Bai Ying looked down at the faint blood-red mark on her arm, her brows furrowing slightly.
The mark writhed slowly like a living thing, emanating an unsettling, chilling aura.
"Tracing the mark?"
She sneered, a glint of silver light flashing at her fingertips as she lightly traced the surface of the mark. However, the mark only distorted slightly, without dissipating.
"I underestimated him."
She raised her eyes, her gaze sweeping across the silent mountains and forests like a sharp blade.
Now that their whereabouts have been exposed, there's no point in hiding anymore.
"Those who want to take the treasures from me..." Bai Ying's lips curled into a cold smile. "However many come, I'll kill them all."
She turned and walked towards Mo Qianjiu's corpse, her five fingers slightly spread, an invisible suction force pulling the corpse into the air. Bai Ying gripped Mo Qianjiu's crown with one hand, silver light flowing from her fingertips, directly casting a soul-searching technique!
"I'd like to see who's behind this."
Bai Ying had placed restrictions on the other sects present, so it was impossible for anyone to know she was there. Someone from the Xuan Tian Sect must have betrayed her.
Bai Ying doesn't like to cause trouble, but if someone tries to kill her, she will definitely kill them!
Mo Qianjiu's remaining memories flooded into her consciousness like a tidal wave.
In the scene, a young cultivator dressed in Xuantian Sect attire is furtively talking to Mo Qianjiu on the phone—it is none other than Liu Yingjie, who deserted his post!
"Very good!" Bai Ying's eyes flashed with a cold light, and her five fingers tightened suddenly, instantly turning Mo Qianjiu's head into dust.
She turned to look towards the cave, where a suffocatingly terrifying pressure still emanated.
This oppressive aura emanates from the upper realm; even a Void Refinement stage expert would find it difficult to move forward here.
But at this moment, it has become her best shield.
Bai Ying strode towards the cave without hesitation.
At the entrance of the cave, the space was visibly distorted, rippling like water, and just getting close to it made one's blood boil.
The scene inside the cave was exactly the same as when I left. The ground was covered with strange ancient runes, and the air was filled with a chilling sense of oppression. With each step, it felt as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on my shoulders.
Bai Ying walked deep into the cave and sat cross-legged on a protruding rock.
She looked at the runes carved on the cave walls. Since the inheritance here had been given to her, there must also be a way to break the killing formation outside the cave.
If she could activate the Seven Deadly Souls Extinction Array, she would not be afraid of any number of Void Refinement stage cultivators.
Meanwhile, a storm was already brewing outside...
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"An ancient treasure has appeared!" A gray-robed cultivator arrived on his sword, his voice trembling with excitement: "The entire inheritance within has been obtained by a female cultivator named Bai Ying!"
The news spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of the surrounding area. An insider added in a low voice, "It's said she also carries five Dao Source Fruits, treasures capable of helping people break through bottlenecks!"
"That's not all," an eyewitness interjected, still shaken. "The magical artifacts she possesses are even more formidable. It's said that she instantly killed over ten Nascent Soul cultivators with just a single dragon scale! If one could obtain them, their strength would undoubtedly increase dramatically..."
Before the words were even finished, dozens of dazzling streaks of light suddenly flashed across the sky and earth.
The Blood Soul Sect's Crimson Blood Flying Boat soared through the sky, followed closely by the Azure Phoenix Carriage of Cold Moon Valley, and even more rogue cultivators roared in riding various magical treasures. The entire sky above the Burial God Abyss was instantly filled with dazzling light and surging spiritual energy.
The three Nascent Soul Sect elders were the first to land. The leader, Elder Blood Nightmare, grinned maliciously, raising his withered hand; a blood-red mark was pulsating in his palm. "The tracking mark indicates that that little bitch is hiding in this cave!"
The three transformed into blood-red shadows and rushed straight to the cave entrance, but were struck as if by lightning the moment they stepped inside. Elder Blood Nightmare's expression changed drastically, and he staggered back three steps: "This...this is..." Veins bulged on his forehead, and his bones cracked under the terrifying pressure.
"Urgent pressure from the upper realm!" The Second Elder, Xue Sha, hurriedly summoned his protective blood aura, only to see the blood-red light shield being compressed and deformed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"With such power, even a late-stage Void Refinement expert would likely find it difficult to escape unscathed!"
The Third Elder, Xue Li, looked unwillingly towards the deep cave entrance: "That female cultivator is only at the Nascent Soul stage, how can she move freely inside?"
"It must have already obtained the secret treasure and recognized its master!" Elder Blood Nightmare's eyes flashed with bloodlust, and he suddenly laughed sinisterly, "Since the inheritance has been taken, this oppressive aura is nothing more than the remnants of a powerful being. In that case..." He abruptly raised his hand, and a hundred-foot-long blood-red palm slammed towards the mountain: "Then let's raze this entire mountain to the ground!"
As the rocks crumbled, the other cultivators who had arrived all paled.
Someone cried out urgently, "No! If the Dao Source Fruit is destroyed..." But then the three members of the Blood Soul Sect simultaneously formed hand seals, and the blood mist that filled the sky transformed into thousands of sharp blades, slashing down on the mountainside.
The entire Burial Abyss trembled violently under the furious attack of the Nascent Soul cultivator, but the space at the cave entrance twisted strangely, annihilating most of the attack.
"There are still some remnants of the restriction, but it doesn't matter, they're just remnants!" Elder Blood Fiend gritted his teeth, but then he saw several more figures flying in from the horizon and couldn't help but sneer, "Looks like things are about to get interesting."
Beneath the vast sky, thousands of cultivators swarmed like locusts, obscuring the entire expanse.
The spiritual light of various magical treasures intertwined to form a net of death, completely surrounding this place.
The Xuantian Sect's flying boat also broke through the air, with several elders standing at the bow, their faces ashen.
"Who exactly spread this message?" Master Tinglan gripped his whisk tightly, his knuckles turning white. He scanned the scene with his divine sense, his heart growing heavier.
Not only were dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators eyeing him menacingly, but above the clouds were eight terrifying auras that suffocated him. Those were ancient monsters in the Void Refinement stage, who had not appeared in the world for hundreds of years.
Wei Ji shook his head with a wry smile: "The Dao Source Fruit plus the ancient secret treasure... such temptation is enough to drive the entire cultivation world crazy."
He looked at the tightly surrounded cave and knew that the situation had reached a dead end.
Even if the entire Xuantian Sect mobilized its resources, it would be difficult to protect Bai Ying within this inescapable net.
Suddenly, a clear and melodious sword cry resounded through the heavens and earth. Everyone looked up and saw a pure white sword light slicing through the sky, shattering the clouds wherever it passed.
"It's...it's the Ice Soul Fairy of the Cold Moon Palace!" someone exclaimed in shock, their voice trembling uncontrollably.
Master Qingwei's pupils contracted sharply, and his last glimmer of hope vanished.
The arrival of this peerless swordsman, renowned throughout the cultivation world for his "Ice Soul Cold Light Sword," signifies that there is no turning back now.
The crowd parted automatically like a tide, and everyone held their breath. The appearance of this powerful figure who had reached the peak of the Void Refinement Realm three hundred years ago foreshadowed the final bloody moment of this hunt.
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