Just as the Nascent Soul cultivator was about to take Ruan Xinrou away, he saw Bai Ying actually step forward.

"What? You're still planning to snatch someone from under my nose?"

As he spoke, he unleashed his aura.

The pressure from the Nascent Soul cultivator was far beyond what the cultivators present could withstand; even Ruan Xinrou, who was already at the Pseudo-Core stage, felt extremely strained.

"Uncle Ke, thank you for helping me." Ruan Xinrou forced herself to thank the Nascent Soul cultivator named Ke Lin in front of her.

"There's no need to thank me, it's just what I should do."

Colin turned his gaze to Bai Ying again and said coldly, "You ant, you're not convinced, are you?"

Immediately afterward, Colin released his oppressive aura even more intensely. Everyone present staggered, and those with lower cultivation levels immediately knelt on the ground. The oppressive aura was extremely terrifying, like a heavy mountain pressing down on everyone. Some even coughed up blood!

But Bai Ying remained standing there, her eyes fixed on him, filled with a surging fighting spirit.

Even Wang Qi couldn't help but tug at Bai Ying's sleeve this time: "Bai Ying, you're no match for a Nascent Soul cultivator. You have to admit defeat this time. Don't even think about fighting a Nascent Soul cultivator; you'll die."

Wang Qi was well aware of the difference between the Nascent Soul stage and the Golden Core stage.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm is only one realm higher than the late stage of the Golden Core realm; the difference between the two is a qualitative leap, a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

No matter how powerful Bai Ying is, she is far from being a match for someone in the Nascent Soul stage.

Now that the other side has sent in cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, they have no choice but to let the Huayang Sect take Ruan Xinrou away.

But Bai Ying said to him, "Do you think he'll let us go if we just ignore everything and let them take Ruan Xinrou away?"

Wang Qi frowned: "What do you mean?"

Even all the cultivators present looked at Bai Ying.

Bai Ying sneered, "Ruan Xinrou has made a grave mistake today. If word gets out, how will Huayang Sect ever face anyone again?"

Bai Ying's words sent chills down everyone's spines. "You mean he's going to kill us all! And then keep us quiet?"

"What else can we do? We can't use the Qiankun Mirror in the Shadow Valley Trial. If he kills us all, who will know what Ruan Xinrou did!"

Everyone looked panicked.

Only the Nascent Soul cultivator named Colin laughed.

"How clever. It's just a pity that being too clever will lead to an even more miserable death."

Su Yu's face turned pale when she heard Colin's words.

He couldn't believe that Uncle Ke actually intended to kill everyone here, especially after Ruan Xinrou had made a mistake!

In order to cover up Ruan Xinrou's mistakes, he actually had to commit an even bigger one!

Why is this happening?!

Su Yu was taught by his elders in the sect from a young age to be upright and have the courage to admit his mistakes.

But now, it's clearly Ruan Xinrou who's in the wrong!

"Uncle-Master!"

Su Yu was about to try to persuade him, but before she could even utter a word, Colin scolded her:

"Shut up! If you don't want to die here, swallow those words! I will not allow anyone to damage the reputation of our Huayang Sect."

The crowd panicked and scattered in all directions. However, they had only flown a dozen meters when they were forcefully bounced back by an invisible wall. No matter how hard they tried, it was futile. The wall was extremely powerful; all the magic they used against it was deflected back onto themselves. The crowd turned ashen-faced, filled with despair.

Colin watched their futile struggles, a smug smile spreading across his face. He slowly said, "Don't try to run. None of you will escape. Today, none of you will leave here." His words were filled with undeniable authority.

Seeing this, Ruan Xinrou felt a surge of anxiety. She didn't care about the lives of others, but Bai Ying absolutely could not die. If Bai Ying died, how would she obtain that fortune?

After a moment's thought, Ruan Xinrou said to Ke Lin, "Senior Ke, I feel disgusted with Bai Ying the moment I see her. Could you let me deal with her?"

Colin looked at her with interest: "How are you going to deal with this?"

"How about this?" Ruan Xinrou took a step forward and said to Bai Ying:

"Bai Ying, let's make a bet. I'll fight you. If you win, I'll have Senior Ke release everyone here. If I win, none of them will live! And you'll become my slave. I want you to swear to the heavens that you'll be at my mercy from now on."

Ruan Xinrou was already at the Pseudo-Core stage. She knew that she was powerful enough to crush Bai Ying long ago.

She had always hoped that when she met Bai Ying, she could defeat her in public and show everyone how powerful she was.

Sure enough, as soon as she said that, everyone present started shouting and cursing: "You're already at the Pseudo-Core Realm, how could Bai Ying possibly beat you!"

"No matter how powerful Bai Ying is, she's only at the early Foundation Establishment stage! She has absolutely no chance of winning!"

Even the group that Bai Ying had saved before didn't believe that Bai Ying could defeat Ruan Xinrou.

They believed that Ruan Xinrou had abandoned them and fled because she didn't want to fight the monsters, and that Bai Ying must have some secret technique to defeat those monsters.

However, secret techniques that are usually effective against monsters are useless against humans!

Colin laughed even harder. If Ruan Xinrou wanted to tease Bai Ying, then let her tease her. After all, she was just an ant in the Foundation Establishment stage, and Ruan Xinrou could kill her with a single finger.

Ruan Xinrou walked towards Bai Ying step by step, her face full of smug smiles.

She said to Bai Ying:

Do you dare?

No sooner had she spoken than a cultivator shouted, "You vicious woman! How could she possibly win against you! A Foundation Establishment cultivator can't possibly defeat a Pseudo-Core cultivator!"

The Pseudo-Core Realm is the closest to the Golden Core Realm, which is something that these cultivators may never reach even after a lifetime of cultivation.

They wouldn't even dare to dream of challenging someone at that level, yet now Ruan Xinrou is actually going to fight Bai Ying.

Isn't this just a death sentence for them?

They dared to punish Ruan Xinrou just now because many of them were at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, only one step away from the Pseudo-Core Formation stage. They were confident that they could control her if they joined forces.

But Bai Ying is all alone now, and she's not even at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!

But Bai Ying had no choice but to agree. Everyone saw Bai Ying walk towards Ruan Xinrou and heard her say, "Come on."

They just thought she was putting on a brave face.

Bai Ying probably wouldn't even be able to withstand one move from Ruan Xinrou. She's about to be defeated.

Despair filled their eyes and hearts. They were certain they would die here today!