Seeing this, the Miao girl snorted coldly, stopping her subordinates from continuing their attack. Instead, she drew her flute from her waist and held it horizontally in front of her, walking step by step toward Nangong Ling'er. "This person is not someone you can handle. After all, she is a sword immortal elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Get out of my way!"
Upon seeing the cult leader personally take action, everyone retreated. Miao Xiaodie's flute music was sharp and piercing, sending chills down people's spines. But what made people break out in a cold sweat even more were the countless spiders and centipedes that came in response to the music.
Although the hissing sound was soft, the combined visual and auditory stimulation was enough to instill fear, especially since these creatures had no concept of fear and were simply rushing towards Nangong Ling'er and her companion instinctively.
The girl in the green robe fought back fiercely, but her silver needles were no match for the sheer number of poisonous insects. So she forcibly summoned the 'Autumn Water Sword,' letting its blade emit a sharp sword aura to sweep away the poisonous creatures that kept attacking from afar.
Already severely injured, the added exertion made her condition worse. Without hesitation, she cast a magical spell on the sword, then used it to shield them from behind, and immediately grabbed Bai Yao and fled.
That Autumn Water Sword had been with Nangong Ling'er for a hundred years, experiencing countless life-and-death situations, and the idea of abandoning the sword and running away had never happened before.
However, this was quite effective. The spiritual power on the Autumn Water Sword surged and suddenly transformed into thousands of fine, hair-like streams of water that shuttled back and forth through the ruins of the Blood God Sect's headquarters. Everything it touched was pierced through. In an instant, a large number of the poisonous insects summoned by Miao Xiaodie were killed, and many disciples of the Five Immortals Sect were also not spared.
The Miao woman seemed not to have expected that Nangong Ling'er would suddenly choose such a drastic method. The move Nangong Ling'er used was called "Soldier Disintegration," which involved disintegrating her natal magic weapon, which she had nurtured with her lifeblood for many years. In an instant, it unleashed power far exceeding that of ordinary times. However, from then on, the immortal sword became an ordinary item, no different from a regular iron sword.
Not to mention how difficult it is to find materials and make a celestial sword, the century of nurturing it is also extremely difficult, not to mention that a person who calls himself a sword immortal chose to destroy his own weapon.
One can imagine how resolute Nangong Ling'er was.
Miao Xiaodie was not in a good mood. At least for a short time, she could no longer pursue. She had clearly used a weapon specifically designed to suppress spiritual power to restrain Nangong Ling'er's movements. She was also very puzzled as to how that seemingly weak girl could unleash such terrifying power.
The power of the Autumn Water Sword was terrifying. Thousands of fine, hair-like streams of water surged wildly back and forth in the Blood King Cave. They would never have stopped if the spiritual energy hadn't been exhausted. Miao Xiaodie used all her strength to suppress the final burst of power from the Autumn Water Sword, her face extremely grim. "Hmph! I really underestimated you. The Five Sword Immortals of Ling Su truly live up to their reputation. It seems that that fool Long Tu will have a hard time succeeding!"
Nangong Ling'er dragged Bai Yao along as they ran, but the injuries she had sustained before, combined with the injuries she had just suffered, were already fatal enough. She had also destroyed her natal magic weapon, leaving her extremely weak. She fainted after running for only a short while. Although Bai Yao was young, she was still a cultivator, and it was not difficult for her to escape with someone.
The difficulty lies in the fact that they are still in the Blood King's Cave, surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides, with no one to support them and no idea how to contact their master and the others. Bai Yao is terrified, but she knows that she must not panic, especially in times like these.
She felt incredibly guilty. They had come in search of the sounds of their master fighting someone, only to be ambushed. If it weren't for her, Uncle-Master Nangong wouldn't have been captured. Even if they couldn't win, they could have escaped.
These people managed to subdue Nangong Ling'er by threatening Bai Yao.
Bai Yao felt incredibly guilty. She did her best to escape with her martial uncle, but tears streamed down her face. However, she didn't cry out loud this time because she was afraid that her cries would attract the enemy.
While hiding and avoiding being discovered by the enemy, Bai Yao also had to find something useful to heal Nangong Ling'er's injuries.
What she didn't know was that Nangong Ling'er protected her so much because of her own guilt.
He felt guilty for causing the death of Bai Yao's biological parents due to his recklessness back then.
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Meanwhile, Xiao Yuhan and Liu Jiantang, who had split up, had already sensed the aura of the Autumn Water Sword Weapon Disassembly. The five siblings were familiar with each other's weapons and abilities. The aura of the Autumn Water Sword Weapon Disassembly permeated the entire Blood King Cave, and they sensed it as soon as they arrived.
Originally, they had chosen to split up in order to find the two of them quickly. Now, they were even more uneasy. The junior sister cherished the Autumn Water Sword the most. It was made for her by her master when he was alive. She had treated it like a treasure for so many years. If she hadn't encountered an extremely dangerous situation, why would she have made such a choice?
Unable to calm his mind, Xiao Yuhan followed the aura of the Autumn Water Sword, while Liu Jiantang, who had chosen to search in another direction, immediately made the same decision.
However, he did come face to face with Long Tu. In the forbidden area of the Blood King Cave, Long Tu stood on a high platform, staring at Liu Jiantang with a confident look as if he had been prepared all along.
Preoccupied with his junior sister's safety, Liu Jiantang had no intention of getting entangled with this person and immediately asked, "Where is my junior sister?! What have you done to her?"
Long Tu, dressed entirely in black, stood on the high platform, spreading his hands. "I have no idea, but such terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations must be your Taoist secret technique, Disintegration, right? But I advise you to worry about yourself!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a group of walking corpses, similar to those seen in the Five Immortals Sect, suddenly crawled out of the blood pool in the forbidden area of the Blood King's Cave. However, these were much uglier, covered in countless sword wounds and burns, their bodies dripping with blood, and their faces were far more ferocious.
Liu Jiantang immediately recognized that many of the sword wounds on these corpses were inflicted by him. He then thought of the group of Five Immortals Sect members he had encountered outside the poisonous fog. This explained why they could no longer see the corpses scattered on the ground when they returned earlier.
"A bunch of defeated underlings dare to bring out their inferiors and embarrass themselves again?" Liu Jiantang's eyes were cold as he raised his hand and slashed with his sword. However, these corpses seemed to be several times stronger than the living people before, and their speed was also extremely agile. They were not on the same level as before at all.
If the group of people he fought before were at most at the Golden Core Realm, then these corpses were at least at the Nascent Soul Realm.
Faced with the siege of hundreds of blood corpses with strength approaching the Nascent Soul Realm, even Liu Jiantang felt overwhelmed. He immediately cried out in his heart that something was wrong and secretly prayed that Xiao Yuhan could hurry to help his junior sister, since he couldn't leave here for the time being.
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