'A waste of time and resources,' Fa Liwei slowly stood up, before he noticed that the bone in his arm had been fractured. The wounds on his back were now healing as they should be. 

For him, it had always been a challenge to fight a wraith- an undead- like him. It would be a never-ending battle. The Soul Eater's main purpose had been for this type of enemy.  Since Fa Liwei did not have the Soul Eater anymore, all he needed to do was get it back. With that thought in mind, he vanished within the Impurities. 

Xiao s.h.i.+ made sure to keep her eyes on Fa Liwei before he suddenly disappeared.  

As she sensed the other wraith's position, Xiao s.h.i.+ slowly gave the b.l.o.o.d.y hand, she was holding, to Gao Lan Mei. The hand was from a Liqi clan member who was in charge of hiding the prism earlier.  The prism had caused him such intense discomfort, that the bearer of the storage ring had no choice but to cut his hand off to save himself. This was still something that Gao Lan Mei wished she had tried to do sooner. 

Since Xiao s.h.i.+ was here, that also meant she was able to hide the remaining Liqi clan members, since they did not have a Blessed protecting them. However, if they were not careful and somehow still ended up dying, it would be at their own accord. Gao Lan Mei had already left the remaining magic from Cuojue as a s.h.i.+eld, and that should be enough. 

"Bring me within the flame wall," Gao Lan Mei murmured softly, making sure that the enemies would not be aware of the plan. "then help Sung Zhi Ruo and Wei Jiayi…" 

That was the best option at that moment because, firstly, even though Xiao s.h.i.+ was a wraith, an undead with a contract to a G.o.d, she was still not completely invincible towards the Impurities. Secondly, aside from the fact that Gao Lan Mei needed to fully recover from the numbness, she was also currently the enemies' main target. A spell could not be taken over by someone else. 

Nodding her head, Xiao s.h.i.+ stepped in front of Gao Lan Mei as a guard. In truth, she was preparing to carry Gao Lan Mei on her back to run.  Xiao s.h.i.+ was ready to fight Concubine Li and Fa Liwei anytime, as she knew they were running out of time. Just at that moment, Concubine Li got extremely impatient. The impurities around them solidified. Gao Lan Mei felt suffocated while she held onto Xiao s.h.i.+'s arm for support. 

"Miss! Hold on!" Xiao s.h.i.+ exclaimed in panic. The pressure inside the solidified impurities was still bearable for Xiao s.h.i.+, but not for Gao Lan Mei who had already been trying to recover. 

Gao Lan Mei felt her remaining strength fading away. 'Is this the end?' She asked herself dreading the possibility of her losing consciousness. The next time she opened her eyes, her body was already being controlled by someone else. 'I don't want to feel that again.'

'… Help… me… I don't… want…' She uttered silently to no one in particular, refusing to lose consciousness. 

'Rumble!' 

The entire area shook. Concubine Li's eyes s.h.i.+fted sideways before… 

'Ggggrowlhhhg!!'

A howl that gave everyone the premonition of death. It was so loud that Xiao s.h.i.+ had to cover Gao Lan Mei's ears, as she could not do it on her own. 

Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the gigantic body of a creature had appeared before them. It moved pa.s.sed the Impurity wall before it attacked Concubine Li with its head.

'What was that?!' Xiao s.h.i.+ silently screamed to herself as she froze up from what had happened. Due to the dark transparent wall surrounding them, her senses were restricted and weren't able to sense the creature until they saw it move fast, past them. 

Unfortunately, she couldn't get a clear view of what the creature was. However, she understood that since it attacked Concubine Li, it wasn't an enemy. 

Gao Lan Mei and Xiao s.h.i.+ both s.h.i.+fted their gazes to where the creature went. Despite it being as dark as the impurities, the thunder around the creature as well as a noticeable gold mark on its ma.s.sive and long body still gave away its location. 

It had dark scales along its body, the upper part of which had a golden chain surrounding it. It had ma.s.sive wings under its arms and a long tail. A creature that was seldom seen in its full s.h.i.+fted beast form in the Mortal Domain or anywhere else, a dragon.

The dragon moved quickly above the sky of Mouth Hua and not only attacked Concubine Li, but also seemed to plan to attack the floating cube-like cage. 

'Slam!' 

'Blast!' 

'Ggggrowlhhhg!!'

Just as that thought crossed Xiao s.h.i.+, the creature's tail hit the cage strongly. The spiritual force of the hit moved the cage far enough for it to hit the boundary spell. Though, it was still not enough to destroy it. 

'Rumble!'

The whole place shook including the impurity cage they were in. Seizing the opportunity, Xiao s.h.i.+ slammed the cage using her spear to destroy it. 

She was aiming to run towards where her master was so that she could protect Gao Lan Mei and help her heal at the same time. 

The walls of the cage shattered but because of Xiao s.h.i.+'s attack but rather because of the creature's huge body slamming onto it. 

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