Song Tingwan conjured a Rejuvenation Pill in her hand, and the azure mist formed from her spiritual energy landed on them.

Instant cure.

Qin Xi, whose arm had been hit, moved her joints and breathed a sigh of relief before she had a chance to complain: "We were about to leave, how did this have to happen?"

"Stop talking and let's go."

Just now, Wanqiji was at the very center, facing the terrifying demonic energy directly, which was beyond their current cultivation level.

Even though...his maternal grandfather was among them.

Wanqiji glanced deeply at the battlefield. His grandfather, seriously injured, was forced to join the fight.

But staying here will only lead to certain death.

Only a few breaths had passed since the terrifying aura attacked. The group of young people gathered together, and Song Tingwan decisively tore up the teleportation talisman.

Sorry, they really can't get involved in the big shots' fight.

"Hey, these little guys want to run away? Perfect."

"Lin Kong, hand over the key to Lin City, or I'll kill these little guys."

A surge of demonic energy from the Mahayana stage formed a rope, pulling the group of people back from their teleportation attempt.

They were all tied up in a neat row.

Song Tingwan looked at the large teleportation talisman in her hand, now ruined again: ...

Next time, use a magical artifact to escape; the talisman seems to clash with her aura.

A dim mass of demonic energy stopped abruptly, only to be torn apart and devoured by several other masses of blood-red demonic energy, causing the mass of demonic energy to shrink instantly.

Wan Qiji and the others stared wide-eyed.

It's almost certain that Lin Kong will be the one to be devoured.

The other two smaller clusters of pure demonic energy attacked each other frantically, but they couldn't stop them from devouring the larger cluster of demonic energy.

"ah--"

The old man's mournful cries fell intermittently into their ears.

The demonic energy they displayed was, as they knew, blood-red because of their deep sins, while demonic energy cultivated through practice was pure and clean.

"Release everyone! Once everyone's gone, I'll give you the key to Lin City—"

"No way, Lin Kong, do you think we'd believe that? You've protected those demons for over a thousand years, and once they're dead, you'll just be going to your own death."

Lin Kong's grief-stricken counterattack could only be further weakened by the demonic energy of the other two city lords.

He regretted it.

I brought the little ones in for my own selfish desires.

Hey, wait a minute.

"If you have a problem, come at me! They are all disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect. I invited them to be my guests before I died. If you dare to kill them, wouldn't you be dragging the entire Demon Realm down with you?"

The two demon kings paused in their movements.

The demonic energy materialized and landed, transforming into a young demon king, a man and a woman.

"Oh, a disciple of the Sword Inquiry Sect? No wonder it smells so good."

The female demon king lifted Song Tingwan's chin, gazing at her face with fascination as it drew closer—

"roll."

Get your filthy hands off me!

Holding the Li Guang sword, Song Siyao unleashed a torrent of sword energy at her opponents. As she slashed the demonic ropes binding everyone, Baili Xijiang and Wan Qiji also broke free on their own. The three of them stood at the forefront, their eyes blazing with fury.

Qin Xi and the others from Yunyin glared angrily and surrounded them, each grabbing their weapons and magical artifacts.

Baili Xijiang, carrying a long spear, was furious. "You demon, how dare you! Do you even know who my master is!"

The female demon, now split in two, laughed heartily. The two wisps of demonic energy merged back together, and she continued to stand in front of Song Tingwan, raising an eyebrow with amusement. "How can you still laugh when the children are so noisy?"

Song Tingwan smiled at her, neither backing away nor dodging, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her chin where the other had touched her.

"I'm laughing at you."

With her red lips and white teeth, she smiled warmly and said, "Zero, kill her."

In an instant, a ghostly aura that seemed to devour the heavens spread from her body.

The wind continued, turning everyone in sight into darkness.

Only the woman standing at the very center, with her ethereal beauty, lightly tossed the handkerchief she had just wiped onto the demon's face, her smile unchanged.