Chapter 376: The Difference Between Arrays
Chapter 376: The Difference Between Arrays
Mia Qinghui clenched her fists tightly.
It was evident that Tong Shidi no longer held any hope for slaying the Golden Winged Demon Emperor.
He intended to stay behind and cover their escape.
"Take care of yourself," Mia Qinghui said, knowing that hesitation would only lead to disaster. She left with a final instruction, once again using the Mysterious Pagoda to force the Golden Winged Nine-Striped Tiger back and create an opportunity for her senior martial sister to escape. "Split up and flee!"
As her voice rang out, she quickly flew into the distance.
Tong Xinquan adjusted his breath and instantly activated a grand array. A phoenix danced in the sky, scattering radiant dust, and with a golden thread as the boundary, it enveloped the tiger demons within.
He turned his head and saw that Lingxi Zhenren was still trembling, fiddling with his incantation gestures. However, instead of attacking the Golden Winged Demon Emperor, he was instinctively trying to heal his injuries.
"Why are you still here? Hurry up and leave!" Tong Xinquan's heart felt as dead as ashes.
"I... if I leave, what will happen to you?" Lingxi Zhenren's face was filled with panic, and his voice trembled.
"Just go!" Tong Xinquan glared at him, his heart finally shattering into pieces.
With their combined efforts and their senior martial sister's normal performance, they should have been able to, if not defeat this powerful demon emperor, at least hold their ground against it.
Who would have thought that after being so formidable on Wu Tong Mountain, their senior martial sister would act like a complete idiot once they left?
In just two exchanges, she had been severely injured by a demon emperor of the same realm.
There was no point in continuing this fight!
A sudden roar startled Lingxi Zhenren, causing him to freeze for a moment before fleeing into the distance, his eyes darting back anxiously as he put distance between them.
"Senior Martial Sister, go that way!"
Clearing his head, Qingfeng Zhenren took out a flying shuttle and pointed the way for his senior martial sister before fleeing in the opposite direction.
Sizzle!
Almost simultaneously, the gigantic phoenix was torn apart by sharp claws!
The Golden Winged Demon Emperor punched through the light screen without haste.
Taking her time, she stepped into the second restraining array.
"This Emperor is quite curious. With your personalities, it's rare for you to act together. Did this lion offend all of you?" The voluptuous woman asked with a smile as she broke through the array.
Until this moment, she hadn't even revealed her true form.
"... "
Tong Xinquan remained silent for a moment before replying calmly, "By killing our human genius, you signed your own death warrant. I intend to live a long life, and I can't just stand by and watch it rise to power. It's just bad luck for me."
As he spoke, his face grew even paler.
He was actually engaging in a battle of wits with this powerful demon emperor, attempting to set up a fourth grand array while she was busy breaking through his current one.
This action pushed his soul to its limit.
Finally, the Divine Soul Threads on his fingertips were exhausted.
He stumbled and fell to the ground, taking out various array objects from his storage bag to complete the grand array.
The Golden Winged Demon Emperor watched his actions indifferently and threw another punch, unleashing a vast amount of demonic energy that resembled a surging ocean, breaking through the second array.
"Not bad. As a reward, you can be the first to die."
Hearing this, Tong Xinquan calmly calculated the time.
Realizing that he wouldn't have enough time to set up a fifth array, he turned to the Golden Winged Demon Emperor and smiled, "If possible, I'd like to try escaping. Who knows, there might be a turn of events."
"I hope you remain this optimistic in your next life."
The voluptuous woman slowly crawled on the ground, her demonic energy sweeping through the area. Her massive tiger form quietly appeared where she had been standing.
Watching Tong Xinquan's fleeing figure, she pounced forward. Her golden wings were covered in flowing light, and her majestic figure collided with the arrays, shattering two of them with sheer brute force.
"... "
Tong Xinquan fled with all his might.
He had never experienced such a miserable state in the first half of his life, and yet he had endured it twice in a short period.
Sensing the murderous aura approaching from behind,
he quietly closed his eyes.
Out of instinct, she turned towards the direction of the voice.
Could there really be a turning point, as she had jokingly suggested earlier?
But try as she might, she couldn't fathom who in this world, aside from her master and Nie Jun, would dare to offer her aid in the face of the Golden Winged Demon Emperor.
"What are you thinking about?"
A crisp, curious voice sounded quietly from behind her.
Mia Qinghui's hair stood on end, and immediately after, a broad tiger palm struck her body.
With just one palm strike, her body cracked open, and a dense, clear light surged towards the sky.
"Puh!"
Mia Qinghui's face contorted hideously, but no sound escaped her lips.
She knew that she was still alive, only because this great demon emperor wanted to toy with her, like a cat playing with a mouse, enjoying the cruel amusement of the hunt.
If it had been any other enemy, Mia Qinghui would have felt utterly humiliated.
But facing the Golden Winged Nine-Striped Tiger, she felt only profound despair.
Relying on her last shred of consciousness, she sprinted in the direction of the voice she had heard.
Thump—
Mia Qinghui tumbled to the ground, her bright red robe now soiled with grass and mud, making her look utterly disheveled.
Trembling, she opened her eyes, catching a glimpse of a pair of long boots in her blurred vision.
She looked up.
A pitch-black robe, adorned with intricate golden embroidery of dragons and phoenixes amidst golden clouds, caught her eye.
And then, she saw the young man's face.
His handsome features were calm, his clear eyes gazing indifferently forward.
Mia Qinghui's palms suddenly sank into the muddy ground, and her expression turned to one of shock: "Y-you're not dead?!'
"..."
Shen Yi glanced at her, a silent sigh in his eyes.
Then, he stepped over her and continued on his way.
He couldn't understand how these idiots' brains worked, that they would still rush into the Thousand Demon Cave at a time like this.
If it weren't for the fact that he needed them to distract the other demons and buy more peace for the Great Qian, Shen Yi really wouldn't bother with this nonsense.
"Another one?"
The Golden Winged Nine-Striped Tiger hovered in the air, curiously looking downwards: "He thought you were dead... so you're the so-called heaven's pride?"
She examined him carefully for a moment, then shook her head: "Can't tell."
No matter how she looked at him, he was just a small cultivator at the early stage of the Spirit Merging Realm, perhaps exceptionally young?
"Never mind, he's going to die anyway."
The Golden Winged Demon Emperor retracted her gaze, looking elsewhere. This newcomer wasn't very interesting.
It was better to finish him off quickly and go find the one with the Mysterious Pagoda to play with.
With that thought, she raised her palm again, casually swatting at the ground!
Seeing the shadow that suddenly enveloped him, Tong Xinquan's eyelids twitched involuntarily.
Then, a dense ink-like mark appeared in his line of sight, blocking the tiger's claw that was descending upon him.
This unusual scene caused the Golden Winged Demon Emperor to slowly retract her gaze and look downwards once more.
After a long silence, she laughed: "My mistake, another one who plays with formations... tsk, I've already entered his formation."
As she spoke, the Golden Winged Nine-Striped Tiger raised her palm again, viciously smashing it downwards, her voice thick with killing intent: "Do you want to ask him what the consequence is of displaying such tricks before this emperor?!"
(End of Chapter)
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