"Xian Xu!"
"Boom!"
The two sounds reached the ears of every cultivator within the Hong Energy Shield almost simultaneously. Xian Xu's self-destruction instantly cleared out half the hall. The remaining Evil Souls were caught in the shockwave and hurled against the sealing runes on the walls. In the next instant, scattered sparks of flame spilled from the sealing talismans. Once all the flames gathered together, a Bi Fang Bird appeared in the hall.
"Look, it's a Bi Fang Bird!"
In the next instant, the Bi Fang Bird gave a long cry, spread its wings blazing with fierce flames, and circled the hall. Wherever it passed, the Evil Souls fled as though avoiding a venomous beast, yet they were still burned utterly clean by the Bi Fang Bird's flames. The Bi Fang Bird grew smaller and smaller until it vanished from the hall. By then, every Evil Soul in the hall had been wiped out.
Though the battle had ended early this time, everyone's mood was exceptionally heavy. It had come at the cost of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator's self-destruction. If the day truly came when resources ran dry, they would likely make the same choice.
Wei Yunqing looked at the empty hall and once again regretted joining this Grand Competition of the Five Regions. She regretted even more that she had been so foolish as to insist on pushing Wei Yunxi into the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers. If she had not done so, perhaps she would not have been thrown into this place of certain death.
Yunxi and Buddha Son Yunchen released their divine sense at the same time, searching to see whether they could find the blade Xian Xu had mentioned. Unfortunately, they searched every corner of the hall and found nothing.
A layer of anger