In the forest, Ma Qiudie, trapped within crimson blood light, was desperately pouring all her mana into a bronze lamp magical artifact before her, hoping to control its spiritual light and break the Blood-colored Cage in front of her.
But just as she was struggling to cast her spell and escape, she suddenly sensed a burst of azure light flare up beyond the blood light.
Then, in the next instant, the blood-light cage surrounding her rapidly shattered and scattered beneath the azure radiance.
"This is..."
Just as Ma Qiudie nervously looked outside, the Blood-colored Cage before her quickly vanished. A plain-looking man in azure robes soon appeared before her.
Seeing Song Qingming suddenly standing before her, Ma Qiudie's expression shifted slightly in surprise, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"Senior Song, y-you... why are you here?"
"I have been following behind you all this time and only arrived here not long ago. Do not worry, that fellow will not get away."
No sooner had Song Qingming finished speaking than a disturbance suddenly sounded in the distance.
Before the two could see what had happened ahead, a Black Shadow flew over, tossed an unconscious cultivator onto the ground, and landed nearby.
"Senior Ye!"
Seeing that the man in black before her was Ye Linyuan, whom she had met not long ago, Ma Qiudie hurried forward and cupped her hands in salute.
The cultivator Ye Linyuan had casually thrown onto the ground was none other than the Man in Yellow who had just fought her and tried to flee.
Seeing that Ma Qiudie was still looking at them with a face full of confusion, Song Qingming finally opened his mouth to explain.
"Demonic fiends can worm their way through any crack. If we do not root out those hidden among us, I fear