Did you agree to come and die together?
The eleventh bolt of heavenly lightning, carrying a devastating force, crashed down!
Yun Qian knelt heavily on one knee, a sweet taste rising in her throat, and blood spilled from the corner of her mouth again. Her clothes were already soaked in blood, her face was as pale as paper, and her breathing was extremely disordered. Even though the protective mountain array had shared some of the heavenly might, the eleven consecutive heavenly tribulations, coupled with her unhealed old injuries, had left Yun Qian at her limit, relying entirely on her willpower to hold on.
The twelfth bolt of heavenly lightning followed closely behind, its light blinding!
However, this time, a pure and rich demonic energy suddenly surged out from the void, like a solid barrier, fiercely meeting the violent lightning.
The demonic energy and lightning collided violently and annihilated each other.
As the light faded, Bai Ji's figure slowly materialized beside Yun Qian. His face was somewhat pale, but he gave Yun Qian a relaxed smile: "So the divination my master made back then, saying that I would stand with you through the next heavenly tribulation, was referring to today."
Yun Qian looked at him, finally unable to hold on any longer, and collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
Bai Ji turned around, and the demonic energy surged again, forcefully withstanding the even more powerful thirteenth heavenly tribulation.
He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words: "The formation at the foot of the mountain... should be able to hold Yue Sheng back for a while... enough to last until this tribulation ends."
The fourteenth heavenly tribulation descended with a chilling buzzing sound.
Down the mountain, although Bai Ji's maze had taken down a large number of unsuspecting cultivators, he was ultimately no match for Si Li. Si Li found an opening and struck Bai Chuan in the chest with a palm strike, sending him flying backward and crashing heavily to the ground.
Sili, carrying his sword, walked step by step toward Baichuan, who was slumped down to meditate due to exhaustion of spiritual energy, with a mocking expression on his face: "I never expected that a sickly fellow from Cangmin Mountain would have such superb swordsmanship."
He paused, his gaze sharp as a knife: "Back in Tianyan Mountain, wasn't it you who killed my disciples? That lingering demonic energy... how did you manage that?"
Bai Chuan looked up at him, a hint of mockery on his pale face from blood loss: "What do you think... Bai Lixi was injured for?"
These words successfully aroused Si Li's suspicion, but he quickly recovered and sneered, "What about Baili Xi is no longer important. What is important is that you will die today!"
Before he finished speaking, the longsword in his hand gleamed brightly and thrust straight at Bai Chuan's face!
"Sect Leader Sili, it is beneath your dignity to kill a junior like this," a deep, aged voice suddenly rang out. At the same time, a snow-white whisk, as if it possessed a life of its own, swept over, gently yet firmly binding Sili's sword, making it impossible for it to advance an inch.
"The Bell Tower?" Sili frowned as he looked at the suddenly appearing old man. "So, you Qingyun Mountain are also getting involved in this mess?"
Master Zhonglou stroked his long, snow-white beard, his gaze calm: "I have received kindness from someone in the past, and today I have come to repay that favor."
"Brother Baichuan, are you alright?" Ji Yunxing appeared immediately and quickly helped Baichuan up.
Bai Chuan looked up in surprise and saw that a large number of Qingyun Mountain disciples, led by Ji Yunxing, had joined the battle and were fighting against the immortal cultivators who were still putting up a last-ditch resistance.
With the addition of the Bell Tower and Qingyun Mountain, the precarious battle situation at the foot of the mountain seemed to have a glimmer of hope.
However, how could Qin Wu, who had been forcibly enhanced by forbidden drugs, withstand Yue Sheng, who had inherited divine power, for long? The time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed in the blink of an eye, and the effects of the drug receded like a tide, followed by a backlash of power ten times stronger!
Qin Wu's face instantly turned a terrifying bluish-gray, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, and his consciousness was already blurred.
Bai Chuan managed to catch Qin Wu, but his hands were ice-cold, and his heart sank instantly.
Yue Sheng scoffed contemptuously, "Overestimating yourselves." He slowly raised his hand, and a chilling divine power began to rapidly gather in his palm, radiating a destructive aura. "Since Qingyun Mountain insists on taking the lead, then... let us all perish here!"
With a wave of his arm, he launched the ball of light containing terrifying divine power toward the most densely packed group of people from Qingyun Mountain!
At this critical moment, dense demonic energy seemed to appear out of thin air, surging in from all directions and instantly engulfing and swallowing Yue Sheng! The demonic energy churned and formed a trapping array, a barrier array set up by Bai Ji!
At the mountaintop, the eighteenth and final bolt of lightning, carrying the ultimate power that seemed to end everything, tore through the sky and crashed down.
At this moment, Yun Qian and Bai Ji were no longer the same as before. Both of them were dressed in rags and were quite disheveled, barely able to stand up by supporting each other.
"This is the last one." Yun Qian wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and forced a difficult but bright smile. "The two of us... are pretty tough."
Bai Ji smiled, though his smile was distorted by pain: "That's natural."
The two exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing an unspoken understanding and resolve. Simultaneously, they exerted their strength, leaping into the air and unleashing the last of their power to meet the terrifying bolt of lightning that seemed capable of purifying the world.
Down the mountain, the demonic energy array that had trapped Yue Sheng only lasted for a moment before shattering under the impact of that vast divine power!
Yue Sheng stood unharmed, his mocking sneer widening: "With such petty tricks, you dare to think you can trap and kill me?"
"No." A phantom-like figure, seemingly formed from pure demonic energy, quietly appeared beside Bai Chuan and Qin Wu. It was the Demon Lord. His voice carried a peculiar echo, "I just... wanted to join in the fun and, incidentally, stall you for a moment."
The cold smile on Yue Sheng's face almost overflowed: "What? Did you all agree to come here to die today?"
"You don't want to die?" The Demon Lord's voice remained elusive. "I told you I was only going to hold you off for a moment."
Before he finished speaking, a powerful sword pressure containing the ultimate sword essence slashed down from the sky! This sword strike was Yun Qian's ultimate effort, her peak strike after undergoing the baptism of heavenly tribulation after advancing to the Mahayana stage!
"boom!"
The sword pressure collided violently with the divine power shield that Yue Sheng had hastily assembled, and the enormous impact forced Yue Sheng to stagger back two steps!
Since Yun Qian is here, where is Lin Huaiyu?
Alarm bells rang in Yue Sheng's mind. He parried Yun Qian's follow-up attack and rapidly scanned his surroundings, searching for the figure he feared most. However, within his perception range, there was no trace of Lin Huaiyu.
"Whom are you looking for?" Yun Qian held the Ink Soul sword, its tip pointing directly at Yue Sheng, her fighting spirit soaring to the sky. "Your opponent is me right now."
"You think you can compete?" Yue Sheng sneered, slowly opening his arms. A purer and more immense golden divine power gathered and compressed wildly between his hands, radiating a pressure that made the heavens and earth tremble. "Even if you are fortunate enough to advance to the Mahayana stage, you are still just a mortal! How can you contend with the power of the gods?!"
Yun Qian's eyes sharpened, and without hesitation, she wielded the Ink Soul! The divine sword, which came from the Chaos Realm and suppressed the origin, erupted with a deep black light, fiercely meeting the surging torrent of destructive energy.
Just as the divine power and the chaotic sword light were about to collide, Yun Qian slightly turned her head, her gaze passing over the raging energy to look at Bai Ji not far behind her.
When Bai Ji met her gaze, his eyes instantly welled up with tears, but he quickly lowered his head, forcibly suppressing all his emotions. He pulled up the heavily injured Bai Chuan, while the Demon Lord's elusive figure swept up the unconscious Qin Wu, and the group retreated as quickly as possible to the rear, far from the battlefield.
On the other side, Master Zhonglou's whisk transformed into countless silver threads, finally finding an opening and striking Sili heavily to the ground. His voice boomed like a bell, carrying an undeniable authority: "To pursue ascension, one should devote oneself to understanding the Dao and diligently cultivate without ceasing! What kind of sect leader are you, forcing fellow practitioners and slaughtering living beings for your own selfish desires, attempting to pave your path to immortality with the corpses of others?!"
At the same time, the demonic energy that Bai Ji had previously laid out surged again, but this time, it wasn't an attack. Instead, it quickly constructed a massive circular demonic array around Yun Qian and Yue Sheng, isolating them from the outside world. The demonic energy rose until it completely separated the inside from the outside, leaving only Yun Qian and Yue Sheng within its range.
As Yun Qian watched the magic array close, a strange smile, a mixture of relief and resolute determination, appeared on her face. With a flick of her wrist, she casually tossed the Ink Soul Divine Sword she was gripping out of the magic array.
The divine sword transformed into a streak of black light, piercing through the barrier of demonic energy, and landed steadily on the ground not far outside the formation, emitting a dull thud.
Inside the formation, only she and Yuesheng remained.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
