Bai Yanfeng's clothes fluttered in the wind, like a white lightning bolt slicing through the sky.
He deliberately slowed down a little so that Bai Ying behind him could keep up, but the undisguised urgency in his eyes still betrayed his thoughts.
"Bai Ying, hurry! Mother's condition isn't good. I'm afraid that if we're late, it will be bad for her..."
Bai Yanfeng turned back to urge him on, a barely perceptible glint of sinister intent flashing in his eyes.
Bai Ying followed behind at a leisurely pace. She seemed to casually glance around, but in reality, her divine sense had already quietly spread out like a spider web.
Every unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy in the mountains did not escape her perception—two Nascent Soul cultivators were hiding behind rocks three hundred paces to her left, three were lurking beneath the stream to her right, and further away...
"There are at least three Void Refinement stage cultivators and over forty Nascent Soul stage cultivators lying in ambush here."
Bai Ying's lips moved slightly, her voice transforming into a thin thread that precisely reached the ears of her fellow disciples from the Lingyin Sect behind her.
Upon hearing this, Qi Haoyuan's pupils contracted sharply, and his grip on the sword tightened involuntarily.
His voice, transmitted in response, carried suppressed anger:
"Your brother is truly ruthless towards you. He actually gathered so many people to kill you. He lured you here because my Lingyin Sect's protective array is extremely powerful. These people couldn't break through it quickly, so they resorted to this tactic. But they probably didn't expect that even if they lured you here, it would be useless. Instead, they would be the ones to die!"
Bai Ying's lips curled into a cold smile, a glint of cold light flashing in her eyes: "Since they tried to scheme against me, I will make sure they never return!"
Qi Haoyuan stared at Bai Ying's profile; her delicate features appeared particularly cold and aloof in the sunlight.
He gritted his teeth silently, without revealing his decision.
If that moment truly comes, he will kill these so-called relatives for her, even her own mother.
The actions of the Bai family have long crossed the line of basic human decency. Keeping them around will only be detrimental to Bai Ying.
The mountain wind suddenly turned fierce, swirling the withered leaves in the air. Bai Yanfeng finally stopped in the middle of an open valley, his face now showing anxiety as he turned around: "This is it! They should be nearby..."
Bai Ying landed lightly, and the sword beneath her feet transformed into a streak of blue light and disappeared into her sleeve.
She looked around. The valley seemed ordinary, but the ground beneath her feet emanated a strange spiritual energy fluctuation—it was an array, and a trapping array of considerable quality.
Bai Ying's eyes narrowed instantly. Bai Yanfeng really would use any method to kill her.
Only someone with extremely high skill could detect this formation.
If it were someone else, even a master at the Nascent Soul stage, they would have difficulty sensing it!
They really put in a lot of effort!
"Where is the person you mentioned?" Bai Ying asked deliberately, secretly forming a hand seal with her fingers inside her sleeve.
Bai Yanfeng's smile widened as he backed away, saying, "It's right here. Just wait a moment."
His pace quickened, and he eventually retreated to the edge of the formation.
Just as Bai Yanfeng was out of the array's range, a figure walked out from a distance—it was Bai Di.
But unlike Bai Yanfeng's description of "serious injury", Bai Di's face was ruddy at this moment, he held a long sword that gleamed coldly in his hand, and his eyes were full of mockery.
"Long time no see, sister."
The white flute's sound was sickeningly sweet.
Bai Ying looked at her coldly: "Where is your mother? And weren't you kidnapped?"
Bai Di's eyes held a hint of resentment.
Bai's mother did not come over. She kept saying that she hated Bai Ying to death and wished she would die.
But when she told Bai's mother that if she lured Bai Ying here, she could kill Bai Ying, she actually said that although she also hated Bai Ying to the extreme, Bai Ying was still her daughter.
At the crucial moment, she actually hesitated!
How ridiculous!
She didn't come!
Bai Di was furious. Facing Bai Ying, she deliberately raised the corners of her lips, her eyes flashing with malicious pleasure, and added fuel to the fire, saying to Bai Ying, "Mother is kind-hearted and couldn't bear to watch you die. So she sent me!"
Haven't you noticed? You're trapped in a massive formation! Hahahaha! You can't get out!
This 'Nine Netherworld Spirit Locking Array' was personally requested from Senior Refinement Void by Mother, and it was specially tailored for you.
Do you really think she still cares about the mother-daughter relationship? She's just using your blood to pave the way for my cultivation!
Bai Ying, do you feel happy being pushed to your death by your own loved ones? Hahaha. I never thought you'd fall for it so easily.
Before the words were finished, the roar of gears turning suddenly echoed through the valley. The mist surged like a living thing, and nine bronze pillars engraved with skulls burst forth from the ground, their tops inlaid with dark red gems that emitted an eerie, blood-red light.
Dozens of spiritual pressures surged in from all directions, trapping Bai Ying and the others within the great formation.
Three cultivators at the Void Refinement stage and over forty cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage appeared, their black mist swirling around them causing the air to distort and hiss wherever they passed.
Bai Ying stood quietly in the center of the formation, her clothes lifted by spiritual power but remaining motionless.
She looked up at the black vortex that was constantly gathering above her head, but her expression remained unusually calm.
Bai Ying said, "I see."
Bai Di's pupils contracted sharply with excitement as she stared intently at Bai Ying's face, not missing even the slightest twitch of her muscles.
She longed to see cracks appear on that perpetually composed face, wanting to capture every flicker of pain in Bai Ying's eyes.
She wanted her to come because she couldn't bear to leave her mother, but to die in the pain of being betrayed by her mother!
The happiest thing for her is when Bai Ying is in pain!
Bai Di's eyes remained fixed on Bai Ying, wanting to see every painful expression on her face.
I want to see Bai Ying in unbearable pain.
That damned Bai Ying, she should die in immense sorrow and pain!
However, to Bai Di's surprise, Bai Ying did not show any expression on her face.
Instead, she was unusually calm. There was even a hint of mockery in her eyes.
Bai Di's brows furrowed deeply.
"Stop pretending!" she shouted sharply. "Today is your death day! This 'Nine Netherworld Spirit Locking Array' was personally set up by a Void Refinement Grandmaster. Even if you have extraordinary abilities, you can't escape! Do you think I would have summoned you here without being confident?"
White Flute proudly raised his chin:
"You thought you were so great, right? You just solved the first question on the test. But so what? You're still going to die. Hahaha, didn't expect that, did you? You stole my first place, thinking you were so glorious. But it's become your death warrant."
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