Lin Jingting continued, "She is the little princess of the Wen family, a noble family of the immortal race in the upper realm. If you make things difficult for us here today, you will be making enemies of the Wen family. Can you withstand the wrath of the immortals?"

The three Daoist masters' eyelids twitched even more violently: this kid has now brought up the Wen family, and if the three of them still insist on taking action, it would be tantamount to openly opposing the Wen family. They fear they will no longer be able to openly submit to the Wen family and will have to operate in the shadows.

Not wanting to put themselves in a difficult position, they secretly discussed the matter with Wen Ruyan.

The only way to kill Lin Jingting now is to kill Li Yun and Ouyang Hao as well, then no one will know that it was them who did it.

In reality, Wen Ruyan had already planned to sacrifice the other two when she had them kill Lin Jingting. Li Yun didn't have a deep connection with her, but Ouyang Hao had always been deeply in love with her. However, to avoid affecting her relationship with the Hua family, this was the only option.

The three Dao Venerables exchanged a telepathic message with Wen Ruyan and received her order. Just as they were about to take action, a female cultivator's voice rang out from not far away: "Oh, what's going on here? Several Dao Venerables surrounding a few Nascent Soul cultivators, are they having a meeting?"

At the same time, the fearsome demon Hua Nian appeared just a few feet away.

Wen Ruyan was overjoyed upon seeing this: she knew that for nearly a month, no matter how hard Hu Qianjiao and the other demon lords searched, they had not been able to find Hua Nian. Unexpectedly, Hua Nian had appeared here at this time.

Although this place is close to the exit of the "gap", it is still some distance away and the location is relatively remote. So, although the thirty-day deadline is approaching and many cultivators are rushing to the exit, no other cultivators have appeared here.

Moreover, the four Dao Venerables of the Li family had already set up restrictions around the area when they arrived, so unless one's strength surpasses that of the four brothers, they simply cannot enter.

Chu Nian's appearance here not only surprised Wen Ruyan, but also truly astonished the Li brothers.

Wen Ruyan immediately sent a message to Hu Qianjiao, instructing her to lead the demon lords to join the siege. No matter what, Hua Nian must be kept here forever.

"Hua Nian, you've come to hell even though there's no gate to it! Die!" Li Huaidong shouted, and led his two brothers to unleash their magical weapons and attack Chu Nian.

Just as Lin Jingting was about to mock the three men for attacking a woman right away, Wen Ruyan shouted, "Let's escape while they're fighting!"

Unexpectedly, Chu Nian was about to unleash a demonic spike to meet the three Li brothers when he heard what they were saying. He then casually said to the three brothers, "Hey, those four Nascent Soul cultivators who injured your brother are leaving. If they really leave, it will be such a shameful thing that your brother, a Great Ascension Dao Venerable, was knocked unconscious by a Nascent Soul cultivator in a few moves. The news will spread throughout the entire cultivation world."

Just as Lin Jingting and his three companions were about to escape on the wind, they were all startled by Chu Nian's words.

"Third brother, go and deal with those four Nascent Soul cultivators," Li Huaidong ordered.

Li Huaixi turned and lunged at Lin Jingting, but before he could react, a sharp pain shot through his back, and blood gushed out. He collapsed into a pool of blood.

"Ah, Third Brother..." Li Huaidong and Li Huainan cried out in unison.

Before they could finish speaking, they both felt a sharp pain in their dantian as an invisible force pierced through it. They felt their magical energy leaking out uncontrollably.

In the blink of an eye, all four Dao Venerables of the Li family had turned into dried corpses.

There was no other way. Even if Chu Nian didn't want to use this method, when he heard that several Mahayana experts were rushing towards this place from different directions, he knew that he couldn't linger in the battle. He could only deal with the few in front of him in the fastest, most effective and least resource-intensive way.

She had just waved her hand and cast a spell to collect the storage space from the four brothers, and the restrictions they had set up with their spells also disappeared due to their deaths. Hu Qianjiao appeared with several demon lords, and immediately surrounded Chu Nian.

Hu Qianjiao coldly shouted, "We only need to kill the female demon Hua Nian. Everyone else, please leave immediately!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a piercing bang was heard, and a signal flare shot into the sky.

Lin Jingting, Wen Ruyan, and Ouyang Hao all looked at Li Yun with some surprise; it was she who had launched the signal flare.

Hu Qianjiao and the other demon lords also turned their heads and glared coldly at Li Yun.

Then Li Yun said, "I apologize to all the senior demons. This female demon injured my junior brother Hua, and she has long been a great enemy of my master and mistress. They have been looking for an opportunity to deal with this female demon, but she is well hidden and it is difficult to even find her shadow."

Now that she has appeared, I have informed my master and mistress. Whether they will personally join the seniors in killing this female demon upon their arrival, or remain silent and observe, I do not know. But if I knowingly fail to inform them of my enemy's imminent arrival, they will surely blame me afterward.”

Lin Jingting rolled her eyes at her and said, "How long do you think it would take for so many demon lords to kill a female demon? By the time my parents arrive, this female demon will probably be reduced to ashes..."

Before he could finish speaking, everyone suddenly felt the ground shake, and the sound of air leaking out rang out one after another. At the same time, all the demon lords surrounding Chu Nian turned into dried corpses in an instant.

Only the most powerful fox queen, Hu Qianjiao, had time to glare at Chu Nian with resentment and say, "You demon, you actually took advantage of our conversation..."

Unfortunately, he died before he could finish speaking.

Chu Nian coldly replied, "Villains die from talking too much." Damn it, if I don't make my move while you're talking, do you expect me to wait until you're all done chatting before ganging up on me?!

Lin Jingting was utterly stunned by what he saw: This... they killed all the demon lords so quickly?! This is incredible!

The three of them unconsciously changed color.

Ouyang Hao shouted, "Go!" He then grabbed Wen Ruyan, who was still staring in disbelief at the pile of dried corpses, and tried to escape on the wind.

Unexpectedly, Chu Nian swung his arm, and a blade of light crashed down in front of him, creating a huge crater.

Ouyang Hao immediately felt an immense pressure bearing down on him, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him, making him unsteady on his feet, and finally he knelt down with a thud.

Wen Ruyan was also under the pressure of the Mahayana aura, but she was protected by a spiritual treasure, so she was far less disheveled than Ouyang Hao. Otherwise, Chu Nian would have killed her long ago, and wouldn't have let her run around like this.

Within this "gap," neither immortals nor their artifacts are of any use. The Wen family was aware of this and had long ago given Wen Ruyan countless spiritual treasures, each with various offensive and defensive functions, minimizing the dangers she faced during her exploration.

Given the magical treasures she currently possesses, coupled with her magical treasure robes, Chu Nian estimates that only an immortal's divine power could break through her defenses.