This also meant that the annihilation of them all was just a matter of time. 

'Wait….. A matter of time?' Wei Jiayi could not accept that. When his thoughts arrived there, a strong sense of disharmony filled him up. He remembered an event that couldn't have happened, but it happened anyway. 'Something… I could still do something here.' 

"Blessed Juni, please use all that you have to destroy the boundary spell. If you need to sacrifice any of us, then do so. Waiting will give the enemy more time to plan against us." Li Mao declared, completely ignoring what Elder Gu had said. 

Hearing this, dread-filled their hearts. No one complained nor voiced out their distress. That was because they silently understand that if sacrifices were to be made, it was the last resort. Li Mao also had a point.

If they were waiting and not doing anything, that also meant that would be the case as well with the enemy. 

Wei Jiayi gritted his teeth. His gaze became a level sharper as he studied the crack on the boundary spell. At that moment, he was hurt, worried and angry. He could not accept that Gao Lan Mei decided to leave him after promising that she would always stay close and not do anything dangerous. 

Why? Was the Mortal Domain worth sacrificing for? It was a stupid question, but still, he was selfish and bitter. 

'Sacrifice, huh? Could I do that?' Wei Jiayi questioned himself feeling shame in his heart. He should be a strong dragon s.h.i.+fter, the only one in the Mortal Domain. Now, he was just like everyone else. 

Wei Jiayi started to feel self-pity as he did not know that Gao Lan Mei was already fighting the enemy who wanted to devour especially him. 

"No, please wait!" Elder Gu yelled, almost begging. 

Gao Shen snorted, "Wait for what? I can not let a woman save me by the end of the day. I vow that I'll not die here today!" He said planning also to fight. "We just need fire-based energy, right?" 

… 

A little earlier…

"I hate it when a good meal is stolen." A woman said as she looked at Sung Zhi Ruo with indifference. She had been observing, waiting within the Impurities as she gets used to the vessel she was currently using. 'The child's soul was tasty, but not enough. I need something purer.' 

She watched how the Sung Miss dragged Huang Ying back to the Blessed flame she hated so much. The woman moved back silently, but not too far. Just enough that she could still control the Impurities around the firewall. 

The woman found her action currently degrading, but she was not in a hurry to eat her prey, especially when she just got out of the seal, and the Domain was so potent. 

She was also not ready to fight with someone who had the scent of the Soul Eater. 

That treasure was always unstable. It never considered anyone as its master and even her own brother could not control it properly. 

It was supposed to be in their hands, but if it already was with another, they needed to be cautious lest it eats its current holder. 

'Hmm, so who to choose for brother's body? That useless wraith could not even free me properly.' Her thoughts continued as she watched silently, dragging time, enjoying all the negative emotions in the air coming from the beings within the flame wall. 

The woman was waiting for them to run out of options and hoped that they would leave their comrades and get into her zone. 

'So what are you going to do now? I can smell beasts of divine origin. It should be a fine meal.' The woman was looking forward to the next meal that she did not notice that Sung Zhi Ruo suddenly vanished. 

'Slice!' 

The woman dodged the familiar sword treasure before it could cut her neck, thus interrupting her enjoyment of imagining her next food. 

Then before the woman could even retaliate against the first attack, she was suddenly hit from behind, throwing her towards the firewall! 

Gao Lan Mei felt terrible when the woman did not hit the firewall. She was sure that the enemy was caught off guard, but the woman was flexible enough to flip her body mid-air and reach for a soul and clawed onto it with both hands to stop her momentum. 

'That was almost half of my remaining strength,' the damage the woman suffered should be helpful. Gao Lan Mei was using the last of the strength Blessed Elin had given her before the spirit completely disappeared. 'How long can I last?' She could only mutter to herself as she looked at the enemy. Gao Lan Mei could even hear Wei Jiayi's complaints inside the firewall. 

She decided to ignore it since Gao Lan Mei planned to send the enemy within the firewall. There, the other cultivators could probably make themselves useful with the help of the only Blessed in the entire Mortal Domain. 

Gao Lan Mei still regretted calling out Blessed Elin because it had cost all the spiritual energy given by the others earlier. Despite sacrificing that much, the Blessed was only able to help them only a little till now. 

She was still grateful, as before Blessed Elin completely vanished, aside from the spiritual energy, the dark elements within her, stopped spreading for some reason. 

Regardless, there was an enemy in front of them, leisurely going around eating living beings, who they needed to deal with immediately! 

That enemy was now, still near the Firewall. Again, hands on the ground, face bowed down. 

They were dealing with someone who was sealed for a very long time. Who knows how long that was? They only knew that they needed to kill the enemy before she completely recovered.

Gao Lan Mei's eyes narrowed suspiciously as she waited carefully. She only had limited spiritual energy, and there was no way that she would waste it. 

Sung Zhi Ru was different though. The moment the woman seemed to prepare to jump away from the firewall, Sung Zhi Ruo immediately attacked to push the enemy back and left no choice but to get back to the burning flame wall of a divine being. 

Zzziiii!

Sung Zhi Ruo was delighted as she heard and smelled the scent of burning flesh from her enemy. So, she did not notice that there was a trap laid out for her. 

"Move back!" Gao Lan Mei screamed before she grabbed Sung Zhi Ruo's by the back of her rope to pull her away from the woman. 

Argg! 

Argg!

When Sung Zhi Ruo was far enough, she saw a magical circle in the exact place where she was standing earlier and in it, were red snake-like creatures without eyes but with a noticeably large head and very sharp teeth. Its chomping sounds made strange noise that creeped Sung Zhi Ruo out! 

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