"You think you can stop me? You're just a minor mountain god, how can you compare to a true god?"

The evil cultivator spoke with extreme arrogance, yet despite being only close to godhood, he already regarded himself as a true deity.

He unleashed an attack, sending Zhu Miao staggering backward, her tiny claws scraping against the stone slab and sparking.

It was only with the help of the old wizard that Zhu Miao was able to stop.

Seeing Zhu Miao's worn-out claws, the old wizard felt a pang of heartache and angrily said to the evil cultivator:

"A true god? You must be crazy!"

"You rats from the gutter will never become true gods!"

The evil cultivator was enraged by the old wizard's words, and a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.

However, he only raised his hand to launch an attack at the old wizard, without forgetting to go find Shen Sangruo.

The old wizard clutched his chest, vomited blood, and shouted, "Stop him! We can't let him find Sang Ruo!"

The snake woman summons magic and venom, the dodder flower vines entwine, the Kui Niu roars with lightning and thunder, Yuan Jin summons her contracted beast, and Liu Ruyan's fingertips sway with seductive glances.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators also rushed forward.

The sounds of battle suddenly erupted from the third line of defense.

Upon hearing such a violent commotion, Ye Huai and the others at the rear, along with Chang Li Xianjun on the second line of defense, all changed their expressions.

My first thought was that something must have happened to Shen Sangruo.

Looking towards the third line of defense, they saw that the person surrounded by the crowd was indeed an evil cultivator.

Immortal Lord Changli and Immortal Lady Qingluan were astonished. All the evil cultivators had been stopped outside the second line of defense. How could there be an evil cultivator appearing at the third line of defense?

Immortal Lord Changli carefully examined the man's appearance and moves, and gritted his teeth, saying, "It was him. No wonder he was able to appear on the third line of defense without anyone noticing."

During the great chaos of that time, he remembered that among the evil cultivators there was one who was skilled in the art of concealment.

But at that time, his cultivation level was not remarkable; he was just an ordinary one among countless evil cultivators, and he had some impression of him.

Unexpectedly, Qi Chong had managed to cultivate him over these ten thousand years.

"Sang Ruo, my Sang Ruo!" Shen Daochen was as anxious as an ant on a hot oil pan, but he was powerless to help.

In that brief moment of distraction, the evil cultivators had already slashed him several times, leaving bloody marks.

"They look like they're about to collapse!" Qingluan Fairy said anxiously as she dealt with the attacks from several evil cultivators around her.

Near-god level cultivators are far beyond the capabilities of Nascent Soul stage cultivators; they practically build walls of flesh and blood to defend themselves.

One by one, the cultivators fell to the evil cultivator's hands. It was clear that the evil cultivator was about to break through the defenses and reach Shen Sangruo, who was casting a summoning spell.

Qingluan Fairy was extremely anxious and wanted to stop them, but she was surrounded by other evil cultivators.

Clearly, this was a scheme devised by the evil cultivators; the second line of defense was determined to trap them here and kill them.

"Get lost!" Immortal Lord Changli slapped away the evil cultivator blocking his way, his eyes filled with ferocity, and his attack suddenly became swift and fierce.

The next moment, even more evil cultivators pounced on him, making it impossible for him to escape.

Ye Huai and the others, along with the young masters of other sects, immediately set off.

"Those evil cultivators hate Junior Sister so much! Quick! Go help her!" Song Weiyan gritted her teeth.

Despite his own cultivation level being only at the Nascent Soul stage, he was willing to sacrifice their lives to hold Shen Sangruo off, hoping for a glimmer of hope.

Feng Heyun, who was in a daze, suddenly came to his senses when he heard that something had happened to Chen Sangruo.

Despite having the lowest cultivation level among them, he flew on a sword, yet his departure speed was faster than everyone else's.

Although they were overtaken by others, they didn't fall too far behind.

When they arrived, the soil beneath their feet was stained a dark red.

Strangely, the number of corpses was much less.

Their attention was all on Shen Sangruo, and given the chaotic battle situation, they didn't notice her.

Of course, they didn't just rush in empty-handed; they carried many magical artifacts and quickly joined the battle.

On the other side, Shen Sangruo, who was focused on summoning magic, could sense that the sounds of fighting were getting closer and closer to her.

But her summoning spell was only two-thirds complete.

All I could think about was going faster, faster.

The sooner the predecessors of the Transcendent Realm were summoned, the fewer people would die at the hands of evil cultivators.

A complex array appeared beneath her feet, constantly flashing with golden light.

The beam of light shot straight into the sky, appearing to connect with the heavens, but in reality, it connected with a transitional realm.

As the evil cultivator watched her magic nearing completion, a growing anxiety appeared on his face, and he unleashed a barrage of deadly attacks.

"You beast, get the hell away from me!" His gaze toward Zhu Miao grew even more vicious. "Once this is all over, I'll skin you alive!"

If it weren't for that damned bamboo bear, how could these Nascent Soul stage ants have stopped him?!

He had already obtained Shen Sangruo's head!

Zhu Miao stared intently at the evil cultivator, her dark, beady eyes shining brightly at that moment.

Even though its claws were completely worn down and its white fur was stained with specks of red, it still refused to back down.

It bared its sharp teeth at the evil cultivator, its expression fierce, and pounced on him once again.

"You're courting death!" The evil cultivator's patience had run out, and terrifying power gathered in his hand.

boom--

The loud noise caused ringing in the ears.

The old wizard's eyes widened, his voice filled with profound sorrow: "Zhu Miao!"

The little dumpling flew out like a kite with a broken string and crashed to the ground.

Its messy short fur makes it look like an abandoned doll.

Zhu Miao never stood up again after landing.

The old wizard felt tinnitus spreading to his mind, and his mind went blank except for the buzzing sound.

It was as if we had returned to that day when we watched Zhu Miao emerge from the formation after falling into a deep sleep, and the little dumpling looked just like that.

Upon hearing the sounds from this side, Shen Sangri's hand, which was forming a hand seal, trembled slightly.

Gritting his teeth, he didn't open his eyes and continued to activate the summoning spell.

The old wizard felt as if his heart had fallen into a frozen lake, pierced by the sharp ice, and the pain spread.

Before he could even check on Zhu Miao's condition, he saw the evil cultivator take advantage of the moment Zhu Miao fell to launch an attack on Chen Sangruo.

We cannot let Shen Sangruo be interrupted, nor can we let Zhu Miao's efforts be in vain.

The old wizard gritted his teeth, his body moving faster than his mind could process.

He leaped up, trying to block the attack with his own body.

He only felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and then his hands felt light, followed by a sharp pain in the joints of both arms!

Snap—

It looks like something has fallen to the ground.

Looking down, I saw his hands.

The mask on his face shattered into pieces, and the pain of losing his arm almost made the old wizard faint.

But what bothered him was that the attack was too fast, and he only managed to block part of it.

The remaining portion is still heading towards Chen Sangruo!

"Junior Sister/Sang Ruo!"

Exclamations of surprise rang out continuously!

Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*

(End of this chapter)