"Sword Cultivator, my visit this time is to offer you a chance. As long as you are willing to seek refuge in the bosom of the Empress, our Ghost Sect will welcome you with open arms!" The Demon Ghost giggled.
No sooner had the voice fallen, than Shi Jian became extremely angry and without any hesitation, he unleashed a sword strike.
Boom!
The Demon Ghost that had just been nurtured from within a flower was directly blasted into pieces.
Then Shi Jian roared, "Wishful thinking! What right do you demon fiends have to be mentioned in the same breath as Mingxin Palace?"
At the same time, a snort of rage came from outside the cage, "You bunch of obstinate sword lunatics! I’m being kind here, yet you remain so stubbornly delusional! Very well, just wait to be trapped and perish here! Oh, I almost forgot to tell you!"
With that, the female voice let out a burst of proud, coy laughter, "At this moment, the several great caves in the outside world should have been destroyed already! Now, only your Mingxin Immortal Palace remains standing strong here!"
"What?" Sword Control Elder was the first to react, then he shouted angrily, "Have you tampered with the competition for Dao heritage this time?"
"Tsk, tsk, so clever! Yes, that’s right, not a single participant in the Dao heritage competition was spared this time; they’ve all died!" The female voice was brimming with pride.
Nian Xuexin screamed in shock, then called out with a hint of tears, "Brother Fang..."
"So I advise you to behave yourselves! After all, once the Empress arrives in a few days, even if you want to surrender then, you’ll probably still face death! Think it over carefully for yourselves!"
Shi Jian was consumed with rage, "Bastard!"
Saying this, he swung a few more sword strikes out, but apart from slightly shaking the black cage, nothing was affected.
The female voice let out a round of smug, wild laughter before falling silent.
Meanwhile, the expressions on the faces of everyone from Mingxin Palace were extremely unsightly.
If what this Demon Ghost said was true, then Mingxin Palace was the only one of the Seven Great Caves remaining.
Despite the formidable strength of Mingxin Palace, in the face of these well-prepared Demon Ghosts, they were clearly outmatched and isolated.
"Senior Brother, what should we do?" Mo Jian and several other Elders all looked towards Jian Yi, who was silent and head down.
As the Great Elder of Mingxin Palace, his decisions represented the direction in which everyone was to proceed.
After a moment, Jian Yi slowly lifted his head, his gaze sharp as he looked at the group.
"Regardless of whether this Demon Ghost speaks true or false, with matters as they stand, we must first find a way to connect with the outside world, particularly with people from the other great caves; otherwise, we are sitting ducks!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Jian Yi let out a slow breath and said in a grave voice, "Although I usually have little regard for the petty bickering and scheming of the other great caves, now that we face a common calamity, as branches of the same lineage, sharing a Dao heritage, we must save everyone possible... after all, this is also about saving ourselves!"
"Understood! Let me go, Senior Brother!" Shi Jian was the first to volunteer.
"And me!" Sword Control chimed in without delay.
However, Mo Jian and Ting Jian remained silent because they knew if Jian Yi spoke in such a manner, he must already have a plan.
Indeed.
Then they saw Jian Yi shake his head with a wry smile, "Fifth Brother, Fourth Brother, I understand your feelings. If possible, I of course also wish to let you go, given that both of your strengths and strategies are sufficient, but the key is..."
Jian Yi looked up, his eyes on the swaths of black qi that segmented the sky, and said gravely, "This Sky-Extinguishing Lock is not so easy to contend with!"
"What do you mean?" Shi Jian was bewildered.
"This Sky-Extinguishing Lock is a secret technique of the ghost realm that I remember our master mentioning in his lifetime. This technique is extremely malevolent; it is derived from the most venomous ghostly energies of the ghost realm, then refined and when finally formed, once deployed, it will seal everything within it!"
Sword Control, however, stirred slightly, and then said, "So, senior brother means..."
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