"Roar! Human, you tricked me!"
The mantis demon was not smart and immediately believed Bai Yiyi's words.
Anger flashed across its face. It pushed off with its hind legs, its forelimbs sweeping towards Bai Shengyi with fierce wind. Bai Shengyi drew her longsword and blocked with a backhand!
Sparks immediately crackled on the blade!
The mantis demon was fast and its grip was strong. After a brief exchange, Bai Shengyi felt her arms go numb. Moreover, whether it was due to the icy weather or not, she felt increasingly irritable.
Right, irritable…
Bai Shengyi frowned tightly. She was not usually so impatient, but ever since entering the secret realm, her temper had been uncontrollable…
"Hiss!"
"Fairy Shengyi! Don't get distracted, quickly unleash your true abilities and kill them!" Bai Yiyi cried out in a delicate, weak voice.
It turned out that the mantis demon that had been guarding her had joined the fray. Bai Shengyi's mind had wavered for a moment, and she was then slashed by a huge bloody gash from the mantis demon's forelimb.
The blood seemed to further agitate the two mantis demons, their eyes turning blood-red. Their attacks on Bai Shengyi became frenzied.
"There's something wrong with the spiritual energy here."
Seeing Bai Shengyi's longsword completely shatter, the Samsara Brush pouted and said, "Use my true form as your sword. The hardness of these two demonic beasts' limbs is comparable to the Heaven tier. Don't waste those swords you had made."
Ever since the Samsara Brush had complained about Bai Shengyi treating it like a sword the last time, Bai Shengyi had stopped doing so. Instead, she specifically sought out artifact refiners to commission a batch of longswords.
That's right, a batch.
Because Bai Shengyi broke swords too easily in combat. Ordinary longswords were simply not durable enough. Even so, in the few days she had been in the secret realm, she had already used three swords.
With the Samsara Brush's word, Bai Shengyi did not hesitate. She summoned the Samsara Brush directly and unleashed several sweeping attacks, forcing the mantis demons to retreat repeatedly.
"Little Samsara, you didn't fall asleep." She had thought the Samsara Brush would fall asleep again due to the secret realm's influence, as it had a few times before.
"With you in this state, how could Brush Brush dare to sleep?" It worried about Bai Shengyi, but it was too proud and stubborn to admit it.
The Samsara Brush warned Bai Shengyi, "Try to absorb less of the spiritual energy here. Absorbing too much will turn you into one of them."
Irritable, bloodthirsty, murderous, like an irrational killing machine.
Bai Shengyi's heart sank. In fact, after the Samsara Brush pointed it out, she had already realized that her unstable emotions since entering were due to the secret realm's spiritual energy.
But if she wanted to improve her cultivation, she had to use the spiritual energy within this secret realm…
"Bang!"
Under the pincer attack of the two mantis demons, Bai Shengyi was caught off guard and thrown heavily to the ground.
"Ptooey!" Spitting out blood foam and snow mixed with dirt, Bai Shengyi stood up.
Bai Yiyi was still crying and shouting in the net.
"Fairy Shengyi, don't hold back, quickly kill them! Then we can go to the Spiritual Mansion to cultivate, and the entire Spiritual Mansion will be ours…"
Bai Yiyi's words were like oil poured on fire, causing the two mantis demons to let out high-pitched, sharp roars as they advanced on Bai Shengyi: "Roar! You delusional human!"
Bai Shengyi said coldly, "I didn't say anything. It's she who desperately wants to go to the Spiritual Mansion. Since I'm injured and can't move anyway, why don't you two kill her first, and then we can decide the winner?"
Bai Shengyi's patience with Bai Yiyi had reached its limit.
She was not a good person and naturally would not allow Bai Yiyi to instigate them from the sidelines.
"Besides, only she knows the location of the Spiritual Mansion. If you kill her, I won't know where it is either," Bai Shengyi continued.
She could tell how much importance these two mantis demons placed on the so-called Spiritual Mansion.
As expected, after being tricked like this, the two slow-witted mantis demons immediately turned their direction and moved towards Bai Yiyi.
A sharp, piercing voice echoed in Bai Yiyi's mind.
"Ah! I told you to seize the opportunity and run! Now look, those monsters are coming, why aren't you running! Are you trying to get me killed, boohoohoo…"
"Shut up!"
Bai Yiyi's lips parted and closed. Just as she uttered a sound, she cautiously stopped, opting for divine sense communication instead.
"Stop crying! It's giving me a headache! I understand Bai Shengyi better than you. You have no real conflict with her, so she won't actively harm you. This is definitely just a ploy to trick those two mantis demons."
The owner of the piercing voice did not believe it and continued to cry. She regretted listening to this person who had appeared out of nowhere and lending them her body to help participate in the trial in order to be lazy.
"Don't cry! Cry again and I won't be polite! You know my patience is limited…"
The piercing voice suddenly paused, then cried out in greater panic, "Run quickly! Those two monsters are coming—"
"Boom!"
Snowflakes fell like dust. The mantis demon on the left, still advancing, suddenly exploded. Its entire forelimb was blown to pieces, and it writhed on the ground with a strange cry.
"Roar! Damn human, what did you do?" The other surviving mantis demon abruptly turned its head to look at Bai Shengyi and charged at her!
"Snow."
Bai Shengyi parted her rosy lips, and a snowflake suddenly appeared in mid-air. It spun and slowly drifted onto the mantis demon's forelimb.
Before the mantis demon could even react, it heard a "boom boom" as the snowflake, carrying immense spiritual power, exploded again!
Bai Shengyi gave the two mantis demons no chance to retaliate. She immediately unleashed her Spring Hong Sword Technique and cried out, "Blooming!"
Dozens of flying blossoms, mixed with snowflakes, exploded with the might of heavenly thunder wherever they passed!
When this part of the world returned to calm, the two mantis demons were buried beneath the snowflakes.
Only the scattered, bloody stains on the ground testified that a fierce battle had just taken place.
But the coldness on Bai Shengyi's face did not abate. She walked towards Bai Yiyi.
And in Bai Yiyi's mind.
The piercing voice said weakly, "It really is like that. Bai Shengyi was only trying to kill those two monsters."
"You know that's good. Don't speak up carelessly again in the future and disrupt my actions. Do you hear me!" another voice said with annoyance. "Without my help, you're useless. You definitely won't pass this trial."
Seeing the piercing voice whimpering in agreement, she was satisfied.
She had regained control of Bai Yiyi's body and gratefully said to Bai Shengyi, "Fairy Shengyi, you're too amazing! Thank you for saving me! I… I won't blame you for deliberately pushing me out to block the leeches earlier."
Bai Yiyi wiped her eyes. Her reddened eyes shone with a watery light, making her look timid and pitiable, showing no trace of malice.
She appeared pure and innocent.
As if unaware of her earlier inappropriate actions, Bai Yiyi urged Bai Shengyi.
"Fairy Shengyi, what's wrong? Quickly let me out! We are fellow disciples from the same academy. We should help each other in this secret realm… Ah!"
Bai Yiyi looked at the dagger suddenly inserted into her shoulder, her eyes widening in shock.
She screamed, "Are you crazy?"
"You're the one who's crazy. Oh no, you're treating others like fools." Bai Shengyi sneered and retrieved the dagger. "Help each other? Help that tries to harm me? Sorry, I don't think it's necessary!"
As she spoke, she stared intently at Bai Yiyi, not missing any expression on her face.
As expected, a brief flash of panic and guilt appeared in Bai Yiyi's eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
"Fairy Shengyi, we are fellow disciples. How could I harm you? Is there some misunderstanding?"
Bai Shengyi's eyes were about to roll out of her head!
She couldn't be bothered to argue with such a person and directly declared, "Bai Yiyi, I don't care why you've approached me repeatedly to disrupt my trial, but I warn you, my patience with you has run out!"
Flicking the dagger, Bai Shengyi changed direction and stabbed again!
This time, Bai Yiyi could no longer sit still. She quickly stood up from the net bag, attempting to dodge.