Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

The moment the blade fell, Lu Yunxi swiftly turned around, her longsword flashing with lightning speed, ready to trade injury for life with her opponent.

But in that instant, three streaks of light flew in swiftly. One struck the blade, causing it to deviate from its trajectory; another struck the forehead of the high-level alien spirit, piercing it directly; and the final strike pierced its chest.

Lu Yunxi steadied herself. What had saved her were three arrows. The power of the three arrows was not enough to shatter the alien spirit, but it was enough to repel it.

The next second, a figure swept past Lu Yunxi; it was Lu Yunshi.

Lu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, but dared not be negligent. She swept her sword horizontally, repelling the inferior alien spirits around her to prevent them from harming her.

Lu Yunshi's expression turned solemn. He leaped forward and kicked out, his right leg enveloped in thick blood energy, knocking the alien spirit back several steps. But Lu Yunshi did not stop. He smoothly fired another arrow, interrupting the high-level alien spirit's movement.

Then the longbow flashed and instantly transformed into a longsword. Lu Yunshi raised the sword forward and slashed down.

The sword's edge swept through the air with extraordinary ferocity, deflecting the high-level alien spirit's hastily raised longsword. Then came another sword strike, and another.

After four sword strikes, the high-level alien spirit was not seriously injured, but it was unable to react for a moment. Just as it finally regained its footing and was about to raise its sword to force Lu Yunshi back, Lu Yunshi was suddenly enveloped by a cold current.

Seeing Lu Yunshi's actions, Lu Yunxi's eyes flickered. Instead of immediately stepping forward to help, she continued to clear out the approaching inferior alien spirits.

With a single thought, a chill surges forth, hidden within the sword.

Sword shadows flashed, and a chilling aura filled the air, condensing everything around them into a frosty essence. Even the high-level alien spirits were directly covered with a layer of frost.

Seeing this, Lu Yunshi looked up but did not stop. He quickly threw out two talismans, which broke open in the air and turned into cold air that enveloped the high-level alien spirit. The ice sculpture that was trembling slightly stopped moving at this moment.

Not only that, Lu Yunshi moved forward again, leaped into the air, kicked the ice sculpture down with both feet, and used the momentum to leap up again. His longsword flashed and transformed into a longbow once more.

He drew the arrow, pulled back the bow, and aimed it at the head of the alien spirit. At an absolutely precise distance, Lu Yunshi channeled his qi and blood into the arrow, then quickly released it.

boom!

The arrow shot out, piercing through the ice and shattering the head and half of the upper body of the high-level alien spirit.

tread!

Lu Yunshi landed on the ground and, without hesitation, threw out five more talismans, the sound of explosions instantly filling the air.

Then, to Lu Yunshi's astonishment, the high-level alien spirit whose head and half of its upper body had been blasted apart actually stood up again.

However, compared to before, this strange spirit no longer resembled a human; only most of its body remained, which began to twist and become strange and eerie.

"It's still alive! No wonder it's a monster, I'm reporting it, it's definitely cheating."

Lu Yunshi chuckled bitterly. That combo he had just used was specifically designed to kill. According to his calculations, even a cultivator at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm shouldn't be able to withstand it. Yet this alien spirit was hit by the entire combo and still didn't die.

Lu Yunxi stepped forward and looked at the strange spirit, who was limping and seemed not to have gotten used to its strange body. She couldn't help but speak.

"It seems to have lost its previous strength and has become like an ordinary inferior alien spirit."

"They are indeed much weaker, but that doesn't mean our crisis is over." Lu Yunshi looked at the alien spirits approaching again and said helplessly.

With a cold face, Lu Yunxi suddenly took out a pill and handed it to Lu Yunshi. Lu Yunshi didn't hesitate and swallowed it in one gulp. Only then did he feel his blood and qi begin to slowly recover.

If it weren't for this pill keeping me alive, I would have dropped in rank in no time.

Lu Yunshi licked his lips, glanced back, and then quickly spoke to Lu Yunxi.

"Young Miss, please hold on for five minutes. I'll go give it a try."

Without explaining why, Lu Yunshi finished speaking and immediately withdrew from Lu Yunxi's side.

Lu Yunxi glanced at his back and muttered a rebuke in a low voice.

"asshole!"

Having said that, Lu Yunxi raised her sword and looked ahead. Instantly, spiritual energy surged, and three strands of sword light flowed behind her.

"Extreme Sword Slash!"

With a low shout, he flashed forward, and three sword lights shot out, sweeping in all directions and instantly shattering the bodies of the five alien spirits.

"No... We have to fix it, we can't let them out. I have to stay here, that's right, I have to stay here... We can't kill anymore, we can't let them die anymore, damn it... damn it, you evil spirits, it's all your fault, it's all your fault."

On the other side, Lu Yunshi arrived not far from the old man. It wasn't that he didn't want to go any further, but he was blocked by the barrier. Perhaps it was because of the appearance of the alien spirit. The place where he could enter before was now inaccessible. He regretted coming out earlier.

Lu Yunshi was too lazy to think about the answers to these questions. He just took a couple of breaths and asked through the barrier.

"Senior, do you know how to get out? If so, please let us know."

"Stop killing! We must repair it. We can't let the evil spirits spread. Time is running out; I have to stay here..."

The old man was still immersed in his own world, as if he couldn't hear Lu Yunshi's words at all, but Lu Yunshi didn't believe him. He stared at the old man for a while, took a deep breath, and asked again.

"Senior, we're here to repair the formation. Please tell us quickly what to do, or we'll miss our chance. You know we don't have much time left."

Upon hearing this, the old man trembled, his words abruptly stopped, and when he looked up at Lu Yun, a hint of clarity appeared in his eyes.

"You have to go in...follow the light. The flower will guide you. Then...repair the formation. Repair...how do you do that? How do you fix it?"

The old man clutched his hair, his eyes wide with fury, seemingly unable to recall the answer.

Seeing this, Lu Yunshi sighed slightly and pondered for a moment.

"Light? Flowers? Then that's all we have."

Lu Yunshi took out the Moonflower that everyone had collected earlier.

At this moment, the Moonflower has lost its former glory, but a faint halo still lingers on the flower.

Suddenly, the Moonflower seemed to be drawn by something, flying out of Lu Yunshi's palm and drifting in a certain direction. After a dozen seconds, in Lu Yunshi's eyes, the Moonflower landed on the ground.

Seeing this, Lu Yunshi immediately shouted, "Senior Sister Lin, take out the Moonflower, it will guide us."

Lu Yunshi's voice quickly reached everyone's ears. They hesitated for a moment, not quite understanding what Lu Yunshi meant, but still took advantage of the gap to take out all the Moonflowers.

Under the long night, amidst the eerie creatures, hundreds of lights drifted and finally settled, illuminating the path ahead.

"Go!" Lin Min, who had also noticed this, shouted to Li Hu and the others without hesitation. Then she took out a talisman and threw it out. The talisman flew out and quickly changed, like a huge cloth covering all the alien spirits, giving Lu Yunshi and the others a moment to react. They all ran wildly towards the direction of the Moon Tide Flower.

Under the first Moonflower, everyone stopped. Lin Min reached out and touched it, and the space in front of her rippled like the surface of water.

"Is it a door?" Li Hu asked breathlessly.

“It should be the Iron Mountain Sect,” Lu Yunshi said, “and it’s the only way that leads to this place.”

"Who cares where it is? We don't have time to hesitate. Staying won't end well either." Lin Min gave a bitter smile and walked in first, followed closely by Lu Yunshi and the others.

At this moment, the strange spirit broke through the cloth formed by the talisman and was about to follow, but then it saw a fierce glint flash in the old man's eyes.

"Now that you're here, you can't leave."

With a low growl, the old man's aura surged, and he clenched his hand like a claw towards the direction of the strange spirit.

The next second, all the otherworldly spirits stopped moving, and then they all exploded, turning into streams of air and dissipating.

After doing all this, the old man's eyes became cloudy again. He returned to lean against the big tree, looking even older.