Although this is an illusion, the people are real.
Specifically, if the rabbit tears off a piece of Jinling Feng's flesh, in reality, Jinling Feng would truly have a piece of flesh torn off.
"Youyue, save me! I can't hold on much longer!"
Jinling Feng was crowned Crown Prince of the Jinque Kingdom at birth and had a smooth journey through life. He had never suffered such torment.
Watching his thigh turn from bloody flesh to bare bone was a visual shock that was harder for him to bear than the physical pain.
Jinling Feng screamed, "Youyue! Lingling, hurry up and save me!"
He didn't want to die!
The sharp, desperate screams made Yun Youyue's hand tremble, and then Sun Chongyang bit her arm, instantly numbing her entire hand.
She never expected that she and Xia Lingling would not be able to gain the upper hand against Sun Chongyang!
This was simply impossible!
In a flash, Yun Youyue suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Is Bai Shengyi not dead?"
That's right. Unless Bai Shengyi was not dead and was even secretly helping Sun Chongyang, why would Sun Chongyang's attacks become more fierce, while she and Xia Lingling felt increasingly exhausted?
"Oh, you only realized it now? But it's too late!"
Sun Chongyang roared, his attacks becoming even more furious and sharp. "Bitch, how dare you scheme against me repeatedly? Today, I will make you pay the price!"
Yun Youyue's expression changed, and she turned to urge Xia Lingling.
"Lingling, don't hold back your strength anymore. If we don't kill him and Bai Shengyi, the three of us might perish in this illusion."
Xia Lingling nodded solemnly, raised her hand, and tapped her forehead. Golden spiritual light emanated from her body. Then, as if unlocking a seal, her cultivation directly surged from the late Golden Core stage to the middle Nascent Soul stage!
"Junior, take this!" she said, tapping her foot. Countless sharp thorns shot from her hand, flying fiercely towards Sun Chongyang.
Compared to this, their previous battle was nothing more than child's play!
Sun Chongyang shouted, "Bai Shengyi, why aren't you making a move yet?"
Damn it, the middle Nascent Soul stage! If he was hit by this attack, he would at least lose half his life!
Is Bai Shengyi playing him on purpose?
"Bai Shengyi, Sun Chongyang wants to bully you. Are you still going to help him?"
Yun Youyue stabbed Sun Chongyang's snake body with her sword and shouted in unison.
"As long as you help us kill Sun Chongyang, I will let go of our past grievances. Moreover, don't forget what you did with Sun Ling in the snow mountain. I don't think you'd want the academy to know about it, would you?"
Yun Youyue was incredibly glad now that she hadn't rashly sought out Bai Shengyi after encountering her in the snow mountain. Otherwise, how would she have had the chance to record Bai Shengyi killing fellow disciples of the academy with a residual image stone?
If all of this were exposed, Bai Shengyi's reputation in the academy would be ruined, and she would also be punished by the academy.
She believed Bai Shengyi would make the right choice.
The content of Yun Youyue's words made Sun Chongyang feel a sense of foreboding.
"Bai Shengyi, don't falter at a critical moment!"
"Don't rush, Sun Chongyang. Can't you still exchange a few moves with this female cultivator?"
A clear, indifferent voice seemed to come from all directions, its source untraceable.
Yun Youyue glanced at Xia Lingling, who also shook her head, clearly unaware of the origin of the voice.
"If we exchange a few more moves, I'll be crippled!" Sun Chongyang's vertical pupils were filled with suppressed anger. If he had transformed into human form, his face would undoubtedly be gloomy.
However, he knew he still had to rely on Bai Shengyi for now, so he restrained himself.
Bai Shengyi seemed to ponder for a moment, "Alright, wait."
Wait for what?
Before Yun Youyue could figure it out, she heard Xia Lingling's terrified cry.
"My cultivation!"
Yun Youyue immediately looked over, and her pupils contracted fiercely.
Middle Nascent Soul, early stage... In just a moment, Xia Lingling's cultivation plummeted to the late Foundation Establishment stage!
A bad premonition arose in her heart. She immediately checked her own cultivation and her heart sank heavily.
Her cultivation had also dropped from the late Golden Core stage to the middle Foundation Establishment stage!
"Bitch! Didn't expect this, did you?"
Sun Chongyang transformed into his human form and slapped Yun Youyue directly.
He had waited for this moment for a long time!
"Slap!"
Yun Youyue was caught off guard and was so angry that her eyes instantly turned red!
"Sun Chongyang, you deserve to die!"
While contemplating a way to break free, she bit her fingertip, and her blood dripped onto a spiritual artifact, which then emitted a brilliant light, quickly enveloping both Yun Youyue and Sun Chongyang. The two then engaged in battle.
"Someone from the Outer Continent?"
As Bai Shengyi sized up Xia Lingling, Xia Lingling was also sizing up Bai Shengyi.
This discarded slave, whom she had not taken seriously, had actually caught her off guard and played a trick on her!
Xia Lingling tried to stop her cultivation from falling, but Bai Shengyi, using some unknown method, had made her realm completely uncontrollable.
"You've mastered the rules of time?" Xia Lingling cried out sharply, her voice even somewhat hoarse due to her extreme surprise.
Her usually calm and stern face was filled with deep shock.
Bai Shengyi said indifferently, "Not quite."
"I knew it. How could a discarded slave like you achieve this!" Xia Lingling subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could fully relax, she heard Bai Shengyi's slightly mocking voice.
"Although I haven't mastered it, here, controlling your time is not a problem."
As Bai Shengyi finished speaking, Xia Lingling noticed wrinkles appearing on her hands.
Her time was rapidly flowing forward!
This was the greatest power of the Cangtian Spirit Mansion's illusion!
No one could be treated differently in the face of time!
Bai Shengyi didn't even need to do anything; she just needed to stand still and watch their time run out, and she would have already won.
Realizing this, Xia Lingling no longer hesitated. She raised her hand, and an ancient, thick token appeared in her hand. She commanded, "Ghost Servant, kill her for me!"
A ghostly shadow floated out of the token and lunged at Bai Shengyi with bared teeth and claws.
This familiar technique made Bai Shengyi's eyes flash. "Ghost cultivator?"
Unexpectedly, she thought of Daoist Shan Cheng.
"You have some knowledge!" Xia Lingling sneered. "You are the first to force me to this point, Bai Shengyi."
"My honor?"
Bai Shengyi dodged the ghost servant's attack and replied lightly.
Xia Lingling's face contorted.
She finally understood why the Xi Xilou had repeatedly emphasized not to underestimate Bai Shengyi.
On the other side, while dealing with the ghost cultivator, Bai Shengyi was also pondering a question.
Did ghost cultivators not suffer the influence of time?
Perhaps because Xia Lingling's strength had weakened, this ghost servant was not very powerful, and Bai Shengyi could handle it with ease. However, because of this, Bai Shengyi inevitably wanted to use this opportunity to explore.
"Come, let me try to see what exactly a ghost cultivator is!"
Bai Shengyi's gaze shifted, and she drew the sword she had obtained in the secret realm, charging forward!
Xia Lingling, unaware of Bai Shengyi's intentions, saw Bai Shengyi entangled with the ghost servant and breathed a sigh of relief, quickly going to help Yun Youyue.
"Yun Youyue, quickly use the Spirit Mansion Key to open the Spirit Mansion and let us out!"
Killing Bai Shengyi would have been the best solution, but now that their strength had dropped to the middle Foundation Establishment stage, killing Bai Shengyi was impossible.
Yun Youyue also wanted to, but everything happened too quickly. Her current cultivation was not enough to activate the Spirit Mansion Key, and she was being suppressed by Sun Chongyang!
"Ah!"
Yun Youyue suddenly let out a loud cry, chanted a string of incantations, and then cut her palm.
Sun Chongyang sensed that something was amiss and shouted, "Bai Shengyi, stop playing! Yun Youyue has used a secret technique to boost her cultivation. If they escape, it will be a loss!"
However, Bai Shengyi was engrossed in her confrontation with the ghost servant.
"Cultivators use spiritual power for their cultivation, which is full of vitality. For example, wood spiritual power, when used to its extreme, even has healing effects. But ghost cultivators are filled with endless death energy. What do they use to cultivate?"
"Is it also spiritual power? Or chaotic energy? Demonic energy?"
Bai Shengyi guessed several possibilities, but unfortunately, the ghost servant before her, although a ghost cultivator, did not possess sentience like Daoist Shan Cheng.
He was more like an evil spirit manipulated by Xia Lingling, only knowing how to kill.
Seeing this, Bai Shengyi made a flourish with her sword and silently unleashed the second form of Chunhong.
"Withering and Flourishing!"
The fall of flowers and leaves is withering, and endless life is flourishing.
In the face of time, even ghost cultivators would be no exception.
The sword light, imbued with the rules of time, pierced through. The spiritual power stirred up vast waves of wind. In an instant, the ghost cultivator, who had been menacing, seemed to freeze in place, then was annihilated inch by inch within the illusion!
"Puff!"
Xia Lingling suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood and looked at Bai Shengyi with disbelief.
"Bai Shengyi! You actually severely injured him!"
This was one of her trump cards for survival. This ghost servant was not an ordinary ghost servant but a fortuitous encounter she had obtained while traveling in the Divine Enlightenment World. Although the ghost servant had to obey her due to the token, in reality, based on her judgment, the ghost servant's cultivation had reached the Mahayana stage!
That was a cultivation level just short of condensing a true physical body!
And it was so easily severely injured by Bai Shengyi that it had to retreat into the token?
Xia Lingling was so angry that she spat out another mouthful of black blood.
She had completely forgotten that her current weakened state prevented the ghost servant from unleashing its full power, which was why Bai Shengyi had won.
However, none of that mattered anymore.
"Yes, I must thank you for allowing me to gain further insight into swordsmanship," Bai Shengyi said with a smile.
Xia Lingling, Xia Lingling pointed at Bai Shengyi in anger, "You..."
"Don't panic, it's your turn!"
Bai Shengyi let out a cold laugh, her sword breaking through the air and aiming directly at Xia Lingling!
A restrained, ordinary, inconspicuous sword.
Yet, it was also swift, sharp, and all-conquering!
"Swish!"
"Ah!"
The sound of sword light raging and Xia Lingling's scream sounded at the same time. Xia Lingling's face seemed to split open, revealing a new face beneath.
In a corner of the illusion, the residual image stone emitted a faint glow, faithfully recording this scene.
"Damn it!"
Xia Lingling felt that this time, not only her cultivation but also the vitality within her body began to dissipate. She no longer dared to stay and decisively used a secret technique to increase her cultivation.
However, she no longer entangled with Bai Shengyi. Instead, she turned, tore a talisman, and quickly disappeared into the illusion.
Yun Youyue, who had intended to ask Xia Lingling to help save Jinling Feng first, turned around and saw Xia Lingling escaping back to the Outer Continent, her eyes blazing with rage!
"Xia Lingling!"