Finally, after an exceptionally long fifteen minutes, the entire "Map of Mountains and Rivers" was fully unfolded. Liu Lingying gripped her right hand tightly with her left to steady its trembling. After a moment, she gritted her teeth, pointed two fingers of her right hand together like a sword, and suddenly swung them into the air.
"Splash..."
"Boom..."
The landscape painting in the sky suddenly unfolded and instantly grew larger, covering a large part of the sky. The mountains, rivers, trees and plants within it were clearly visible, looking so real that it seemed to form its own world.
With a tremendous roar, the landscape painting seemed to erupt as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting, with massive amounts of water pouring down from the sky, forming more than a dozen waterfalls over an area of about a mile in radius. Then, mountains of all sizes descended from the sky, much smaller than real mountains, but still with an awe-inspiring force as they crashed down.
Just as the mountains and rivers fell to the ground, everyone on the ground, including people from the Buddhist, demonic, and Taoist factions, was terrified. They stopped what they were doing and hurriedly fled. Those who were unable to escape were either drowned by the river or crushed into dust by the mountains and died.
The demons who had set up the formation under the cover of the Mountain and River Map either died or fled, the God and Ghost Formation shattered in an instant, and the mist also dissipated in the blink of an eye.
A moment later, all the mountains and rivers that had fallen to the ground began to fly into the sky, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, and all flew back into the Mountain and River Map. Accompanied by screams that grew louder and louder, several people were seen being enveloped in the surging river. Among them were Buddhists, demons, and Taoists, all struggling helplessly in the river, but no matter what they did, they could not break free.
Soon, the mountains and rivers all returned to the map of mountains and rivers, and those people disappeared.
Liu Lingying's face was pale, her steps were unsteady, and her right hand trembled. Seeing this, she struggled to withdraw her hand. The scroll then rolled up again and fell from the air.
Liang Yihan flew up to catch the scroll, then quickly landed and supported Liu Lingying's arm, asking in a low voice, "Uncle-Master, are you alright?"
"I'm fine..." Liu Lingying said sadly, shaking her head and whispering, "It's just a pity for those few righteous disciples."
Liang Yihan put the Map of Mountains and Rivers into his storage ring and comforted him, saying, "There's nothing we can do about it. Besides, if this formation isn't broken, those people might not survive either."
Liu Lingying nodded and looked up ahead.
The place where she and Liang Yihan stood was about two miles away from the pool of the Undying Vine. As the formation was broken, a group of demons quickly gathered, surrounding the pool in layers, numbering approximately 140 to 150. The Buddhist and Taoist factions also swiftly assembled. The Buddhist faction now had only a dozen or so members left, while the Taoist faction had suffered nearly half its losses, with only about forty remaining. The casualties on the righteous side were undeniably heavy.
When the formation was broken, Liuli was pulled back by Li Molin. At this moment, she and Li Molin were standing in front of a group of demons. Yu Ke and Ji Jue were standing behind Li Molin. Lang Yuan was flying over in a hurry. When he got close to Liuli, Ahua on his shoulder jumped into Liuli's arms, and Liuli hugged her.
Ahua looked up at Liuli and saw that her face was pale, her eyes were red and swollen, and there were still tear stains on her face. Ahua was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Liuli's mood had calmed down a lot, but Ahua's question made her feel sad again, and her little mouth twitched as if she was about to cry. She took a few deep breaths and held back her tears, lowered her head and buried her face in Ahua's warm fur, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm fine, Ahua."
From afar, Shi Chan, whose body was covered in wounds, could vaguely see Liu Li's appearance. He was standing with his palms together, his calm and composed body trembling slightly.
Suddenly, accompanied by the faint sound of dragon roars, dozens of young and beautiful men and women, led by Sheng Yang, flew out of the sea. They landed on the open space between the demonic and righteous factions. These dozens of men and women came to the island and laughed and played around in twos and threes, seemingly paying no attention to the righteous people.
With the arrival of these dozens of dragons, most of the righteous disciples changed color, whispering among themselves in surprise. It turned out that dragons really did exist, and it was not a trap set by the demons.
Sheng Yang originally did not want to reveal the existence of the Flood Dragon Clan to the public, but seeing that the Divine Ghost Array had been broken and that the Daoist sect seemed to have dispatched an extremely powerful cultivator, he was ultimately afraid that the Undying Vine might be in danger. So he had no choice but to bring out these young men and women of the Flood Dragon Clan to prepare to join forces with the Demon Clan to resist the Buddhist and Daoist forces.
At this moment, Shi Ning and Yuan Jue exchanged a glance, and walked to Liang Yihan's side one after the other. Yuan Jue put his palms together in a Buddhist salute and asked in a low voice, "How is Fellow Daoist Liang?"
Liang Yihan bowed in return and replied, "I am fine, Master Yuanjue, as I am concerned about you."
Yuanjue nodded and continued, "When we saw you fellow Daoists arrive, we thought that some extraordinary treasure had appeared or that you had come to exorcise demons and monsters, and that we had come to offer our assistance. We wonder what exactly has happened here?"
Liang Yihan paused for a moment, then silently turned to look at Liu Lingying.
Yuanjue and Shi Ning then turned their attention to Liu Lingying.
Liu Lingying lowered her eyes, lost in thought. Under the current circumstances, the demon race not only outnumbered them but also had numerous dragons assisting them, while the Taoist disciples had suffered heavy casualties in the battle. Seizing the Immortal Fruit would be extremely difficult. Perhaps the only option was to form an alliance with the Buddhist disciples.
Thinking of this, Liu Lingying looked up at Yuanjue and whispered, "There is an immortal vine in the encirclement of those demons, and the immortal fruit on it will soon ripen. Perhaps we can work together to seize the immortal fruit and then divide it equally between our two sides, what do you say?"
Yuanjue and Shi Ning exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. So it was the nearly ripe Immortal Fruit; no wonder it had attracted such a large number of Daoist disciples. Thinking this, they couldn't help but sigh, deeply regretting not bringing more people with them.
After a moment of silence, Shi Ning put his palms together and said, "In any case, we Buddhist disciples will help our fellow Daoists. If we can really obtain the Immortal Fruit, we can take a few back to report to our elders."
"Alright." Liu Lingying nodded and said, "Then please be careful, masters."
"Yes." Yuanjue responded and walked back to the place where the Buddhist disciples were gathered with Shi Ning, and spoke to the disciples in a low voice.
Before long, the righteous disciples rested for a while, then raised their weapons and charged towards the demons and the dragon clan.
Li Molin sneered disdainfully and shouted, "Leave half of the men to guard the Undying Vine, the rest of you, charge! Kill all these righteous dogs!"
The demons responded in a chaotic manner, leaving more than seventy people to protect the Undying Vine, while the rest shouted and charged forward, instantly engaging the righteous disciples in a fierce battle.
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