"Who...who exactly is this Bai Ying? The flames in her hands look incredibly strange. Everyone must be careful!" A cultivator from the Xiyun Sect shouted, his voice trembling, his eyes filled with fear and vigilance, as he warned his companions.
In an instant, these Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Xiyun Sect moved swiftly, coordinating with each other, and in the blink of an eye, they formed an exquisite array. This array was a closely guarded secret of their Xiyun Sect, based on mutual restraint and endless cycles, with the intention of using its powerful force to gradually deplete Bai Ying's spiritual energy and trap her here to her death.
Fortunately, Yang Anqi had exaggerated Bai Ying's power in a very dramatic way, which prevented these cultivators from underestimating her.
In their view, with so many Nascent Soul stage experts gathered to besiege Bai Ying, even if she truly possessed extraordinary abilities, she would have no chance of escaping and would undoubtedly die.
These people moved swiftly within the formation, their figures shifting like ghosts. As they chanted incantations, strands of silk, emitting a ghostly glow, shot out from their hands like nimble venomous snakes, instantly surrounding Bai Ying and trapping her firmly within the cage woven from the silk threads.
One of the cultivators, a smug look on his face, shouted at the trapped Bai Ying, "Your fire is indeed powerful, but you never expected this, did you? Our specially made silk threads are crafted from top-grade spiritual materials, capable of blocking any flames. Today, your fire simply can't reach us. Just accept your fate!"
However, their smugness didn't last long. Bai Ying's lips curled slightly upwards. Instead of unleashing the Extreme Yin Flame as they expected, she flipped her jade hand, and an ancient seal appeared in her palm. Then, with a light flick of her arm, she forcefully tossed the seal into the sky.
The instant the seal left his hand, the entire world seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand. The once clear sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds, the inky clouds churning and surging like a raging tide, making it hard to breathe.
A terrifying bolt of lightning, radiating a chilling light and carrying a devastating aura capable of annihilating everything, struck the threads binding the white fireflies like a cleaving sword.
The change came so suddenly that the cultivators of Xiyun Sect went completely blank for a moment, and had no time to react even slightly.
Wherever the lightning touched, an extremely dazzling light erupted, stinging the eyes, as if a million suns were shining at the same time.
At the same time, the deafening roar drowned out all other sounds, as if the entire world was filled only with this terrifying thunder. The cultivators of the Xiyun Sect, under the powerful impact of this electric current, were like autumn leaves suddenly swept away by a gale, instantly blasted away without any resistance.
Their bodies traced irregular arcs in the air before crashing heavily onto the hard ground.
The scene was a complete mess. The cultivators with slightly higher cultivation levels could barely support their bodies, groaning in pain as they lingered on the ground, barely clinging to life.
Those with weaker cultivation levels were struck directly in vital areas by lightning, dying instantly with their bodies emitting black smoke, their deaths gruesome.
In just a moment, of the nine who had come to besiege Bai Ying with great momentum, only four remained alive; the rest had all perished. This sudden reversal terrified the surviving Xiyun Sect cultivators. They stared at Bai Ying, who stood amidst the lightning like a god, their eyes filled with fear and despair.
"This...this is a Celestial-grade magic artifact, we can't handle this, let's go!"
As they spoke, those people glared fiercely at Yang Anqi.
Yang Anqi was completely terrified.
She saw the Grand Elder give Bai Ying this magical artifact, but with her strength, she couldn't tell how powerful it was at all.
But I never imagined it would be so terrifying.
Is this what a celestial-grade magical artifact looks like?
She plopped down on the ground.
All I could think about was that we were doomed.
She had known for a long time that Bai Ying was terrifying, but she hadn't expected her to be this terrifying.
To her even greater surprise, Bai Ying smiled at them and said, "Want to leave? Don't even dream about it. Now that you're here, you're not leaving!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all of them were bounced back by an invisible wall.
"How could this be? A formation has been set up here! When did that damned Bai Ying set up this formation?"
The four men's faces instantly turned ashen, their expressions terrifyingly gloomy and extremely ugly.
Large beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads, their eyes filled with a complex mix of despair and madness. They looked around frantically, desperately trying to find a way to escape, but all around was deathly silent, with no path leading to them whatsoever.
When they realized they were trapped and could no longer escape, a resolute glint flashed in one of their eyes. He clenched his teeth, biting his lips until they bled, and hissed, "Since we can't escape, let's die together!"
After saying that, he began to chant a mysterious and obscure incantation quickly. The sound of the incantation seemed to come from the deepest hell, carrying endless resentment.
Seeing this, the other three instantly understood his intention, their faces contorted with rage as they began chanting incantations. Filled with resentment, they thought viciously: So what if Bai Ying possesses a celestial artifact? Today, we'll drag her down to hell with us!
In the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy around these four people began to surge wildly. They were using their own bodies as the most lethal weapons, preparing to perish together with Bai Ying through self-destruction. Their bodies began to bulge, veins bulged under their skin, and the blood flowing in their veins seemed to boil, emitting an eerie red light.
At this moment, Yang Anqi had never seen such a shocking, tragic, and insane scene. Her eyes widened, filled with terror and blankness, and she stood frozen in place, completely terrified.
To her surprise, Bai Ying didn't give these people even a second to self-destruct. With a gentle wave of her hand, a raging inferno of extreme yin flames instantly ignited in her palm. The lightning-summoning seal also floated in the air in an instant.
The extremely yin flame, carrying the power of lightning, resembled a blue fire serpent, striking straight into the tops of these people's heads.
Those people didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were instantly eroded by the intense heat and electric current from the impact of this powerful force. In just a moment, they went from being living people to piles of charred remains, scattered on the ground, emitting wisps of smoke, as if they had never existed in this world.
Bai Ying remained standing quietly in the same spot, her robes fluttering, like a fairy untouched by worldly affairs.
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