My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

"This is, after all, a trap they set to wipe you all out in one fell swoop. How could they possibly let you leave alive so easily?"

Xiange pursed her lips, her voice muffled, "Besides, what if I tell you to hold back your strength and something happens to Wenren Ya?"

"If it weren't for Wenren Ya, the Canglan Realm would still be kept in the dark, unaware of who was behind this."

Ruan Chayan's expression was grim, and she was furious: ["So you're going to use our lives to give them the truth?!"]

She still had words stuck in her throat. She really wanted to ask Xiange if the statement that completing the mission would allow them to be reborn was a lie from the very beginning!

As long as she and Luo Hanying die immediately after completing the mission, then Xiange and the others will not only get rid of a major threat, but they won't even need to pay them!

"That's not exactly how it works."

Xian Ge knew that what they had done was not very ethical, and said somewhat guiltily, "Didn't I just tell you everything I knew without reservation?"

As you all know, there are many things I can't say. Now I'm hiding nothing from you. Aren't you happy?

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying's faces turned green.

Luo Hanying: [“Hehe, I’m so happy!”]

Ruan Chayan: ["I think you'd better say less!"]

...Say what needs to be said! Don't know everything and say nothing!

The group mustered all their strength and flew straight east, leaving the dozen or so people behind. They used their defensive artifacts to block the careless attacks of the others, and secretly prayed that everything would go smoothly.

*

Xin Si, a cultivator from the Canghai Realm, gave his orders in a cryptic manner: "You lot, chase after them, and don't forget our purpose."

A dozen or so cultivators were pointed at, and they bowed and acknowledged the order. They easily broke through the blockade of Ji Daoyun and his group, and chased after the Shi Ren Sect, Bai Yu Zhai, Bei Wen Temple and others.

There were only five of them, and they were simply not enough to stop Ji Daoyun.

"Gui Yu! Kill them!"

Sang Xinrong looked at the demon-like multi-eyed human-faced spider with fear and disgust in her eyes, but she still took out a blood-soaked human arm and waved it in front of it before throwing it to Ji Daoyun and the others.

Lin Zhuzui and the others turned pale. They had never seen such a disgusting and terrifying monster before. Moreover, they had all heard about Lu Xiyan from the Lu family. In their fear, they couldn't think of any way to deal with it.

Gui Yu's female head had bloodshot eyes, staring intently at the arm that was being thrown up.

Gui Yu's male head and mouthparts stirred rapidly, his eyes fixed on the few people who were filled with anxiety, his mouth watering.

The Dharma Image of Emptiness rushed towards Gui Yu first. The Joyful Arhat had a happy expression on his face. The Dharma Image slapped Gui Yu in front of him.

Lu Xizhou's mechanical beast followed closely behind. The mechanical beast absorbed spiritual energy from the spirit stone, activated the array on its body, and spewed out attacks composed of the five elements of spiritual power.

Ji Daoyun's fingertips turned red, and he continued to pluck the strings without saying a word, sending waves of sound surging toward the enemy.

Guiyu's multiple arms twisted and deformed, receiving several attacks from the Dharma Form in succession;

Its abdomen is covered with countless eyes, with human figures clustered in the center. It has no teeth and spits out purplish-black spider silk. The spider silk seems to have a life of its own, wrapping around the mechanical beasts and mechanical figures, corroding the defensive formations, and drilling into the gaps in the mechanisms, rendering them unable to move.

Lin Zhuzui and Chu Jun were only skilled in close combat, so they dared not get close.

While the cultivators from Taibai Pavilion and Canghai Realm were entangled by Gui Yu, they commanded the demonic beasts to block the attacks in front of them, while they threw magical artifacts and talismans at Ji Daoyun and the others.

"These five people are really troublesome!"

Sweat beaded on Xin Si's forehead, his eyes fierce. He threw out his magical artifact, a large net covering Ji Daoyun, who was trying to distract him with music.

Lin Zhuzui used the move "Azure Dragon Emerges from Water" to deflect the attack while moving closer to Ji Daoyun. He swung his sword and unleashed sword energy, but the golden net was struck without suffering any damage!

Ji Daoyun's hands moved without stopping, and he switched to unleashing a sonic wave, which shattered the golden net into fragments.

Upon seeing this, Jing Yongde spat out, "Damn it!"

If one attack fails, several more follow.

Lin Zhuzui and Chu Jun were no match for the overwhelming number of opponents. Ji Daoyun could see their weakness. Not to mention that they couldn't handle so many people, they were already overwhelmed by Gui Yu's attacks.

Everyone was injured to varying degrees. Kong Shi's consciousness had been affected by Gui Yu, and his Dharma form was appearing and disappearing at any moment.

If the Dharma Image of Emptiness were not used to separate them from Gui Yu, they would all die here like Lu Xiyan.

Ji Daoyun stood up, holding the vertical harp. His cultivation level suddenly rose rapidly, stopping at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm. He poured his spiritual power into the vertical harp and tossed it into the air.

The rain spun twice in the air, transforming into the shape of a longbow amidst the surge of spiritual energy.

Ji Daoyun gripped the longbow and said in a deep voice, "Lin Zhuzui, step back and protect me."

Everyone was astonished by Ji Daoyun's rapid increase in cultivation level, and for a moment they didn't know whether he had concealed his cultivation or taken some kind of pill that could boost his cultivation in a short period of time.

Although Lin Zhuzui did not know why Ji Daoyun suddenly asked him to protect him, he had no objections and silently stood guard by Ji Daoyun's side.

Without a thumb ring to protect his fingers, Ji Daoyun's fingertips were cut and bleeding profusely when he pulled the string to the correct position. He mobilized his spiritual power and fired six ice arrows in succession. Two of the arrows pierced through Gui Yu's two heads and abdomen with unstoppable force.

With the remaining four arrows, they killed the remaining monsters. Without the monsters' help, the group was able to make things much easier.

Although Guiyu was not dead, he had lost all offensive power.

Ji Daoyun collapsed onto the spirit sword, utterly exhausted. The sword swayed slightly, almost falling off, as he had no spiritual power left to control it.

If Lin Zhuzui hadn't pulled him up, Ji Daoyun would have fallen straight to the ground.

Lin Zhuzui never expected that Ji Daoyun could use the second form of "Heavenly Rain" just like Qi Huixian. Not only that, but its power was so strong that it vaguely resembled the late-stage Refinement Realm Qi Huixian.

However, the side effects are also obvious; Ji Daoyun has now completely lost his ability to move.

"He's not the master of the artifact, so how can he use its other form?!"

A ridiculous guess immediately popped into the mind of Jiang Jingyi, a disciple of Taibai Pavilion: "He couldn't be... he couldn't be..."

Yi Liangcai clearly realized something too: "Impossible! How could that be?! Don't scare yourself!"

He feigned composure and sneered, "Regardless of whether he is Ji Daoyun or not, this is the Ancient Beast Realm. No matter how high his cultivation is, he is only at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm. With so many of us, are we afraid of them?!"

Ji Daoyun's hands trembled uncontrollably from exhaustion. He took out a pill and swallowed it, then held the high-grade spirit stone in his hand. He absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy like a sponge to recover.

Kong Shi was almost powerless to fight again. He had essentially single-handedly withstood Gui Yu's frontal attack, and now his mind was riddled with wounds.

Chu Jun and his companions were panting heavily, their eyes resolute; they were prepared to die.