As the young girl's cold voice faded away.
Senior Brother Chen Yuan and the three others, who had already been circulating their Qi and preparing to strike, all froze slightly.
Then, with eyes full of shock and suspicion, they looked toward Jiang Yuechu in the main seat.
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"At such a life-or-death moment, instead of suppressing this mole before the demon arrives, she wants to wait for them to coordinate from the inside out?"
"Could it be that this white-robed girl is not a Jieqing Sect Guest Elder at all, but a spy working with the demon?!"
But it was precisely this brief moment of hesitation.
The sharp demon roar in the sky had already approached the airspace above Huangshan City.
Boom!
A shadow as large as a small mountain fell from the firmament, slamming heavily outside the Xu Family ancestral hall.
The earth trembled.
Rolling dust and smoke shot into the sky, completely blocking the already dim daylight.
Until a fierce wind howled, blowing away the dust that filled the sky.
Everyone finally saw the true face of that terrifying figure.
Its massive demon body coiled within the ruins.
Its entire body was covered in hard, dark blue scales, its four hooves were thick as pillars, and it was faintly surrounded by water vapor.
Its huge golden eyes revealed undisguised brutality.
It shook off the gravel and debris clinging to its body.
Its massive head lowered slightly, and its gaze passed through the broken ancestral hall door, sweeping over everyone inside.
Suddenly.
The behemoth bared its blood-red maw and spoke mockingly: "What are you arguing about that's so lively... why not let this lord judge the situation."
"..."
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the commotion outside.
Feeling the pressure radiating from the opponent, Senior Brother Chen Yuan's face turned slightly pale, and he looked helplessly at the green-robed girl beside him.
"Junior Sister Gong... this..."
Sensing the gaze from beside her, Lin Feiyan, who usually acted carefree, had a heavy expression.
Although she was a great cultivator of the Seven Chess Pieces.
But facing a demon of the same Realm for the first time, she truly felt a bit unsure.
But how could she let others see any flaws?
She said irritably: "What 'this' what? Do you want to go die? Fine, you go deal with that guy, I'll take on this demon."
After speaking.
She swaggered forward a few steps.
She sneered.
Suddenly, azure sword shadows circled and whistled around her, the Sword Intent icy and cold.
She put one hand behind her back, stretched out the other, and beckoned to the behemoth.
"I thought it was something impressive... a mere Seven Chess Pieces cultivation, yet you dare to act presumptuously in front of me, Jieqing."
"This young lady will give you three moves, and I can still suppress you!"
"..."
The Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon looked at the green-robed girl stepping out from the crowd, and a flash of wariness crossed its huge golden eyes.
It had thought they were just some ordinary Jieqing Sect Disciples, easily dismissed with a wave of its hand.
Yet it had not expected.
This inconspicuous girl actually possessed a thick Qi of the same Realm as itself.
At once, it no longer had the playfulness it had just shown.
Its expression became quite serious.
"Yellow-mouthed brat, you certainly have a big mouth."
Boom—
The clouds in the sky were torn apart once more.
Another massive Demon Palace phantom appeared with a boom.
Dark blue water vapor permeated the air, and seven dao chess pieces emitting brilliant light whistled out from the Demon Palace, all pouring into the demon's body.
The Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon roared at the sky, its body as large as a mountain carrying monstrous waves, and it charged to kill Lin Feiyan with a boom.
Watching the terrifying demon body surging toward her, which was about to crush the entire ancestral hall.
Lin Feiyan felt a surge of fear in her heart.
She could no longer be bothered to put on airs with the hand she had kept behind her back.
Her figure rolled to the side in a disheveled manner, barely dodging it.
The Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon missed with one strike, and its thick giant tail swept out, bringing with it a shrill sound of breaking air.
Lin Feiyan hurriedly cast a spell to block, and the azure sword shadows barely unfurled a sword screen, but it had already been damaged.
"Uh..."
She hurriedly cast two more spells, only then barely standing firm.
But before she could counterattack.
The demon's blood-red maw had already bitten down on her.
"No way! You're really doing three moves?!"
Lin Feiyan shouted in exasperation while fleeing with her head in her hands.
"I was just joking, why did you take it seriously!"
Standing in the back, Senior Brother Chen Yuan watched this scene, his face twitching wildly.
"No... you are in the Chess Player Realm, summon the central palace and dao chess pieces first!"
His heart immediately became anxious.
She didn't even have this most basic combat experience.
"This girl... could she be a fraud who only has cultivation but no practical combat experience?!"
Just as Senior Brother Chen Yuan was extremely anxious.
Junior Sister Su Liu beside him suddenly tugged on his sleeve.
Her voice was tight.
"Senior Brother, stop worrying about that side for now..."
"Hmm?"
Senior Brother Chen Yuan looked in the direction of Junior Sister Su Liu's gaze.
He saw that the previously disheveled Xu Liunian was now enveloped in dense blood light.
He grabbed a shivering member of the Xu Family beside him.
That Xu Family member couldn't even let out a scream before their body instantly withered away.
Amidst the surging blood light.
The aura on Xu Liunian's body climbed steadily... he had clearly touched the threshold of the Five Chess Pieces.
But that wasn't all.
He saw the opponent indifferently spread his arms, and monstrous blood Qi permeated the air.
His whole body slowly rose into the air.
He looked down at everyone in the hall from a high position.
The Xu Family members who had been standing on both sides, silent as cicadas in winter, suddenly looked stunned.
Then, strange blood Qi also permeated their eyes.
Like marionettes, they turned around blankly and surrounded Senior Brother Chen Yuan, Junior Sister Su Liu, and the youth who was pale with fear.
"Damn..."
Senior Brother Chen Yuan couldn't help but curse, his heart full of helplessness.
"Now that Senior Sister of the Seven Chess Pieces is a good-for-nothing, being chased outside by the demon with her head in her hands."
"The Junior Brother of the Five Chess Pieces beside him is likely also a useless showpiece."
Right now, he only had his Junior Sister with him.
With mere cultivation of two or three Chess Pieces, how could they withstand such a formation?
He couldn't help but feel a bit of resentment.
"If that Guest Elder surnamed Jiang had acted sooner and directly dealt with this evil creature, there wouldn't be so much trouble..."
Thinking of Jiang Yuechu.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at the main seat above.
But he saw that the white figure who had been sitting there had disappeared at some point.
"Hmm?"
Senior Brother Chen Yuan's heart sank.
"Not there?"
"Could it be that a dignified Jieqing Sect Guest Elder, seeing the situation was bad, actually greased the soles of her feet and slipped away?"
But just as he was letting his imagination run wild.
Boom—!!!
A dull sound that resonated through the sky came from above.
Senior Brother Chen Yuan's expression changed drastically.
He subconsciously summoned the Magic Treasure at his waist, unfurling a light screen, protecting the three of them tightly within it.
The fierce wind raged.
The shockwave, carrying gravel and blood Qi, slammed fiercely against the light screen.
Senior Brother Chen Yuan gritted his teeth tightly and looked up with difficulty.
He saw that the bloody figure, who had been arrogant and floating proudly in mid-air just a moment ago.
Was now lying on the ground, half-dead like a dead dog.
The hard floor tiles of the ancestral hall had been smashed into a huge, deep pit.
And in front of that deep pit.
White robes fluttered.
Faint, delicate sounds of rain hitting wind and thunder surged from between the sleeves.
Blazing flames wrapped around her body, and the crimson firelight illuminated her incomparably pure and beautiful face, making it flicker.
And in her hand.
She was holding a long staff that was green all over.
The end of the staff pressed tightly against Xu Liunian's back, rendering him unable to move a single inch.
"The mountains and rivers of the ten directions are all within my staff."
"The heaven and earth of the ten directions all belong to me!"
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