'Slas.h.!.+'

Huang Ying felt a strong gust of wind, combined with an eerie aura before feeling his world falling as his head hit the ground. 

"Ah!" Huang Ying screamed in anguish as he felt the ache from his remaining body parts. He was bleeding heavily, still grateful for being alive. Despite the pain, his gaze could not be removed from the woman who was standing in front of him. 

She was looking down at his disfigured self as she blew her smoking pipe that smelled heavily of opium poppy.

"I am sorry to see you like this, Huang Ying." Sung Zhi Ruo said. "I could help you replace your missing body parts, but you might not like being my puppet. Think about it and be grateful to be alive for now." She added with a sad smile on her face before grabbing him by the collar of his robe and dragging his body towards the nearest area that the blessed light could reach.

At that moment, Blessed Juni had the flame wall high enough to avoid them from getting reached by any enemy. 

So when Sung Zhi Ruo came close, the flame wall rippled, and a path opened for her. 

"Catch him." She said before throwing Huang Ying's body towards them. Sung Zhi Ruo did this instead of personally delivering his body after stepping on the path they opened for her. 

The moment Huang Ying pa.s.sed the firewall, those who could do healing spells immediately cast them. 

"Fuu….." Huang Ying did not scream or make pained moans. Instead, he let out a long sigh before losing consciousness. 

Losing his consciousness was probably the best thing for him at that moment. Huang Ying almost lost his entire lower half. If not for Sung Zhi Ruo arriving, there would be no way of saving him. 

They all could not help but feel suspicious as they glanced at the Sung Miss. 

In all honesty, if not because of the light coming from the flame or the light emitting from the nearby ice cage, they would not be able to see Sung Zhi Ruo at all. 

They were also confused as to why the impurities were not devouring her. 

"I am sorry I could not step in. You know why right, Miss Gao?" Sung Zhi Ruo asked with indifference. 

Gao Lan Mei nodded her head then. No one knew what she was thinking at that moment after Blessed Elin disappeared. 

"You were late." Gao Lan Mei said as she slowly stood up from behind Wei Jiayi, ignoring his questioning stare. 

Instead of answering, Gao Lan Mei reached for his face and caressed it gently with her darkened hand with a painful smile on her face before she suddenly vanished in front of him. 

Wei Jiayi panicked and looked around immediately, and then he saw that Sung Zhi Ruo, also vanished! 

He then realized that Gao Lan Mei was waiting for the other woman to arrive before she planned to fight the enemy without him. 'She just left me!'

"Gao Lan Mei!" Wei Jiayi screamed in anger. He was calling out for her in hurt. He tried to get out of the flame wall, but Zhao Liwei stopped him by grabbing his shoulder. "Let go of me!" He yelled with a growl, distress evident in his voice. 

"Destroy the spell boundary first! You can not do anything with the Impurities around!" Zhao Liwei demanded. He completely understood what Wei Jiayi felt. Heck, he could feel his mate around, but was not sure if she was even hurt! 

However, regardless of what he thought or planned, with the boundary spell sealing the Impurities that could devour them anytime, there was no way that they could fight. 

Gao Lan Mei could also move within the Impurities and with Sung Zhi Ruo as the one standing beside her, they would have a chance to fight the hidden enemies within them. 

Zhao Liwei knew that they could not stay like this forever. They could not continue getting nervous or losing all their available options to keep fighting. 

"No! I will look for her!" Wei Jiayi clawed at Zhao Liwei's chest, causing it to bleed immediately. 

Zhao Liwei became furious and growled at him. "You are stupid!" He said, ready to retaliate. 

Before he could reach Wei Jiayi, fire suddenly appeared in front of him stopping him from even landing a punch. 

"The enemies are enjoying us hurting each other. Please stop." The soft voice of Li Mao was heard. She could not see anything, but it was easy to guess what was going on. 

Then she added for Wei Jiayi, "Prince Wei, you are not the only one who is worried about my daughter. However, you will be a burden to her if you try to fight with the Impurities around." 

"She will try to devour the Impurities! What if she falls into cursed madness again?!" He replied furiously. Wei Jiayi was more scared that he could not save her in time and lose her forever. 

"Trust my daughter! That is all we can do!" Li Mao said with conviction. "Blessed Juni could you-"

"Wait! What if the moment you try to attack the boundary spell, the enemies start attacking us too?!" Elder Gu interrupted as he shouted with worry. "Let's wait for our Miss first!" 

"Elder, how long do you plan to wait?! What if they were already dead?" One of them said. 

This was highly possible. Because they all knew that although the being who destroyed the giant ball of flame in the sky earlier had stopped attacking them, and even the YinYings didn't seem to be around, their situation hadn't improved in the slightest. 

They were all in dire straits. What's more, for those who decided to leave like Gao Lan Mei and Sung Zhi Ruo and could still move and wanted to fight despite the complete darkness due to the Impurities, they were definitely the most vulnerable to attack!

A few cultivators shed tears, showing that they had already lost hope. 

"Sob, sob…."

'Just why do we have to suffer like this? this…..'

'We can't stay like this forever!!!'

If Elder Gu's suspicions were correct, then, the moment they moved, they'd get attacked.

And, even if they got lucky and managed to evade the beams, they did not know if, by that time, the boundary spell was already destroyed. They were also not aware of how many enemies were still left or if there was a trap set for them.

They were a big problem too, actually. If in case the boundary spell was destroyed, could they have enough time to leave the s.h.i.+zi Empire? Would they be able to run away before the Impurities were back? 

What if the floating cage on top of Mount Hua finally opened? Could they escape before the impurities devoured them? 

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