“However, hahaha—you’re still too late! My plan has been achieved. This body I’ve chosen can fully accommodate my soul. Now, the power I accidentally injected into that nuisance Liang Yin’s body has been completely withdrawn! I! As the Void Lord’s most loyal believer! I shall bring salvation to this miserable world! Hahaha—!”
“I am the Third Void Apostle—Jerylgad!”
The piercing laughter echoed continuously in Yun Fei’s ears, and waves of stinging pain struck her mind.
But the pain did not last long.
The scene suddenly shifted, and what met her eyes were the slightly expectant gazes of Liang Yin and Mu Lingxi.
Just as Yun Fei was about to say something, she uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood.
Her body instantly lost its strength.
Her legs gave way, and she fell to a half-kneeling position on the ground.
A large portion of her chest was stained red with blood, leaving her in a wretched state.
“Yun Fei!”
Mu Lingxi hurried forward to support her.
She took out a tissue to wipe the blood from the corner of Yun Fei’s mouth, her voice trembling.
“Yun Fei… What’s wrong? What happened? Why did you suddenly…”
Mu Lingxi choked up and couldn’t continue.
Yun Fei saw the panic and heartache in her eyes.
An indescribable emotion flashed through Yun Fei’s heart, but now was not the time to dwell on it!
“Junior Yun! Wait… my body? How did the Void Energy inside me… disappear in an instant?! And where did all this Spiritual Power come from? The Rune… has also vanished?”
Liang Yin’s words reached Yun Fei’s ears.
Combining them with everything she had just seen, Yun Fei finally understood the gist of the situation.
That guy calling himself the Third Void Apostle had deceived Jiang Qing.
He used that Rune to exchange the Void Energy in Liang Yin with Jiang Qing’s Spiritual Power, completely transforming Jiang Qing into his vessel so he could borrow her body for his resurrection!
With Mu Lingxi’s support, Yun Fei slowly stood up.
“Move! To Jiang Qing’s room! She’s in danger!”
Since the Void Energy had just left Liang Yin’s body, the guy’s transformation might not be truly complete yet.
Perhaps they could still stop it.
Thinking this, Yun Fei took out a Recovery Pill and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
Then, she dashed out of the room toward Jiang Qing’s quarters.
Hearing this, Liang Yin’s heart tightened.
Without saying a word, she followed Yun Fei.
“Yun Fei!”
Seeing them both leave, Mu Lingxi followed their pace even though she didn’t fully understand what was happening.
After rushing out of the room, everyone saw that the once quiet and clear night sky had disappeared.
Pure white ‘clouds’ obscured a small section of the sky, and streaks of white lightning broke through the ‘cloud layer,’ striking the roof of Jiang Qing’s house.
That lightning was no ordinary lightning; it was composed of violent Void Energy.
The Void Energy that scattered with the shattered lightning transformed into distorted monsters.
They attacked the three of them with clear intent, preventing them from advancing further.
“It’s a Void Demon! Be careful, Junior Yun!”
Seeing this scene, Liang Yin’s pupils constricted.
A bow suddenly appeared in her hand.
She notched an arrow, and an emerald-green shaft pierced through a Void Demon.
After being hit, the demon didn’t make a single sound before dissipating like the wind.
Following right behind the arrow were swords formed of condensed ice.
After stabbing into the demons’ bodies, they exploded instantly, taking out three or four demons at once.
“Yun Fei, are you okay? You just spat blood. I should take the lead…”
“I’m fine. It was just a little blood, it’s no problem! Let’s fight our way in.”
Yun Fei’s eyes were incredibly dark.
Her purple, fiery pupils stared fixedly at Jiang Qing’s room.
‘I cannot let that guy be resurrected!’
Mu Lingxi was slightly stunned.
She didn’t know what Yun Fei was talking about, but she still nodded without hesitation.
“Senior Liang! Provide long-range cover!”
With a loud shout, Yun Fei gripped several crimson pills between her fingers and threw them toward the crushing swarm of monsters.
“Blow them up!”
*Boom—!* *Boom—!* *Boom—!*
After several explosions, the path was instantly cleared.
Yun Fei and Mu Lingxi exchanged a glance and immediately rushed toward their target.
While moving, Mu Lingxi pulled an arrow from the quiver at her waist and threw it toward the sky.
Once it reached a certain height, it exploded with a bang. A brilliant burst of fire lit up the sky.
This was the Saintess’s exclusive distress signal.
It had a very high priority.
Any powerhouse of the Xuan Realm in the vicinity who saw it was required to drop whatever they were doing and rush to the scene to help.
Seeing this, Yun Fei shot Mu Lingxi a ‘well done’ look.
She then took out another crimson Explosive Pill—this one was palm-sized—and smashed it toward Jiang Qing’s door!
However, just as it was about to make contact, it was stopped by a force.
It could not advance even a fraction of an inch further.
Yun Fei’s eyes narrowed as she stared intently at the figure slowly appearing from within the doorway.
A sense of powerless despair welled up in her heart.
It was Jiang Qing…
But with white hair…
Had it already succeeded?
“Heh… should I say you’re lucky… or unlucky?”
The white-haired Jiang Qing’s eyes flashed with a hint of disdain.
It grabbed the Explosive Pill that was suspended in the air and tossed it up and down like a common ball.
Seeing this, Yun Fei already had her answer.
Clearly, she was too late.
Jiang Qing had likely been consumed.
The person before them was probably the Third Void Apostle.
Yun Fei threw another identical Explosive Pill at it, but it was caught again.
“Heh… the same trick? You failed once and want to try a second time?”
“Mu Lingxi, get back!”
Looking at the white-haired Jiang Qing, the corners of Yun Fei’s mouth curled up slightly while her eyes lit up.
“Detonate!”
“Hmm?”
The white-haired Jiang Qing noticed the shape of Yun Fei’s mouth and instinctively looked down at the palm-sized ball in its hand.
A look of realization flashed in its eyes.
Those two pills seemed to be stimulated by something.
Under the influence of an unknown gravitational force, they broke free from the white-haired Jiang Qing’s control.
They collided with each other, shining with purple fire!
*Boom—!*
A red mushroom cloud rose into the air with a soft sound.
This light was even brighter than the distress signal Mu Lingxi had released earlier.
The soaring airwave even dispersed many of the ‘white clouds’ in the sky!
Since Yun Fei was somewhat close to the source of the explosion, she was inevitably blown back by the airwave.
Fortunately, Mu Lingxi was quick and caught her, forcefully stabilizing her backward momentum.
“Yun Fei… are you okay?”
Yun Fei rubbed her slightly tight chest.
When she looked up, she saw Mu Lingxi’s concerned gaze.
“I’m fine. Put me down. It won’t die that easily.”
Although she had never encountered a Void Apostle before, based on her experience with Skanloven—a sentient servant of the Void—this guy’s tenacity should be no weaker than his.
“Are you two okay? What just happened? Where is Jiang Qing? How is she?”
Liang Yin arrived by their side with her bow and arrow.
When she saw that the person she was so familiar with was nowhere to be seen, her heart sank.
Before Yun Fei or Mu Lingxi could answer Liang Yin, a figure slowly walked out of the light of the explosion.
She was laughing with a hint of madness.
“Hahaha—! Look! What naive words am I hearing? Even now, is there someone who still doesn’t understand the situation?”
Hearing this, Liang Yin’s pupils suddenly constricted.
She quickly turned to look. Her voice trembled, filled with disbelief.
“This voice is… you are… you are… Jiang Qing?”
“Oh? Jiang Qing? Ahahaha—how ridiculous! How pathetic! I, a grand Adjudicator of the Void Lord, am actually being identified as a cowardly incompetent? Oh! I remember you! Liang Yin! If you hadn’t blocked that attack, I might have obtained this perfect vessel long ago. You naive, meddlesome thing!”
At those words, Liang Yin’s lips trembled continuously, and she kept backing away.
“No… it can’t be! You monster! Where is Jiang Qing? Where did you hide my Jiang Qing!”
Liang Yin shouted at it, her eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
“Look! I told you that you were naive! Even at this stage, you refuse to accept reality? Your Jiang Qing… is already dead! Not even a scrap of her remains! Hahahaha—!”
Its laughter was like a blade, constantly slicing at Liang Yin’s heart.
When she unwillingly looked toward Jiang Qing again, a heart-wrenching pain struck her once more.
“Senior Liang, back up. We’ll take over.”
Seeing that Liang Yin’s state was wrong, Mu Lingxi quickly pulled her aside.
Then her gaze sharpened.
A rain of ice-blue swords formed within a few breaths, flying toward Jiang Qing with a sharp whistling sound.
But Jiang Qing didn’t even look.
It simply snapped its fingers, and a barrier of white mucus rose in front of it.
After the rain of swords entered the mucus barrier, there was no sound at all.
“Oh? A rain of swords? To have this kind of strength at this age… how interesting. But I don’t like these things. I’ll just give them back to you.”
The voice came from behind the barrier.
Mu Lingxi felt a bad premonition in her heart, and then she lost her connection with those ice arrows formed of Spiritual Power.
The barrier disappeared, but at the same time, the ice arrows embedded inside had changed color.
They had turned pure white, and their tips were now pointed toward Mu Lingxi and her group!
Seeing this, a bloodthirsty smile crossed Jiang Qing’s face, and it licked its lower lip with a pale tongue.
Seeing the danger, Yun Fei quickly mobilized the Demonic Power within her body, condensing it into a sphere in her palm before slamming it into the ground.
Immediately afterward, a purple barrier of Demonic Power surrounded them.
The white swords struck the barrier one by one, turning into clumps of mucus that clung to it and began corroding the shield.
The speed of the corrosion caused Yun Fei’s eyes to widen.
‘So fast?! And there are still so many swords left!’
Gritting her teeth, Yun Fei repeated the move, slamming another ball of Demonic Power into the ground to add a second layer to the previous barrier.
As the power rapidly drained from her body, Yun Fei’s face gradually turned pale.
With the signal Mu Lingxi had sent out and the massive commotion she had just caused, their primary goal now was to stall for time.
Once the experts from the Academy or nearby sects arrived, everything would be over!
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