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Ruan Qingyu's expression tightened, and she could smell a strong stench of blood with her breath. This was something she hadn't smelled before, and vaguely, Ruan Qingyu felt that many blood-red phantoms appeared before her eyes.
With a start, Ruan Qingyu used her spiritual power to flush out her sea of consciousness, awakening her somewhat drowsy mind.
This bloody smell is strange!
In her line of sight, Ling Sha completely ignored Ruan Qingyu's actions, focusing solely on activating that strange spell.
Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu was unwilling to miss this opportunity. Phoenix wings carried her into the sky, and three fiery phoenix palms flew towards Ling Sha.
As she felt the spiritual energy in her dantian rapidly decreasing, Ruan Qingyu's lips gradually turned pale.
The current situation prevented a safe recovery of spiritual energy, and dozens of spirit stones flew out of the storage bracelet. In the blink of an eye, they were crushed into dust by Ruan Qingyu, releasing a large amount of spiritual energy.
Sensing the influx of spiritual energy, Ruan Qingyu's eyes blazed with fierce flames. Upon closer inspection, her originally dark brown pupils had turned golden.
"Fire Phoenix Rises Through the Sky!" Ruan Qingyu exhausted ninety percent of her spiritual power, causing the air to heat up rapidly, and the few remaining trees instantly turned into charcoal.
Ling Sha, whose cultivation was originally only at the late Golden Core stage, rapidly increased her cultivation until it gradually stopped at the late Nascent Soul stage.
It wasn't that she wanted to stop, but rather that her cultivator's intuition forced her to interrupt the flow of her cultivation technique.
His eyes remained closed, yet he dodged three enormous fire phoenix palms. He formed hand seals, and a black fireball gradually condensed between his hands.
A beastly roar seemed to echo from within the black flames, and the surrounding stench of blood intensified once more. Red streaks formed on Ling Sha's back, growing ever larger.
It began frantically absorbing spiritual energy from all directions, as if it were trying to drain all available spiritual energy from the surrounding area.
However, Ruan Qingyu's backup plan had already been triggered, and the Fire Phoenix Rifting the Sky transformed into a massive phoenix that covered the entire open space.
Flames burned incessantly on its wings, but the phoenix's eyes were hollow, because it was not a real phoenix. Rather, it was Ruan Qingyu who had exhausted her spiritual power to unleash the strongest move of her bloodline inheritance.
If she weren't currently only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, the power of this Fire Phoenix Sky-Splitting Technique would be even stronger.
Wherever it went, the land cracked and water vapor rose.
The red bloodstains surrounding Ling Sha continued to intertwine, and any red bloodstains that dared to touch the Fire Phoenix turned into wisps of red smoke.
Blood trickled from the corner of Ling Sha's mouth again, hidden beneath the red veil, but her face was filled with excitement. Her Black Cloud Flame could finally be upgraded once more, and she guessed that the level of the strange fire possessed by Ruan Qingyu must be quite high.
It might even rival the divine fire of the ancient phoenix, otherwise it wouldn't be subtly suppressing her Black Cloud Flame. It's just a pity this person is only a Golden Core cultivator; today is destined to be her death day.
In the distance, Ruan Qingyu felt a strange unease. She could only stare intently at Ling Sha's location; given the current situation, it could only mean that this person had other tricks up their sleeve.
Ruan Qingyu summoned Yun Yin back to her side: "Yun Yin, I feel uneasy. I have a feeling that something is wrong with this person."
Yun Yin, who had been waiting nearby, had originally intended to give Ruan Qingyu some practice. Upon hearing the call, he returned to Ruan Qingyu's side in the blink of an eye.
Hearing her somewhat uneasy words, Yun Yin immediately said, "You're not mistaken. This demonic cultivator must have used some secret technique to suppress his cultivation. Although you interrupted his spell, he should still have a backup plan."
As the two were talking, a clear and melodious chirping sound suddenly rang in their ears.
Ling Sha, who had been completely suppressed by the fire phoenix and could not be seen at all, suddenly exploded, with many black flames appearing.
It entangles and envelops the fire phoenix, continuously devouring it.
However, Fire Phoenix Rifting the Sky was an extension of the Phoenix Divine Fire. Despite being surrounded, it still spread its wings and transformed into a great fire.
The black and red flames continued to spread, and the intense heat forced Ruan Qingyu to close her eyes.
The cloud-hidden cloud had already grown larger when the flames rose and obscured the sky.
The enormous thunder leopard spewed lightning, deflecting all the fire snakes thrown by Ling Sha. As the giant thunder leopard continued to shatter the incoming black fire snakes, a light rain began to fall from the sky.
The rain seemed to have a life of its own, melting the ground as it fell, and weakening Ruan Qingyu's protective spiritual power as it landed on her outer robe.
Finally, the fire caused by the two burned a large hole in the formation that had trapped many cultivators.
On the other side, Jin Chengcheng and the other array cultivators were overjoyed as they looked at the magical artifacts in their hands, and they all raised their hands to send messages to the center of the battlefield.
Soon, the cultivators who received the message and were closest to the formation began to fight and retreat, fleeing towards the edge of the formation.
The four Nascent Soul demon cultivators, who had been living freely, noticed the commotion and their previously calm faces revealed a hint of disdain.
Two Nascent Soul demon cultivators slightly raised their hands, and a towering black and white skull flew towards the exit.
"Aren't you going to stop?" A voice that seemed to contain Zen-like wisdom rang out.
A dazzling Buddhist light flashed all around, as if hundreds of monks were chanting Buddhist scriptures. The demonic cultivators present were greatly disturbed and searched around for the source of this annoyance.
Taking advantage of this opening, the righteous cultivators either beheaded the demonic cultivators or fled towards the exit with all their might.
Suddenly, a strange thing happened. A huge black claw stretched out from outside the suppressed skull, and several cultivators near the exit were instantly turned into mincemeat.
Blood and gore splattered onto the faces of the cultivators behind them. Some of the cultivators who witnessed the carnage firsthand, whose resolve was not strong, immediately fainted.
Exhausted, the senior brother carried the other on his back and continued running: "Junior brother, it's already a miracle that you're alive. I saved you today, but you'll have to pay me back in the future."
"Have the sect elders come to our rescue?" A cultivator who was in the middle of a fierce battle noticed that the situation on the field had changed, and then realized that many cultivators had already moved to another location.
In the blink of an eye, several imposing cultivators appeared where Ruan Qingyu was. There was a white-robed sword cultivator surrounded by sword light, a Buddhist cultivator who was bathed in Buddha light and chanting "Buddha's compassion," and there were also people she recognized.
At this moment, the Qiankun hexagram resembled a small mountain, continuously absorbing the severely injured disciples from various sects within the arena.
He even took a moment to turn around and say to Ruan Qingyu, "Inner disciple Ruan Qingyu, retreat immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, he struck Ruan Qingyu with a talisman.
A faint white light enveloped Ruan Qingyu, carrying her away from the spot.
Before Ruan Qingyu disappeared, Ling Sha had completed her transformation, and her cultivation level surged to the late Nascent Soul stage. After breaking through layers of smoke, she couldn't find the master of the flames she so desperately wanted to devour.
"You bastards from the Demon Heaven Sect, how dare you murder my righteous disciples! Your crimes are unforgivable!" A Nascent Soul stage elder suddenly attacked, his voice filled with boundless killing intent.
Ling Sha sneered, "You're the ones who are stupid." She continued walking, constantly repelling their attacks.
Seeing her prey vanish without a trace, Ling Sha lost all will to fight. She quickly returned to where the four demonic cultivators were and glanced at her surroundings.
"How many did you kill?" Ling Sha asked lightly.
“One hundred and thirty-seven people,” a demonic cultivator replied quickly, his earlier smugness replaced by unease.
Upon hearing this number, Ling Sha narrowed her eyes and with a wave of her hand, a cultivator who had failed to escape in time turned into a wisp of green smoke: "If there aren't enough people to sacrifice today, you can fill in the gaps yourself."
"Yes!" Sweating profusely, the demonic cultivator immediately flew away, not daring to gamble on the consequences of not completing the task.
Meanwhile, Ruan Qingyu was taken away by the talisman, and when she opened her eyes again, she was back in the Xuantian Sect.
There were quite a few disciples just like her, some of whom were even teleported over with serious injuries, only to be quickly escaped by the alchemist.
While Ruan Qingyu was still in a daze, Liu Yan walked past the group and stood in front of her. She looked Ruan Qingyu up and down before letting out a sigh of relief.
"Junior Sister Ruan, thank goodness you're alright. I was so worried when I saw you fighting that demonic cultivator to the edge of the battlefield." Seeing that she was unharmed, Liu Yan's worried expression turned into a relaxed smile.
Thinking of Ling Sha's strange appearance, Ruan Qingyu nodded: "I was sent back by Elder Mo Wen, I'm fine."
Only then did she realize that she was feeling somewhat weak. After taking a couple of steps, she suddenly noticed that Yunyin had grown much larger.
He was staring intently at her. Ruan Qingyu raised an eyebrow and then unceremoniously flipped over and sat on him.
Seeing Ruan Qingyu sitting on her own demonic beast, Liu Yan felt a pang of envy. Such a powerful and reliable demonic beast was something she, who struggled alone, truly envied.
Ruan Qingyu looked around and saw that many disciples were still standing in the same spot, showing no signs of leaving, which made her a little puzzled.
Looking into the distance, one can see that there are quite a few elders guarding outside, but it is unclear whether they are watching over the disciples or waiting for the results from the West Mountain Market.
Seeing Ruan Qingyu's gaze shifting left and right, Liu Yan seemed to know what she wanted to ask, and immediately patted Ruan Qingyu's shoulder: "Junior Sister Ruan, these disciples who haven't left yet are waiting for someone. Junior Sister Jin and Yangming went back early, I stayed to wait for you."
After saying that, Liu Yan said angrily, "Those demonic cultivators actually contacted multiple sects just to kill my Immortal Sect disciples after the Xishan Market."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu frowned. She seemed to recall this matter. It was said that the Xuantian Sect had lost many outstanding disciples because of this conspiracy.
However, judging from the expressions of the elders now, they do not seem to be as miserable as in the previous life.
Thinking it over, and fearing that she might have misremembered, Ruan Qingyu decided to wait until she returned to her disciple's residence to try to sort out her memories of her past life and engrave them into the memory stone.
"Immortals and demons are different. It is truly despicable for the demonic sect to plot against the lives of my immortal sect disciples. However, senior sister, I see that the elders and other disciples seem to be alright. Is it because we have saved most of them?"
Ruan Qingyu asked tentatively, if the person was rescued, it meant there were new variables involved, and she should be more careful in the future.
Yunyin's ears twitched; clearly, he and she had the same thought.
"It's not that I can't say it. Junior sister, you came back a little late. You missed the elder's visit. Elder Mo Wen of my Xuantian Sect is skilled in divination, which is why he was able to make preparations."
Although Liu Yan seemed relieved, there was still some regret between her brows, so Ruan Qingyu pretended to listen.
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