"The destruction of the Qionghua Sect..."
the Saint’s Remnant Soul murmured, immediately shaking his head lightly.
Now was not the time for such talk, though the destruction of the Qionghua Sect piqued curiosity, resolving the immediate crisis brought by Tianyan and that madwoman was of utmost importance.
After a pause, the Saint’s Remnant Soul softly said,
"Judging by the time, Ran girl should almost have succeeded."
Xu Yuan pondered for a short while before nodding and saying,
"Let’s hope everything goes smoothly."
With that, Xu Yuan slowly lifted his gaze towards the dome of the huge palace.
The Formation within the Transference Hall was still intact, with the Chaotic Inheritance Formation and other defensive formations running smoothly.
With the help of the Saintess’s Soul Key and the boost from the Saint’s Remnant Soul’s Soul Power, Xu Yuan could unilaterally sense the heart-throbbing energy collision in the sky.
Following the Saint’s Remnant Soul’s previous sneak attack, the oppressive pink fog in mid-air had evidently thinned out slightly.
Regrettably, Xu Yuan had no time to observe further...
An explosive sound, similar to thunder, suddenly burst above their heads.
The massive Transference Hall trembled as if an earthquake had struck, the palace’s Formation Patterns flickered intermittently. The intact structure of the palace fractured instantaneously, and cracks spread across the inner walls, sprawling out like spiderwebs.
Xu Yuan steadied his form amidst the shaking, his pupils constricting.
It was that madwoman.
"This woman must be able to sense the mark on your forehead!" the Saint’s Remnant Soul suddenly shouted.
Xu Yuan’s heart sank.
Reality was such that you never knew if disaster or tomorrow would come first.
Their original plan was to hide beneath the palace, using its Chaotic Inheritance Formation for cover, biding their time to strike. But it seemed now the plan had to change.
Without needing any reminder, Xu Yuan’s figure already blurred into an afterimage as he dashed towards the formation platform at the back of the hall.
The defensive Formation engraved in the palace had not been shattered in one blow, but given the circumstances, it likely wouldn’t be long before it was breached. Staying here was tantamount to courting death.
Without sneak attacking, the combined force of him and the Saint’s Remnant Soul might not even match for Tianyan’s single hand, let alone the now-hostile madwoman.
As he sprinted, the booming above did not cease, and fragments of rocks and sand continuously fell from the dome of the hall.
In a battle of such magnitude between Tianyan and the red-clad madwoman, the ancient relics simply could not endure. In just a brief moment, the hall’s defensive Formation nearly collapsed.
Fortunately, Xu Yuan had already made his escape near the formation platform; just a few breaths away from fleeing.
The madwoman continuously attacked downwards, and it seemed Tianyan had also realized that Xu Yuan had not immediately left. His voice boomed from the sky,
"Xu Changtian, weren’t you the one who said you had a way to break this madwoman’s dojo?!"
It was not a transmission of thought but a righteously loud shout, amplified through Origin Qi.
Under the burgeoning attacks of the agitated madwoman, it appeared Tianyan had no leisure to accurately transmit thoughts anymore.
Of course, it might also be that the Chaotic Inheritance Formation inside the Transference Hall interfered, preventing the discovery of Xu Yuan’s exact location.
Xu Yuan didn’t bother with her.
His last sneak attack had completely drawn the madwoman’s hatred onto him. Had it not been for his swift escape using Step Void Slash, he probably would have been killed by now.
Now that the Formation was about to break, responding out loud would be like telling the madwoman to bombard him.
This Tianyan was actually still trying to trick him.
A friend in the game, not in poverty.
No one understood better than him the art of betraying allies.
And it was just as Tianyan’s words finished,
a piercing, shrill scream abruptly rose in mid-air:
It was the voice of that madwoman.
Xu Yuan frowned slightly, thinking to himself,
Before he could ask, the Saint’s Remnant Soul laughed and replied,
"Most likely, Ran girl has slashed the madwoman’s real body. Let’s hurry and leave; we’ll leave the rest to Tianyan and come back later to reap the rewards!"
"Mhm," Xu Yuan nodded.
Within two breaths, Xu Yuan reached the Formation platform established in the inner hall of the Transference Hall.
In such a life-and-death moment, without the need for Xu Yuan’s urging, the Saint’s Remnant Soul immediately started the Formation.
The Transmission Formation rapidly charged...
"Wait... cough, cough, cough..."
Tianyan’s somewhat exasperated voice once again came from the sky:
"This... this woman, how can she control the Enchantress Divine Flower within my body... agh..."
His words cut short, leaving only the sound of a girl coughing blood.
Xu Yuan heard the noise, his pupils sharply contracting.
But then he immediately thought that this might be another one of Tianyan’s tricks.
After all, a First Grade spirit without a body could not possibly match Tianyan.
As the thought passed,
the palace dome exploded with a thunderous bang,
Xu Yuan suddenly realized that this time, Tianyan might not have been deceiving him.
Lake of Enchantress Divine.
Ran Qingmo silently retreated while holding the Black Sword; a recent strike had already depleted the Origin Qi within her body.
The hundred-meter tree trunk was now completely covered in Ice Crystals, even bearing a sword wound near its middle that nearly severed it in half.
Such a deep gash should have been enough to kill any plant, yet the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree before them was instead beginning to grow.
Within the Ice Crystals, the trunk sprouted many new buds and twigs. The growing limbs from inside gradually pushed out and cracked the surface Ice Crystals before shattering them.
However, due to the residual coldness of the sword technique’s power, these shattered Ice Crystals were instantly re-formed and once again covered the newly sprouted limbs.
This cycle repeated, the growth of the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree seemingly pressed with an accelerator key.
the cherry blossoms bloomed anew.
However, the surface of the current Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree was still frozen over with a thin layer of fine ice.
Ran Qingmo’s brows slightly furrowed.
The current state of the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree was peculiar.
There was no sign of healing or growth on the trunk where she slashed, nor on the gaping holes from the eight ice spears piercing through, all still radiating a frigid chill.
This situation was somewhat beyond Ran Qingmo’s understanding.
The towering tree adorned with gorgeous cherry blossoms suddenly emitted a huge humming sound, the pale blue Ice Crystals covering the blossoms instantaneously transformed into thousands of glittering fragments!
At the same time, with the humming noise, a pink ring of light spread out from the center of the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree and shot toward the distance!
Faced with such an unforeseen event, Ran Qingmo subconsciously lifted the Black Sword to defend, but the spreading pink ring seemed to possess no power, only the breeze it carried flitting her black dress hem.
Ran Qingmo frowned and looked back.
After releasing the ring of light, the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree seemed to have spent its last vestige of life force, its massive trunk beginning to lean and collapse along the slash...
The Hall of Transmission,
The vibrations from the damaged defensive formation temporarily interrupted the charging of the Transmission Formation.
A large hole was immediately made in the dome of the palace, the sunlight from outside shooting in instantly.
Xu Yuan, on full alert, immediately looked up.
he saw a palace-dressed young girl falling from the sky like a kite with its string cut.
Tianyan’s petite figure smashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!
Soon after, the crazed red-clothed woman also appeared within the palace, the Taoist field that once revolved around her already dissipated.
However, the crazed woman did not continue to attack Tianyan but glanced at Xu Yuan instead.
her previously vacant and lifeless eyes were now slowly regaining clarity.
After two seconds of eye contact,
After a pause, she softly added:
Yuchu gave a slight smile, a smile that seemed to speak of release.
Accompanied by a spread of pink light, her spirit body "bang" dissipated under the sunlight into countless splendid cherry blossoms that scattered all around...
Xu Yuan stared blankly at the scene before him.
Did she self-destruct?
As Xu Yuan was stunned,
a loud shout from the Saint’s Remnant Soul resounded in his mind:
"This Qionghua Sect has been destroyed by the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree! Run, or you’ll be engulfed by these petals..."
Before Old Man Luo could finish,
amidst the shower of blossoms,
the scene before Xu Yuan’s eyes had already changed to something unfamiliar...