Chapter 544 - 293: Ji Minghui: Young Master Ling, I Am Willing to Go with You

"Your Majesty, what do we do now?"

A Royal Elder at Xia Qingying’s side asked with a grave expression.

"Is there no way to fight back?"

Xia Qingying’s brow furrowed, and she spoke with a hint of resignation.

"There isn’t. We aren’t familiar with this Ancient Divine Land. Now that they have control of the core hub, we are in no position to challenge them."

"Then, let’s retreat!"

Xia Qingying sighed. Things having come to this, she didn’t want to let her own forces be sacrificed for nothing.

"Patriarch Yu, we have decided to leave. I wonder what your family plans to do?"

After a moment of thought, Xia Qingying asked politely.

"We will retreat as well."

Yu Zhonglin weighed his options for a moment, then glanced up at the incense stick in midair and nodded helplessly.

Thus, the Cultivators of the two families joined together and retreated like a receding tide.

The Sect Leader of Xuannü Palace also didn’t hesitate. She led her disciples back across the Purple Jade Arch Bridge behind them, rapidly evacuating.

Next was Su Mingcan, who retreated with the dozens of Cultivators from Mingzun Mountain. This time, no one stood in their way.

By the Baiyu Lotus Pool, Celestial Monarch Luo Qi stomped her foot and said hatefully:

"Fine! You win this round. We’ll see about this!"

"I will one day repay the humiliation of today with interest!"

With that, her figure transformed into a magnificent streak of light and vanished on the spot.

And so, of the major powers present, only Li Huo Divine Palace and the Chiying Demon Sect remained.

Qin Tiangen and Yin Xuechen were not ready to give up. They had to find a way to negotiate. If that failed, their only option was to turn hostile and fight.

"Fellow Daoist, I still believe the opportunities within the Divine Land Ruins should not be monopolized by you,"

Yin Xuechen said in a low voice. "Why not listen to my proposal? We can sit down and have a proper discussion..."

He rambled on, but the surroundings were silent. No one responded to his words.

Yin Xuechen’s expression turned ugly. Just as he was about to speak again, the incense stick in midair burned down to its end.

"AH—!"

A Cultivator from the Chiying Demon Sect suddenly let out a bloodcurdling scream, writhing and struggling wildly on the ground.

Wisps of silver light had silently appeared on his body, spreading rapidly like a spiderweb. Within a few breaths, they had bound him completely.

Immediately, the man’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit began to drain away like a flood through an open dam. No matter what Secret Techniques or Divine Techniques he used, or what Elixirs he consumed, nothing helped.

Yin Xuechen’s figure flickered and appeared before the man. With a wave of his hand, a cascade of life-filled, clear brilliance fell, covering his entire body.

This was him striking with his full power, yet it was still useless. As the man’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit completely withered away, his screams grew fainter and fainter until they fell completely silent.

In the end, all that remained on the ground was a pile of black ash and residue, vaguely human-shaped. His Magical Treasures and Storage Magical Artifacts were scattered beside it.

’Truly vicious!’

Yin Xuechen’s expression was darker than it had ever been.

However, this was only the beginning. Accompanied by a rising chorus of screams, more Cultivators began to fall victim, wisps of spiderweb-like silver light appearing on their bodies.

Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divinity Transformation... In the end, even the Great Powers of the Void Refining Realm began to show the silver light.

At the same time, with a thunderous roar, the interwoven black-and-white spatial Restriction Traps on the Purple Jade Arch Bridge they had used to enter were fully restored, completely cutting off their path of retreat.

"Damn it, she wants us all to die here!"

Qin Tiangen roared, surging with his full Magical Power to desperately suppress the ever-increasing silver light on his body.

Yin Xuechen gritted his teeth. With a fierce wave of his wide, snow-white sleeve, two blood-colored flood dragons emerged, shaking their heads as they flew out and smashed violently toward the Purple Jade Arch Bridge.

In that instant, the earth shook and mountains swayed. A powerful light erupted, and deafening explosions echoed endlessly. The terrifying heat nearly melted and distorted space itself.

Qin Tiangen also summoned a stone stele that shimmered with dark light and was covered in golden inscriptions. It swelled to the size of a mountain peak and hurtled toward the spatial Restrictions on the Purple Jade Arch Bridge.

The remaining Cultivators who could still fight no longer held back. All kinds of Magical Treasures, Spiritual Treasures, and Divine Talismans rained down, covering the entire bridge.

No one dared to fly past the bridge over the Black Abyss, because the consequences would be even more severe. The hundreds of Cultivators who had been thrown out to scout the path earlier had all vanished without a trace, not even bones remaining.

Their combined assault was effective. After more than ten breaths, the spatial Restrictions on the Purple Jade Arch Bridge were gradually worn away, returning it to a passable state.

But Yin Xuechen couldn’t feel happy. By now, less than thirty percent of the Chiying Demon Sect Cultivators around him were still able to move.

But before they could leave the Divine Land Ruins, there were still dozens of checkpoints, dangerous passes, and Array Restrictions they needed to break through.

...

「At the core altar of the Divine Hall.」

"...None of them will be able to escape, right?"

Ling Changqing asked, watching the scene in the Magical Projection Light Mirror.

Meng Feiyu smiled. "Of course. As long as someone is directing it, the offensive power of the Divine Hall’s defensive Array system is more than ten times stronger than before. How could they possibly escape?"

Sure enough, as time passed, the Cultivators from Li Huo Divine Palace and the Chiying Demon Sect perished one after another. The Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators were the first to fall, followed by those in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Yin Xuechen and Qin Tiangen led two dozen or so Refining Void Powerhouses, transforming into streaks of light as they fled at high speed, only to be blocked by a Dark Gold Gate.

Enduring the pain of their injuries, they attacked with all their might. After several dozen breaths, they finally broke the Restriction, but at the cost of six of the powerhouses’ lives.