Translator: CinderTL

"Yan Yuyan, you dare to come to my Profound Yin Sect alone to stir up trouble? You're simply courting death!" Hong Li roared.

Yan Yuyan didn't reply. Instead, she formed a Sword Incantation with her hands and pointed at the snow-white longsword before her.

Instantly, a blinding sword aura shot into the sky like a soaring dragon, directly at Hong Li.

A massive surge of Ghost Qi erupted from Hong Li's body.

The Ghost Qi transformed into a black Flood Dragon, which charged toward the white longsword.

The Ghost Qi Flood Dragon was shredded by the sword aura, and the sword's momentum quickly waned.

The two were evenly matched.

The scattered Ghost Qi blotted out the sun, darkening the clear sky.

A shadowy figure flickered in and out of sight, darting through the Ghost Qi toward Yan Yuyan.

It was an Early Stage Fourth-Tier Ghost Emperor!

Yan Yuyan activated her Sword Incantation, and the Smoke Condensing Sword burst forth with a dazzling snow-white light, especially striking against the inky Ghost Qi.

With a flash, the Smoke Condensing Sword sliced through the Ghost Qi and lunged toward the Ghost Emperor.

The Ghost Emperor didn't meet the attack head-on. Instead, it vanished into the dense Ghost Qi beside it, disappearing from sight.

The Smoke Condensing Sword flashed past, piercing the pitch-black Ghost Qi, but failed to touch the Ghost Emperor.

As Yan Yuyan and Hong Li engaged in a desperate battle a hundred miles away, Song Wen and the others remained surprisingly relaxed in a mountain cave at the foot of the mountain, even commenting on the fight.

"Yuyan's swordsmanship is quite well-cultivated, very sharp," Lan Chen observed.

Mo Yexue shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with Yan Yuyan's performance.

"Her Spirit Sense perception is lacking. She can't pinpoint the Ghost Emperor's true form. If this drags on, she's bound to lose."

Lan Chen added, "Though both are in the Early Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage, Yuyan has only just advanced, while Hong Li has been in the Nascent Soul realm for years. It's only natural that she's outmatched."

At that moment, Song Wen, who hadn't participated in their discussion, suddenly spoke.

"Something's wrong!"

Mo Yexue and Lan Chen were startled. "Ji Yin, what is it?"

"Quick! Tell your disciple to flee into the sky, as high as possible. And Fellow Daoist Mo, hurry and go assist her!"

Mo Yexue didn't even have time to ask for an explanation. She immediately sent a spiritual sense transmission to Yan Yuyan.

Simultaneously, her figure vanished from the cave in a blur.

"Ji Yin, what did you discover?" Lan Chen asked.

Before Song Wen could answer, the ground beneath Yan Yuyan's position suddenly churned. A Gold-Eating Ant, as large as a millstone, burst from the earth and shot straight toward Yan Yuyan in the sky.

At this moment, Yan Yuyan had already received Mo Yexue's spiritual sense transmission and was fleeing into the sky.

However, the Gold-Eating Ant had been preparing for this moment. Its burst of speed was clearly faster than Yan Yuyan's escape technique.

The distance between them rapidly closed.

Simultaneously, the Gold-Eating Ant suddenly opened its monstrous maw, and a stream of pale yellow, foul-smelling liquid shot out like an arrow, directly at Yan Yuyan.

Before the corrosive poison liquid could even reach her, Yan Yuyan was overwhelmed by a wave of nausea and revulsion, as if this pale yellow liquid were the most vile substance in the world.

A sense of dread gripped Yan Yuyan. The yellow liquid contained an extremely potent poison.

Daring not let the poison touch her, Yan Yuyan suddenly produced a silver talisman from her sleeve.

With a surge of Spiritual Power, cracks appeared across the talisman, and blinding silver light erupted from it.

Under the silver light's radiance, Yan Yuyan's form gradually faded from view.

Seeing this, the not-so-intelligent Gold-Eating Ant instinctively looked around, searching for Yan Yuyan's trace.

However, instead of finding Yan Yuyan, the Gold-Eating Ant saw a pitch-black flying sword pierce through the Ghost Qi and fly straight for its head.

A flicker of panic flashed in the Gold-Eating Ant's eyes. It sensed the threat of death emanating from the black flying sword.

Mo Yexue's cultivation had reached the Peak Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, she had fused the Violet-Gold Spirit Wood she obtained in the Divine Blood Hall's Dark Orchid Realm into her natal flying sword, transforming it into a weapon comparable to a Supreme-Grade Mystic Treasure.

Even with its Fourth-Tier Late-Stage strength and armor that could withstand attacks from demon beasts of the same level, the Gold-Eating Ant stood no chance against Mo Yexue's full-powered strike.

The Gold-Eating Ant opened its maw and spewed forth three streams of Corrosive Poison Liquid in rapid succession, seemingly determined to unleash all the poison stored within its body in a desperate gamble for survival.

Yet, the Gold-Eating Ant's final, desperate struggle proved futile.

The flying sword effortlessly shattered each stream of poison, transforming them into yellow Poison Mist that dissipated into the air.

Just as the Gold-Eating Ant was about to perish beneath the sword's edge, another Gold-Eating Ant suddenly appeared. This one was noticeably larger than the first.

It charged directly at the flying sword.

Clang!

The flying sword was knocked aside by the impact.

The second Gold-Eating Ant was sent flying backward by the immense force of the flying sword, but it emerged unscathed, leaving only a long white scar on its carapace.

It was a Fourth-Tier Peak Gold-Eating Ant.

Gui Ni had only controlled the Gold-Eating Ants for a few decades, yet he had somehow managed to elevate one of them by a minor realm.

Mo Yexue scanned her surroundings warily, shouting, "Gui Ni, stop hiding in the shadows! Come out!"

Gui Ni had clearly been nearby for some time, likely arriving at the same time as Hong Li.

The Ghost Qi Hong Li had released wasn't meant to attack Yan Yuyan; it was to conceal the Gold-Eating Ant's aura, allowing it to ambush and kill her.

However, unexpectedly, Yan Yuyan possessed a Minor Teleportation Talisman, which she used to escape the deadly attack.

"Hehehe..."

Shrouded in Ghost Qi, Gui Ni emerged from the underground tunnel created by the Gold-Eating Ant.

"Mo Yexue, where's Lan Chen? Since you're here, she must be nearby, right?"

Inside the cave.

Song Wen said to Lan Chen, "Immortal Maiden, it's time for you to reveal yourself."

Lan Chen nodded.

Since Gui Ni had already seen through their disguise, there was no need to remain hidden.

She activated her escape technique, emerged from the cave, and appeared behind Gui Ni. With Mo Yexue in front, they subtly surrounded him.

Gui Ni remained unfazed, a smirk playing on his lips.

"Mo Yexue, Lan Chen. Both of you have come to the Profound Yin Sect's territory. Aren't you worried that Yang Yu might take the opportunity to attack your sects? You might end up empty-handed here, only to find your home bases raided when you return. Hahaha..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the cave Lan Chen had emerged from.

Before Lan Chen revealed herself, a concealment formation had prevented him from sensing what was inside.

When Lan Chen left, it seemed the formation was no longer needed, so she casually retracted it.

Now, the cave's interior was fully within Gui Ni's perception.

It was completely empty. He found nothing unusual.

"Gui Ni, you don't need to worry about our affairs. You should be more concerned with how to escape this situation!" Mo Yexue retorted sarcastically.

Seeing that the two women seemed completely unconcerned about Yang Yu, a flicker of surprise crossed Gui Ni's eyes.

"That fickle Yang Yu... has he formed another alliance with you? Or do you have his movements under control, confident that he won't have time to ambush your sects?"

Gui Ni's tone suddenly shifted, his voice turning icy.

"But none of that matters now. Since you dared to come here, don't even think about leaving. You're both staying here!"

(End of the Chapter)

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