Chapter 99

"Find death!" Seeing that Sima Yan not only did not retreat but instead charged forward recklessly, forcing her way through the myriad sword shadows, the eldest disciple could not help but smile sinisterly, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. His right hand, without hesitation, once again drew several sword flowers.

"Swish, swish!" The second wave of myriad sword shadows once again formed an unbreakable sword net, surging endlessly towards Sima Yan.

Each sword's trajectory was abnormally bizarre and vicious, sealing off all directions around Sima Yan—up, down, front, back, left, and right. No matter where she advanced, she could not avoid the fate of being pierced by a myriad of swords.

"Crack!" The eldest disciple's judgment was correct. In a situation where her strength was far inferior to his, Sima Yan's forced charge was undoubtedly seeking death. The myriad sword shadows quickly left countless holes of varying depths on her body, with streams of blood gushing out like fountains, turning into a sky of blood rain that fell to the ground.

However, what the eldest disciple did not expect was that after suffering such severe injuries, Sima Yan did not stop but continued to charge forward without hesitation.

In almost the blink of an eye, Sima Yan, now drenched in blood, had reached three meters in front of the eldest disciple.

"Swish!" Just as the eldest disciple was about to unleash the third wave of sword shadows to completely annihilate Sima Yan, she suddenly swung her right hand, tearing open the storage space in front of her, and grabbed an object, which she threw at the eldest disciple without hesitation.

The moment this object appeared, a surging demonic aura rushed towards him. This demonic aura was accompanied by countless fierce demonic shadows, roaring wildly, instantly forming a huge blood mouth that lunged at the eldest disciple with a ferocious bite.

"Devouring Spirit Pearl!" Seeing this object, the eldest disciple's face turned pale with horror. Hundreds of years ago, when the nine major sects united to fight the demon race, the eldest disciple had also participated in that battle. However, at that time, he was just a junior of the Flowing Cloud Sect, with some senior experts of the sect in front of him.

At that time, the eldest disciple had no chance to fight the high-ranking members of the demon race, but he had witnessed the power of the Devouring Spirit Pearl during the intense battle.

Under the terrifying power of the "Devouring Spirit Pearl" devouring myriad spirits, the eldest disciple had personally seen a great elder of the Flowing Cloud Sect being swallowed alive by that blood mouth, turning into a pool of blood and dying.

That great elder had also reached the terrifying realm of early-stage Battle Venerable, the same as his current cultivation.

Recalling the tragic fate of that great elder, the eldest disciple was frightened to the core and no longer dared to unleash the third wave of sword shadows. Instead, he fled for his life without hesitation.

He knew that although the Devouring Spirit Pearl was extremely powerful, it had a distance limitation. As long as he escaped from the attack range of the Devouring Spirit Pearl, he could avoid this deadly threat.

In his desperate flight, the eldest disciple instantly unleashed the speed of a Battle Venerable to the fullest, even exceeding his potential, and in an instant, reached the location of four junior disciples behind him. With a sudden wave of his right hand, he threw the four junior disciples into his storage space and fled.

The blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl continued to pursue relentlessly.

However, after chasing for ten thousand feet, the blood mouth finally slowly turned into wisps of blood-colored smoke and gradually disappeared into the air.

"Phew" Seeing the eldest disciple scared away by the Devouring Spirit Pearl, Sima Yan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

In fact, the Devouring Spirit Pearl she had taken out was just a half-finished product, unable to unleash even half the power of the genuine one. She had taken a risky gamble—success would be fine, but failure would mean certain death and the loss of one of her nine lives.

However, unless absolutely necessary, Sima Yan did not want to die easily. As the name suggested, the Nine Lives Technique was a secret technique of the demon race, granting only nine chances of resurrection.

In the past, she had already died seven times, and now she had only two chances left. If she died twice more, there would be no way to save her, and she would have to fall into the cycle of rebirth and be reincarnated.

"Swish" Sima Yan moved her body and quickly entered the damaged teleportation array within the crack. Due to the severe damage, the array had lost most of its teleportation function, and black smoke was still rising around it.

"I must quickly repair this array to enter the forbidden area. Otherwise, if that old man regains his senses and comes back, I will truly be doomed!" Thinking quickly, Sima Yan swiftly took out countless high-grade spirit stones from her storage bag and placed them in the half-destroyed grooves around the teleportation array. Then, with a wave of her right hand, she released a powerful energy, injecting it into the array to begin the repair.

Under the repair by the energy and high-grade spirit stones, the teleportation array slowly returned to its original state. In less than three breaths, it was fully restored, and a dazzling white light appeared on it again.

As the teleportation array was repaired, the high-grade spirit stones Sima Yan had placed in the grooves turned into debris and were completely destroyed.

Ignoring the pain, Sima Yan took out another dozen high-grade spirit stones from her storage bag and placed them in the repaired grooves, quickly activating the teleportation array again.

"Swish!" The teleportation array immediately emitted a bright white light, quickly enveloping Sima Yan's figure and beginning the teleportation.

"Damn demoness, you dare to play tricks on me! I will tear you to pieces!" Just as Sima Yan's figure was about to enter the teleportation, a furious roar suddenly came from the distant sky, and a pale golden figure rushed towards the location at lightning speed.

This person was none other than the eldest disciple, who had returned after fleeing for ten thousand feet. The blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl had gradually disappeared, leaving him still trembling with fear.

But upon further thought, the eldest disciple immediately realized something was wrong. Hundreds of years ago, during the battle where the nine major sects united to fight the demon race, he had personally witnessed the blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl chasing a great elder for thirty thousand feet before finally devouring him.

Now, the blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl had only chased for ten thousand feet before disappearing, indicating that this was not the real Devouring Spirit Pearl but a half-finished product.

Realizing he had been tricked, the eldest disciple was furious, feeling utterly humiliated. He immediately returned, filled with rage, to kill Sima Yan.

This time, he would not let her escape.

"Phew" In almost the blink of an eye, the eldest disciple tore through the void and instantly reached the outer edge of the crack where the teleportation array was located. Without hesitation, he extended his right hand and fiercely grabbed towards Sima Yan's figure inside the teleportation array, trying to pull her out just like the first time.

"Old man, since you want to die, I will grant your wish. Devouring Spirit Pearl." Seeing this, Sima Yan immediately let out a cold snort and, without hesitation, took out another Devouring Spirit Pearl from her storage space and threw it at the eldest disciple.

"Phew" The Devouring Spirit Pearl quickly transformed into fierce demonic shadows, twisting and deforming, and instantly formed a blood mouth identical to the previous one, lunging at the eldest disciple with a ferocious bite.

"Again?" The eldest disciple's face turned pale upon seeing this, as he could not determine whether this Devouring Spirit Pearl was real or fake.

If it was real, he would surely die. If it was fake, he would be tricked by the hateful demoness again.

But life only had one chance, and the eldest disciple did not dare to take the risk. He immediately fled for his life, wanting to see how far the blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl could chase, which would help him determine its authenticity.

"Phew, phew!" As the eldest disciple reached his maximum speed, the blood mouth formed by the Devouring Spirit Pearl remained about three meters away from him, unable to get closer.

After chasing for ten thousand feet, the blood mouth behind him again turned into a wisp of blood-colored smoke and disappeared.

"Damn!" Sensing the disappearance of the blood mouth behind him, the eldest disciple was so angry that his hair and beard stood on end, and he could not help but roar wildly, his face completely distorted with rage.

He never expected to be tricked by this demoness twice.

"Demoness, I will kill you!" The eldest disciple's roar instantly echoed throughout the sky of the Flowing Cloud Sect. In a flash, he tore through the void and instantly reached the outer edge of the teleportation array, fiercely grabbing towards the residual image of Sima Yan in the teleportation.

But this time, because the teleportation array had already been active for three breaths, the eldest disciple's grab missed, and his right hand returned empty.

"Ah..." Overwhelmed by anger and frustration, the eldest disciple could not help but spew several mouthfuls of blood, his body shaking violently, almost falling from the sky.

For a strong person like him, today's humiliation was immense. He never expected to be tricked by this demoness twice, and even by the same trick.

"Demoness, I, Wang Xiyang, swear to the heavens that if I catch you in the future, I will tear you to pieces! Ah..." The eldest disciple, with bloodshot eyes, stared fiercely at the teleportation array and could not help but spew another mouthful of blood.

However, he did not dare to continue chasing through the teleportation array because the duration of his combined technique was almost over. If he pursued and the combined technique's effect ended, he would surely die.

A person of his cultivation level cherished his life greatly and did not dare to take risks lightly.

"Phew, phew" At this moment, countless figures rapidly flew from the sky behind the eldest disciple and stopped five meters in front of him.

"Disciple greets Senior!" "Disciple greets Ancestor!" Everyone bowed in unison. The leader was none other than the sect master of the Flowing Cloud Sect, Wu Xingtian, and the others were all strong experts of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

"Quickly pass through the teleportation array and chase the demoness. Remember, the demoness is extremely powerful, a super-strong late-stage Battle Emperor. When dealing with her, do not scatter; gather everyone's strength to annihilate her in one go! I will stay here to prevent the demoness from escaping from this place!" The eldest disciple's eyes immediately brightened, and he quickly issued orders.

"Yes!" Wu Xingtian and the others, receiving the order, did not dare to delay and flew into the teleportation array, taking out a large number of high-grade spirit stones and placing them inside.

"Swish!" Accompanied by a dazzling white light, Wu Xingtian and the others gradually entered the teleportation.

"Slap!" As Wu Xingtian and the others disappeared, the body of Ancestor Wang Xiyang could not help but shake violently, and he fell heavily to the ground. At this moment, the duration of the combined technique had just ended.

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