Two powerful forces collided with a bang.
Rakshasa Tianzun, who thought they were evenly matched, was directly repelled three steps.
Feng Mingqi seized the opportunity while Rakshasa Tianzun stabilized his breath, pursuing with three consecutive demonic palm strikes.
Rakshasa Tianzun, still seated on the ground, had no time to rise. Seeing the demonic palms descend, he could only roll on the spot, narrowly dodging them.
Feng Yunzui and Feng Siqian attacked with their long spears.
Sui You's fingertips ignited with phoenix fire, and he fiercely swung it towards Rakshasa Tianzun.
In an instant, the sky above the seemingly collapsing illusory painting realm began to rain down like a meteor shower, with countless sparks flying rapidly towards Rakshasa Tianzun's location.
Under their pincer attack, Rakshasa Tianzun was eventually struck by Yan Hua's palm to the chest.
He let out a hysterical scream.
After his body was shattered, a shadowy, black mist-like evil primal spirit was revealed within.
Yu Yuan and Jin Yan stood to the east and west, drawing their bows with their left and right hands respectively, weaving a net of spiritual energy.
Rakshasa Tianzun clutched the spiritual net cast by the two, enduring the pain of spiritual energy burning him, and instantly flew out through the gaps in the net. He forcibly tore a rift in the illusory painting realm and escaped like a fleeing animal.
As Rakshasa Tianzun departed, the entire illusory realm began to collapse on a large scale. The tremors intensified, and the ground around them started to disappear.
Clearly, the illusory painting realm, a magical artifact, had been used by Rakshasa Tianzun with his evil energy for too long, and it could no longer withstand it. The artifact's core was damaged.
Ancient magical artifacts and divine weapons could not tolerate the evil energy of demons like Rakshasa Tianzun.
Once they absorbed too much, they would collapse.
"Quick, retreat!" Qi Yu looked up from Si Qing's embrace. Seeing the rift torn by Rakshasa Tianzun closing and the surrounding collapse worsening, he quickly called out to everyone to retreat. He jumped down from Si Qing's embrace, summoned his Yanzhen Mirror, and merged it with Si Qing's Yanzhen Mirror, preparing to randomly select a landing spot to teleport everyone out.
Feng Mingqi, Feng Yunzui, and Feng Siqian did not dare to delay and entered the Yanzhen Mirror first.
Yue Zhiyin, Sui You, Qi Nian, Chi Ming, and Qi Yanlou followed closely.
An Nuo and Shao Feng were behind them.
Yan Hua, Chen Xi, Jin Yan, and Yu Yuan also left together.
Chi Shangming and Wang Lanqing covered the rear.
Just as everyone had evacuated and Qi Yu was about to pull Si Qing to retreat, cries suddenly echoed from not far away.
Qi Yu turned back.
It was Ling Ruo, in her soul form, abandoned by Rakshasa Tianzun, and Yu Zhen.
Ling Ruo, in her unbound soul form, seized the moment when the two were distracted and rushed towards the Yanzhen Mirror like a beam of light, disappearing within.
Only Yu Zhen, pinned by a large boulder, kept patting and shouting:
"Don't leave me, don't leave me alone, please save me!"
Yu Zhen desperately tried to crawl forward, but after only a few steps, she could no longer move. Her legs were still firmly pressed by the boulder.
At this moment, helping her would have been as simple as raising a hand.
However, Qi Yu had no intention of helping and merely turned back indifferently.
Seeing their siblings' retreating backs, Yu Zhen, with a surge of strength from somewhere, suddenly let out a wild cry. She forcefully pushed the stone off her body, and in that brief moment, pulled her legs free. She crawled towards the entrance of the Yanzhen Mirror.
Seeing this, Qi Yu intended to kick her away.
Yu Zhen took the kick but did not leave. She desperately clung to Qi Yu and Si Qing's ankles, pleading:
"Don't, don't kick me away, I still want to live."
"Please, don't leave me here alone."
As she spoke, Yu Zhen tried to crawl into the mirror, hoping to seize a sliver of life in that moment.
Qi Yu glanced at the collapsing space behind them, then looked down at the tearful Yu Zhen. He suddenly sneered, grabbed her collar, and said, "Don't regret this," before lifting her by the collar and taking her out.
...
Outside the Yanzhen Mirror.
The people who had left earlier were gathered together, waiting anxiously.
The exit of the mirror on this side was still open, but there was no sign of Qi Yu and Si Qing.
Yan Hua, holding Ling Ruo's soul, had his heart in his throat.
Just as everyone was growing impatient and about to go in to find them, the Yanzhen Mirror suddenly emitted a faint glow.
The next moment, Qi Yu emerged from within, dragging Yu Zhen by her collar.
With the support of the crowd gone, the illusory painting realm immediately collapsed and shattered after Qi Yu and Si Qing retrieved the Yanzhen Mirror. The surroundings reverted to the original human landscape, with only a scroll of a gray and broken painting lying on the ground, shattered into pieces.
"Qi Yu!" An Nuo hugged her tightly.
Qi Yu nuzzled An Nuo's shoulder, then looked up, still holding Yu Zhen's collar: "Although we didn't capture Rakshasa Tianzun alive this time, no matter what, we did catch something useful."
She raised an eyebrow, glancing at Yu Zhen in her hand.
Yan Hua grunted and, using ropes, bound the soul forms of Yu Zhen and Ling Ruo together, handing them over to the heavenly soldiers.
Yu Zhen struggled slightly, then, seeing that she couldn't break free, closed her eyes as if resigned.
Yue Zhiyin looked at Yu Zhen and Ling Ruo and said calmly:
"Guards, seal Yu Zhen's divine power and escort these two criminals to the Nine Heavens for immediate trial."
"Yes!" The heavenly soldiers bowed in acknowledgment.
Qi Yu stood beside Si Qing, holding his hand tightly.
Finally.
Finally, completely, in front of all the gods, Yu Zhen and Ling Ruo were captured.
This time was different from before.
In the past, although they hated them to the bone, there was no legal basis.
Now, with Yu Zhen and Ling Ruo convicted, they could be punished for multiple crimes.
"Sister, this time we will definitely make them pay the price," Si Qing murmured beside Qi Yu. "Whether it's Yu Zhen or Ling Ruo."