Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

After Xuan Shuo forcibly restored his strength to the late Nascent Soul stage, dealing with several late Golden Core stage humans was a piece of cake.

The previous exchange was just a drizzle; now, it's a life-or-death struggle for Xu Qizhou and the others.

Xue Lan flew upwards along the light barrier in front of her like a fluttering, moon-white butterfly, and entered the Zhong Lei Formation before the top closed.

Xu Qizhou and the others had already been blasted away by Xuan Shuo when he recovered his strength. The pressure of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was simply too much to bear; Xu Qizhou coughed up blood when he landed. However, his sword techniques continued unabated.

"When Yin and Yang unite, and all demons are vanquished, there will be no frost!"

As he called out, Wushuang flew behind him and merged back into the immortal sword, instantly turning the surroundings icy cold.

A clear and refined female voice rang out: "This place is clear and bright; the moon shines in the sky, and there is no frost on the ground!"

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed. Xuan Shuo saw that the bright sky outside darkened in an instant, as if someone had unfurled an autumn moon and frost painting. A bright moon hung in the sky, its light gentle yet concealing murderous intent, and the ground was covered in white frost.

A young man in white appeared in this world, wielding a sword that gleamed with silver light.

"Sword Domain?" Xuan Shuo looked at the surrounding scenery, his expression somewhat surprised. Then he shook his head.

"It's not a sword domain, at least not a domain formed by a single sword strike. Otherwise, I would risk my life today to prevent you, a mere junior, from being released."

"Enough with the nonsense." Xu Qizhou was too lazy to argue with the person opposite him and drew his sword to meet Xuan Shuo. Xuan Shuo waved his sleeve, releasing many demonic beasts from it.

I don't have time to argue with you.

The dark shadow transformed into a glimmer of light and rushed towards Min Chang, who was operating the Spirit Gathering Cauldron behind them.

"Not good!" Ji Jinjin stood in front of Min Chang, her silver spear crackling with purple lightning. She swung the spear at the demonic figure before her.

As the spear struck, a pale blue lightning bolt descended from the sky and struck the demonic figure in front of Ji Jinjin.

Xuan Shuo only took a step back, but Ji Jinjin was sent flying dozens of meters away, finally crashing into the formation and vomiting a mouthful of blood. Her internal organs had long since shifted.

“Lei Kui.” Xuan Shuo looked up at the great formation above. He sensed Lei Kui’s power and also saw Xue Lan flying down from above.

"Another one." Xuan Shuo raised his hand and used his demonic energy to grab Xue Lan in mid-air, but a river of swords was flying towards him, crushing him with overwhelming force the moment he raised his hand.

It was Xu Qizhou, the hot-tempered swordsman, who looked at Xue Lan in mid-air. He was so angry that he immediately started cursing.

"Xue Lan, are you out of your mind?!"

Xue Lan had no time to argue with Xu Qizhou. She flew towards the center of the Zhong Lei Formation and landed near the formation plate. The girl flicked her sleeve and waved it behind her, and the Spirit Gathering Cauldron in Min Chang's hand flew towards her.

It flew into the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map that unfolded before the girl.

Xuan Shuo was delayed by Xu Qizhou's River of Immortal Swords. Seeing Xue Lan land near the center of the formation, he had a bad feeling for some reason. He cleaved through the River of Immortal Swords surrounding him with a claw and flew towards Xue Lan.

"Why don't you fight this junior?" A sharp shout came from behind. Two pale blue short swords blocked Xuan Shuo's path. Xuan Shuo turned around and saw a nine-petaled water lotus unfolding behind him.

Yue Zhong held a black longsword in his hand, while two golden rings danced in front of Jin Xun.

"I originally thought that the humans would use some ugly and deformed creatures as bait, but I didn't expect this." Xuan Shuo smiled mysteriously.

"Let's use the flesh and blood of you human prodigies to make them understand the majesty of the demon race."

After speaking, Xuan Shuo's body surged with turbulent demonic energy. The lightning bolts of the Zhong Lei Formation struck him repeatedly, but they caused no harm. A thick layer of blood-red cocoon appeared on Xuan Shuo's body, enveloping him inside.

“Xiaoxiao!” Min Chang looked at Xue Lan near the center of the formation: “He’s about to take human form.”

Unfortunately, Xue Lan was currently focused on searching for the wisp of wandering soul on the formation and did not reply.

The Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map unfolded before the girl, its array constantly evolving, attempting to find a flaw amidst the ever-changing patterns.

Xue Lan intends to use her demon soul power to awaken a wisp of Lei Kui's wandering soul ahead of time.

It's also possible that it wasn't just a wandering soul.

At that moment, a crackling sound came from the huge blood cocoon, and a hand covered in bone spurs emerged from it. The system was in Xue Lan's sea of ​​consciousness, and the data link was shaking violently.

[He's almost out! What exactly do you want? I'm contacting the main system! I'm pausing! I'm pausing!]

Long Siyin stood in front of Min Chang, and the golden dragon behind her coiled around the blood cocoon. However, this still couldn't slow down the demon's speed of breaking free. Xu Qizhou's Frostless Sword Domain had already developed a crack.

"Find a way to stop him from breaking free!"

The group charged toward the blood cocoon in front of them, including Ji Jinjin, who had been severely injured by Xuan Shuo.

Various attacks landed on the giant blood cocoon in front of them, but none of them damaged the blood cocoon in the slightest.

The blood cocoon twitched slightly, a hole appeared on it, and a ferocious head emerged.

It has no hair, eight eyes, long and narrow ears, and blood-red pupils.

late!

This was the opinion of everyone present.

The monster stretched out an arm covered in bone spurs and reached for the people in front of it.

"run!"

The group scattered and fled. Like the true form of the demon race, this demon's true form was also persistent. Given the vast difference in strength, escape seemed to be their only option.

Who knew that the hand, halfway through its reach, would suddenly veer off course and grab Min Chang, who was flying in the opposite direction.

"Senior Sister Min!" At this critical moment, Jin Xunyu, the imperial guard in front of Min Chang, blocked Min Chang's path with a golden ring in his hand.

The surging, powerful golden spiritual energy poured out, dyeing half the sky a brilliant gold.

This was a full-force attack, but it still couldn't stop the demon, and Jin Xun was captured.

"Junior Brother Jin!" Min Chang screamed, wielding her short sword to rescue Jin Xun, but it was too late.

With a forceful movement, the protective aura around Jin Xun shattered layer by layer, like an eggshell being casually crushed.

As the boy lay dying, he gave a slight smile to the crowd not far away:

"Jin Xun, a resident of Lianyue City, is fortunate to have fought alongside fellow Daoists in this life!"

"Not all of us from Jiyue Mountain are spies of the demon race."

The boy slowly closed his eyes, and at the same time...

With a "bang!", Jin Xun exploded in the demon's hand, blooming into a magnificent golden flower and blowing off half of the demon's arm.

How tragic! It was just half an arm.

On a mountaintop a hundred miles away, an old man dressed in magnificent sect leader's robes clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, his fingernails digging into his palms.

"He is my most beloved young disciple."

The white-robed Daoist beside him raised his hand in a gesture of respect; “Sect Leader Wen, please accept my condolences. We should depart now.”

"Hahahaha! Weak and naive humans." The demon laughed arrogantly, reaching out to grab Xue Lan on the ground.

Ji Jinjin rushed out first, followed closely by Long Siyin, who tried to block him. Everyone had no time to grieve and worked together to resist the large hand in front of them.

The array on Xue Lan Chonglou's Illusionary Treasure Map finally stopped operating.

"found it!"

Xue Lan raised her hand and gently touched a point on the array plate in front of her.

[Main system connection complete. Hello, Honkai Impact 3rd Rescue Story System 001!]

[Host, I've connected to the main system.] The system excitedly danced around in its mind's eye. Suddenly, it felt a chill down its spine.

System monitoring completed, running normally, host binding invalid!

"What do you mean...invalid host binding?" The system hesitated, turning around cautiously as it asked the main system.

The main system did not respond. The system turned its head and saw the snow-capped mountain behind it slowly moving, rising from the ground and transforming into a giant white wolf.

The huge ridge of the snow-capped mountain was the back of this white wolf.

White Wolf glanced at the system and slowly transformed into a woman in white with white hair, her eyes as cold and noble as thousand-year-old ice.

[It means the host you were bound to died long ago, and this one isn't the original host.]

"Who...who...who are you?" the system finally managed to ask after a long pause. The woman in front of it didn't answer, but turned around and made a hand seal, with some soul power floating from her fingertips.

The girl's resolute voice merged with the woman's cool voice in that instant.

"The waves of the East Sea flow."

"Wind and rain, green and blue."

"The sun and moon shine brightly, drawing thunder to the eight directions!"

As the last sentence faded away, a blinding white light appeared within the Zhong Lei Array, illuminating the sky with a mixture of deep blue lightning.

A man's hearty laughter echoed through the sky.

"Ten thousand years have passed, and the demons still haven't changed their beastly ways!"

He arrived dressed in an indigo robe, with sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, and a short beard, appearing casual and languid. Lightning crackled around him.

"Kuishengge!" The demon was horrified and took several steps back.

"How rude! Even you demon gods wouldn't dare speak to me like that!" the man roared.

After he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning slammed the demon in front of him to the ground and slid him a long way away, leaving him with a putrid, acrid smell.

Xue Lan breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew her hand from the array plate, and looked into her sea of ​​consciousness.

The woman in her sea of ​​consciousness looked at the system and spoke calmly:

"My name is Xue Lan. A thousand years ago, I was the chieftain of the River Wolves in the Northern Region of the Yuanming Upper Realm."

"And the one you mentioned who interfered with the river of time..."

The woman's voice was tinged with laughter.

"A top genius of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan."