Within Baiye City, all cultivators poured out, speeding towards the direction of Qunyu Mountain. Behind this group of cultivators, remnant Thunder Sacred Light Rhinos pursued relentlessly, their ferocious mouths bared, revealing gleaming fangs.
This scene, observed by demonic cultivators lurking in the shadows, was truly bizarre.
"What are they doing?" Demon Lord Ao Ming frowned deeply.
His subordinates, following behind him, were also unsure, tentatively guessing, "Could it be they intend to lure these demonic beasts outside and kill them?"
Demon Lord Ao Ming cast a cold glance at his subordinate and replied irritably, "Do you think those hypocrites of the righteous path have nothing better to do?"
The subordinate sheepishly closed his mouth.
Still, it wasn't impossible.
Beside Demon Lord Ao Ming stood a male cultivator in moon-white robes.
He wore a lily-of-the-valley sachet at his waist, and his robes were embroidered with silver thread and intricate flowers. He exuded an air of gentle breeze and clear moon, refined as jade. At first glance, no one would suspect he was a demonic cultivator.
Moreover, not only was his appearance handsome, but the pressure he emitted was no less than that of Demon Lord Ao Ming.
This person said, "Regardless of what they intend to do, Demon Lord Ao Ming, do not forget the master's orders."
"Naturally," Demon Lord Ao Ming waved his hand. "Yue Ling, you and Demon Lord Wu Du are not needed here. Rest here for a while. When I retrieve the heads of Bai Shengyi and Lin Qingyu, we will return to the Far West together."
As he spoke, he waved to the people behind him, "Follow me properly!"
He then led the way in the direction the righteous cultivators had disappeared.
As Demon Lord Ao Ming left, the two Demon Lords named Yue Ling and Wu Du exchanged glances.
Wu Du spoke first, "Ao Ming is still so boastful and brainless. He doesn't realize that even with so many Great Ascension demonic beasts researched by the masters, including one at the Empty Bright Mirror realm, they couldn't stop these righteous cultivators. How can Ao Ming alone hope to gain an advantage against three or four Great Ascension cultivators of the righteous path?"
He spoke with such worry, yet his tone was filled with mockery, showing no concern for Ao Ming's safety.
Yue Ling said gently, "Isn't this perfect? When he dies, we can lead the remaining forces to help him occupy Qunyu Mountain, open the Nether River Gate, without spilling a single soldier. How good is that?"
To be able to utter the phrase "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" with such elegant clarity and refined grace, Yue Ling could indeed be considered capable.
Although both were sent by Liu Tianyun to assist Ao Ming, they were not actually familiar with him. Ao Ming was a Demon Lord who cultivated locally in the Far West, while the two of them were cultivated by Liu Tianyun himself and were fiercely loyal to him.
As they spoke, a muffled booming sound suddenly came from the horizon. The sound was earth-shattering and deafening, instantly drawing the attention of the two.
"It's from Qunyu Mountain!" Wu Du, with his more profound cultivation, immediately pinpointed the source of the sound. He rubbed his eyes, and black energy flowed over, a spiritual light bursting from his eyes, instantly illuminating that area.
However, very quickly, his eyes felt as if they were pricked by needles, causing him intense pain, forcing him to shut them abruptly.
"What's wrong?" Yue Ling was stunned by Wu Du's contorted expression.
"Something has happened at Qunyu Mountain." Wu Du closed his eyes, feeling that the "needle" had even pierced into his sea of consciousness through his eyes, making him extremely uncomfortable. But this was not the time to heal, so he forced down the discomfort and said sternly, "We must go and see."
Yue Ling frowned but said nothing, following behind Wu Du towards Qunyu Mountain.
At the summit of Qunyu Mountain, shouts, howls, and roars mingled together. Spiritual cultivators and demonic cultivators clashed, life for death, each strike deadly and without mercy.
Blood, demonic energy, and spiritual light intermingled, completely submerging the area into a living hell.
Amidst this frenzied slaughter, the most striking sight was the half-broken floating mountain stone on the precarious summit, tilting downwards.
The obsidian-black stone, strangely shaped, emanated vast divine might, so dazzling that one dared not look directly at it. Such a stone seemed destined to grow among mountains and ranges shrouded in ethereal energy, yet now, it was stained with streaks of crimson blood, like red plum blossoms blooming from its crevices.
And the source of these bloodstains was the Thunder Sacred Light Rhinos crushed into fleshy patties on the stone, and the somewhat familiar human skin of a cultivator.
Not far away, a "human" formed from a mass of dark light was fighting fiercely with a female cultivator in red robes.
"Aaaah, I'm going to kill you! Bitch! Go to hell!"
Demon Lord Ao Ming had never suffered such a great loss, being tricked into having his physical body destroyed!
Of course, he had never expected that Bai Shengyi would not join forces with the cultivators of Qunyu Mountain to attack the demonic cultivators, but instead, somehow "stole" a piece of divine stone from the Universal Secret Realm and used its power to fight back!
Under such divine might, how could they, who were not even immortals, resist? Demon Lord Ao Ming didn't even have time to react before he, like those Thunder Sacred Light Rhinos, became a pile of flesh.
He hated Bai Shengyi, who had caused all this, to the extreme. He even abandoned his physical body, and as a Nascent Soul, he shot out from his ruined flesh, intending to fight Bai Shengyi to the death!
Thinking of this, Demon Lord Ao Ming cursed again, forming his fingers into a claw, full of malice, and lunged at Bai Shengyi!
Clang!
His claw struck a rusty sword, and it advanced no further.
"Old man, is this all the ability you have to take my life? Are you dreaming? You can't even deal with this rusty sword in my hand!"
The Heavenly Mechanism Sword vibrated with displeasure. It was not just an ordinary rusty sword; it was a divine artifact!
Bai Shengyi gently stroked the sword hilt, and the Heavenly Mechanism Sword immediately calmed down, emitting even more formidable sword energy that swept out mightily, instantly shattering Ao Ming's Nascent Soul into its human form once more.
"Aaaah!" Demon Lord Ao Ming was infuriated again, completely losing his composure.
He cursed incessantly, "Bitch! Today I will kill you and dig out your dantian to use as a lamp!"
"Old man! Then I'll use your Nascent Soul as a footstool first!" Bai Shengyi wiped the blood from her lips, her eyes burning with fighting spirit.
Successfully forcing out a corner of the Universal Secret Realm from the air had not come without a price. At the very least, she had expended a lot of spiritual energy to awaken the dormant Heavenly Dao of this place, even causing Little Samsara to fall back into slumber.
But it was all worth it, especially when she discovered how close the Universal Secret Realm was to the summit of Qunyu Mountain. She found that killing those Thunder Sacred Light Rhinos had become a minor matter, and outmaneuvering Demon Lord Ao Ming was also a minor matter.
Because the major event was—they discovered that the Universal Secret Realm was continuously falling!