“Finally…” Her voice was soft, yet eerily pierced through all the noise, reaching everyone’s ears clearly, “Everyone’s here.”
The scene fell silent.
Then a burst of shrill laughter erupted.
"Hahaha! Has this girl gone mad?"
"A mere Nascent Soul cultivator dares to spout such arrogant words? It's like she's waiting for us all to arrive."
"Still bluffing even when death is imminent!"
The powerful cultivators at the Void Refinement stage wore mocking expressions. The white-bearded elder at the head of the group shook his head and sneered, "Insects spouting nonsense, utterly laughable." With a flick of his sleeve, a spiritual pressure powerful enough to crush mountains descended upon them.
However, at this critical moment—
The space around Bai Ying suddenly twisted eerily, and streaks of blood-red patterns spread wildly from beneath her feet as if they were alive. These patterns shimmered with an eerie light, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the entire battlefield, enveloping everyone within them.
"You all thought..." Bai Ying's voice suddenly turned low and hoarse, with a chilling echo, "I deliberately pretended to fall into a trap, followed that idiot Bai Yanfeng here, and have been acting with you all for so long, all for what?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yanfeng, standing outside the formation, was struck dumb, his face turning deathly pale. "You... what did you say? You knew this was a trap all along?" His voice trembled with shock. "Impossible! If you knew this place was so dangerous, how could you..."
"Shut up, you idiot." Bai Ying didn't even bother to glance at him, but slowly raised her right hand and suddenly clenched her fingers.
"boom--!"
The entire valley suddenly trembled violently. She had just been fleeing in all directions, seemingly trying to avoid the attack, but at the same time she had set up the killing formation. All the formation flags lit up with a dazzling blood light at this moment, forming an unparalleled killing formation that covered the sky and the earth!
Once this formation is deployed, no one can escape from here!
"What...what is this? When did she set up a formation to surround us all?"
A knowledgeable Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly changed his expression and his voice became distorted.
Bai Ying stood in mid-air, her long hair moving without wind, her eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty light: "So you finally found out?" She chuckled, but her voice was as cold as the ice of the deepest hell. "Unfortunately, it's too late."
The grand formation was complete, and the crimson sky completely blocked all escape routes.
The hunt has officially begun.
A Nascent Soul cultivator said disdainfully:
"Bai Ying, what nonsense are you spouting? Do you really think you can trap so many of us here just by setting up a magic array? You're utterly foolish..."
However, he didn't finish his sentence. A cruel smile curled at the corner of Bai Ying's lips, and she flicked her fingertip lightly.
The Nascent Soul cultivator's mocking voice abruptly ceased. Suddenly, a dark crack appeared in the center of the great formation, and countless dark purple lightning bolts shot out like venomous snakes.
That was no ordinary lightning, but divine lightning containing the laws of destruction, each bolt powerful enough to split a mountain.
"boom--!"
Before the thunder even arrived, the terrifying pressure already made the cultivator's bones creak. He was horrified to discover that his protective aura was melting away at a visible speed, like thin snow under the sunlight.
"No...this is impossible..." He frantically summoned his natal magic weapon, an ancient bronze shield that instantly grew to three zhang in size. However, the moment the lightning touched the shield, this magic weapon, which had been with him for hundreds of years, shattered into pieces as if made of paper!
Immediately afterwards, a thick, inky black mist surged up from the ground, instantly engulfing him. A chilling sizzling sound came from within the black mist, as if countless unseen sharp teeth were gnawing at flesh and blood.
Three breaths later, the black mist dissipated.
"Clatter—"
A shriveled corpse fell to the ground, shattering into countless fragments. Even more terrifying, the fragments turned to ashes upon landing, completely absorbed by the great formation.
The entire room fell silent.
A powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage was annihilated, both body and soul!
Bai Ying gently raised her hand, and a wisp of black mist obediently wrapped around her fingertips.
She tilted her head, looking at the remaining people, her eyes gleaming with an eerie light: "Now, who else wants to try?"
Within the crimson array, a deathly silence enveloped everyone.
Those cultivators who were usually aloof and superior were now filled with shock and disbelief. Even several powerful cultivators at the Void Refinement stage involuntarily took a half step back, their eyes flashing with doubt and uncertainty.
Bai Ying stood quietly at the center of the formation, her slender figure appearing particularly frail against the crimson light curtain.
Her gaze slowly swept over everyone present, and when she saw a few familiar faces, a sarcastic smile curled at the corner of her lips—these people had not long ago been drinking and exchanging toasts with Elder Qi Haoyuan at the Lingyin Sect, constantly talking about being "of the same blood."
"Heh..." She chuckled softly, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible, yet it sent chills down everyone's spines.
Qi Haoyuan stood beside her, his face ashen. The veins on his sword-wielding hand bulged, and his voice was icy and chilling: "If it weren't for Junior Nephew Bai today, the Lingyin Sect would likely have faced annihilation."
Just then, a cultivator dressed in a green robe suddenly jumped out, trying to remain calm, and said, "Everyone, don't panic! If she really had such abilities, why didn't she use them before? This formation must have a flaw!"
Bai Ying didn't even lift her eyelids; she simply snapped her fingers lightly.
"puff!"
The cultivator's body suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, turning into a shower of blood before he could even scream. Even more terrifying, the blood droplets were completely absorbed by the great formation in mid-air, leaving not a trace.
"Who else wants to try?" Bai Ying tilted her head, her tone as relaxed as if she were asking, "Who else wants to drink tea?"
This time, no one dared to utter a sound. Those usually arrogant and powerful figures were now all ashen-faced, some even trembling with fear. They finally understood that they were not the hunters, but—the prey!
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