The other monkey chiefs were shocked and furious at the sight. How could this purple-clad girl be so terrifying? Even surrounded by their attacks, she still moved with such ease and had even slain one of them.
As they pondered this, brilliant sword light flashed like an eruption of starlight. A purple figure swept past, fleeting as light and shadow, and for an instant, a purple Hexagram seemed to appear.
Splat!
Blood burst forth. The monkey chiefs' throats split open, and blood spurted several yards high like fountains.
Then their corpses toppled to the ground, staining it crimson. Yun Ying had already appeared more than a dozen meters away. The Purple Bamboo Sword in her hand gleamed, and a drop of blood slid from its edge and seeped into the earth.
After slaying the monkey chiefs, Yun Ying continued toward the Spirit Lake. Her purple robes rippled gently, untouched by dust, and she looked like an immortal banished to the mortal world, a stark contrast to the scene behind her.
By then, Yun Xi had reached the shore of the Spirit Lake. She used a golden horn to erase the runes on the ground, disabling the restrictions here, then rushed to a stalk of Quasi-Sacred Medicine and tried to pull it up by the roots.
At the same time, the others arrived through the fighting, including Shi Yi and a group of Pureblood Creatures. They used their treasures to drive back the charging monkeys and made their moves on the remaining Quasi-Sacred Medicine.
Shi Yi stood out most among them. A Bian and a Golden Peng surged from his eyes, both formed of runes, and enveloped a stalk of Quasi-Sacred Medicine, seeking to draw it out of the ground.
Just then, a broken mountain peak descended from the sky, looming over them all.
Everyone had to divert their attention to resisting it. Various precious techniques shot into the sky, their runic light blazing as they shattered the mountain peak.
Amid the chaos, a Human Youth appeared and struck boldly, unleashing a Heaven and Earth Bag that covered all four stalks of Quasi-Sacred Medicine rising from the ground.
"You little thief! It's you!"
Seeing who had intervened, Yun Xi shouted angrily.
But he ignored Yun Xi and instead poured all his strength into activating the Heaven and Earth Bag, hoping to take all four stalks of Quasi-Sacred Medicine.
How could Yun Xi, Shi Yi, and the others let him have his way? Naturally, they did everything they could to stop him.
At that very moment, a roar rang out, and an old wolf appeared. Though just over a meter long, thin as a bundle of sticks and seemingly decrepit, it was immensely powerful-another supreme Beast King.
The moment the old wolf appeared, it disrupted the void, preventing the four stalks of Quasi-Sacred Medicine from being drawn into the Heaven and Earth Bag. They fell back to the ground.
Other supreme Beast Kings appeared alongside the old wolf. These late arrivals were all experts of the older generation who had been lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance. Only now did they emerge, displaying remarkable patience.
"You old things finally decided to come out! I've been waiting for you!"
In the distance, the Divine Monkey King let out a long howl. Symbols flickered across the ground, forming a great formation that sealed off this stretch of heaven and earth. The ground was fixed in place as well, and the four stalks of Quasi-Sacred Medicine could no longer be taken easily.
Then the Divine Monkey King came charging back. He intended to slaughter everyone here.
The battlefield quickly shifted to the shore of the Spirit Lake. Everyone was swept into it, and a chaotic melee began.
At this point, everyone knew they could no longer hold anything back. The Divine Monkey King was charging toward them, and unless they seized the Quasi-Sacred Medicine while the other Beast Kings kept him occupied, they would have no further chance.
The Bifang, Zhujian, Chi Dragon, and the others all unleashed supremely powerful treasures, hoping to snatch the Quasi-Sacred Medicine from afar. But the Divine Monkey King intercepted every attempt, gravely wounding them and leaving them no choice but to flee.
Their attacks, however, had lifted the four stalks of Quasi-Sacred Medicine from the earth once more, and the others seized the opportunity again.
With quick eyes and quicker hands, Yun Xi broke the Divine Monkey King's runes using the golden horn in her hand, seized a stalk of Quasi-Sacred Medicine, and swiftly fled into the distance.
"Who could take my Quasi-Sacred Medicine from me?"
The Divine Monkey King's icy voice rang out. He looked at Yun Xi, and golden beams shot from his eyes.
At that moment, a graceful purple-clad figure appeared in front of Yun Xi. It was Yun Ying. She raised the Purple Bamboo Sword upright before her, and Sword Dao Runes blazed, their radiance illuminating heaven and earth.
Boundless sharpness erupted, and the ringing of the sword shook heaven and earth. Sword Dao Runes burned like divine clouds of light, strand after strand weaving together and linking in the void, unfolding into a sacred pattern.
Dazzling light illuminated heaven and earth as a gigantic sword blossom bloomed in midair. Thick streams of sword energy formed its petals, interwoven with runes and condensed until they seemed solid. Razor-sharp power coursed through them, tearing heaven and earth apart.
At the center of the sword blossom, Yun Ying stood tall, her long purple hair dancing, lustrous as jade. The Purple Bamboo Sword shone with peerless sharpness.
"What is that?"
On the ground, everyone looked up at the enormous sword blossom in utter shock. Merely looking at it made their eyes sting, and even their skin prickled as though pierced by needles.
"It's a woman!"
Through the sword blossom, they all saw a graceful purple-clad figure, breathtakingly beautiful and unrivaled in her splendor.
Clang!
Just then, the two golden beams descended like an eruption of thunder, striking the enormous sword blossom with the clear clash of metal.
Several breaths later, the two golden beams shattered, unable to pierce the sword blossom's petals.
Gasp!
Many drew sharp breaths at the sight. She had blocked even the Divine Monkey King's gaze. How powerful!
Then the gigantic sword blossom shone and began to shrink, finally becoming only two meters tall. At a thought from Yun Ying, it drifted over and settled beneath Yun Xi's feet.
The sword blossom's petals began to close, enclosing Yun Xi within.
"Big sister, go on ahead!"
Yun Ying turned and spoke to Yun Xi, then raised her jade-like hand and thrust her palm forward. Enclosing Yun Xi, the sword blossom became a divine rainbow streaking toward the horizon, vanishing in an instant.
Everyone stared blankly. Before they could even react, both the girl and the Quasi-Sacred Medicine had been sent away!
"Damn you! Come back here!"
The Divine Monkey King flew into a rage. Having the Quasi-Sacred Medicine stolen right before his eyes was an unspeakable humiliation. He reached out with his great hand, golden light blazing for thousands of yards, and grabbed in the direction the sword blossom had departed.
But it was clearly too late. The sword blossom was too fast, already beyond the Divine Monkey King's ability to catch.
"Who exactly is this woman?"
Everyone was astounded. She had seized a stalk of Quasi-Sacred Medicine right before the Divine Monkey King. Though she had caught him off guard, it was more than enough to prove her strength and skill.
"No one can take my Quasi-Sacred Medicine! Die!"
The Divine Monkey King roared. He looked at Yun Ying, his killing intent surging to the heavens. An enormous hand towering into the sky reached across the distance and slammed down toward her. If it struck, not even her bones would remain.
A terrifying aura bore down, placing Yun Ying under immense pressure. He truly was a king of the Array Formation Realm, far beyond anything the Inscription Realm could compare with.
Naturally, Yun Ying would not meet this blow head-on. At a thought, light surged into the heavens from behind her, and a pair of azure wings unfurled, wreathed in endless, dazzling starlight.
These were the Star Wings, though they had undergone some changes in Yun Ying's hands. Now, Star Sword Wings would have been a more fitting name.
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