Divide and Kill
While Qingwei and his companions were repelling the giant python, Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue seized the opportunity to escape, disappearing into the miasma that permeated the distance.
However, the three of them could still sense Song Wen and the other person from afar with their Divine Senses.
"Chase them! We can't let them escape!"
Qingwei and was the first to chase after him.
But after chasing for hundreds of miles, she cursed again.
"Damn, those two thieves are so fast."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Dao Lord Rending Cloud and Ye Hongyi, who were lagging behind, and added.
"I'll go ahead and hold them off once I catch up. You two mustn't slack off; come back as soon as possible to cover my retreat."
Silver-white flames suddenly erupted from Qingwei's feet.
She shot off like an arrow, chasing after him with lightning speed.
And two or three thousand miles ahead.
Jiang Wanyue said, "Gu Huang, Qingwei caught up with us alone."
Song Wen said, "She probably wants to stall us while waiting for the other two to come to our aid. However, since she's looking for death, let's grant her wish. Once we get rid of her, dealing with the remaining two will be much easier."
"Gu Huang, you want to kill them?" Jiang Wanyue seemed somewhat surprised.
"What? Does Madam Jiang perhaps still cherish the past camaraderie among fellow disciples? But they don't seem to think so," Song Wen said. "Besides, don't forget, the Purple Star Immortal Sect will send Profound Immortal Yuxiao to accompany us as protectors. Although we don't know why they didn't go with these three, even if you and I shake them off, they will definitely report everything that happened here to that Profound Immortal Yuxiao. At that time, you and I will be facing the pursuit of a Profound Immortal Yuxiao, plus the number of Lingxu Dao Immortal, whose numbers are still unclear."
"Alright, eliminate them to prevent future troubles." A fierce glint flashed in Jiang Wanyue's eyes. "What do you plan to do?"
"Find a place with dense miasma and lure Qingwei there first," Song Wen said.
The denser the miasma, the stronger its suppression of a cultivator's Divine Sense, making it easier to launch a sneak attack on Qingwei and thus resolve the battle as quickly as possible.
Jiang Wanyue was surrounded by Taiyin Cold Qi, while Song Wen was surrounded by silvery lightning.
Their escape speed was no slower than Qingwei's.
However, to prevent Qingwei from giving up the pursuit, the two deliberately suppressed their pursuit, allowing Qingwei to catch up slowly.
In the chase, the two sides quickly covered hundreds of thousands of miles.
"Gu Huang, to the right front, the poisonous miasma is thick over there," Jiang Wanyue suddenly said.
The two immediately turned and sped towards the right front, quickly disappearing into the dark green miasma.
Their Divine Senses were instantly suppressed, leaving them with only thirty to fifty miles of energy.
"The miasma here is incredibly thick. It seems that although the miasma is currently weakening overall, this Fengdu Poison Sea is not something we can trespass on at will."
Jiang Wanyue saw that, under the erosion of the surrounding miasma, the protective white spiritual light around her body suddenly dimmed and was about to go out, and a solemn look appeared between her brows.
However, the next moment, she activated her Immortal Essence, and the protective aura within her body was restored to its original state. However, the rate at which her Immortal Essence was being depleted had clearly accelerated.
As for Song Wen, he showed no signs of anything amiss.
The thin layer of withered yellow aura emanating from him still firmly kept the miasma at bay.
The two traveled about a thousand miles into the area shrouded in poisonous miasma before stopping.
Golden lightning surged from Song Wen's right hand.
Jiang Wanyue then activated the Jade-White Flying Sword with all her might.
When Qingwei finally caught up and entered the range of their Divine Senses, the two attacked simultaneously.
The Jade-White Flying Sword led the way, followed closely by golden lightning.
Although Qingwei was impetuous, he was by no means arrogant.
She was clearly prepared; the bronze lamp suspended in front of her suddenly burst into a blazing, silvery-white flame.
"Howl!"
The flames transformed into a silver-white, furious dragon, which charged towards the two's attack.
Jiang Wanyue's flying sword first encountered the fire dragon.
Dozens of wisps of Taiyin Cold Qi swirled around the sword, giving it a chilling and menacing appearance.
The fiery dragon blazed fiercely, melting mountains and scorching seas.
The two collided suddenly, one hot and one cold, like water and fire clashing, producing a deafening roar that scattered and dispersed the thick miasma within a radius of dozens of miles.
But just then, golden lightning struck, hitting the fire dragon squarely in the face.
The fire dragon instantly dissipated, turning into a rain of fire.
The Jade-White Flying Sword and the golden lightning, still brimming with residual power, continued to press towards Qingwei.
"Nine Luminaries—Sky Patrol!"
Qingwei suddenly roared.
The lamp instantly expanded, growing to a size of ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).
The flames on the lamp stand blazed fiercely, like pillars of fire scorching the heavens, shooting straight up to the Nine Heavens.
Nine fireballs, each a thousand feet in size, suddenly materialized and began to circle around the pillar of fire that seemed to burn the heavens.
"Go!"
With Qingwei utterance, nine enormous fireballs, like blazing suns in the sky, lined up and hurtled towards Song Wen and his companion.
The Jade-White Flying Sword and the golden lightning collided simultaneously with the first wave of 'blazing sun'.
"Boom--!"
A deafening roar erupted.
The blazing sun shattered.
The thunder was extinguished.
The Jade-White Flying Sword was also sent flying backward.
The remaining eight 'scorching suns' remained completely unaffected and continued to sweep towards Song Wen and his companion.
However, Nine Transparent Blades suddenly appeared and encountered the eight 'scorching suns' one after another. However, neither side made any move against the other, and not even a slight energy fluctuation was stirred up.
Qingwei's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Divine Sense attack!"
Almost subconsciously, she summoned a copper bell, but it was too late to activate it.
A look of madness and determination flashed in her eyes, and her Immortal Essence surged violently.
The pillars of fire surging from the lamps became even more ferocious, and the eight 'scorching suns' grew even more swift and violent.
In a narrow encounter, the brave will prevail!
Qingwei clearly intended that since she couldn't stop the opponent's attack, she would go all out.
The attacks from both sides approached each other almost simultaneously.
"Ah--"
Qingwei let out a painful roar as Nine Transparent Blades plunged into his skull.
But her eyes revealed an almost manic fierceness as she endured the excruciating pain emanating from her Sea of Consciousness to maintain her sanity.
On the other hand, let's look at Song Wen and his companion.
Song Wen was not afraid of the eight 'scorching suns'. He could easily dodge them by using Death-Substitution Spell and take the opportunity to ambush Qingwei, whose soul was injured, and kill him in one fell swoop.
However, if he escapes, leaving Jiang Wanyue alone to face the danger, she will be severely injured, if not killed.
Song Wen grabbed Jiang Wanyue's wrist and forcefully flung it backward.
At the same time, crimson flames surrounded him, and his body rapidly expanded, transforming into a thousand-foot-tall Vermilion Bird.
The Vermilion Bird opened its sharp beak wide and crashed head-on into the first 'scorching sun'.
The silvery-white sun shattered instantly, turning into raging waves of fire that engulfed the crimson Vermilion Bird.
Then came the second, third, and fourth rounds of scorching sun...
The eight 'scorching suns' shattered one after another, forming a towering sea of fire that burned in the sky.