Wan Li and the others’ faces darkened at those words.
They sensed the determination of the Lady Demon. Such overwhelming dominance made the pressure on the two of them soar.
Although they had the Yan Emperor backing them, the Imperial Family of Great Yan was not present at this moment.
Even though those who came from Wanhua Hall and Cold Sword Sect were the elites among elites, it was still far from enough to face that Lady Demon.
“Will you retreat, or not?”
Yu Yi slowly raised a hand, issuing the final ultimatum.
However, not a single person around took a step back.
Wan Hai Jiu and Li Tianhan both understood clearly in their hearts.
From the moment they arrived here, there was only moving forward—no path of retreat.
Either they would take Su Cheng away and return with honor,
Or die here.
If they failed to complete the Mission and fled the battlefield, the only fate awaiting them was Decapitation by the Imperial Family of Great Yan.
So at this moment, every face was filled with the resolve to die.
They were like Deathsworn, ready to unleash unfathomable potential at any time.
“I heard Yu Yi Jue suffers from a Special Illness that greatly limits her strength. Li Tianhan, what do you think our chances are if we join forces?”
Wan Hai Jiu asked in a deep voice.
Yu Yi frowned slightly.
I suffer from a Special Illness that limits my strength?
If “Amnesia” is considered a Special Illness, then this rumor is indeed true.
But… who spread this rumor?
While Yu Yi was curious, Duan Xinyuan’s voice rang out loudly.
“That’s right! Seniors, when the Lady Demon broke through, her body was injured, limiting her strength. This was the conclusion Su Cheng gave!”
Duan Xinyuan pointed at Su Cheng and spoke to Wan Li and the others:
“Although Su Cheng has now submitted to the Lady Demon again, at the time she did harbor the intent to kill her, so this conclusion should be reliable!”
Yu Yi looked at Su Cheng with a quiet gaze.
Su Cheng’s expression was complicated. She didn’t know what to say for a moment and could only bow again to apologize.
Good grief, you truly are Master’s good Disciple!
Yu Yi didn’t know how Su Cheng had determined her strength was limited, but her guess was almost spot-on, leaving Yu Yi greatly shocked.
It was probably only a matter of time before Su Cheng deduced that the “Special Illness” was “Amnesia.”
When that happened, Su Cheng would definitely join forces with other powers to bring Yu Yi even more trouble.
However, since Su Cheng was now being targeted by the Imperial Family of Great Yan, she was destined not to live to see that day.
Moreover, since she had already submitted to Yu Yi, those potential future troubles would no longer arise.
Even if Duan Xinyuan’s words confirmed that Yu Yi’s strength was limited, Li Tianhan still gave an unoptimistic answer.
He pondered for a moment and said softly,
“Even if Yu Yi Jue’s strength is limited, at most we have a thirty percent chance of victory.”
“But our target isn’t Yu Yi Jue. We don’t need to fight her head-on.”
Wan Hai Jiu looked at Su Cheng, the corners of his mouth slightly rising.
“In that case, how much do our chances increase?”
Li Tianhan instantly understood Wan Hai Jiu’s intent, his eyes brightening.
“At least sixty percent!”
No sooner were the words spoken than Wan Li’s two figures moved simultaneously.
With a thought, several Ten Supreme Ice Swords condensed above Yu Yi’s head and fell straight down, forming a giant Sword Prison that trapped Yu Yi and Wei Ying inside, isolating Su Cheng outside.
In the next moment, Wan Hai Jiu’s entire being merged with the swirling myriad flowers around him, vanishing into the air. The flying flowers swept toward Su Cheng on the wind.
Su Cheng’s leg was already frozen, leaving her unable to move.
On top of that, she was weak and powerless to resist the oncoming Flower Flight.
“Got you!”
Wan Hai Jiu emerged from the flying flowers like lightning, reaching out to seize Su Cheng.
Suddenly, the ground beneath Su Cheng trembled. An immense Rock Arm sprang up, lifting her high into the air!
Wan Hai Jiu grabbed at nothing, his hand striking the Rock Arm and shattering a piece of stone.
“Th-this is impossible?!”
Wan Hai Jiu was shocked.
With Su Cheng’s weakness, there was no way she could create a Rock Arm to save herself. This Rock Arm must have been conjured by the Lady Demon.
Wan Hai Jiu looked at Yu Yi, who was trapped by several Ten Supreme Ice Swords, even more confused.
“Clearly she’s trapped… so why…”
Li Tianhan’s Zhenbing Sword Prison, aside from continuously unleashing Frozen Sword Intent inside to immobilize and freeze its targets, had another formidable power.
The Zhenbing Sword Prison acted as an impenetrable barrier.
Those trapped inside would find their Zhenqi in disarray, and any Move they tried to use would be blocked by the Sword Prison!
In other words, Yu Yi, imprisoned within the Sword Prison, shouldn’t have been able to perform any Moves on targets outside of it!
If the Zhenbing Sword Prison was destroyed, then perhaps it was possible.
But the Sword Prison trapping the Lady Demon was intact and untouched!
Wan Hai Jiu couldn’t figure it out, but at this moment, there was no time to dwell on it.
No matter what, the weakened Su Cheng was now stranded atop the Rock Arm with nowhere to run, like a fledgling left in its nest awaiting death.
Wan Hai Jiu leapt into the sky, riding the myriad flowers toward Su Cheng, ready to capture her in one move.
Yet at that instant, Li Tianhan’s scream suddenly rang out in his ears.
“Wan brother! No! Get down!!”
Wan Hai Jiu looked at Li Tianhan in confusion.
He saw, to his astonishment, that Li Tianhan’s normally frozen, expressionless face was now twisted in unprecedented terror.
For a man with a face like stone to show such fear—
What on earth had happened?
Wan Hai Jiu’s thoughts ended there.
He could think no further, nor could he return to the ground.
The Frozen Sword Intent released by the Zhenbing Sword Prison did not surge toward Yu Yi inside, but instead spread in all directions.
As a result, Yu Yi and Wei Ying, imprisoned within the Zhenbing Sword Prison, became the safest ones.
Su Cheng was wrapped and shielded by layers of rock, while everyone outside the Sword Prison was assaulted by the spreading Frozen Sword Intent.
The first to be struck was Wan Hai Jiu, who was closest to the Zhenbing Sword Prison.
In an instant, he was frozen into an ice sculpture.
The icy air swept through the heavens and earth. Duan Xinyuan and the Heavenly Water Sect disciples fled in all directions, Wanhua Hall’s Disciples summoned Flower Flight to block the cold, while Li Tianhan moved to the front, shouting,
“Everyone! Formations!!”
As the Sect Master of the Cold Sword Sect, Li Tianhan naturally knew how to counter his own Frozen Sword Intent.
He and his Disciples formed a Formation and prepared their Moves to defend.
But to their shock, when the icy force struck, passing through every one of them, their lower bodies and the ground beneath them were frozen solid.
“H-how can this be?”
Li Tianhan stared at his frozen legs, bewildered.
They had clearly used Formations and Moves to resist the Frozen Sword Intent. Why was it useless?
“Could it be… this isn’t my Frozen Sword Intent?”
Li Tianhan looked at Yu Yi, his face twitching uncontrollably.
He had thought the Lady Demon had seized control of his Zhenbing Sword Prison, directing the Frozen Sword Intent outward.
But now, it was clear that was not the case.
“So this shoddy skill is what you call Frozen Sword Intent?”
From atop the Flying Chariot, Yu Yi spoke quietly.
“When I perfected my mastery of ice techniques, you were still playing in the mud somewhere. This kind of half-baked skill is beneath me.”
The next instant, the Zhenbing Sword Prison shattered with a roar.
Yu Yi brought Su Cheng onto the Flying Chariot, overlooking Li Tianhan, Duan Xinyuan, and the others, frozen below.
“This Move of mine is called the ‘Falling Dream Prison’.”
She said indifferently.