By the time Li Ling and Mu Qingsi emerged from the Water-Moon Mirror, the fighting on the other side was still raging.
However, Li Ling had split his divine sense and left an illusion behind, cowing everyone present. The Ghost Spirit Bride, Lin Rouniang, possessed extraordinary innate gifts and likewise held a firm upper hand. The cultivators led by Wang Shuo had been unable to escape and were trapped on the spot-turtles caught in a jar.
When they saw Li Ling reappear, they all stared in astonishment as though they had seen a ghost.
"Where are Elder Jian and the others?"
"Wasn't Elder Jian supposed to hold them off while we coordinated with the traitor inside...?"
"How could this happen!"
Li Ling laughed heartily. "You were dreaming! Jian Fenghao of the Sky Sword Sect is already dead. Now it's your turn!"
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Terror-stricken, they refused to believe it.
Li Ling paid them no heed. He raised his palm and struck, killing Wang Shuo on the spot before pursuing Lin Dongpi and Mo Zongying.
It did not take long for the two to follow Wang Shuo to their deaths.
With Mu Qingsi's assistance, they did not even need their earlier joint technique. Their individual moves alone were enough.
"Elder Li, please withdraw your Divine Ability!"
"Stop! Stop fighting! We surrender! We'll turn away from darkness and embrace the light!"
"The Sky Sword Sect forced us to come! We never wanted any of this..."
Among the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators, all the Grassroots Rogue Cultivators surrendered, leaving only the True Disciples of the two sects.
They were merely cultivators from the Phoenix Qilin Continent and the West Sea hired for the occasion. They had no intention of following the members of those two sects to their deaths.
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