The black net was not one, but countless layers, overlapping like an inverted bowl. It was so dense that it was suffocating, leaving no hope of escape visible.
Of course, this sense of suffocation was for others.
Bai Shengyi released Qin Si and said softly, "A'si, this is not the place to talk. Once we deal with this bug—"
She paused as Qin Si, holding her, suddenly ascended. In the blink of an eye, she and Qin Si had switched positions, appearing beside the ancient beast.
The sword in Qin Si's hand thrust directly towards the ancient beast's heart.
All this happened in a flash. Even Bai Shengyi had no time to react, let alone the ancient beast, which had always been confident in its hunting net. It was pierced without any chance to dodge.
"Roar!"
Shu'er let out an angry roar.
"Damn human!"
The hunting net immediately changed direction, charging towards Bai Shengyi and Qin Si again. On the other side, Li Tingyun condensed a sword of dark mist in his palm and swung it out.
"Blood Sea Suppresses the Nine Heavens!"
This move contained the ferocity and malevolence of his blood sacrifice of three cities. He refused to believe that Qin Si could not be dealt with!
What if his spatial mastery was profound?
The blood sea formed by his sword intent was illusory, everywhere, and the yin energy was unpredictable. Thinking of this, Li Tingyun sneered, "Shu'er, cooperate with me and quickly kill these two. Once we perform another blood sacrifice on two more cities, we can repair the Immortal Stairway and ascend to godhood."
The ancient beast let out a charming laugh, incongruous with its massive body. "Yes, Master."
With a flick of its tail, the hunting net and the blood sea closed in on Bai Shengyi and Qin Si from front and back.
"Sword, come!" Bai Shengyi shouted, the Heavenly Mechanism Sword circled in the distance before returning to her hand. Turning, she softly called to Qin Si, "A'si."
Qin Si pursed his lips, a deep expression crossing his phoenix eyes. Reluctantly, he released her and focused on dealing with Li Tingyun and the ancient beast.
Bai Shengyi, having just emerged from the formation passage and already depleted, did not delay and unleashed her strongest sword move.
"Spring Swallow Fourth Sword, Heaven Cleaver!"
If there is no path ahead, split mountains to make one. If heaven and earth obstruct, even they can be cleaved!
How could a mere blood sea and a net formed from ominous energy resist the surging vitality and turbulent torrent of time unleashed by that sword strike!
Qin Si said nothing, but with perfect synchronization, he swung his sword, "Heaven and Earth Without Boundaries!"
At that moment, the entire Donghui City's sky and earth changed color.
Time and space stagnated, the world went dark.
"Two divine artifacts!" the ancient beast exclaimed. "Master, the swords in their hands are both divine artifacts!"
Li Tingyun was also greatly astonished. "How is that possible!"
Not to mention the battered and rusty sword in Bai Shengyi's hand, which showed no trace of being a divine artifact, Qin Si's Endless Cold Sword had been obscure for years. It wasn't even listed on the Sacred Weapons Ranking, so how did it become a divine artifact?
Li Tingyun watched as the blood pool, infused with most of his spiritual energy, and the hunting net were ripped apart by the duo's successive sword light, proving utterly incapable of resistance. His face turned completely green!
"Qin Si! Bai Shengyi!" he gritted his teeth, his eyes spewing fire, wishing he could tear these two to shreds.
Liu Tianyun was right; these two were the scourge of the Unified Divine Revelation!
"Long time no see, why is Sect Leader Li so agitated?" The Heavenly Mechanism Sword in Bai Shengyi's hand emitted a dazzling light, conspicuously standing out in the dim world. "Oh, my apologies, I was mistaken. Sect Leader Li has actually fallen into demonic cultivation. I must say, your demonic fall was a poor one. Look at you, your cultivation hasn't advanced, but regressed?"
"Pfft!"
Upon hearing Bai Shengyi's words, Li Tingyun spat out a large mouthful of black blood!
It was from anger, and also from the backlash of the blood pool being destroyed.
"Shut up!"
The blood pool already contained his cultivation. Now that it was destroyed, his cultivation naturally regressed. This was the logic, but whenever Li Tingyun thought that both his regression and his humiliation were related to this woman, he couldn't help but spew out another mouthful of blood.
"Master!" The ancient beast transformed into human form and quickly helped Li Tingyun.
Bai Shengyi immediately noticed the affectionate relationship between the master and servant and couldn't help but tut. "Li Tingyun, your taste is too heavy!"
"You shut up when I tell you to!" Li Tingyun's eyes were about to bulge out.
Bai Shengyi pressed on, "If I shut up just because you tell me to, where would my dignity be?"
Li Tingyun's head buzzed with anger, his body even swaying. Just as he thought he was truly going mad from Bai Shengyi's provocation, he heard Sun Chongyang's panicked cry.
"Demon Lord! Help!"
Li Tingyun sensed something and instinctively turned his head, his eyes tearing.
"Bai Shengyi! You tricked me?"
It turned out that during the time he was conversing with Bai Shengyi, an extremely large, verdant net had been silently unfurled. The shaking on the ground was precisely because the net had fallen onto the Sky Dragon Snake, causing it to writhe in pain and disturb the ground.
This net was even larger than the ancient beast's hunting net, with crimson flames occasionally flickering across it. Li Tingyun could feel the dangerous aura within it, even thicker than that of the hunting net, without even needing to test it.
"Li Tingyun, how can this be called tricking you? This young lady calls it reciprocity!" Bai Shengyi said coldly.
Although she didn't know what heinous deeds he had committed to anger heaven and earth, she could see dense black lines on Li Tingyun's body.
These black lines were deeper than what she had seen on Cheng Yuzhi in the Central Domain Divine Temple. The nauseating scent of blood had almost solidified, making it imaginable how much evil and wickedness this person had committed during his demonic cultivation.
Such a person deserved death even if he died.
Li Tingyun was filled with hatred, wishing Bai Shengyi had died outside!
He quickly made a decision. No longer lingering in Donghui City, he grabbed the ancient beast and intended to tear space and flee, just as Qin Si had done, to avoid the large net.
To his surprise, when his fingers clawed into the air, his face contorted in pain. "Ah!"
His fingernails seemed to have struck hard ore, and all five fingers snapped, bloody and torn.
"Master, Qin Si has sealed this area." The ancient beast also panicked. It could clearly feel its protective demonic barrier rapidly diminishing as the green net approached.
Li Tingyun refused to believe it and tried again, but it was still impossible. Seeing the net about to touch him, he made a decisive move and pushed the ancient beast, which was supporting him, outwards!
"Ah… Master?"
The moment the graceful woman touched the green net, she transformed into a giant beast. Crimson flames surged out, burning her skin with a sizzling sound.
Shu'er couldn't help but cry out in pain repeatedly, her beast eyes looking at Li Tingyun in disbelief.
The master who had promised to love her forever had actually pushed her away!
Li Tingyun felt a pang of guilt under Shu'er's gaze and a hint of fear at her plight. He quickly said, "Shu'er, don't be afraid. You are an ancient beast. This trifling trick from an ordinary magic artifact surely won't harm you. Once I break Qin Si's confinement, I will take you with me."
His confidence stemmed from the fact that Bai Shengyi was also not in a good state at this moment.