"Elder Ge! Act now!"
Saintess Ling shouted in panic, nudging the Elder Ge beside her.
She had long since abandoned any pretense of dignity as a powerful immortal.
"I know!"
"Rise!"
Ge Xian's expression turned solemn. He clasped his hands together, rotating them as he channeled the Immortal Spirit and roared.
The valley environment around Ning Yechen gradually faded into nothingness, replaced by a pitch-black barrier that began to compress inward toward him.
The moment Ning Yechen stepped onto the stone tablet, he had already entered the carefully laid barrier of his Magic Treasure.
The compressing barrier enclosed Ning Yechen like a box.
Ge Xian called this barrier the Boundary Box.
At its core, the Boundary Box was a square barrier.
However, after his modifications, it had become a special barrier that could be pre-deployed, extended, and even illusionize its surroundings to blend seamlessly with the environment.
This type of barrier, which merged with its surroundings, was nearly undetectable to ordinary people.
Even Ge Xian himself would have trouble finding where he had placed his barriers unless he actively activated their contraction.
The stone tablet he had passed earlier upon entering the valley served as his marker.
Crossing that tablet meant entering the barrier he had laid.
"So this is the legendary Demon Sovereign? Nothing more than this!"
"Still no sign of the barrier I laid down, eh?"
"Ultimately, he's just too young and impulsive."
Seeing the Boundary Box completely shrink and seal, Ge Xian laughed triumphantly.
"Elder Ge, don't let your guard down!" Saintess Ling warned urgently. "Remember what happened to Dao Immortal Tianhua!"
She could sense the terrifying power of Ning Yechen, who had blocked her full-force strike with a single finger. Moreover, even Dao Immortal Tianhua, who had also half-stepped into the Absolute Immortal realm, had been defeated. They couldn't afford to be careless!
One slip-up, and they might end up like Dao Immortal Tianhua!
Ge Xian remained unconcerned by Saintess Ling's caution. Dao Immortal Tianhua had only recently reached the half-step Absolute Immortal stage, while Ge Xian had been there for centuries! How could they compare?
Still, to be safe, Ge Xian raised the Immortal Pearl coiled in his hand. Infusing it with Immortal Spirit, he released it into the air. The pearl gradually expanded until it was the size of a small mountain!
The pitch-black, heavy pearl gleamed with a lustrous sheen, its mere presence filling hearts with a sense of crushing weight.
"This is the Profound Realm Pearl. Don't be fooled by its size—it can weigh as much as a small world!"
"When it falls, it will be like the sky collapsing and the earth shattering!"
"Let's see how this Demon Sovereign escapes now!"
Ge Xian smiled confidently, flicked his sleeve, and several Profound Realm Pearls plummeted from mid-air!
Though they appeared no larger than small mountains, the pearls crashed down like celestial meteorites, shattering the sky and shaking the heavens and earth. The raging winds tore through the firmament, while the earth split and cracked under the impact.
One after another, the Profound Realm Pearls piled atop the Boundary Box that imprisoned Ning Yechen.
In an instant, the shattered mountain valley vanished without a trace. The entire earth cracked and collapsed, its surface sinking into the depths.
Ge Xian hovered in the sky, gazing with pride at his masterpiece.
Looking at the towering stack of Profound Realm Pearls before her, Saintess Ling felt a measure of relief. Even she would struggle to move a single pearl, let alone multiple ones pressing down simultaneously!
But just as Ge Xian and Saintess Ling began to relax, an unimaginable scene unfolded before them!
Several massive, terrifying arms of a Demon God, wreathed in blazing demonic flames, lifted the Profound Realm Pearls high into the air! The Boundary Box that should have suppressed Ning Yechen had been torn to shreds at some point!
Ning Yechen stood calmly in mid-air, his feet hovering over the shadows from which the Demon God's arms emerged, supporting the pearls beneath his feet.
Ning Yechen gazed indifferently at Ge Xian and Saintess Ling, then gently clenched his fist.
With a series of thunderous crashes, the Demon God's arms behind him crushed the Profound Realm Pearls into dust!
The shockwave from the explosion nearly sent Ge Xian and Saintess Ling flying!
The Profound Realm Pearl, said to be capable of collapsing the earth with a single bead and possessing indestructible might, had been crushed to dust?! Ge Xian and Saintess Ling stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
*What kind of terrifying power is this...?!*
"Retreat!"
Saintess Ling and Ge Xian made their decision instantly, transforming into two streaks of divine light and fleeing in opposite directions!
Their mission was merely to stall Ning Yechen, buying time for the others in the city to spirit away Luo Ruying and Luo Hongye. There was no need to sacrifice their lives here!
"This venerable one never said you could leave."
Ning Yechen's eyes narrowed, and he vanished from his spot in an instant.
By the time Saintess Ling reacted, a colossal Demon God's fist was already sweeping towards her face!
"Black Tortoise Shell!"
Saintess Ling cried out in alarm, her hands flying through the air as she formed an Immortal Seal at lightning speed.
The Black Tortoise beside her surged forward, transforming into a massive turtle shield that blocked her path!
*Boom!*
The colossal Demon God's fist shattered the Black Tortoise shell, sending Saintess Ling crashing down from the heavens to the earth!
The punch had torn through the void and pierced the very earth!
Before the massive Demon God's fist, Saintess Ling appeared utterly insignificant.
At the bottom of the deep crater, Saintess Ling lay broken, her immortal bones shattered, blood gushing from her mouth. For the first time, she felt such overwhelming helplessness and terror!
The Demon Sovereign was at the Absolute Immortal realm!
Even when facing the great being from the Divine Realm, she had never felt such terror!
Before Saintess Ling could even struggle to her feet, Ning Yechen had already landed softly and was slowly walking toward her, step by step.
"D-Demon Sovereign! D-don't come any closer!"
Saintess Ling screamed in terror, her palm thrusting toward Ning Yechen. A sacred white tiger and a fiery phoenix erupted from her sides.
The white tiger bared its fangs and lunged, while the phoenix flapped its wings and cried out.
Ning Yechen didn't even bother lifting a finger. The Demon God's arm behind him seized the tiger's jaws, tearing it in half from mouth to tail!
The phoenix's head was ripped off instantly!
Witnessing this, Saintess Ling stood frozen in despair.
"Pierce her."
At Ning Yechen's command, the shadows beneath her feet transformed into countless spears and blades, impaling her body and lifting her into the air like a hedgehog.
Blood dripped from her body into the shadows, drawing swarms of Spirit-Devouring Insects that greedily lapped it up.
The insects swarmed up her body along the shadows, beginning to burrow into her flesh and devour her from within...
"Ahhh! Stop!"
"W-wait! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
"Make them stop! Ahh!"
The searing pain forced Saintess Ling to writhe and thrash, her screams turning into heart-wrenching wails.
Ning Yechen slowly approached Saintess Ling, his gaze fixed on her as she was gradually dragged into the shadow beneath his feet.
The Spirit-Devouring Insects surged like a tide, gradually engulfing her.
"D-Demon Sovereign, wait!"
"I'll do anything, anything, just spare me!"
"I'll swear a death-bound oath to serve you, to be your slave for eternity! Ahh!"
As she watched herself being dragged into the darkness, the Spirit-Devouring Insects writhing and burrowing within her body, Saintess Ling pleaded in terror.
In that moment, she bitterly regretted provoking the Demon Sovereign.
She had thought that by joining forces with Ge Xian, they might stand a chance against him.
Even if they failed, with their half-step Absolute Immortal cultivation, they should have been able to delay him long enough to escape.
But she never imagined the Demon Sovereign was already an Absolute Immortal!
Nor did she realize the vast chasm between an Absolute Immortal and a half-step Absolute Immortal!
She couldn't even escape!
Ignoring her desperate pleas, Ning Yechen slowly raised his arm. As his hand closed, Saintess Ling's body twisted and compressed, her face contorting in despair.
The sound of cracking bones echoed in the air!
She tried to scream, but her throat had already been crushed!
Because of her half-step Absolute Immortal cultivation, her immortal body was far more resilient than an ordinary person's. This meant that even death was a luxury Saintess Ling couldn't afford!
They could only endure endless agony, struggling desperately in despair until death claimed them.
Ning Yechen slowly turned his gaze toward the opposite horizon, his eyes icy and piercing.
"One remains."
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