Becoming the Master of Sever the Heavenly River
The cracks gradually widened, revealing not only the fragments within the small barrier but also giving the black mist inside an opportunity to transform into a black beast and pounce on the people outside the barrier.
Elder Zhou and the others struggled to hold on, gritting their teeth and refusing to back down, urging Sang Ying repeatedly, "Hurry up, go in! We're about to lose control!"
Sang Ying's expression turned serious, and the Floating River Sword leaped out of its sheath and landed in Sang Ying hand. Everyone then saw the blue figure rush towards the ferocious, roaring black beast like an arrow.
It cleaved the black mist that was trying to break free completely in two!
Then, the crack that had been painstakingly torn open finally closed again. All the powerful figures present had completely exhausted their last bit of Spiritual Power.
"I hope she succeeds," Elder Zhou sighed softly. This was their last chance.
Inside the small barrier, the condensed black mist was dispersed by the Floating River Sword, and thanks to Sang Ying's intervention, not a single wisp of black mist leaked out.
The black mist seemed to be wary of the intruder. After Sang Ying entered, it shrank to the opposite side of her, and the dispersing black mist resembled its claws, constantly waving at Sang Ying. It seemed that this would intimidate her.
"Interesting, how come this thing is so similar to the one your senior sister had?" Gu Shu suddenly said something surprising.
Sang Ying was stunned, her tone filled with disbelief. "You mean, these things are all Demonic Qi?!"
Moreover, judging from Gu Shu's words, it's probably not just Demonic Qi, but Demonic Qi that shares the same origin as Su Fuyun's!
This means that the person who caused this beast tide is very likely related to Su Fuyun.
Sang Ying suppressed the complex emotions in her eyes; she would investigate this matter thoroughly. However, the most important thing now was to resolve the Demonic Qi here.
"What should I do? How can this beast tide be stopped?" Sang Ying asked him.
Gu Shu quickly spoke up, "I don't know how to make the beast tide disappear, but I can tell you how to make this Demonic Qi disappear."
"Did you know that the Sever the Heavenly River has another name— Cleanse Demons! Even though what you see before you now is just a fragment, it is still a part of the Sever the Heavenly River."
"Sang Ying, pull it out and let the Sever the Heavenly River become your sword!" At this moment, Gu Shu felt an unprecedented excitement.
His entire being trembled with Spiritual Qi, all for the sake of the rusty fragment before him.
The Floating River Sword sensed its master's unusually turbulent emotions and emitted a low, resonant sound. Just like Sang Ying, it also yearned for the fragments of the Sever the Heavenly River.
Under the watchful gaze of the Demonic Qi, Sang Ying walked step by step to the fragment. Looking at the faintly visible character "broken" on the metal piece, she finally reached out and grasped it.
At that moment, Sang Ying felt as if she had found half of her body that she had lost for a long time, and found a missing part of herself.
"I've waited too long, please take me home!" the voice in the fragment said.
Sang Ying softly replied "Okay," then gripped the fragment tightly and began to exert force.
The broken blade, though many years old, remains sharp; it is deeply embedded in the soil, seemingly having become one with the earth.
Sang Ying gritted her teeth and used all her strength to pull it outwards, but she didn't see that from the moment she touched the broken sword, the entire central area of Hidden Moon Forest was beginning to stir.
In the stone forest, the dark soil suddenly began to move, a strange sight that startled Fu Shuangjiang.
He was about to move his foot, which was mostly petrified, to get a better look.
The next second, a long, fleshy sickle pierced through the soil and emerged!
This strange change seemed to sound the clarion call for an attack. Before Fu Shuangjiang could even be surprised, all sorts of Demon Beast kept emerging from the black mud in the stone forest.
They screamed and struggled as they broke through the soil, announcing their arrival to the world.
Fu Shuangjiang's expression turned cold, and she quickly conjured a defensive ice wall, intending to block all these strange Demon Beast.
But Elder Zhou quickly spoke up, "Don't worry about these monsters, they won't harm us."
Fu Shuangjiang paused, the transparent ice wall separating the Demon Beast from the cultivators, but also allowing them to see the Demon Beast's actions more clearly.
Just as Elder Zhou said, the Demon Beast that kept emerging from the stone forest seemed to ignore Fu Shuangjiang and the others completely.
After shaking off the mud, they let out a long cry and rushed out of the stone forest. Some of the high-level Demon Beast were extremely fast, disappearing more than ten miles away in the blink of an eye.
Their sheer numbers were so great that the commotion they caused was no less than that of a beast tide.
Watching the countless Demon Beast depart, Fu Shuangjiang frowned. "Where are they going?"
"Where else can we go?" Elder Zhou's face was full of bitterness. Naturally, it was to leave this Hidden Moon Forest and bring endless suffering to the Human Race!
At a temporary settlement somewhere in Sword Frost Cliff, the child had already changed into the disciple's robes of Sword Frost Cliff, and his little face had long been washed clean.
Having shed his previous tattered clothes, he now truly resembles a great cultivator.
The child was wielding a wooden sword, practicing the Swordsmanship he had learned that morning. It was said that this was the basic Swordsmanship of Sword Frost Cliff, and only by mastering this could one learn more powerful techniques.
The child didn't know how powerful "more powerful" could be, but he wanted to become stronger, to be as strong as the person who saved him!
The boy's hard work was noticed by everyone, and his senior classmates would occasionally offer some guidance.
"You have good aptitude, it's just that the elders have gone to the Hidden Moon Forest because of the beast tide. But it's alright, once the beast tide is over, when the elders see you, they will definitely be willing to take you as their disciple and teach you well," the female cultivator who had helped him determine his Spirit Root comforted the boy.
Some people, upon hearing this, sighed, "This beast tide is coming on strong; who knows when it will finally subside?"
"It will definitely be over soon!" The boy cut off the female cultivator's words before she could finish speaking.
The two looked down at the child, who was thinner and smaller than his peers because of all the suffering he had endured, and were startled by the determination in his eyes.
"How can you be so sure that things will calm down quickly?" the male cultivator who had previously expressed his doubts asked with amusement.
The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead and gripped the wooden sword tightly in his hand.
"I just knew the beast tide would pass quickly!" The image of Sang Ying's back and the way she held her sword flashed through his mind.
If such people come to help their Black Tortoise Realm, this disaster will surely pass quickly!
That's what the boy was thinking.
The male cultivator chuckled at his words, only feeling that the child seemed a bit too stubborn.
Just as he was about to give this new junior brother a good lesson, the female cultivator beside him suddenly grabbed his arm, her nails digging deep into his flesh.
The male cultivator cried out in pain. He turned his head, about to question the other woman about what had happened, but saw the terror in her eyes.
"Look, what's that?"
As the female cultivator's voice trembled, he looked up and gazed into the distance.
Amidst the rising dust and smoke, it seemed a large group of Demon Beast were lurking!