"Good thing I'm not too late!"
A figure flashed through the sky above Saintess Hall, and Saintess Ruoyou revealed herself.
Boom! Boom!
Within the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Array below, light flashed incessantly as thunderous blasts rang out. One massive Heavenly Toad phantom after another, shielded by the array's radiance, continuously launched attacks at Black Mountain Demon Venerable.
Black Mountain Demon Venerable kept a taut expression, sneering without pause as he dealt with them in an unhurried manner.
It seemed he believed the grand array could do nothing to him and could only trap him for a while at most.
"Hm? Saintess Ruoyou is back?"
Inside Saintess Hall, Gu Tianxie's gaze shifted as he spotted Saintess Ruoyou in midair.
He spread out his divine sense, yet failed to find Chen Changming.
Gu Tianxie was startled. Why had the two not returned together?
Could it be that Chen Changming had run into trouble within the ancestral realm?
"Young Master Chen is immensely powerful himself, and with Demon Spirit Vine and Little Wolf beside him, the ancestral realm of the Heavenly Toad Tribe shouldn't be able to pose any danger to him..."
Gu Tianxie pondered inwardly.
Just then.
Saintess Ruoyou descended outside the array and called out, "Patriarch, I've brought back the Holy Sword."
"Good, good!"
The patriarch was overjoyed.
He had not expected the saintess to retrieve the Holy Sword so quickly.
After opening an entrance in the array, Saintess Ruoyou flew inside and took up a position reserved solely for herself.
Seeing Saintess Ruoyou return with the sword, Black Mountain Demon Venerable revealed a savage grin. Suddenly, he swept out a hand, and a streak of black light shot into the sky.
"Heh heh, this is the moment I've been waiting for!"
He let out a cold laugh.
That streak of