Devil Master Tuoba Kui, however, pursued Duanmu Lan relentlessly.
The God-Slaying Devil Blade sent out streaks of blood-colored blade light, slashing at Duanmu Lan again and again.
Duanmu Lan finally felt his heart tremble!
With no one to help him, he could hardly escape with the Devil Master on his trail.
Difficult as it was, though, it wasn't entirely impossible!
Duanmu Lan kept using his divine whip to block the blood-colored blade light, and the whip gradually sustained severe damage!
At this moment, besides the devil god Black Dragon, other devil gods and Devil Race Quasi-Gods boldly forced their way into the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation.
The Devil-Sealing Grand Formation could automatically sense Devil Race experts. It would suppress those who broke into it with the formation's power, preventing them from using their full strength.
But with no God Realm expert presiding over it, the grand formation could not lock onto a target and strike it down!
The hole in the grand formation grew larger and larger, and more and more Devil Race fighters charged inside!
Chishui Royal City was on the very brink of falling!
Outside the Hall of Longevity, Lin Changqing and the others were burning with anxiety!
According to the plan, Duanmu Lan should have taken them away by now!
Those with higher cultivation could see that Duanmu Lan was being pursued by the Devil Master and was in a terrible state!
It's over!
Do we have to fight our own way out of the encirclement?
Boom! Boom! Boom...
With that series of earth-shaking blasts, the iridescent barrier covering the whole of Chishui Royal City collapsed completely!
The Devil-Sealing Grand Formation had been utterly destroyed!
The Chishui experts responsible for channeling their power into the grand formation all spat blood, their faces pale!
Even though they were already injured, they had no choice but to brace themselves and face the Devil Race army.
Without the iridescent barrier to stop it, the Devil Race army poured into the royal city from all directions.
The Chishui experts who had stayed behind were filled with despair!
The Devil Race army was even more terrifying in size and overall strength than they had expected!
There was no escaping. Death awaited them either way, so they could only fight!
Kill one and break even, kill two and come out ahead!
Whoosh!
Duanmu Lan landed outside the Hall of Longevity.
The instant the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation had collapsed, it had caused widespread disturbances in the energy. He had seized the chance to use a divine substitution talisman and shake off the Devil Master.
Divine talismans were all tremendously valuable, and even God Realm experts possessed few of them.
Duanmu Lan had no time to regret the loss.
He had to withdraw as quickly as possible!
Otherwise, if the Devil Master's divine sense locked onto him again, he would have to pay an even greater price for a chance to escape.
"Go!"
Duanmu Lan released his divine power. Cyan Divine Essence Power turned into cyan vines that wove themselves into a huge cage, gathering Lin Changqing and the others inside.
Immediately afterward, the God Realm expert soared into the air, carrying the cyan vine cage with him.
"Old Duanmu, where do you think you're going?!"
The devil god Black Dragon moved to intercept him. With a wave of his arm, the black dragon of devil flames coiled around him pounced.
"Black Dragon, we'll fight another day!"
Duanmu Lan swung the divine whip in his hand again. Though battered and broken, it drove the black dragon of devil flames back.
"Old Duanmu, I, Tuoba Ke, have come to play with you too!"
Another Devil Race God Realm expert charged at him.
Tuoba Ke was the Devil Master Tuoba Kui's own younger brother, and his strength surpassed even that of the devil god Black Dragon!
Tuoba Ke's devil body was tall and massive. He swung both arms, unleashing surging streams of black devil power.
The black devil power swiftly turned into black bats that flew toward Duanmu Lan.
Duanmu Lan was extremely frustrated!
If he hadn't delayed for a moment to take Lin Changqing and the others with him, he could have left the battlefield in time!
"Get lost!"
Duanmu Lan swung his divine whip again, sweeping away a great swarm of black bats.
He had been targeted again and could no longer take Lin Changqing and the others away without trouble.
He didn't even know whether he could escape this time!
With no other choice, he could only set the cyan vine cage back on the ground first.
The cyan vine cage had been formed from divine power and could protect Lin Changqing and the others for a while.
Back on the ground, Lin Changqing and the others watched Duanmu Lan being attacked by two devil gods, their hearts burning with anxiety!
It's over! It's over!
Ancestor Duanmu was firmly pinned down!
Lin Changqing's expression was grave!
Shi Feifei trembled all over!
Su Ying was drenched in sweat and felt her legs going weak!
Xi Zhaoqu sighed and groaned, panic in his eyes!
The other members of the Chishui Royal Clan were just as pale!
Dong!
Suddenly, a zither note rang out!
The note wasn't particularly loud, yet it spread across the entire battlefield!
The human experts who heard it all felt a wave of comfort in their souls, and every trace of pain vanished from their bodies!
It was a different story for the Devil Race experts who heard it!
They felt as though thunder had exploded in their heads. Those with lower cultivation clutched their heads and screamed, while the Martial Emperors, Martial Thearchs, and Quasi-Gods went rigid in an instant.
Even devil gods like Tuoba Ke felt their devil arts falter, and their expressions changed drastically!
Everyone looked toward the sound!
On the roof of a building in the Heartwarming Pavilion sat a woman in a multicolored battle robe, holding a harp.
Dong! Ding-dong...
The woman was bathed in golden divine light. Her left hand held the harp while the five fingers of her right hand plucked its strings!
Wave after wave of zither music sent ripples through space!
The sound waves spread swiftly in all directions. Wherever they passed, the humans were greatly encouraged and their morale soared, while the Devil Race fighters all grew dispirited and listless!
"Ah! Ah! Ah..."
The Devil Race fighters hovering in midair clutched their heads and fell, screaming!
The human experts slew them with ease. They made no attempt to dodge or strike back!
Duanmu Lan seized the moment and lashed his divine whip viciously at the devil god Black Dragon.
The devil god Black Dragon's condition had deteriorated drastically, and the flow of his devil power was obstructed. An attack he could normally have dodged with ease struck him squarely.
Boom!!
The devil god Black Dragon fell from the sky and smashed a huge crater into the ground!
"Is this... the Eight Sounds of the Profound Zither?"
Devil Master Tuoba Kui was horrified!
The Eight Sounds of the Profound Zither had not been lost after Mu Wanqing's time, but even those who later reached the God Realm could not fully display the might of this divine technique!
Only when the Eight Sounds of the Profound Zither were combined with Mu Wanqing's Heavenly Heart Profound Maiden Scripture cultivation method and the divine artifact Heavenly Heart Zither could they reveal their greatest power!
Tuoba Kui looked at the harp the woman on the roof was holding. However he looked at it, it closely resembled the Heavenly Heart Zither described in the Biography of Wanqing!
Moreover, human artifact-refining experts had made replicas of the Heavenly Heart Zither.
The replica Heavenly Heart Zither was a Quasi-Divine Artifact, and its appearance was very close to that of the harp the woman on the roof was holding!
The multicolored battle robe the woman on the roof wore also looked remarkably like Mu Wanqing's Iridescent Battle Robe!
Ding-dong!!
The sound waves of the zither music swept across the Devil Race army on the entire battlefield!
Not a single Devil Race expert could escape its effects, and even plugging their ears was useless!
Even Devil Master Tuoba Kui was left restless and distracted by the music, his Qi and blood in turmoil!
Could the rumors be true? Has Mu Wanqing been reborn?
Tuoba Kui was filled with shock and doubt!
Earlier, he had sent three Devil Race Quasi-Gods to attack the Devil-Sealing Well in Chishui Royal City, and all three had died here!
Later, he had heard rumors that Mu Wanqing, one of the human race's Ancestral Gods, had been reborn and had personally slain the three Devil Race Quasi-Gods!
Tuoba Kui had scoffed at the rumor and refused to believe it.
But only after seeing the woman on the roof with his own eyes today did he realize the rumor was not entirely without basis.
"Hahaha! Our Ancestral God Mu Wanqing has appeared again!"
"Thank you, Ancestral God, for saving the people from fire and water!"
"Ancestor Mu, kill all these Devil Race villains!"
"The human race is not to be bullied!"
The human warriors in the royal city fought their enemies while devoutly singing her praises!
Lin Changqing was as if turned to stone!
He had stared intently for a long time just now, and through the layers of golden and multicolored light, he had vaguely made out the contours of the woman on the roof's face!