Several people were preparing to board the palace road for the continuation of their journey when suddenly, a dark red fireball descended from the sky. Deng Chan Yu thought for a moment and replaced the wild beast Qiongqi with mechanical Jiuying, becoming her new shield against arrows.
The fireball not only had high temperature, but also enormous impact force. The mechanical Jiuying, which was several hundred high, was pushed back three steps by the impact and even left a charred mark on its indestructible wooden body.
Before Deng Chan Yu could ponder the matter in detail, she saw the sky of this world suddenly become dim, and countless fireballs fell down like raindrops.
Yun Xiao let out a long shout, and the arc of swordlight seemed like a brush, gliding gently to slice through the dense chaos in the sky, which was instantly divided in two.
The swordlight was brilliant, like the moon falling to the ground, and the power of a single sword extended for ten thousand miles. This was truly a sword that breaks the heavens.
The dark cloud in the sky was sliced open by a single sword, but the rain of fire descending from above would not immediately vanish.
Zhaogongming conjured the Twenty-Four Sea- calming pearls, recited incantations, and raised a vast space. Deng Chan Yu promptly tucked the mechanical Jiuying into the "Thousand Li of River and Mountain Map," and then hid with Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao beneath the water screen.
The fire rain hit the defense screen formed by the interlaced Sea-calming pearls for ten breaths.
Looking up at the sky, Yun Xiao spoke in a grave tone, "Let's go."
"Can you all escape?" A chilling voice echoed from the horizon, from the earth, and from all around.
Zhaogongming looked at Yun Xiao and implied, "Were you intercepting him before?"
Yun Xiao shook her head slowly, she wasn't an idiot, the entity that appeared at this moment was obviously very powerful. She would not actively provoke such an enemy.
The deep voice echoed again in the ears of the few, "Leave them behind, and I'll let you go." It was a higher level of divine will. Deng Chan Yu discerned its meaning; it was clear that she, Qiong Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Old Zhao were all included in this "them," and the other party only allowed Yun Xiao to leave.
Yun Xiao was unwilling to give up her sister and would not abandon her, leaving no space for dialogue or communication between the two parties.
She whispered to Deng Chan Yu, "Can we leave this world now?"
"Impossible," Deng Chan Yu replied, "The flying speed of the palace is slow; it would take at least a cup of tea's time to leave this world."
The palace is used for cultivation, not rockets or space ships, so it doesn't have the function of acceleration.
A blurred humanoid shadow gradually emerged from the ominous sky in the distance, and Deng Chan Yu felt a bit of insight. She had personally encountered Yang Mei, the spatial demon god, and could now sense a similar aura.
The Ruler of the Sky also conveyed some information to her, allowing her to understand the other party's purpose: "This guy seems to have set his sights on the numerous magical treasures we possess."
There is no room for negotiation here.
Surely we cannot give away all our magical treasures?
The person with the most magical treasures at the scene is me, Deng Chan Yu, but it can't be said that the Sea-calming Pearl, the Ruler of the Sky, and the Golden Dragon Shears are unimportant.
Yun Xiao knew that she could communicate with the Ruler of the Sky and asked, "Can you tell me the origin of this entity?"
Deng Chan Yu communicated with the Ruler of the Sky for two exchanges and said, "It seems to be the sorrowful supreme mother who rules this realm. It appears to be a newborn spirit that was born from the corpse of the mortal and death deity. The way of life and death has already been taken away by the Dao of Huaxiang, and this entity has no more than a few scraps left."
Yun Xiao's eyes lit up: "Too bad, it's just a spirit born from a skeleton, not a primordial demon god. But it's just the right thing to test the sharpness of my sword."
Deng Chan Yu laughed heartily. She could feel that the sorrowful supreme mother's gaze was mostly on her, offering treasures to save her life? She wasn't that naive.
She also drew her Duan Xian Sword, which was black and oozed with killing intent: "My sword is also sharp. Let's solve this problem first, and then we'll leave."
Yun Xiao lightly nodded: "Good."
Zhaogongming watched from the side, feeling that he was excluded and a bit strange.
He was indeed carrying the Jue Xian Sword, but this was the sword of Tongtian Jiaozhuo, and he couldn't say things like "my sword" and so on. Although he didn't speak, he also drew his sword.
The Jue Xian Sword contained a trace of the pure and sacred power of a sage, which, used at a critical moment, would certainly have greater killing power than Yun Xiao's sword.
Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao could not provide much in the way of combat power here, so Deng Chan Yu had them hide within the palace. If the combination of Yun Xiao, Zhaogongming, and herself could not defeat this Sorrowful Supreme Mother, let the palace escape first, and they would delay a bit before meeting up with each other in the chaos.
"Why should we resist?"
"Why should we be born?"
"Why should we die?"
"Why do you linger on the edge of life and death, why are you unwilling to follow me?"
A great number of riddles, comparable to the sound of the Great Dao, echoed throughout the realm of life and death.
Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao had to activate the Green Light Two Yin and Yang Lamp, which serves as the control center in the palace, dividing yin and yang to form an entity that can block the babbling voices.
The distance between them kept shortening, until the odor from the dark clouds became slightly irritating. Suddenly, a bony hand, filled with ferocious spines, shot out from the shadows. Three fingers acted like knives and swords, piercing towards the palace of Dao.
"Let me handle this!" Yun Xiao flipped her wrist, and the East Emperor Yu's sword, which had absorbed a lot of Sun-Golden Flame both inside and outside the palace of Dao these years, shone brightly. The dark clouds in the realm of life and death receded by half, and a blazing sun appeared in the sky instantly.
Compared to the bony hand, Yun Xiao's figure was slightly smaller, but her sword strikes were fast and fierce. The fiery red light cut through the world, and the fierce pressure could even be felt inside the palace of Dao. When she chopped on the bony hand, this move was mainly for testing, although it did break the spines on the wrist of the bony hand and leave a fiery red mark on the white bone that kept burning.
At the same time, Deng Chan Yu also swung her sword.
The handle of Duan Xian Sword was cold to the touch, holding it felt like holding a piece of eternal ice. The magic shadow inside the sword was extremely familiar to Deng Chan Yu, and they exchanged swords again in a moment. The shadow retreated, leaving a sentence like "I will come back next time," allowing her to temporarily gain control of the magic sword.
With a high-pitched and resounding clear whistle, a dark phoenix illusion emerged from the sword blade.
The ugly creature hidden in the dark clouds was still preparing to resist with its bony hand, but the phoenix illusion was a feint. The moment it struck an actual entity, it exploded from the inside out. The magic fire scattered most of the tangible dark clouds, and the Sorrowful Supreme Mother had to reveal her true form.
"This is too ugly," Deng Chan Yu pouted, Yun Xiao nodded silently, it was indeed not pleasant to look at.
It was a creature composed of many scattered bone fragments, with some obvious differences in strength among the bones. However, at the moment, they were haphazardly piled together without any planning. From the outside, it could be just about discerned as a human figure.
"I don't want that one," the Sorrowful Supreme Mother pointed to Yun Xiao's Jue Xian Sword and said.
Magic fire made it uncomfortable. It wanted some positive energy.
Deng Chan Yu mocked the magic shadow within the sword in her mind: "See? Even such an ugly creature dislikes you. What's the point of living? Just die already!"
