Chapter 21 A Sudden Turn of Events

The Grand Elder's expression was cold.

As a Saint-level space mage, solidifying a space was an effortless task for him.

Therefore, no matter if Bi Fang could fly to the heavens or burrow into the earth, it was impossible to escape his grasp.

"Mr. Xing Dehai, shall we kill them?" the Grand Elder asked indifferently.

With Xing Chaoge dead, An Liya was of no use to him. With a little force, Qiao Yu and An Liya would be instantly crushed into powder by the surrounding space.

Xing Dehai was the middle-aged man from the Xing family who had just spoken. His clothing didn't resemble modern attire, and it was easy to see from the contours of his face that he had been a handsome man in his youth.

"Don't kill them, hand them over to me directly."

Xing Dehai's voice was filled with coldness. How dare they kill the direct descendant genius of the Xing family? He would make them wish they were dead!

"Alright!"

The Grand Elder readily agreed.

An Liya and Qiao Yu now only served one purpose in his eyes: to appease the Xing family's anger.

With a wave of the Grand Elder's hand, Qiao Yu and An Liya felt themselves constantly moving backward, as if the surrounding space was pushing them.

An Liya's face showed no fear, she simply held Qiao Yu tightly.

Qiao Yu's expression, however, became extremely ugly.

The difference in strength was too great. Even with all his schemes, he ultimately couldn't escape.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

A towering giant sword suddenly appeared in the sky, descending like a thunderbolt and shattering the space where Qiao Yu was.

The sword was filled with an overbearing intent, shocking everyone present.

Everyone looked in the direction the sword light came from and discovered that the one who had unleashed the sword was actually the Fifth Divine Guard, Raguel!

Could it be that the Divine Emperor's Palace was going to fall out with God Mountain? Many people were instantly shocked.

"Raguel, what are you doing! Are you crazy?" The Second Divine Guard, Gabriel, roared at Raguel.

The surrounding Divine Guards also turned their heads in surprise.

However, facing everyone's questions, Raguel didn't react at all. He simply flexed his wrist and then lightly shook, and the armor on his body directly fell off.

"Ah, I've been suffocating to death these past few days."

Accompanied by a complaint, a man in loose shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and a pair of flip-flops appeared in everyone's view after the armor was removed. He looked like he was going on a beach vacation.

"Who are you? Where's Raguel?!" Gabriel roared, and flames suddenly erupted from his body.

"Raguel? He should be preparing for his baby's one-month celebration by now."

Yi Liushui smiled freely. He had directly killed Raguel as soon as he arrived at the Western Alliance.

During the time he was disguised as Raguel, Yi Liushui not only learned a lot of information about the Western Alliance's cooperation with the Ninth Universe, but also successfully broke through to the Saint level.

He was originally only one step away from the Saint level, and the battle with Raguel became the best catalyst.

Looking at Yi Liushui with his broadsword over his shoulder, the expressions of the other Divine Guards instantly darkened.

They knew even with their butts that Raguel was definitely in dire straits.

No wonder they had recently felt that Raguel had changed, it turned out that he really had changed into a different person.

It was one thing for a Qiao Yu to disguise himself as Tian E and sneak in, after all, he was just a King-level cultivator who wasn't worth paying attention to.

But for a Saint-level cultivator to disguise himself as Raguel and stay by their side for so long without them noticing, wasn't this a slap in the face?

"Kid, run! What are you waiting for?" Yi Liushui roared, waking Qiao Yu up. Qiao Yu hurriedly controlled Bi Fang, wanting to fly away.

Then Yi Liushui swung the broadsword around.

"Overlord Sword!" (Ba Jian)

Countless sword shadows flashed across the summit of God Mountain. Yi Liushui actually wanted to fight against more than a dozen people of the same level by himself!

Yi Liushui's sword revealed an undeniable sense of dominance!

However, fighting against more than a dozen people alone was still too difficult. Even Master Ye only dared to say he could fight ten.

Before the sword shadows had even flashed for half a moment, they were directly shattered. Yi Liushui was also blasted away by the combined forces of the other Divine Guards.

However, at this moment, everyone was surprised to discover that the direction Yi Liushui was flying was exactly the direction where Qiao Yu was!

"They want to escape, stop them!" Gabriel roared and soared into the sky.

The Grand Elder also waved his staff, wanting to reimpose spatial imprisonment.

With just Yi Liushui, a Saint-level sword cultivator, it wouldn't be enough to escape in front of so many people.

Just then, an extremely terrifying black aura suddenly appeared, enveloping the entire God Mountain!

The moment this black aura appeared, more than a dozen Saint-level cultivators present suddenly felt a suffocation in their hearts and were unable to move.

These auras were like the destination of everything, as if the ultimate destination of all things in the world was to transform into this almost-nothingness black aura.

"What the hell is this?"

Gabriel exclaimed and then directly attacked, the Saint-level fire magic soaring into the sky.

However, even the flames in the hands of a Saint-level mage couldn't break through this black aura at all, and were annihilated as soon as they approached.

The other Divine Guards and elders of God Mountain also attacked one after another, but their attacks were ineffective against this black aura.

"Could this be the power of a god?" The Eighth Elder cursed and slashed at the sky with an axe, but it was useless.

"This thing... could it be... Nether Energy?!" (Ming Qi)

Only Xing Dehai stood up with a jolt, looking at the black aura in disbelief, his pupils filled with shock.

This black aura came and went quickly. In just a few dozen seconds, the black aura that enveloped the summit of God Mountain disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

At this time, Yi Liushui had already escaped a good distance, and the Bi Fang bird was also rushing towards the distance.

At this distance, even if they were Saint-level cultivators flying at full speed, they wouldn't be able to catch up.

"Damn it! What exactly is this black aura? It actually allowed them to escape!" The faces of the major elders were all ashen.

The other party had wreaked havoc on the summit of God Mountain and killed Xing Chaoge, and then just left like that?

"Chase them down! Even if it's to the ends of the earth, we must capture these three people back. Alive or dead!"

The Divine Emperor also directly issued the order. His eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched tightly. One of his Divine Guards had died, how could he endure this?

However, no matter how angry the people present were, the escape of Qiao Yu and the others was almost a certainty. The timing of the appearance of the black aura was too crucial, just enough to stop everyone present.

Anger and bitterness enveloped everyone present. They were more than a dozen Saint-level cultivators, but they still allowed others to escape from under their noses, and could only watch helplessly as the three flew further and further away.

"You killed someone from my Xing family and still want to escape? There's no such thing in the world."

Xing Dehai stood up with a gloomy expression, his eyes fixed on the Bi Fang bird, which had already turned into a black dot.

Then, a strange insect appeared in his hand. The insect had no eyes, no internal organs, only an empty shell.

It was as if something had sucked this insect into an empty shell.

And it was this strange insect that, under Xing Dehai's control, actually flew up!

"Annihilation Soul Curse!" (Yan Hun Mo Zhou)

Accompanied by Xing Dehai's soft shout, the insect turned into a stream of light, its speed so fast that it was hard to describe, and shot towards the Bi Fang bird!

At this time, Qiao Yu was concentrating on controlling the Bi Fang bird to travel at full speed. The Bi Fang bird frantically flapped its wings, and the flesh on its wings had all fallen off, leaving only two bone wings.

He didn't notice the black aura that had suddenly appeared behind him, nor did he notice the insect that was rapidly attacking his back.

An Liya instantly turned her head, and in that instant, the distance between the insect and Qiao Yu was already incomparably close.

"Careful!"

Seeing that Qiao Yu was about to suffer, An Liya exclaimed, and then instantly broke free from Qiao Yu's embrace, using her body to block the insect.

And strangely, the insect didn't cause any harm to An Liya, but directly merged into An Liya's body and disappeared.

At the same time, An Liya received a reminder from the inner world.

[Annihilation Soul Curse]: The Annihilation Soul Demon Worm will continuously gnaw at your soul within ten days, and you will die after experiencing ten days of soul-devouring pain.

"What are you doing? Why are you shouting like that? You scared me." Qiao Yu asked, frowning, unaware of what was happening.

He checked around and found that An Liya was not injured.

"Um... it's nothing, I was just suddenly scared."

An Liya's smile was a little forced, but unfortunately Qiao Yu didn't notice anything unusual.

"Alright! Don't shout randomly if nothing's wrong. I didn't expect that we would actually escape from God Mountain!"

Qiao Yu's face was full of excitement. He still found it incredible when he recalled what had just happened.

Qiao Yu had already begun to imagine how happy Professor Shen and the others would be when they saw him return safely, and didn't notice the change in An Liya's emotions.

And An Liya could already clearly feel the Annihilation Soul Demon Worm starting to gnaw at her soul.

The feeling was as if someone had poured a spoonful of hot oil into her brain. Every pore on her body was filled with steel needles, and every inch of her skin was scraped off by sharp blades.

This kind of pain on the soul was even worse than physical pain. The pain of peeling skin and breaking bones was far less than this.

However, facing this kind of pain, An Liya just clenched her white wedding dress tightly, gritting her teeth and enduring it.

Her face was already pale, and the wedding dress on her back was soaked with cold sweat, but An Liya still didn't make a sound.

She didn't want Qiao Yu to notice her abnormality. She understood that the time left for her was running out...