If the Hungry Ghost realm was a paradise for the dead, then the phoenix was the symbol of eternal life. It used rebirth again and again to defeat death. It was the nemesis of all "death".
Li Qingshan flew back into the air, only to see Xuanyue standing in the air with her hands on her hips, huffing furiously. "Traitor, you're flirting with that bird woman!"
Bird woman! Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow. He had no idea how to react.
Smack! She struck Xuanyue's head with her folding fan. Gu Yanying said, "I'm here!"
Xuanyue clutched her head in pain and bared her teeth at Gu Yanying. Gu Yanying studied the wings on Li Qingshan's back and was rather surprised. "A phoenix?"
As the saying went, "All birds revere the phoenix". The phoenix was the emperor of feathers, so she could sense its noble, dignified bearing particularly clearly.
"Am I worthy of you?"
"I'm the one who's not worthy of you."
"It's you, you wretched daemon!"
The Marquis of Ruyi flew over. He was surrounded by several Corpse Commanders. Taking advantage of the moment "Zi 'er" was distracted, he charged out forcefully. The crown of his hair had been shattered, and his hair was disheveled. He seemed rather disheveled.
As soon as he saw "North Moon", he flew into a rage. Seeing how he was currently conversing with Gu Yanying and how Gu Yanying's expression became even more gentle for once, he became even more furious.
Before Li Qingshan could even say anything, Xuanyue leapt up. "Who are you calling a wretched daemon?"
"Y- you're …" The Marquis of Ruyi recognised the Dark Queen's famed cat. "Go away. I'm talking about the wretched daemon behind you. Why don't you just accept your death?"
Li Qingshan barked, "So it's you, you bitch. I'll send you to the afterlife right now, North Moon!"
With a flip of his hand, the Marquis of Ruyi raised the Seal of Mountains and Rivers. "Die, wretched daemon!"
Gu Yanying did not try to persuade him either. She pointed with her folding fan. "Look below!"
The two of them could not help but look down, only to see over a dozen Corpse Commanders eyeing them covetously.
Zi 'er did not send them in pursuit immediately. If they were not speed-type Corpse Commanders, they would not even be able to touch them. Instead, they would be killed instead. Corpse Commanders were different from Corpse Soldiers. Every single one of them was a great loss.
Most importantly … Time was on her side. As long as she waited, she would win.
Gu Yanying said casually: "I believe that even if it's a Corpse King. He won't have more than a hundred Daemon Commanders under his command, but before that, we'll probably be the ones to collapse first. And it wouldn't take long. This realm will be completely assimilated by the Hungry Ghost Realm. At that time, we will be able to see the true appearance of that Lord Corpse King. It probably won't be as beautiful as it is now! "
"Corpse King!"
The Marquis of Ruyi immediately lost his will to fight. Once the Corpse King actually took action, only death would await him.
"You sure are relaxed!" Li Qingshan couldn't help but admire Gu Yanying's ability to maintain her composure. There were many people who were fearless of death, but it was rare to see someone who could remain calm in the face of such a life and death crisis.
"Don't overestimate me. If it's really possible that I might die, I'll die. If I really might die, I probably won't be able to laugh either. If I want to leave right now, I do have a way to leave, but I'll be alone at most. There's nothing you can do. "
Gu Yanying said through her soul sense. Her voice directly rang out in their ears. She did indeed have a way to break through the realm. She had a way to leave, but she had to do it before the Hungry Ghost realm completely devoured this realm, or there was nothing she could do.
"Then why aren't you leaving?" "It's far too dangerous here. Yanying, if you have a way, you should leave first!"
Li Qingshan and the Marquis of Ruyi said at the same time, glancing at one another. Killing intent surged.
"There are many reasons. Time is tight, so I won't go into detail. When this place is about to be completely assimilated by the Hungry Ghost realm, I will leave. Before that, let's do something together! "
Gu Yanying explained everything clearly. She was so straightforward that it was displeasing. Unintentionally, she gave off a cold and distant feeling, as if she was talking to a group of people who were about to die.
"I won't die. I hope all of you can survive. I will work hard for that too. If none of you can survive, then all I can do is say goodbye and live on alone."
She could not help but give off a feeling of coldness and heartlessness, but it was also beyond reproach.
Li Qingshan thought, Perhaps when a person is truly unrestrained and unrestrained, they would display such sharpness and coldness!
The Marquis of Ruyi asked, "Then what do we do now?"
Gu Yanying said, "First of all, we need her majesty the Dark Queen's power to seal the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. If she dies in battle, I'll probably have to take my leave first. Secondly, we need to send her majesty the Dark Queen to the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, so we need to concentrate our strength as much as possible. After saving her majesty the Dark Queen, we need to save the other fellows as soon as possible so that we can rendezvous for the final battle. "
This was all communicated through soul sense, so it did not take up much time.
Li Qingshan nodded in agreement. Their priority right now was still to seal the Hungry Ghost realm and break through this realm. With Little Ann's abilities, he only needed to lie down in a pile of corpses, and there would be no danger at all.
At this moment, there was a flash of golden light in the thick, black mist. The light that radiated in all directions was like stars falling to the ground, growing brighter and brighter.
Only afterwards did there be a great rumble, and a wave of air swept over.
The Marquis of Ruyi was alarmed. "A Golden Core cultivator has blown up his golden core!"
Gu Yanying's eyes lit up. "Here's our opportunity! Let's go!"
A golden core was the crystallization of a cultivator's many years of arduous cultivation. The power of the explosion was extremely startling, blowing away the thick, black mist. The landscape on the ground immediately became clear, but it only made people feel even more terrified.
In that moment, Li Qingshan recalled the sight he saw in the Hungry Ghost realm with his soul sense. Before he could think too much about it, Gu Yanying had already flown off.
A hundred kilometers to the south-east, under the encirclement of seven or eight Corpse Commanders, a huge ghost that stood over three hundred meters tall roared furiously. Although it was injured time and time again, it actually managed to block the attacks of the Corpse Commanders.
Li Qingshan was secretly surprised. The Dark Queen was actually so powerful. Not only did these Corpse Commanders work well together, but they were even using the power of a million Corpse Soldiers and countless Corpse Generals to fight. If it were him, he probably would not even be able to last a moment.
And, even if he reverted to his original form, he would only reach up to the knees before the huge ghost.
Gu Yanying said in some pity, "It's just a pity that her highness the Dark Queen has a knot in her heart, so she can't unleash the power of the Void-bellied Ghost King. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so troublesome today."
Under the encirclement of the Corpse Commanders, the Void-bellied Ghost King rapidly thinned. Suddenly, it opened its huge, bottom-like mouth and sucked in violently. The aura of death surged in, and its figure became solid again. With a punch, chilly winds roared. The Corpse Commanders scattered in all directions, but it killed countless Corpse Soldiers and Corpse Generals.
Li Qingshan was even more surprised. And this was still called not unleashing its full strength!?
If it really did unleash its full strength, it probably would even stand a chance against cultivators who had undergone the third heavenly tribulation. Controlling a Ghost King to fight as a Golden Core cultivator was the strength of the Umbral Yin sect. It was no wonder that it could rival the Sword Collection palace.
The Umbral Yin sect … Umbral Yin Ghost Control Technique … Xuanyue … Knot in her heart … Child …
A certain memory fragment hidden in the depths of his mind suddenly surged up. Li Qingshan shook his head. He was unwilling to think too much about it, nor did he have the time to think about it.
"Zi 'er" no longer commanded the overall situation either. She directly led several Corpse Commanders to block Gu Yanying and the others. She said, "I've won."
"That's not necessarily the case!" Li Qingshan studied "Zi 'er". She possessed very powerful skills in battle, but her personal strength was only that of a Corpse Commander. As a matter of fact, she was even slightly weaker than regular Corpse Commanders. She was not undefeatable.
"Zi 'er" looked at Li Qingshan and said, "The bloodline of the phoenix is indeed rare, but you're far too weak. Otherwise, all I could do would be retreat."
Li Qingshan's reply was the blazing flames of the phoenix.
"Zi 'er" raised her hand. Surging corpse qi condensed into a wall. It no longer seemed like an aura, but pitch-black water that constantly squirmed about.
The flames of the phoenix slammed into it and immediately melted away a great pit, but it was unable to pierce through it. The corpse qi squirmed about, filling up the pit in the blink of an eye.
The flames of the phoenix could suppress the aura of death, but if the quality and quantity of corpse qi completely surpassed it, then there was nothing it could do.
"Killing someone with" eternal life "will definitely earn me even more rewards from the Hungry Ghost realm. The Black Coffin Locks the Soul!"
"Zi 'er" smiled and raised her hand. The black wall suddenly extended outwards.
"Oh no, let's go!"
Li Qingshan, Gu Yanying, and Gu Yanying flew upwards rapidly. The Corpse Commanders were already prepared, lunging out of the wall.
Li Qingshan flapped his wings and sent a Corpse Commander flying, setting him alight. The Corpse Commander immediately retreated into the black wall and extinguished the flames on him. Gu Yanying and the Marquis of Ruyi had also repelled a Corpse Commander each, but they both slowed down.
Looking around them again, the black wall condensed from corpse qi filled their vision. It was everywhere, forming a black coffin that locked them inside. Clearly, this move had been prepared for a very long time. It was not something that could be broken through so easily.
Li Qingshan witnessed the terror of a Corpse King. Even though it was only a puppet before him, the techniques he used through the power of his subordinates were still powerful enough.
After locking them up, the black coffin rapidly shrank. They were locked in the black coffin, but the Corpse Commanders could move in and out freely, constantly launching sneak attacks and obstructing them from breaking out of the coffin.
The Marquis of Ruyi swung the Seal of Mountains and Rivers and stopped a Corpse Commander. He asked in a hurry, "What do we do?"
"The plan has failed. I hope her highness the Dark Queen can last a little longer."
However, Gu Yanying had no confidence in this at all. At the end of the day, how could a last-minute plan compare to a Corpse King's many years of planning? She was just doing her best and letting fate take its course. She was close to her limits too!
"Zi 'er" turned around and looked at the Dark Queen before raising her hand again. Corpse qi constantly gathered and condensed, ready to fire. It was like the precursor to the main cannon of the Soaring Dragon ship's attack.
The Dark Queen suddenly looked back and sensed danger. If she could dodge earlier, she would have become rather feeble now that the battle had reached this point.
A streak of deathly light pierced through the Void-bellied Ghost King silently.
The Void-bellied Ghost King roared out, and its figure rapidly faded before dispersing in the end, returning to the Dark Queen's shadow.
The Dark Queen's forehead became drenched in sweat as she fell to the ground powerlessly. She panted slightly, but her gaze was as cold as before.
"Am I actually going to die here today?"
"Zi 'er" waved her hand, and the Corpse Commanders surged over.
A long, blood-red banner broke through the layers of corpses and emerged from the ground, wrapping around the Dark Queen like a dragon.
"Hmm?"
"Zi 'er" frowned slightly. The Dark Queen was surprised and looked around. "Who's helping me?"
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