Master Yixuan's Might

"The First Lord's will? Just an excuse you use to deceive the world."

Yixuan spoke calmly, her voice laced with mockery.

"Let's finish this quickly!" Yixuan said, and they continued charging at Meral.

"Bear witness! The First Lord's blessing!"

Meral floated into the air, a four-colored halo forming behind her.

"Careful, her moves have changed!" Ju Fufu quickly warned when she saw this.

Yixuan immediately conjured a mass of talismans and briefly rose into the air. After striking, she landed, forming a taiji diagram on the ground.

The strike interrupted Meral's movements and dealt considerable damage.

"Her Corruption shield's been shattered!" Xu An immediately conjured flying swords of various colors. "So you're resistant to ice, huh? I've got plenty more! Have a taste of each!"

Ju Fufu and Pan Yinhu also unleashed their respective abilities, beating Meral back step by step.

She could not dodge the incoming swords and talismans in time, and she also had to divide her attention to evade Ju Fufu and Pan Yinhu's close-range attacks.

Soon, Meral was covered in wounds.

Sensing considerable danger, she hurriedly swept out another attack to create distance, then formed her Corruption shield again.

"Do you feel it? This is the First Lord's will!" she shouted at the same time.

Once it had finished forming, she lunged at Yixuan in the battlefield.

"Why is she getting harder and harder to deal with?!" Ju Fufu could not help complaining as she dodged the attack with some difficulty.

Her stamina had been draining rather quickly since the battle began.

Seeing her disciple in danger, Yixuan could spare no thought for anything else. She immediately unleashed her big moves, releasing her powerful spell and ultimate in succession and shattering Meral's Corruption shield once more.

"The First Lord's protection... is fading...!" A trace of disbelief entered Meral's voice.

"The Corruption around us seems to be thinning!" Ju Fufu said happily as she noticed the change.

"Now's our chance! Hurry and finish this!"

Meral looked at Yixuan. "How? You... possess this kind of power too?"

Talismans formed in Yixuan's hand again. "Tell your First Lord to watch closely! The Order's plot ends here today!"

Seeing this, Meral stopped holding back as well. She floated high into the air, drawing behind her the material formed from Corruption that hovered nearby, already considerably depleted.

"Mount Yunkui! Still as stubborn as ever! Then let this end here!"

A fierce impact followed her furious roar.

Seeing that things were going badly, Yixuan hurriedly shielded everyone behind her, blocking every attack.

But under the impact, she was slowly pushed back.

"Master!" Seeing that something seemed wrong with Yixuan, Belle could not help shouting.

As the Corruption washed over her relentlessly, Yixuan seemed to hear an illusory voice.

"Yixuan, you're different from me and everyone else... Your talent will become a weapon to protect everyone. You can go farther than we can."

Seeing the surrounding Corruption seemingly closing in on them, Xu An silently feared the worst.

System! Add points! Put them into spirit! Twenty thousand!

Feeling his ability advance, Xu An hurriedly conjured a shield to protect everyone.

"You're... nothing but an illusion created by Corruption!"

Then Yixuan seemed to freeze in place.

Seeing this, Xu An could only do his best to maintain the shield, keeping the Corruption from harming anyone inside in the slightest.

Meanwhile, within Yixuan's consciousness, a giant Qingming Bird looked at her and said, "Stranger, please tell my little sister..."

At this, Yixuan murmured, "Or is this... a memory?" She was no longer sure either.

The Qingming Bird continued speaking. "Her big sister isn't selfless... nor is she great. If... I don't end this disaster tonight... my Yixuan will shatter along with Eridu...

"I'm doing this not for all living beings, but only for her. For my Yixuan."

As Yixuan listened to these words, images kept surfacing in her mind.

"Live on... This is... our promise."

"Sister..." Yixuan's gaze gradually grew resolute.

Sensing that Yixuan had recovered, Xu An also breathed a sigh of relief. Phew~ I'm exhausted. Thank goodness Master's all right.

Then Yixuan exerted her power.

"Hmm?" Meral looked at the constantly gathering Corruption in confusion, sensing that something was wrong.

Rays of golden light pierced the thick red-and-black Corruption, illuminating the darkened surroundings.

Then they flowed continuously, mingling with the Corruption. Finally, after turning it completely golden, it exploded with a thunderous crash. An array of yin and yang, formed from talismans, then occupied the entire battlefield.

Caught in the tremendous impact, Meral exclaimed in shock, "Impossible!"

Yixuan and the others occupied the array's two focal points separately, and a giant Qingming Bird slowly rose into the air.

"Sister... I never imagined I would understand you, become you, in this way."

Looking at the figures in the air, Yixuan spoke slowly.

"I am Yixuan, the thirteenth-generation sect master of Mount Yunkui!"

The Qingming Bird merged into Yixuan's body, and golden light shone all over her. Watching from the side, Xu An kept taking notes. Hmm~ Energy covering the whole body, golden battle aura! Woo!

"I shall eradicate the evil of this world!" With a sharp cry, she spread her wings.

"It's time to settle this!" Yixuan launched a fierce assault.

Xu An and the others immediately followed her into the fight.

With his ability greatly enhanced, Xu An constantly disrupted Meral's movements, tugging at her hand with psychic power one moment and charging into her sea of consciousness to briefly daze her the next.

Taking advantage of a moment when she was dazed, Yixuan sent a streak of golden light charging at Meral, knocking her down.

Her massive body struck the bell tower before slowly toppling forward, her lips murmuring, "May the First Lord... forge me."

Seeing her gradually dissipate, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, it's finally over! Thank you for your hard work, Master!" Xu An hurried forward to support Yixuan, taking the opportunity to massage her shoulders so she could relax for a moment.

"Junior brother! You're really quick when it comes to currying favor!" Ju Fufu also hurried forward and took Yixuan's hand.

"Are you all right, Master?" Belle asked, looking at Yixuan.

"I'm fine. Let's take care of the remaining matters first," Yixuan said with a slight nod.

The surrounding Corruption gradually dispersed... Though danger still lurked everywhere within the Hollow, the malice surging in the shadows seemed to be receding.

After briefly checking the surroundings, the group from Mount Yunkui guided the trapped adults out of the Hollow to receive treatment.

After returning to Yunkui Summit, everyone seemed to find relief for their exhausted bodies and minds.

"Phew! Awesome ㄟ(≧◇≦)ㄏ! We finally took down that bishop! Now everyone should stop falling for their tricks." Ju Fufu smiled, but still remembered to ask, "Eric! How are the people who attended the gathering doing? They should be all right, shouldn't they?"

No longer tense either, Eric said in an even tone, "We just met those people who came out of the Hollow. They said that while they were evacuating, they saw The Order setting up a strange ritual..."