After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 571 I'm with you, Senior Sister

Yun Ruyi's eyes sharpened, and she immediately turned to ask them if they had contacted their sect. The two nodded. Without further ado, she immediately escorted them back to their group, and then flew on her sword towards the place where demonic energy was soaring into the sky.

At the same time, the disciples of the Sacrificial God Sect, who had also arrived at the red-marked location, also noticed something amiss. Along their journey, they had slain many demonic beasts and monsters, some easily, some with difficulty, but they had never seen such overwhelming demonic energy. What kind of demonic creature could have manifested with such power?

Unlike others, as the chief disciple of the Sacrificial God Sect, Gu Chengxue not only sensed the dense demonic energy, but also the pure and powerful divine power behind it, as well as a trace of sword energy that appeared and disappeared intermittently, which he was very familiar with.

With a sudden thought, he left behind the words, "You all stay here and hold your positions. I'll go scout ahead." After saying that, he transformed into a streak of light on the horizon.

"Sigh, Junior Brother Gu!"

"Senior brother, where are you going?!"

Gu Chengxue thought that there might be that person there, so she increased the speed of her sword flight, wishing she could fly to that person immediately.

He had considered that the battle might be extremely fierce, but he hadn't imagined it would be this dangerous.

They sped across the towering mountains and immediately spotted a gigantic, human-headed, moth-bodied monster with outstretched wings. Surrounded by the monster, three small figures could be vaguely seen moving among them, with flashes of light occasionally appearing to disperse a small patch of demonic energy.

Among the three small figures, he immediately spotted Jiang Liqian, who was wielding a sword imbued with terrifying sword intent, piercing through the head of a demon with a single strike.

The splattered blood covered her head and body, but she neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, she used the momentum of her sword to descend straight down and viciously cleaved the demon in two from head to tail.

The monster didn't even have a chance to cry out before it fell and became two dead halves.

She stood in the dim light and shadow, her eyes fierce, a blood-red light flashing within them, like a murderous god exuding a chilling aura.

Even though the demon was naturally ferocious, it was frightened by her appearance and dared not approach for a moment.

But Jiang Liqian's sword, and she herself, did not stop. She raised her sword, and the sky immediately became overcast, a strong wind arose, and ferocious lightning bolts rolled in the clouds, bringing with them unparalleled righteous pressure.

The monster's momentum was immediately forced back by this oppressive force, and it even showed signs of fleeing in defeat.

However, the lightning brought by the sword energy was faster than their escape speed. Under the two blinding sword lights, the two demons closest to her were instantly turned into ashes.

Strong.

too strong!

These demons must have reached the level of Nascent Soul, yet she single-handedly fought three of them and killed them all, completely ignoring the demonic energy's constraints on her. Gu Chengxue was utterly stunned.

Even though he was confident in his exceptional talent and had few rivals among his peers, he had to admit that she was the number one young cultivator in the cultivation world today.

However, in that moment of distraction, another figure suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision. That person rushed towards Jiang Liqian on the ground, crying out in alarm, "Senior Sister!"

In a flash, Gu Chengxue caught her breath and, without further hesitation, used her sword to break through the encirclement.

Hearing Xu Youan's shouts, Jiang Liqian's body, already at its limit, finally gave way. Supporting herself on her sword, she abruptly knelt on the ground. Her parched dantian throbbed with pain, pulling at her meridians, causing cold sweat to pour down her forehead.

She felt completely drained of energy, and even her taut nerves were starting to tremble, yet she still instinctively followed the person rushing toward her.

"Senior sister..." Xu You'an was so heartbroken that tears almost fell, and she held her hand tightly.

He should be stronger, much stronger. He's so weak; he doesn't deserve to stand by her side at all.

Jiang Liqian shook her head at him, her gaze falling back on the moths. Her voice was steady, without the slightest tremor: "Ayou, help me, I need some strength."

Xu Youan opened his mouth, and a voice in his mind was screaming wildly, telling him to take her away from this dangerous place and stop her from suffering any more harm.

No matter how much he roared and screamed in his heart, his actions went against his heart. He obeyed her words and his hands formed hand seals at lightning speed, creating a more complex spirit-gathering array than usual beneath her.

Countless rays of light rushed into Jiang Liqian's body from all directions.

In just three breaths, Jiang Liqian regained the strength to stand up again.

The moths that were attacking them were all blocked by the second senior brother and the inexplicably appearing Gu Chengxue. Her gaze only lingered on Gu Chengxue for a moment before she gripped her sword again.

My spiritual energy has only recovered to 60%, but that's enough.

Jiang Li narrowed her eyes, about to join the fight, when suddenly her wrist was grabbed from behind. She turned around and saw Xu You'an staring intently into her eyes, his voice sounding both furious and helpless: "I'll go with you, Senior Sister."

Now was not the time to be sentimental. Second Senior Brother had also suffered quite a few injuries, so Jiang Liqian dared not delay and immediately agreed to his suggestion.

Together, the two of them first divided the remaining moths in half, then separated each half again to prevent them from attacking each other, and then defeated them one by one.

It has to be said that Jiang Liqian never truly understood Xu Youan's strength. In any case, array cultivators are always at a disadvantage in close combat compared to sword cultivators with their fierce attacks, especially in chaotic battles. Sword cultivators can exert 300% of their power, while array cultivators are often at a disadvantage due to the sluggishness of array formation. In tense situations, they may even suffer backlash from incorrect array formations.

But Xu Youan was completely different. His familiarity with hand seals, his exceptionally light and agile movements, and his special wind spirit root that was very compatible with him made him even faster than her. Sometimes Jiang Liqian suspected that he didn't even have the hand seal movements. He had reached the point of forming arrays without hand seals, a level that only true array masters could achieve.

She watched as his array plate lit up beneath a moth, and then a barrier radiating a blue light trapped the moth within it. The moth only had time to flutter once before the space within the barrier split vertically, and the moth's head and body were separated in two.

Not a single drop of blood was shed.

Not only that--

Jiang Liqian gazed at the faint blue spiritual light on the hem of her robe as it floated by.

He was still protecting her, deflecting a large portion of the attacks from the humanoid moths.

While keeping her in mind, he was also using high-level formations to kill the moths. His spiritual power was being consumed rapidly. For someone who had not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, this was clearly a bit too much for him, and he was just barely holding on.

Jiang Liqian decided to cooperate with him. She would be responsible for keeping the humanoid moths within a small area, while he would set up an array to kill them.