Time went back two hours.
Outside Anping City on the Shenqi Continent, the number of cultivators was rapidly decreasing, while spirit beasts and puppets continued to increase in a never-ending stream.
Blood permeated the entire space.
Bai Shengyi noticed that everyone was fighting the Void Beasts head-on without any strategy. Without hesitation, she stepped out from behind Qian Ying and declared, "Fellow Daoists, the Void Beasts' weakness is three inches below and to the right of their spine!"
"Are you telling the truth?" Ancestor Li, an elderly female cultivator standing not far from Qian Ying, looked at Bai Shengyi with suspicion upon hearing this.
It wasn't that she was being difficult, but Bai Shengyi was so young, and for so many years on the Shenqi Continent, no cultivator had found the Void Beasts' weakness. How could Bai Shengyi have found it?
Bai Shengyi did not mind her doubt. With a leap, she charged directly into the Void Beast horde.
"We'll know if it's true or not by trying!"
Qian Ying watched her impetuous junior sister. She wanted to follow but was blocked by a white-robed cultivator. Enraged, she shot a fierce glare at Ancestor Li.
"Li Yu, if anything happens to my junior sister, you'll answer to me!"
Ancestor Li frowned deeply, her already stern face appearing even more sharp and unapproachable. "Venerable Qian Ying, what you're saying makes no sense! Must everyone coddle and spoil this young girl? That's not helping her, it's harming her!"
Qian Ying's eyes widened in fury!
This old hag!
Even in her old age, her words were still so venomous, more unpleasant than Zheng Wuxin's!
"Dong Yi! Huo Xiao!" Qian Ying, seething, turned and ordered her attendants, "Move closer to junior sister's position!"
"Yes, Venerable."
Huo Xiao and Dong Yi accepted the order and moved towards Bai Shengyi, doing their best to alleviate her pressure. However, there were simply too many spirit beasts. And whether it was their illusion or not, the Void Beasts and Leopard-Headed Demons seemed to be targeting Bai Shengyi even more!
Even they, who had transformed from demonic beasts, received less attacks than Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi had also noticed this.
With a sword, she forced back a white-robed puppet and killed a Void Beast with a counter-attack. Then, she saw two more Void Beasts charging straight at her!
These Void Beasts seemed to be locked onto her, even pushing the Leopard-Headed Demons aside!
Bai Shengyi suddenly remembered something she had forgotten—
Xiao Ye! Bai Qingjiang's contracted beast, the Void young beast Xiao Ye!
After she entered the Heavenly Dao Mountain Stream, she had never seen Xiao Ye again. But if she traced it back, she realized that her entry into the Heavenly Dao Mountain Stream was inseparable from Xiao Ye…
"Be careful, Martial Aunt Bai!" Huo Xiao's golden eyes emitted a golden ray, intercepting several Void Beasts attacking from behind Bai Shengyi.
But before he could sigh in relief, he saw countless more Void Beasts raising their sharp and menacing horns, charging towards Bai Shengyi!
Bai Shengyi's sword light flickered, and she narrowly dodged. Unconsciously, she was getting closer and closer to the crack in the boundary wall. Just then, someone forcefully pushed Bai Shengyi!
"Junior sister!"
"Martial Aunt Bai!"
"Ayi!"
Bai Shengyi instantly vanished from everyone's sight!
The years of indifference of Qing Lan Daojun were instantly shattered. His gaze sharpened, and he even abandoned the barrier protecting the Shenqi Continent, leaping down and following Bai Shengyi into the crack!
With Qing Lan's departure, the barrier began to sway precariously, and several spirit beasts immediately broke through. The pressure on the guard teams stationed in the surrounding cities increased dramatically.
Seeing this, Qian Ying stopped her pursuit and shouted, "Chui Ming! Hua Ye! The barrier!"
The two men guarding not far away immediately took over Qing Lan's previous task, reinforcing the crumbling barrier once more.
Ancestor Li's expression softened. "Shenqi Academy shows great righteousness!"
If it weren't for Shenqi Academy, these spirit beasts and puppets alone would have been a catastrophe for the Shenqi Continent, let alone whatever malevolent spirits might appear later!
By now, Ancestor Li understood. While the shattering of the boundary wall might bring opportunities, if things went wrong, it would be a disaster for the entire Shenqi Continent.
However, it was clear that whether this boundary wall broke or not was not something the Shenqi Continent could control.
No wonder Shenqi Academy had insisted on gathering the eighteen noble families and the three imperial families to form a protective force.
Qian Ying did not pay attention to Ancestor Li's words. Shenqi Academy was merely doing what it was supposed to do.
Her mind was now entirely occupied by one person—Jin Ge Shi, the second uncle of the Emperor of Jin Que Kingdom.
"Why are you two juniors blocking this old man?" Jin Ge Shi, surrounded by Huo Xiao and Dong Yi, remained unfazed.
Huo Xiao was so angry he laughed. This man had pushed Martial Aunt Bai into the boundary crack, and he had the audacity to ask them why!
Didn't he have any shame?
"Jin Ge Shi, we all saw it. You pushed Martial Aunt Bai." Huo Xiao said in a deep voice.
Dong Yi directly attacked. "Why waste words with him? Kill him directly and avenge Martial Aunt Bai!"
As the words fell, they ignored the surrounding spirit beasts and puppets and charged towards Jin Ge Shi.
"Just you two younglings?" Jin Ge Shi blocked their attacks and said mockingly, "Although you are transformed demonic beasts, you are not yet adults, are you?"
Huo Xiao and Dong Yi's faces changed in unison.
"What if you add me?" Qian Ying's voice was cold and chilling. She suddenly appeared behind Jin Ge Shi and waved her hand, sending a scimitar spinning towards him!
Jin Ge Shi's composure shattered. He retreated rapidly and shouted, "Ancestor Mei! Ancestor Lou! Why are you just standing by? Hurry and stop this madwoman!"
Qian Ying had become famous too early.
Even Jin Ge Shi had grown up hearing her legends.
Cultivators had endless lifespans. No one knew how old Qian Ying truly was, or how profound her cultivation was. However, in recent years, after the three Venerables of Shenqi Academy had successively entered seclusion, Qian Ying, on her own, had swept through the top combat forces of the eighteen noble families, directly suppressing them to the point of developing inner demons.
As a result, even now, Jin Ge Shi feared her.
"Jin Ge Shi, you're already at the Nascent Soul stage, why are you afraid of this old hag!" Ancestor Mei spat. "She's just good at talking, she can't do anything to you!"
"The three of us should be the most powerful cultivators on the Shenqi Continent, shouldn't we?" Ancestor Mei looked proudly towards the Sun family not far away, wishing he could immediately rush over to show off to the Sun family.
Earlier, his unpromising descendant had reported that both the Sun and Lou families had Nascent Soul cultivators, which had worried him greatly. He hadn't expected his own fortune to come later. With the help of adults, he had actually broken through to Nascent Soul!
As for why his cultivation had advanced two levels without attracting heavenly tribulations, Ancestor Mei subconsciously ignored these matters.
The Lou family patriarch elegantly flicked a speck of dust from his robes. "You and my ancestor, and Old Ancestor Jin, are naturally the most powerful—"
The rest of his words were choked back by the approaching severed arm.
"Ah!"
Jin Ge Shi cried out in agony, clutching his severed arm and falling to his knees. Before long, he was devoured by the swarming Void Beasts and Leopard-Headed Demons, leaving behind only a pile of white bones.
The horrific scene made everyone present's hair stand on end.
More importantly, no one had even seen how Venerable Qian Ying had made her move!
"Being the most powerful cultivator allows you to act with impunity?"
Qian Ying looked up, her beautiful eyes playfully curved in a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes.