.

She turned and fled, her magnificent robes shattering in the turbulent flow of spiritual energy, like a stray dog.

Bloodstained fingernails slashed wildly in the air, leaving glaring streaks of blood: "Ancestor, save me!"

"Trying to escape?" Bai Ying sneered, and with a flick of her finger, seventy-two array flags shot out like meteors. These flags intertwined in the air, forming a net that instantly turned the area within a hundred feet into a cage of starlight. Ruan Xinrou crashed into the light barrier with a "bang," and her carefully maintained cheek was instantly torn open, bleeding profusely.

"No!"

She screamed in terror and turned to Bai Ying.

"Senior sister, spare me!" She collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face.

Bai Ying coldly watched as Ruan Xinrou's once proud head slammed heavily to the ground with a dull thud, causing the ground to tremble.

"It was all Patriarch Huayang's fault that I was forced to do this..." Ruan Xinrou's voice was hoarse, her forehead was already a bloody mess, blood mixed with tears streaming down her face, "That's why I attacked the Lingyin Sect... I'm willing to hand over all my treasures and cultivation techniques... Please, Senior Sister, spare my life..."

As she spoke, she kowtowed heavily again, each slap causing the ground to tremble slightly. Her carefully styled hair was now disheveled, and her hairpins and ornaments were scattered all over the ground.

Bai Ying silently looked down at the disheveled woman at her feet, a sudden, indescribable sense of absurdity welling up inside her. This despicable, shameless ant, in her past life, had caused her death and annihilation? The cultivators of the Lingyin Sect and the Lingxiao Sect had almost all perished at her hands.

"Go to hell!"

The starlight at Bai Ying's fingertips surged, and just as this deadly strike was about to land, a huge blood-red crack suddenly appeared in the sky with a "crack".

Space was forcibly torn apart, and the Huayang Ancestor arrived amidst rolling blood clouds, his withered hand slamming out a blood-red palm print that blotted out the sky.

"presumptuous!"

Wherever the palm print passed, even space itself was distorted, and the watching cultivators coughed up blood and retreated.

A maniacal gleam of joy flashed in Ruan Xinrou's eyes, and her previously humble and pleading expression instantly turned ferocious: "Ancestor! Kill this bitch! Tear her to pieces..."

However, her cheers came to an abrupt halt.

The blood-red palm print, powerful enough to move mountains and fill seas, melted away as quickly as a bubble meeting a raging fire the moment it touched the star net laid out by Bai Ying.

Even more terrifying, the Star Net remained completely still, instead rebounding a dazzling starlight that forced Ancestor Huayang to retreat three steps, each step leaving spiderweb-like cracks in the void.

"This...this is impossible!" The old patriarch Huayang's wrinkled face was twisted and deformed, his cloudy eyes filled with disbelief.

Bai Ying raised her sword high, the ancient inscriptions on its blade gleaming with a cold light, reflecting in her deep, icy eyes: "I told you, no one can save you today."

The sword fell, and the Milky Way was reversed.

This sword strike appeared extremely slow, but in reality, it was faster than lightning. Wherever the sword's edge passed, space was neatly sliced ​​open like thin paper, revealing dark void rifts. In Ruan Xinrou's wide pupils, the dazzling sword light that was getting closer and closer was reflected.

"No!!"

The piercing scream abruptly stopped.

The moment the sword light pierced through Ruan Xinrou's brow, a blinding golden light suddenly burst forth from her body. A semi-transparent golden light shield enveloped her, its surface swirling with countless mysterious runes.

"Huh?" Bai Ying raised an eyebrow slightly, "A soul-protecting treasure?"

Upon seeing this, Patriarch Huayang revealed a mocking expression: "This is the natal soul weapon I bestowed upon her! No one can kill Ruan Xinrou..."

Before she could finish speaking, Bai Ying summoned the dragon scale artifact, its scales covered in corrosive power. It flew directly towards Ruan Xinrou.

"Who says we can't kill him!"