Outside, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder was suffering a splitting headache, as though countless steel needles were stabbing his divine soul.
The backlash from the impure demonic qi and unrefined vengeful souls he had forcefully devoured from his kin had been thoroughly detonated under Su Yi’s relentless, pure yang, and domineering thunderous onslaught! His vision blurred, his ears rang with the wails of aggrieved souls, and even the hand gripping his sword began to tremble slightly.
This could not go on! The kid’s condition was absurdly bizarre, showing not the slightest hint of exhaustion, while he himself was already at the end of his tether.
If this dragged on any longer, let alone completing the mission, he wouldn’t even have the strength left to escape.
At this thought, a flash of heartache and resolve crossed his eyes. Biting his tongue violently, he spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the broken sword!
“Nether Dark Miasma, rise!”
The broken sword let out a shrill wail. A black miasma, thick as ink and reeking of a foul stench, instantly erupted with the sword at its center, spreading rapidly to engulf a radius of nearly a hundred zhang!
Under cover of the dark miasma, he shot backward while hoarsely transmitting his voice to Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie: “Go! Leave immediately! If we stay any longer, we'll lose another Nascent Soul!”
His voice was filled with fury and indignation, yet tinged with an irrepressible panic.
Having roamed the cultivation world for hundreds of years, when had he ever been reduced to such a pathetic state?
Hearing this, Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie’s expressions changed drastically as well. They had kept an eye on the high-altitude battle all along and had naturally noticed the Remnant Sword Prison Elder’s decline.
With even an elder fleeing, how would they dare linger?
“Go!” Without hesitation, the two immediately abandoned their opponents, turning into streaks of light to follow the Remnant Sword Prison Elder toward the secret realm's exit.
However, the instant the dark miasma rose and obscured Su Yi’s vision, his eyes turned chillingly cold.
“Want to run? It won't be that easy!”
Among the pills produced by the system, there were those that granted him immunity to certain debuffs.
Without hesitation, he slammed his palms together before his chest. The surging lightning spiritual power within his body crazily compressed and condensed at an unprecedented speed!
“Taste this! Thunder Prison... Heavenly Smite!”
A deep-purple lightning orb, merely the size of a fist yet brimming with destructive fluctuations that made the soul tremble, instantly formed in his palms!
Below, Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie, who were just about to flee, felt the earth-shattering, terrifying pressure behind them, and their souls practically leapt out of their bodies!
Given this strike’s range and power, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder might be able to weather it by relying on his profound cultivation and life-saving means, but the two of them, if struck head-on, would face certain death!
At death’s door, Tu Lingqie’s mind raced at an unprecedented speed! She suddenly recalled the rumors she had heard earlier about Su Yi seemingly caring a great deal about his junior sister!
Her gaze swept like lightning across the edge of the chaotic battlefield. Shockingly, behind a pile of rubble near the demon clan’s former encampment, she actually spotted the pale-faced woman attempting to conceal her presence!
‘It's her!’ A vicious and desperate resolve flashed in Tu Lingqie’s eyes.
In an almost instinctive reaction, she flickered like a phantom. In the final instant before the lightning orb descended, she reached out abruptly, seizing the caught-off-guard Zhao Qian by the throat, hoisting her up like a chick to shield herself.
At the same time, she screamed toward the direction of the incoming lightning orb—the sky where Su Yi roughly was—with every ounce of her strength:
“Su Yi! Stop! Let us leave, or I'll kill your junior sister right now!!”
This shriek was like a bolt of lightning from a clear sky, instantly piercing through the battlefield’s clamor!
Below, the Divine Might Manor disciples who had been ordered to watch Zhao Qian but had grown careless during the fierce battle snapped to attention. Seeing Zhao Qian, who had somehow slipped so far forward, their faces turned deathly pale.
“Oh no! When did Senior Sister Zhao Qian...”
“It’s all your fault! How could you not keep an eye on her?!”
“Damn it! In a chaotic brawl like this, who had the attention to spare?!”
The hearts of Shang Shuyi’s trio also tightened, their fists instantly clenching.
They knew well that Su Yi was a man of loyalty and deep affection, and that he treated Zhao Qian differently from others.
If Su Yi had a momentary lapse of softness and let the tiger return to the mountain just to save someone, the future consequences would be endless!
Moreover, remembering how they had previously considered abandoning the rogue cultivators, they felt even less qualified to urge Su Yi not to stop.
High in the sky, for reasons unknown, the condensation of Su Yi’s lightning orb seemed to slow slightly, but immediately afterward, it swelled violently.
Seeing this, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder’s infuriated cursing drifted faintly through the dark miasma: “You idiot! He was hit by my Nether Dark Miasma, completely losing his sight and hearing! Right now, he can only distinguish friend from foe through spiritual power perception! Even if you scream your lungs out, he can't hear what you're saying!”
Sure enough, that lightning orb of Thunder Prison: Heavenly Smite, carrying destructive might, showed not the slightest deviation in its trajectory, nor any intention of slowing down. Carrying a terrifying momentum capable of crushing all in its path, it crashed down toward their direction!
Its speed was so blinding that it gave Tu Lingqie no chance to utter a second threat!
Below, Zhao Qian—strangled by the throat and sensing impending death—plunged into utter terror alongside the demonic soul within her!
They knew Su Yi likely didn't care whether Zhao Qian lived or died, but he had never had a justifiable reason to strike her down.
Yet who could have thought that the dark miasma technique unleashed by the Remnant Sword Prison Elder would coincidentally provide Su Yi with the perfect excuse of “friendly fire”!
He could easily claim that he was unable to see through the dark miasma and that his attack was aimed solely at the demon clan elder, making Zhao Qian getting caught in the crossfire a complete accident!
By now, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder had already slashed open the exit. As Fang Xiu, Tu Lingqie, and Zhao Qian scrambled toward the opening, they were enveloped by the lightning orb.
A violent shockwave erupted.
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