The Spirit Transformation cultivators present were no pushovers either. They all acted at once to rescue people, but this time, they were still a step too late. Before their spells could touch the competing Nascent Soul Cultivators, those people vanished from where they stood.
Yunxi also felt a pulling force. She wanted to summon the Seven-Star Deadly Staff, but a powerful force from behind shoved her toward the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers in the air. She did not need to turn around to know that the despicable Wei Yunqing had done it. In one smooth motion, she flung out her Red Rope, wrapped it around Wei Yunqing's wrist, and hurled her into the vortex ahead of her.
"Wei Yunxi!!!"
Wei Yunqing only had time to spit out those three words before she was completely swallowed by the center of the vortex.
Wei Yunxi also saw that Venerable Huayu of the Huaxian Sect was utterly unable to stop the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers. She immediately knew this was a plan the evil cultivators had long prepared, one that could not possibly be disrupted so easily.
Moreover, within the reach of her divine sense, not a single Spirit Transformation cultivator had managed to keep their sect's disciples behind. She knew there was no escaping this time, so she simply followed the suction force into the vortex.
Only after every competing Nascent Soul Cultivator had been swept into the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers did the scroll slowly close again. Yet it remained suspended in midair, emanating a dense bloody aura that made all the Spirit Transformation cultivators frown deeply.
The other disciples who had come to watch the competition were also stunned. The Spirit Transformation cultivators exchanged a few words, then swept their sleeves and sent the disciples of their