Even after the stone pillar stopped moving, Shi Chan still held onto Liuli without letting go. Perhaps he was too attached to her because of his tenderness, so he ignored the fact that such behavior was a serious violation of the precepts.
Liuli remained motionless as he held her. Her eyes were half-closed, her cheek pressed against his chest, greedily inhaling the sandalwood scent emanating from him.
It wasn't until a bolt of dark red lightning gathered and shot down that Shi Chan finally came to his senses. He felt the scorching heat that was about to hit him from above and instinctively stepped back, hugging Liuli to avoid it.
After this unexpected turn of events, Liuli came to her senses. Before Shichan could regain his footing, she broke free from his embrace, took a step back, turned around to look at the scene around her, and then turned to look at the raging demonic fire on the ground, her brows furrowing.
Shi Chan stepped forward and stood beside Liu Li, his gaze fixed intently on the demonic fire on the ground. He asked in confusion, "Has the demonic array changed again...? I've read in ancient texts that this ancient demonic array seems to have hundreds of variations, the most powerful being the Man-Eating Demon Palace. But I don't know the name of this array before..."
Liuli's face darkened, and she said coldly, "No matter what kind of formation this is, I will now try to open a gap in the formation. You should get out as soon as possible!"
Shi Chan smiled gently and shook his head, saying, "Miss, you don't need to trouble yourself for me. I still wish to stay and help the righteous disciples in the formation find and destroy the Chi You Banner..."
Liuli pulled Shichan's arm and quickly stepped back, dodging a bolt of lightning that was rushing down.
After the two, one human and one fox, stood still, Liuli coldly shook off Shichan's arm and said in a chilling voice, "What are you still looking for, the Chiyou Banner! In this formation, I doubt you can even save your own life, let alone try to destroy the Chiyou Banner?!"
Before Shi Chan could speak further, Liu Li turned and glared at him, silencing him. He paused, shaking his head and smiling helplessly.
Liuli looked up at the thunderclouds in the sky, frowning as she pondered how to open a gap in the formation so that Shichan could escape.
At this moment, Shi Chan's gentle voice came from the side, with a smile in it, and he said in a low voice, "Miss, you insist on letting this humble monk go out because you are worried about my safety, right? Just like that day when you insisted on not letting this humble monk go to my death in the sky above the City of Gods and Demons."
Liuli was stunned. Indeed, she was focused on creating an opening in the formation to send Shichan out, wasn't she worried that he would die? But clearly... he was her enemy.
Perhaps, just as the former Ruri she saw in the memory maze said: "Because I love him!"
Because I love him, I easily overlook the hatred between us. Because I love him, I don't resent being killed by him; instead, I feel sorry for his remorse. Because I love him, I subconsciously want to keep him away from all danger and let him live a good life...
At this moment, although Liuli still didn't quite understand what love felt like, she finally admitted in her heart that she loved him.
Suddenly, another bolt of black and red lightning had already formed within the thunderclouds above, and it hurtled towards Shi Chan with overwhelming force.
The lightning in the thunderclouds wouldn't attack Liuli, who possessed magical powers, but the bolt of lightning that struck was extremely wide, and its residual force still affected Liuli.
Shi Chan pulled Liuli, who was still in a daze, back away, avoiding the fierce lightning bolt.
Three bolts of lightning struck down, turning the open space in front of them into a vast expanse of black and red demonic fire. Because the demonic array was filled with demonic energy, the demonic fire showed no signs of diminishing during the burning process; on the contrary, it burned even more fiercely.
As Shi Chan felt the intense heat of the demonic fire, he frowned, deeply worried.
As Liuli said, even surviving in such a perilous demonic array would be difficult, let alone finding and destroying the Chiyou Banner.
I wonder how many righteous disciples are injured or killed in the battle. It must be extremely heavy, right?
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