“This can’t go on, we’ll all die!”
Someone stepped forward and said angrily, confronted with this life-and-death situation, they wanted to fight Ji Qingqing to the death.
Ji Qingqing’s face was icy cold, but she also knew that stopping them wouldn’t solve any problems. She said,
“If you want to live, then help me bring them up.”
“Bring them up? That’s suicide, they’re definitely beyond saving, too far away!” someone protested angrily.
“If they die, then we’ll all die together!”
Ji Qingqing didn’t give an inch and could only force them.
If it were just her here, she would have already charged down recklessly to assist, but once she left, Nurse Ning, relying only on her Tao Heart Realm, couldn’t possibly intimidate these people.
Once the Abyss Sky Stele was pushed aside, they would all die.
“Don’t you want to live yourself?!”
Someone couldn’t restrain themselves and roared, “At least we could survive on our own, why should we sacrifice everyone?”
“Either bring them up, or we all die together!”
Ji Qingqing’s eyes were icy, she didn’t engage in arguments, any further dispute was just a waste of time, she merely presented the choices.
Everyone was furious, but no one acted; the chains swayed too violently, and they all dared not step onto them.
During their brief exchange, suddenly below came another severe shock.
Qiu Tian Dao was pulled askew again; deep in the abyss, tendrils reached for the chain nearest to Li Hao, one tendril grabbed the chain, and two more struck out directly at Li Hao and another.
Li Hao’s face changed dramatically, he roared lowly, erupted into Divine Power State, and climbed with all his speed.
But the pulling force from the Demon Saint’s mouth, like a black hole, could easily uproot mountains and suck them in; were it not for Li Hao’s strong power, he would have been swallowed already.
“Go!”
Li Hao roared angrily, dragging Ji Yun Yue and sprinting forward.
Yet, thousands of miles remained to Qiu Tian Dao; under normal circumstances, they would arrive within minutes, but now it felt as hopelessly distant as climbing to the heavens.
“Child, don’t worry about me anymore, you go on ahead.”
Ji Yun Yue suddenly loosened her grip on Li Hao’s hand, holding tightly onto a ring of the Abyss Sky Lock, she shouted to Li Hao,
“Don’t look back, keep moving forward. If we hold on, Third Ancestor will definitely sense the commotion here and come to help!”
Li Hao felt a looseness in his hand and was momentarily stunned; he turned back to see the formerly always-kind elderly woman, her face determined and encouraging; his heart felt like it had been struck.
Emotions surged in an instant, but he suppressed them; he knew looking back would completely let her down.
Li Hao clenched his teeth tight and climbed forward at double speed.
Rustle~~!
Suddenly, a violent rattling sound of the chains arose.
The Blood Lotus, which seemed to be bursting from the abyss, suddenly paused momentarily, pulled back down, revealing chains behind it, all exceedingly thick and similar to the Abyss Sky Lock.
These chains bound it, preventing it from escaping the abyss.
The Blood Lotus appeared infuriated, its numerous vast tendrils striking the chains, sweeping toward Li Hao.
Li Hao hastily climbed to the other side of the chains, hiding in the crevices of the rings, employing the Supreme Skill to enhance his evasion.
Although unsure of its effectiveness, there were no other options in that instant.
The foul-smelling tendrils whooshed past, grazing Li Hao’s body but causing no harm; he exhaled in relief and continued climbing along the chain.
Upon Qiu Tian Dao, the people watching the increasingly severe pulling down of the island couldn’t contain themselves anymore; someone roared,
“Together, climb up! Even if we die, it’s better than dying at the hands of the Demon Saint.”
“Go, overthrow the Abyss Sky Stele!”
A dozen people burst forth with their remaining energy and charged at Ji Qingqing.
Ji Qingqing’s complexion drastically changed; she hadn’t yet thought of a solution as these people had lost their patience, and in this life-or-death moment, she didn’t have much opportunity to devise a strategy.
“Unless I die, no one will overturn this stele!”
Ji Qingqing shouted furiously.
Her Divine Soul exploded forth, she wielded Sword Control to strike.
On the wobbling island, pulled by the chains, a great battle erupted; Ji Qingqing engaged them in combat, utilizing her ultimate skills without sparing her energy, consecutively striking down two and then sending another seven flying.
Her Divine Flame draped on her clouds-like attire, she stood like a commanding Female General, and astonishingly successfully defended the Abyss Sky Stele.
Below was the Demon Saint approaching, above were those climbing the chains to escape, and on the island was a battle involving a dozen people.
“No one shall come close!”
Ji Qingqing’s breath grew weaker, but she had yet to use her Unwithering Strength; she retreated to in front of the Abyss Sky Stele, her eyes cold as frost as she watched the rest.
“A bunch of foolish children.”
At that moment, an old madman lying in the distance burst into laughter, “All could have lived; you insist on seeking death. Have you not yet realized the abnormality of this Demon Saint? It was long stripped of consciousness by the Saint Ancestor, what’s trapped here now is merely its shell.”
“Otherwise, if it really struck, there would be no room for your strife; you’d all be dead already.”
While the crowd paused to catch their breath, they found his laughter grating, but his words chilled them.
Indeed, though the Demon Saint was pulling on the chains, if it truly struck, they would all perish in an instant.
“It’s dead?”
Someone tremblingly asked, voicing a question they themselves found absurd.
But the existence of a Saint Realm was beyond their understanding.
Many looked to the old madman; they all knew he had lived a long time, a figure from the era of the Third Ancestor.