Chapter 1918: Chapter 1919: A Choice Between Two

The suddenly erupting black mist instantly enveloped Xu Nanzhi, who had been advancing aggressively, and in an instant, the world changed dramatically.

In an already unusual space, Xu Nanzhi now felt enveloped by another set of rules from another world.

Cave Heaven coverage?

Xu Nanzhi didn’t understand how the other party managed this, forcibly pulling her into another realm within Yu Yanshu’s Cave Heaven.

But she understood that in such a space, let alone stopping Cui Manlou, even preserving her own life was not a simple task.

A trap!

Realizing it, it was already too late.

The enveloping black mist attacked from all directions, threatening to swallow Xu Nanzhi completely.

With no other choice, Xu Nanzhi could only consolidate her strength, using all her power to protect herself as much as possible from being affected by the black mist.

On the outside, Cui Manlou watched it all coldly, not pressing his advantage.

It’s not that he couldn’t, but knowing all of Xu Nanzhi’s intentions, he understood that wasting even one more second here was exactly what she wanted.

Ignoring Xu Nanzhi who was thoroughly trapped, Cui Manlou turned his gaze to Long Ao Tian.

Bai Qiu, the first to sense it, wanted to issue a warning, but Cui Manlou’s figure had already arrived next to Bai Qiu.

A heavy blow directly aimed for Bai Qiu’s face.

Boom!

The solid strike landed directly in front of Bai Qiu, clashing with Bai Qiu’s power, nearly shattering all his defenses in an instant.

Fortunately, Ling Xiao’s timely support allowed the two of them together to block Cui Manlou’s sudden attack.

“Nice reaction. But if this is all, you so-called God Beasts are too disappointing to me.”

The force intensified once again, and the pervasive purple-black demonic qi transformed into a massive demon statue, altering Bai Qiu and Ling Xiao’s Dharma True Bodies.

With a wave of Cui Manlou’s hand, the demon statue directly seized the Dharma Bodies of the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird, clutching their throats in its grasp, clearly in a stance to destroy the Dharma bodies of the two beasts in a single move.

At the critical moment, a dragon’s roar sounded, and Long Ao Tian finally arrived, the Azure Dragon Dharma Body crashing fiercely into the demon statue.

The tremendous impact made Cui Manlou release his hold, and in the moment the demon statue loosened its grip, Bai Qiu and Ling Xiao seized the opportunity to withdraw their Dharma Bodies from the demonic grasp, quickly creating distance from Cui Manlou.

Cui Manlou snorted coldly, then turned slightly to look at the trio behind him.

“Useless, unable to even block these three. As Hollow Vacuums, it’s a disgrace.”

The three demonic path Hollow Vacuums felt ashamed but couldn’t utter a single word of rebuttal.

Facing Bai Qiu’s three beasts, they indeed felt completely powerless.

Aside from barely protecting themselves, they could do almost nothing in front of those three beasts.

“Don’t waste time, do what you are supposed to do.”

Cui Manlou’s cold words interrupted their thoughts as he continued forward swiftly with the Holy Artifact towards his objective.

Seeing this, Bai Qiu and the others wanted to advance, but were directly blocked by Cui Manlou’s demon statue—one person’s power stopping all three from getting close appeared effortless.

“Damn it, what the hell is this guy?!”

Long Ao Tian exclaimed in frustration, his dragon claw strike on the demon statue seeming to hit an iron wall, causing no damage whatsoever.

Watching it all, Cui Manlou calmly stated, “With that energy, you might as well pay more attention to that person. I wouldn’t want that woman to be missing the next time we meet.”

After a cold laugh, Cui Manlou’s figure finally disappeared in front of everyone.

Ling Xiao, his brow furrowed, Long Ao Tian still eager to pursue, while Bai Qiu turned to Yu Shuang and asked, “How is Xu Nanzhi?”

Since Xu Nanzhi encountered trouble, Yu Shuang had been at her side and shook her head swiftly: “This demonic qi is very peculiar, I’ve exerted all my efforts to help, but there is still no sign of breaking through.”

Upon hearing this news, Bai Qiu decisively abandoned pursuing Cui Manlou, swiftly bringing Ling Xiao and Long Ao Tian to Xu Nanzhi’s side.

After examining Xu Nanzhi’s condition closely, Bai Qiu’s brow also furrowed: “No, this demonic qi already has the rudimentary form of the Power of the Heavenly Dao. The most troublesome part is, the opponent has clearly obscured the essence of the qi, and without knowing that kind of Power of the Heavenly Dao, acting rashly could make Xu Nanzhi’s situation even more perilous.”

“It’s a pity that boy isn’t here. If we had the Power of Cause and Effect, maybe there’d be a way.”

Long Ao Tian’s words reminded Bai Qiu, who turned to Yu Shuang and asked.

“If I’m not mistaken, you’re using Merit Power, right?”

“Yes.”

Yu Shuang nodded. Until now, she had no reason to hide anything from them, confidently responding to Bai Qiu.

“Fully cover Xu Nanzhi and this demonic qi, and we’ll take her to meet up with that little Daoist.”

Merit Power has a strong imprisoning and delaying effect.

While it couldn’t help break the formation at the moment, it could still be used to move Xu Nanzhi, who was under the demonic qi’s cloak.

Hearing this, Yu Shuang immediately took action, summoning the Heavenly Gang Divine Wind to cover the demonic qi enveloping Xu Nanzhi with a layer of Gang Qi, then followed Long Ao Tian to where Yu Yanshu and the others were.

On the way, Bai Qiu, looking serious, glanced into the distance and said, “It’s a shame we couldn’t find anyone from the Xuanwu Clan. With their divine skills, they might have been able to break it forcibly.”

“Indeed, who knows. After all, we still can’t use the Heavenly Dao Breath.”

Ling Xiao spoke coldly, which caused Yu Shuang beside him to feel somewhat puzzled.

“Aren’t you seniors descendants of God Beasts? By now, shouldn’t you have at least reached Earth Immortal status? Why is it that even the Power of the Heavenly Dao is inaccessible to you?”

Bai Qiu rolled his eyes and ceased hiding, finally stating.

“The Human Clan is special. Ordinarily, even after determining one’s path, prior to becoming an Earth Immortal, no cultivator from any of the myriad heavens and worlds can truly access the Power of the Heavenly Dao. Although our ancestors were appointed as the Four Directions Divine Beasts of this land, enjoying this world’s gift, unless we possess a genuine Divine Beast Immortal Core, we cannot possess power equivalent to the Four Directions Divine Beasts.”

“It’s a pity.”

Yu Shuang looked down, not shocked by this secret, a fact she was learning for the first time, her unflustered reaction catching Bai Qiu’s attention.

“You knew about these things?”

“No, no, regarding God Beasts, I truly don’t know. But the previous part, I did hear a bit in my clan.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiu understood: “I see, so your Ancient Clan’s existence is also a backup measure by some Immortal Emperor, then?”

Yu Shuang was instantly stunned by the blunt statement, unable to decide how to respond to Bai Qiu’s critical question.

She knew Bai Qiu’s question seemed purely seeking an answer, but in reality, it was asking about her stance, an issue concerning Xu Nanzhi that was never directly clarified despite years of interaction.

The Ancient Clan, or the side she stood on.

Yu Shuang, ultimately, could only choose one.