A Way Out

Did it... end...?

The bottomless pit remained silent for a long time, even the aura had disappeared...

"It's over... it's finally over... haha... I survived!"

Only a few breaths had passed, and some people were already cheering. After all, they had been so suppressed, each of them like lambs to the slaughter, unable to escape, only able to quietly wait to be butchered.

The oppressive atmosphere of death made them cheer impatiently as soon as they saw hope...

At this moment, a familiar aura appeared in everyone's consciousness. Those who were cheering felt that... an aura they would never forget in this lifetime, and the cheers suddenly died down...

"Ximen Qing... is still alive..." one of them said with difficulty.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of despair permeated once again...

"Ximen Qing should be seriously injured. Let's all work together to attack the city's Mystic Array!" Wang Tianba said at this moment. After all, he was the city lord, and he still had the ability to respond psychologically.

He didn't say to kill Ximen Qing at this time... because he knew that no one would take this risk, including himself...

"Everyone, listen to my instructions and attack one spot together!"

Boom!

The majestic Mystic Force slammed into the city's Mystic Array. The combined blow of all the Mystic Practitioners in Flowing Wind City was so powerful that the indestructible city's Mystic Array directly rippled!

If they couldn't achieve the power to destroy the Mystic Array, they would cause qualitative change through quantitative change!

"It's effective!"

"That's great!"

Hope had just risen, but it was covered by despair. But... but when the heavens close a door, they open a window, and hope appeared in everyone's hearts once again...

"Everyone, keep going!" Wang Tianba encouraged.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Time seemed to have passed for a long time... one strike after another, everyone frantically bombarded one spot with their Mystic Force.

Finally... with the last blow. A crack appeared in the attacked position of the city's Mystic Array! It had obviously reached the limit of the force that this Mystic Array could bear!

Wang Tianba's face showed joy: "Everyone, put in more effort, this Mystic Array has reached its limit!"

But this time, no one responded... He instantly realized that something was wrong. Suddenly, he felt a piercing chill behind him, and he turned his head stiffly.

He saw a demon crawling out of hell, his body covered in blood, his hair disheveled, and his eyes bloodshot...

"That... Nephew Ximen... it's all a misunderstanding..."

Pfft!

Wang Tianba looked down and only saw a blood-stained hand piercing through his body: "I..."

Shred!

Before Wang Tianba could finish speaking, his entire body was torn in half by Ximen Qing like fragile cloth!

Blood splattered... stimulating everyone's eyeballs...

"Run... run!" The strong smell of blood once again stimulated their desire to survive.

"You... all die!" At this moment, Ximen Qing was covered in blood, uttering a demonic murmur.

He thought he would not be injured again, but... just now he felt like he had brushed shoulders with death!

Even now, he still had a strong sense of fear. A bright future was waiting for him, how could he die here!

He released the full power of his God Master Realm, and the Ice Soul Sword swept across. As the azure sword beams swept past, those God Monarch Realm experts could barely survive, but those whose cultivation was lower than God Monarch were directly cut in half when hit by the sword beams...

He seemed to be doing it on purpose, and the terrifying ice beams did not bombard Xiao Feng...

"Boss Wang... Huo Rulie... Huo Ling'er..." Watching the familiar figures in front of him lose their lives under the cold sword beams, and even unable to preserve their corpses in the end, Xiao Feng murmured in a daze.

He already felt numb... a numbness under despair...

The hatred filling his heart made him want to tear Ximen Qing apart, but with his current cultivation, he couldn't do anything... The disaster in Flowing Wind City was like this... So was Bai Ling'er, who was taken away by the Vermilion Bird Empire!

Suddenly, a clear sound of a lock breaking entered Xiao Feng's ears... along with intense Mystic Force fluctuations...

He turned his head and met Qi Qingyun's eyes, which had just opened.

Her eyes were bright, her Sword Art was restrained, and the Mystic Path aura around her seemed to have been reborn... This was a breakthrough on a fundamental level, God Monarch Realm!

It turned out that she had been trying to break through all along!

She succeeded.

In a desperate situation, she broke through the God King Realm, which had restricted countless Mystic Practitioners, and successfully advanced to the God Monarch Realm!

But the breakthrough in realm did not bring Qi Qingyun any joy.

The God King Realm was like an ant in front of the God Master Realm.

Just the suppression of Mystic Power alone would cause the body to twitch uncontrollably...

And for Xiao Feng's sake, she had to break through, no matter what!

She held Xiao Feng tightly in her arms and whispered, "Hold me tight!"

Boom!

The full force of the God Monarch Realm's power was released, carrying Xiao Feng towards the city's protective Mystic Array, precisely at the location where Wang Tianba had led the others to attack!

The fully released Mystic Force of the God Monarch Realm instantly caught Ximen Qing's attention. He should have noticed something when Qi Qingyun broke through.

But... perhaps due to the influence of the Divine Source, or the near-death experience... he had lost his mind. Now, under the full force of Qi Qingyun's Mystic Force, he finally realized it.

Especially when he saw Xiao Feng in Qi Qingyun's arms... the moment he came to his senses, he stopped the slaughter and flew towards the damaged part of the city's protective Mystic Array...

After all, for them, the only way to escape was to break through the city's protective Mystic Array that was restricting them, and with their strength, the only place to break through was the already crumbling location.

Qi Qingyun also sensed Ximen Qing, who was rushing towards the damaged part of the Mystic Array just like her, but she didn't change direction. Changing direction would only allow her to survive a little longer...

It couldn't change the ultimate fate...

Her divine sense gently caressed the soulless Xiao Feng...

She murmured in her heart—This time, let me save you!

She could die, but Xiao Feng... had to live!

And at this moment, only that direction was the only way out!

But how could the speed of a God Master Realm be compared to that of a God Monarch? Even if Ximen Qing hadn't noticed in time, the gap in realm was still an insurmountable mountain...

At the current speed, Ximen Qing would definitely arrive first!

Clang!

At this moment, an ear-piercing sword cry, carrying a desperate sword intent, stabbed fiercely towards Ximen Qing.

It was Qi Yunlong, who had been seriously injured by Ximen Qing!

At this moment, his hair was disheveled, his whole body had become crystal clear, the blood vessels under his skin were clearly visible, and wisps of sword energy flowed in his blood vessels and bones!

The White Crimson Sword in his hand emitted a dazzling sword light, and his eyes were sharp: "Ximen Qing! You killed my Pan'er, I will never coexist with you under the same sky!

Sword... Unleash!

This technique can only be used once in a lifetime... because Sword Unleash requires the lifeblood as a guide... to release all the sword intent cultivated!

Qi Qingyun's divine sense swept over, and a look of sorrow appeared on her face involuntarily. Even though she had not felt a day of fatherly love from him, but... why... was the sorrow at this moment so overwhelming...

"Qing Yun, if you escape, don't forget to avenge us!"

Qi Yunlong's last words fell into her ears.

Qi Qingyun didn't respond, nor did she look at the final result. She suppressed the sadness in her heart, and her speed didn't slow down for a moment...

Nothing was as important as Xiao Feng at this moment...

And under the sword might of Qi Yunlong, who was carrying the determination to perish together, Ximen Qing was forced to stop. He didn't dare to be careless.

After all, that was a desperate blow from the peak of the God Monarch Realm!

"A bunch of old things... I should have killed you directly back then!"

Last time, Situ Hao's Collapsing Thunder Extinction, which he used to destroy himself, had caused him such serious injuries that he almost lost his life.

Now he had developed a strong sense of fear towards those Mystic Techniques that sacrificed one's life for another...

Facing Qi Yunlong, who also had the belief of dying together, he chickened out and chose to defend...

But he made a fatal mistake. At this moment, defending would instead lead to Qi Yunlong not having any obstacles and being able to apply all the sword intent generated after the Sword Unleash to his body!

This was also the result of Situ Hao sacrificing his own life to create...

Wide ice crystals appeared in front of Ximen Qing, and he mobilized his whole body's Mystic Force to protect himself. The Ice Soul Sword was held in front of him, and a dazzling ice radiance instantly enveloped his whole body.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle...

Walls of ice shattered, and Ximen Qing's expression was solemn... Clang! The majestic sword intent slammed fiercely on the ice radiance in front of Ximen Qing...

Crack!

The dazzling ice radiance shattered directly, and the majestic sword intent, carrying the Qi Family patriarch's life, slammed fiercely on the Ice Soul Sword!

"Ahhh!..."

The moment the majestic sword intent touched the Ice Soul Sword, Ximen Qing felt like tens of thousands of cold needles had pierced him all over, directly ignoring his protective Mystic Force and stabbing him fiercely, causing him to cry out in pain.

He felt that his internal organs were being stabbed with silver needles, one after another, making him unable to suppress his painful moans.

Not only his body, but even his soul felt like it had been pierced with holes...

He didn't know how long it took for the piercing pain to slowly dissipate...

Ximen Qing looked forward, and Qi Yunlong's aura had completely disappeared. Not even a trace of blood, bones, or meridians remained. Only a bright white sword lay quietly on the ground.

White Crimson Sword...

"A bunch of meddlesome old fogies!"

He looked towards the damaged spot in the Mystic Array and saw Qi Qingyun was about to reach it. Without hesitation, he teleported away at top speed.

The location of the crack in the city's Mystic Array was right before her eyes. Qi Yunlong had already delayed Ximen Qing's actions for her. Now, she had to ensure she could shatter the city's Mystic Array with a single blow!

But even though that cracked spot had been bombarded by countless Mystic Force attacks, it was still a city-protecting Mystic Array. With her current God Monarch Realm cultivation, she could never shatter it with a single blow, no matter what she did.

Since she couldn't achieve the power to break the array with Mystic Force, she could only rely on... a Mystic Technique that transcended that level!

The one the knight had given her...

Heaven Severing Sword!

Legend has it that it was a Mystic Technique created by Mo E, one of the four Creation Gods...

She had already mastered the first sword strike, but she had never used it...

The knight had also sternly warned her...

The price to pay for forcibly using Heaven Severing Sword with a God Monarch Realm cultivation would definitely be devastating, but...

No matter the cost, even her own life was acceptable!

As long as Xiao Feng could live!

Blood essence as the plan, lifespan as the contract.

Heaven Severing Sword Art, first sword!

Activate!

Her eyes turned silvery-white, and the sword in her hand drew a strange arc. A surging, boundless sword intent swarmed up, filling the space between heaven and earth...

The moment the sword arc appeared, it brought about a violent tremor in space... The sword arc slashed at the Mystic Array...

Crack!

That corner of the city-protecting Mystic Array... shattered