On Your Left

Long Qinghe's face turned deathly pale instantly. He could sense that within that pillar of light, half was a deathly stillness that caused all things to wither, and the other half was a bottomless vortex of life. The two forces were intertwined and swirling, even disrupting his Soul Power.

In his haste, he could only hold the longsword horizontally in front of him.

"Clang--!!!"

The beam of light slammed into the longsword, and Long Qinghe felt a wave of decay rushing into the blade, his skin visibly drying and wrinkling. He screamed in terror, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the distant sea, splashing up a large spray of water.

This time, he didn't even have the strength to fly.

"Long Qinghe!"

Cang Xuan's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected that Bi Ji would risk being seriously injured to cripple one of them first.

Huo Pojun roared and attacked from behind, his dark tiger claws tearing fiercely with a violent black wind.

First Soul Skill: Black Wind Rending Claw!

Just as Bi Ji unleashed her Jade Skies and Yellow Springs, the old strength was exhausted and the new strength had not yet been generated, so she had no time to turn around. The tiger's claws tore fiercely at her wings, several emerald feathers were forcibly torn off, and several deep claw marks that revealed the bone appeared at the base of the wings.

She let out a painful groan and staggered forward.

Cang Xuan's dragon-headed cane, carrying a dark golden azure dragon, crashed down from the front.

Sixth Soul Skill: Azure Dragon Coils Around the Body!

The dark golden dragon shadow spiraled down, crashing down on you like a mountain.

With mountains in front and tiger claws behind, Bi Ji showed no panic. She bit her tongue sharply, and a burst of emerald light erupted around her.

This time, she didn't try to take it head-on.

The Jade Light, Tranquil Waves.

A vast expanse of soft, life-giving light spread out. The light seemed harmless, yet it possessed a strange, soothing power. The azure dragon that Cang Xuan was about to smash down inexplicably slowed down by half a beat, and a hint of confusion flashed in Huo Pojun's crimson tiger eyes.

It's that half-beat.

With a sudden flap of her wings, Bi Ji transformed into a streak of emerald light and shot off toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Her goal was clear from the beginning—to break through the blockade of that silver Soul Tool and transmit her Soul Power fluctuations. As long as the core area sensed her presence, Di Tian would descend in an instant.

"Stop her! She's trying to summon Ferocious Beast!"

Cang Xuan realized what was happening, and the two of them dared not hold back in the slightest. Their Battle Armor shone brightly, and they chased after him frantically, one on the left and one on the right.

Cang Xuan's cane suddenly lengthened, transforming into a dark golden dragon that roared and blocked Bi Ji's path.

Second Soul Skill: Azure Dragon Sweeps Its Tail!

The enormous dragon tail swept across with the power to tear the sky apart, completely blocking any path in front of it.

Bi Ji's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Without flinching or dodging, she pressed her emerald palm against the dragon's tail. This time, her palm shone with pure emerald light, and countless tiny vine phantoms grew wildly within the light.

The Withering and Flourishing Transformation —the flourishing Flourishing and Withering of Ten Thousand Trees!

The azure light arrived first, and countless emerald green vines suddenly sprouted from the dragon's tail, frantically Entanglement it.

The moment the vines reached their peak growth, a gray-black death aura flashed along them, causing all the trees to wither simultaneously. The dead vines contracted violently, actually managing to strangle the dark gold dragon's tail.

Cang Xuan felt a strange force, a force that seemed to alternate between life and death, emanating from his cane. The light from the dragon's tail dimmed rapidly, and his body was momentarily pulled back.

But this block also caused Bi Ji's charging figure to stop for a moment.

Huo Pojun had already attacked from the flank.

Fourth Soul Skill: Tiger Pounces on the Wasteland!

He transformed into a dark afterimage, his tiger claws carrying a ferocious power that seemed to tear the earth apart, aiming straight for Bi Ji's waist.

As Bi Ji closed her wings, the Emerald Guard instantly unfolded.

"Clang clang clang--!"

The tiger's claws ripped through the light barrier, creating a series of deafening crashes that made everyone's eardrums ache. The light barrier trembled violently, cracks spreading wildly, and Bi Ji's body was forced back several feet to the side by the claw, moving her even further away from the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Cang Xuan's dragon-headed cane struck again, the dark golden dragon baring its fangs and claws, together with Huo Pojun's Black Wind Tiger, trapping her firmly in the center from the left and right.

"Bi Ji, you can't escape."

Cang Xuan spoke in a deep voice, his breathing already somewhat heavy, "Complete yourself obediently, and I might spare your corpse."

Bi Ji slowly raised her head, her emerald eyes as cold as frost. Her wings were tattered and sparse, her emerald feathers scattered, and her body was crisscrossed with wounds, her emerald blood staining her translucent clothes a deep green.

Her 400,000 years of Soul Power had been mostly depleted in the series of battles; her breathing was heavy and rapid, and her chest heaved violently.

But her spine remained perfectly straight.

"Surrender?"

Bi Ji chuckled softly, her laughter cold and clear, "You're the ones who deserve to die!"

She slowly spread her wings, and this time, instead of the gray-black death aura shining from her palms, she held up two balls of light on her left and right.

The emerald light in her left hand was warm and gentle, while the gray light in her right hand was deathly cold. The two lights slowly converged, transforming into a rotating yin-yang symbol between her palms. The forces of life and death flowed alternately within it, and each alternation caused the surrounding air to groan under the unbearable weight.

Withering and Flourishing in Shared Silence Cycle of Life and Extinction!

Cang Xuan and Huo Pojun's expressions changed simultaneously. They could clearly sense that the Ferocious Beast before them was about to fight to the death.

Within the swirling pattern of life and death, a surge of boundless vitality first rushed towards them, causing their injuries beneath their Battle Armor to itch slightly. Then, a deathly chill suddenly exploded, instantly freezing a layer of gray-white frost on the sea surface within a radius of ten feet.

At this moment, the weakened Long Qinghe was struggling to get up from the narrow shore.

He knelt on the wet rocks, one hand supporting himself on his longsword, the other pressed tightly against his chest. The wound inflicted by the blast from the Jade Skies and Yellow Springs was still bleeding, and a strange power, a mixture of gray-black and emerald green, lurked deep within his meridians like two venomous snakes, gnawing at his Soul Power from time to time.

He was barely alive; his white Battle Armor was shattered, with only a few pieces hanging from his shoulders, and even his breath carried a heavy smell of blood.

On the distant sea, Cang Xuan and Huo Pojun were fighting Bi Ji in a fierce battle that shook the heavens and earth, with one explosion after another. Long Qinghe knew he couldn't intervene, so he could only retreat to this sheltered rocky beach to catch his breath.

"Bi Ji..."

He gritted his teeth and muttered venomously, "I'll kill you sooner or later!"

Who to kill?

A voice suddenly drifted over, not far from his ear, lazy and with a hint of mockery.

Without a second thought, Long Qinghe blurted out, "Of course it's that bitch!"

The moment the words left his mouth, his mind went completely blank.

A sense of danger washed over him like ice water from his spine to the top of his head. Every hair on his body stood on end. He gripped his sword tightly and used the force of the ground to flip himself up. His longsword flashed and slashed back down.

First Soul Skill: Azure Firmament Sword Qi!

The stark white sword light tore through the air and slashed fiercely behind him.

But what's behind me?

The sword energy struck a reef, splitting it in two, sending shards of rock flying. The deserted shore was only filled with the sea breeze whipping up waves; there wasn't a soul in sight.

Long Qinghe's pupils contracted sharply as he scanned his surroundings with surprise and uncertainty, the veins on his sword-wielding hand bulging.

Where?

Where is he?

In the instant of his panic, a series of crackling sounds exploded from the left.

"On your left!"

A gust of wind, carrying blinding blue and white lightning, struck from the shadows of the rocks on the side, moving as fast as lightning!