In the fleeting instant when the two demon clan Elders outside were unnerved and paralyzed by doubt before that sky-soaring thunderous might, Su Yi's figure vanished from the spirit platform like a phantom.
In the next moment, he appeared beside the limp Shang Shuyi and Ling Qingyu, as well as Shi Yan, who had just painstakingly crawled out from the deep pit.
“Swallow these!”
With a low shout, he flicked his sleeve. Three longan-sized spirit pills, radiating a refreshing medicinal fragrance and vigorous vitality, transformed into streaks of light and shot precisely into their mouths.
System-produced Rejuvenation Pills healed on a direct percentage basis.
The trio's spirits lifted instantly. They had no idea what miraculous panacea Su Yi had fed them, only that it took effect with astonishing speed.
‘It seems what our masters and elders said was right after all.’ All three once again felt fortunate to have followed Su Yi on this trip.
Yet the moment they saw what was behind Su Yi, they shouted in unison:
“Look out!”
Almost simultaneously as Su Yi rescued and administered the pills to them, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder snapped back to his senses, overwhelmed with shock and fury!
The Remnant Sword Prison Elder made no sound. Cautious by nature, he only ever opened his mouth to mock after his target was dead.
There was no flamboyant sword radiance, only a pitch-black sword astral, condensed to the absolute limit. Crossing space as if teleporting, it slashed down directly toward Su Yi's head! Even before the sword astral struck, its grim, frigid sword intent had already coated the ground within several dozen zhang in a layer of black frost!
Unleashed in wrath, this strike's power far surpassed his earlier casual swipe, clearly aimed at cutting Su Yi down where he stood!
Su Yi's pupils constricted slightly. Even in the Combat Assist state, he felt a flicker of alarm, and he swiftly swallowed a medicinal pill.
【Congratulations, Host, on purchasing a Spirit Strengthening Pill】
【Upon consumption, reinforces spiritual power defense by 30%. Effective only on the user.】
“Thunder Smite!”
He brought his fingers together to point once more. The majestic thunder spiritual power within his body surged out wildly, instantly forming a profound lightning rune before him.
Boom——!
The pitch-black sword astral slammed violently against the lightning shield, unleashing a deafening explosion! A savage shockwave of energy rippled outward in a circle, tearing up three chi of earth amidst flying sand and rolling stones!
The lightning shield shuddered violently, arcs of lightning flickering erratically across its surface, but in the end, it solidly withstood the terrifying strike! Su Yi's body swayed faintly before planting firmly in place. His gaze shot sharply toward the sky at the Remnant Sword Prison Elder, whose expression had darkened even further.
How is this possible?! Stormy waves churned in the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's heart. Even an ordinary Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator of the same realm wouldn't dare take this sword strike head-on, yet not only had this kid blocked it, he appeared entirely uninjured! Just what was this brat's background?!
And in the split second of their clash, the five-colored spiritual light and black profound qi intertwined around Tantai Yunzhi upon the spirit platform finally reached a balance, then converged with a rumble, sinking entirely into her body!
Her tightly closed eyes snapped open. Within her gaze, the five elements seemed to revolve, phantoms of mountains and rivers flashing past.
A harmonious, steadfast Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure, carrying a hint of ethereal transcendence, radiated from her! Her Foundation Establishment was finally complete!
Almost at the exact moment she completed her Foundation Establishment—
Buzz—!
The slowly spinning spatial rift above, as if receiving final confirmation, abruptly expanded and stabilized into a rainbow vortex about three zhang across!
From the center of the vortex drifted an ancient, desolate aura. A passageway woven from light slowly extended downward—the very inheritance entrance leading to where the ancient Nascent Soul had passed away!
“The inheritance entrance has stabilized!” the woman Elder from Soul Lost Ridge exclaimed, greed and urgency flashing across her eyes.
The Remnant Sword Prison Elder's gaze flickered rapidly. Glancing at Su Yi, whose bottomless aura made him impossible to take down quickly, and then at the steadily open inheritance entrance, he made a split-second decision and barked via voice transmission to the Soul Lost Ridge woman Elder:
“You go in first! I'll hold this kid back! Stick to the plan at all costs—find the ‘sacred beast’ and bring it back!”
He placed special emphasis on the words “sacred beast.” Clearly, to them, the Nascent Soul inheritance was never the priority; after all, they were already Nascent Souls themselves.
“Understood!” Hearing this, the Soul Lost Ridge woman Elder's expression turned solemn. Hesitating no further, her figure transformed into a contorted soul phantom. Veering around the area where Su Yi was, she shot like a ghost toward the rainbow vortex passageway!
“Trying to run? Stay right where you are!”
Su Yi barked coldly. Spreading the five fingers of his right hand, lightning gathered in his palm as he reached across the void toward that soul phantom, attempting to intercept her with the power of thunder.
Yet how seasoned was the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's battle experience? He had long anticipated that Su Yi would intervene. The very instant Su Yi divided his attention to intercept, the Elder formed a sword hand with his left fingers and viciously thrust toward Su Yi's back in absolute silence!
“Young Manor Lord Su!”
“Despicable!”
Seeing this, Shang Shuyi and the other two below were shaken to the core, crying out almost at the same time in hoarse terror.
In an instant, a blazing barrier, an ice wall, and azure vines manifested simultaneously.
Boom! Crack—!
The sinister sword qi pierced consecutively through the ice wall and blazing barrier, finally slamming brutally against the azure wood light shield! The light shield distorted violently, letting out the overstrained sound of fracturing.
Seeing that their combined efforts couldn't stop it, Su Yi had no choice but to abandon the chase, shifting from offense to defense to parry the blow.
Meanwhile, that contorted soul phantom had already seized the opening. With a whoosh, she plunged entirely into the rainbow vortex passageway and vanished!
“Damn it!” Shi Yan slammed a fist into the ground, his face brimming with frustration.
In this battle, it could be said that they were utterly useless.
［Senior Brother, Yunzhi has a way to help you break this deadlock. Come inside with Yunzhi.］ At that moment, Tantai Yunzhi suddenly sent a quiet voice transmission, urging Su Yi to enter with her.
Hearing this, Su Yi paused. That was what he had originally planned, but plans could never keep up with changes. Who could have foreseen that the demon clan's trump card was three Elders? He had originally assumed he could just stomp noobs and eliminate all the demons first, but he had almost crashed and burned instead.
Now, as the Young Manor Lord of Divine Might Manor, how could he abandon them? Thus, he called out, “Yunzhi, go inside! Leave the outside to us!”
He knew that in the game, Tantai Yunzhi had managed to deal with three Elders all by herself with the guidance of the Nascent Soul senior's voice in her head. Now that only one had gone inside, she should definitely have a way to handle it.
Yet when these words left his mouth, Shang Shuyi and the other two were dumbfounded.
Let her go in? There was a Soul Lost Ridge Elder inside! She had only just established her foundation—wasn't this throwing herself into the tiger's maw?
“Senior Brother, then what about you?” Tantai Yunzhi looked at Su Yi with her cool eyes, clear worry and hesitation swimming within them.
Hearing that, question marks practically covered the trio's faces.
‘Wait, Junior Sister, your first reaction isn't to refuse, but to worry about him?’
Is it possible that as the only righteous Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator here, Su Yi is the last person who needs to be worried about?
And right as Tantai Yunzhi hesitated to comply, that aged, urgent voice in her mind echoed once more, clearer than ever before: “Lass! Hurry inside! This is your fortune, and also your duty! With your Five Elements Dao foundation freshly formed, only you can take control of this place! Hurry!”
The voice carried an irresistible urgency.
“But Senior Brother Su...” Tantai Yunzhi gazed at Su Yi. She wanted him to come inside with her; with that senior's help, she and Su Yi would surely emerge unscathed.
Yet at that moment, she caught sight of the Divine Might Manor disciples below repeatedly calling out to Su Yi for help, and realization dawned on her.
Senior Brother, after all, cared for more than just her alone.
Meanwhile, Su Yi, locked in combat with the Remnant Sword Prison Elder, saw that Tantai Yunzhi was still hesitating and assumed she was worried whether the senior in her mind was a fraud.
After all, ever since they met, Tantai Yunzhi had grown somewhat reliant on him, wanting to do everything together with him, whereas in the plot, she was supposed to be fearless.
Yet he couldn't directly tell her that the figure was trustworthy. After turning it over in his mind, Su Yi shouted, “Yunzhi, this is an emergency—there's no time to overthink! Listen to Senior Brother and get inside!”
He paused. To get Tantai Yunzhi inside quickly, he planned to offer resources as an incentive. After all, with many protagonists in the early game, sweet talk did nothing, but resources worked like a charm.
Thus, he blurted out, “Once you come out, whatever you want, Senior Brother will grant it!”
Just as he expected, those words acted like a key, instantly unlocking Tantai Yunzhi's heart.
He said... he would grant anything?
In an instant, Tantai Yunzhi hesitated no longer and nodded firmly. “All right! Take care, Senior Brother!”
Before her voice even faded, five-colored spiritual light flashed around her. Her figure turned into a streak of light and shot without hesitation toward the rainbow vortex passageway, plunging inside in the blink of an eye!
“Junior Sister Tantai!” Shang Shuyi and the others exclaimed, but it was already too late to stop her.
The Remnant Sword Prison Elder snorted coldly and did not move to stop her. His objective was to hold Su Yi back; as for a little girl going inside, he believed his counterpart from Soul Lost Ridge was more than enough to deal with her.
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