NOVEL NEXT Chapter 64:
Chapter 64: Bai Qiulan Takes Action:
“What are they setting up the formation for?” Bai Qiulan’s expression grew serious.
She exchanged a glance with Yue Hongling, and the same thought arose in both their minds.
Lu Ye!
To make the other races mobilize on such a large scale, join forces, and expend immense resources to set up such formations, there was likely only one person in the Ancient Prodigy Battlefield who could force this—Lu Ye.
“Master, we need to act!” Yue Hongling spoke decisively.
The formation wasn’t complete yet. Once such a massive array, set up by so many powerful beings, was fully operational, even Lu Ye would find himself in extreme danger.
Though Bai Qiulan wished to avoid any irregular entanglements with Lu Ye, he was still her disciple.
“Let’s move!” Bai Qiulan didn’t hesitate.
She formed a seal with her hands, and the sky darkened as thick clouds rolled in. A terrifying chill swept across the world.
The temperature plummeted instantly.
In moments, the sky turned unnervingly dark. The Blood Sea, though special, did not freeze, but its temperature dropped to an almost unbearable extreme.
The expressions of the assembled non-human races changed.
There was someone in the Harmony Realm!
“Amitabha!” A Buddhist chant resounded as a giant golden palm descended from the heavens, aiming to smash the ominous clouds above.
The massive golden palm radiated majestic Buddhist light, with its intricate lines glowing brightly. Yet as it approached, countless shards of frost began encasing the palm, rapidly dimming its golden glow.
Then it started to rain.
From within the clouds, a single ice crystal appeared, followed by a second, a third, and soon countless others. The vast cascade of ice crystals, like a galaxy of stars, surged downward, bombarding the non-human forces below.
“Awooo!” A wolf’s howl pierced the heavens.
A massive white wolf opened its jaws wide as if to swallow the icy storm. It devoured the deluge of crystals, but its body was soon covered in frost, trembling violently from the freezing cold.
Dozens of enormous ice shards formed, razor-thin yet deadly.
The sharp whistle of breaking air echoed as the shards flew, drawing divine powers from every corner to intercept them. When the shards shattered, they exploded into even finer crystals.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The countless fine shards became an indiscriminate assault, inflicting heavy casualties on the non-human forces.
Bai Qiulan’s hand seals sped up as five Harmony Realm experts charged toward her.
Her movements became faster and faster, a blur of grace and precision.
“Get lost!”
A pitch-black blade light split through the air, slicing toward Bai Qiulan.
Yue Hongling leaped forward instinctively to counter, but Bai Qiulan’s voice halted her. “Hongling!”
Yue Hongling froze, realizing she was still at the Nascent Soul Realm. Even if she was an emperor in her past life, she couldn’t possibly match a Harmony Realm opponent at her current level.
Sun Ruowei intervened, summoning an ancient zither between her hands. As its strings played, ethereal melodies turned into shimmering barriers to block the black blade light.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The blade light shattered the defenses, cutting through every obstacle in its path.
“Now!” Bai Qiulan completed her final hand seal.
A vast white mist surged forward like a tidal wave, engulfing the non-human forces.
The black blade light froze mid-air, and all the non-human Harmony Realm attacks were similarly encased in frost as the white mist billowed forward.
“How is she this strong?”
The non-human experts were dumbfounded.
Sure, everyone here was in the Harmony Realm, but how could she single-handedly suppress not just a few, but all of them?
And her stance wasn’t just to suppress the Harmony Realm—she aimed to suppress every non-human present!
“Amitabha.”
The Buddhist sect deployed its strength, summoning an immense golden bell to envelop the non-human forces.
Crack! Crack!
The golden bell quickly developed countless cracks.
Next, the Ghost Clan intervened. One of their Harmony Realm figures, Yin Xiayi, produced a tattered black umbrella.
Boom!
The frozen golden bell shattered as the black umbrella opened, absorbing the white mist into its depths.
But in the brief time it took for the mist to be contained, dozens of non-human prodigies were already frozen into icy statues.
“Take it back!” Yin Xiayi roared, closing the umbrella and directing the captured white mist back toward Bai Qiulan in a concentrated beam.
Bai Qiulan calmly formed another seal, and her gentle white light neutralized the returning mist. As the beam approached her, it dissipated entirely, merging into the radiant glow around her.
She clasped her hands together, condensing the white light into a small orb.
With a flick of her wrist, the orb shot forward.
A massive elephant leaped in front of the attack, wielding a colossal black shield. The shield expanded until it resembled a fortress wall, standing tall above the Blood Sea.
“Assist me!”
One by one, other Harmony Realm experts gathered behind the elephant, channeling their strength into the shield.
Boom!
The shield trembled violently but held firm, its material seemingly impervious.
Bai Qiulan’s expression shifted. She waved her hand, releasing thousands of silver needles as fine as strands of hair.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The needles pierced through the shield, striking the Harmony Realm experts behind it.
Those struck felt a bone-chilling cold invading their bodies, turning their Nascent Souls an eerie shade of blue.
“What is this terrifying frost?”
The non-human experts were overwhelmed.
Why did humanity produce such prodigies? Why couldn’t their own races have such individuals?
Heaven, how unjust you are!
“Forget us! Focus on completing the formation. I refuse to believe it. No matter how many prodigies humanity produces, they can’t keep suppressing us forever!”
“If humanity births a prodigy, we’ll kill that prodigy. As long as our races endure, the wheel of fate will eventually turn in our favor!”
“Keep setting up the formation!”
The massive elephant roared, its colossal shield pressing forward with unstoppable momentum toward Bai Qiulan.
Bai Qiulan’s brows furrowed. She unleashed one massive Lunar Yin Divine Palm after another, each crashing against the shield.
Though the shield began to crack and crumble, it still advanced.
Pouring her full power into her Lunar Yin Divine Force, Bai Qiulan’s dark hair turned to shimmering silver.
The battle seemed endless, but to Bai Qiulan, it was of utmost importance.
“Lunar Yin Chaos Light!”
An overwhelming chill radiated in all directions, freezing even the souls of onlookers. Sun Ruowei, her instincts screaming danger, grabbed Yue Hongling and retreated hastily.
The Lunar Yin Light became an unstoppable force, shattering the colossal shield and freezing four Harmony Realm experts into statues of ice, their faces etched with terror.
Suddenly, a black dagger flashed toward Bai Qiulan.
It wasn’t accompanied by any grand display of power—just a pure, deadly strike.
Her face darkened. Lunar Yin energy formed a protective barrier, but the dagger pierced through effortlessly.
Raising her hand to block, Bai Qiulan’s palm was impaled. The shadowy attacker followed up, slicing off her arm and aiming for her throat.
Lunar Yin energy erupted from Bai Qiulan, blasting the shadow away. Yet, a deep cut marred her neck, dangerously close to a fatal wound.
Meanwhile, Lu Ye had finally located the Spotless Bloodstone in the depths of the Blood Sea.