"Fortunately, there are restrictions in place." The people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits breathed a sigh of relief, their tense hearts relaxing slightly.

Then he uttered a questioning sound, "Hiss, other sects all directly created clones within themselves, so the restrictions were completely useless, even the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits was no exception."

"Why are Ninghua Sect's restrictions able to keep those clones outside the sect?"

"It's not that we're keeping them out of the sect, but that the evil entity can't summon a clone within the Ninghua Sect," Shen Sangruo said in a deep voice.

It's not because the people here are particularly upright and have no evil thoughts; that's very difficult to achieve.

Rather, it is because this place was one of the main battlefields of the great chaos ten thousand years ago, burying the blood of countless Ninghua Sect predecessors.

Before they died, each person carried a heart full of justice, and their blood seeped into this land.

The near annihilation of the sect turned the spirits of those cultivators into a single force; their hatred for the evil cultivators suppressed the sinister energy.

Therefore, the evil entity increasingly summoned clones within the Ninghua Sect.

However, if we only defend and do not attack, the restrictions will be broken sooner or later, and when that happens, Ninghua Sect will become a slaughterhouse.

The Taoist Master Wuwei frowned deeply, a resolute look in his aged eyes.

His figure seemed to overlap with the one he had stood before countless evil cultivators ten thousand years ago.

"Cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above, follow me out of the sect to fight!"

Even if those clones keep appearing, killing one will only summon another.

But they had no choice but to do this: buy time so the restrictions could last longer while searching for a way to break through.

The messengers were Wuwei Daoren, Changli Xianjun, Qingluan Xianji, Chen Daochen, Lingxiao Zhenren, and the Wanling Palace people who came to deliver the message.

There are also elders of Ninghua Sect, such as Yuan Jin and Liu Ruyan, who have recently broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Finally, with the addition of Shen Sangruo, a team of several dozen people was temporarily formed, their eyes filled with determination, ready to go outside the forbidden area.

The visual impact of dozens of people facing thousands of clones was incredibly strong, especially since there were even quite a few cultivators in the team who were only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

But they really had no better options.

Just as the group was about to step out of the barrier, they suddenly noticed that the clones in the sky had all made way for an open space.

A figure slowly emerged from the gap, a sly smile playing on his sharp-featured face.

His gaze fell directly on Shen Sangruo and the others, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, revealing sharp teeth.

He casually sat back, and a throne formed from yin and evil energy immediately appeared behind him.

The evil creature sat on the throne, its legs casually crossed, its elbows resting on its side, and its chin loosely supported.

He stared at the crowd with his grayish-white pupils and said, "How have you been?"

The evil creature spoke softly, but its shrill, piercing voice echoed eerily in everyone's ears.

Everyone was shocked. The other clones all looked like people who had painted their entire bodies black, but the one in front of them had grayish-white skin and, apart from its appearance, was no different from an ordinary person.

He is undoubtedly the true form of an evil cultivator!

Why would an evil entity appear here?!

Although the evil creature's words seemed to be addressed to everyone, among those present, only Shen Sanruo had ever met the evil creature.

It was more like he was greeting her, his gray-white pupils gleaming with intense interest.

"I didn't expect you to be able to get out of that formation." The evil creature's voice carried a hint of surprise.

After all, according to his thinking, they should only care about their own life and death, and not sacrifice for others.

"I told you, next time I see you, I will properly 'thank' you." This time, the evil creature no longer concealed its gaze, staring straight at Shen Sangruo, its eyes blazing with murderous intent.

He never expected that the person Qi Chong asked him to take special care of was also her.

He never paid much attention to Qi Chong's orders, treating them as mere whispers in the wind, and would even contradict Qi Chong, showing no regard for him.

Originally, the evil entity did not intend to pay attention to the person Qi Chong had specifically instructed, but after discovering that it was Shen Sangruo, it changed its mind.

After all, Shen Sang was one of the two people he was particularly interested in after he appeared in this world.

When Shen Sangruo led Mei Mei and others to break the formation, although he could not leave the "shell", he was able to see their every move.

He enjoys the feeling of secretly spying on others, like a hunter observing its prey. Isn't that interesting?

Shen Sanruo was the prey he had targeted during his surveillance.

With her outstanding abilities, her resistance and struggle must be quite strong. It would be very satisfying to kill her, right?

As he thought about it, the savagery in the evil creature's eyes surged even more fiercely.

When she met the evil creature's gaze, Shen Sanruo couldn't help but frown. She could feel the "special" feeling the evil creature had for her.

The chilling look in his eyes—a look that seemed to want to tear her apart bit by bit, to torture her to death, and to find pleasure in doing so—was terrifying.

Why are they all giving her such extra attention? Is she that noticeable?

Sensing the evil creature's ill intentions towards her, Immortal Lord Changli, Immortal Princess Qingluan, Qiyan, and the others stood in front of her, blocking the evil creature's view and warning it with threatening eyes.

Thinking that this must also be Qi Chong's arrangement.

More than the evil creature's murderous intent towards her, Shen Sangruo was concerned about why the evil creature itself had appeared here.

Previously, Qing Shu and Xuan Ye were the ones holding back the evil creature, but it had already broken free.

Her expression was unusually solemn, inevitably thinking of the worst possible outcome. She dared not believe it easily and said to Qi Yan, "Qi Yan, contact Qing Shu and Xuan Ye."

She only said such a short sentence, but Qi Yan had the same thought in his mind. Even though she didn't say it, he knew what her purpose was in contacting them.

"I'm in contact with them."

The others, recovering from the shock of the sudden appearance of the evil creature, also began to worry about Qing Shu and Xuan Ye's situation.

The direct loss of two of the Five Divine Beasts is a huge blow to the cultivation world.

Moreover, if that evil creature can truly and easily defeat the two Five Divine Beasts, then probably no one in the cultivation world will be able to stop it, and the cultivation world will be destined to be the evil cultivator's possession.

From any perspective, they didn't want anything to happen to Qing Shu and Xuan Ye.

Fortunately, after a moment, Qi Yan spoke up: "They were just bewildered by that evil creature's clone, and he escaped with a golden cicada shedding its shell. They suffered some minor injuries, but are fine."

"The clones that are holding them back are almost as strong as the main body of the evil creature. They will need some time to break free. Once they are dealt with, they will come over immediately."

Upon hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This evil entity truly "values" their Ninghua Sect.

Other sects can summon clones, but when it comes to the Ninghua Sect, even if the main body is thousands of miles away, they will try every means to escape and rush over.

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