Miserable screams, furious roars, and piercing shrieks rang without end; blades and swords clashed with claws, divine radiance contended with ghost fire.
The slaughter between the two sides was ferocious. She Ji and Sun Yiqiu's situation, meanwhile, was both awkward and dire—they were essentially being battered from both sides. She Ji shielded Sun Yiqiu as she darted left and right across the battlefield, fighting desperately to break out.
Thick foul stench mingled with murky yin energy, nearly driving out the already sparse spiritual qi of the underworld. It made She Ji feel intensely nauseated, yet with her body severely depleted, she had no choice but to endure the revulsion and draw in that painful energy. The spiritual power it replenished was pitifully scant.
Her body grew heavier and heavier, and her consciousness began to blur. The next moment, a shadow enveloped She Ji and Sun Yiqiu.
A One-Horned Monster came flying backward and smashed into them before She Ji's widening eyes, carrying them both into the mountainside with tremendous force.
Bang.
Broken rocks crashed with the three of them into a hollow chamber within the mountain. She Ji and Sun Yiqiu were flung apart, and only then did they clearly see that the One-Horned Monster had just half a body left.
As the mountain shattered, the filthy blood of the Half-Ghost Half-Evil Monster splashed across Sun Yiqiu. His spirit talismans, whose spiritual power had long since been almost exhausted, no longer lit up. Drenched in filthy blood, Sun Yiqiu, whose Soul Body consciousness had already been hazy, immediately screamed as if struck by some violent reflex.
"Ah—"
She Ji, herself dazed and battered, heard Sun Yiqiu's cry. She struggled to sweep away the monster pinning her down, then rushed to his side and slammed her palm fiercely against him.
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