C313 Cracking Ship!
The space rift that had flown away from Shen Feiqing's side contorted and twisted as Wei Wujiang spoke.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Liu Wei, who had been diligently nurturing a disciple of Winter's Bite, and Lei Xiao, who was in the late stages of Subtlety, were shredded into chunks by the space rift.
Below the Lunar Spirit Realm, physical death meant true death.
Only those who had ascended to the Lunar Spirit Realm could hope to be reborn after their physical forms were destroyed.
Liu Wei, Lei Xiao, and the two disciples from Thunder Sect and Winter's Bite, not having reached Lunar Spirit, had their bodies cleaved in two and were undoubtedly dead.
There was no glimmer of hope for survival.
Yu Yuan's lips curled into a peculiar smile as he cast a distant glance at Ning Ji.
Ning Ji, his excitement barely contained, clenched his fists tightly.
It was Liu Wei from Winter's Bite who had sabotaged him during his attempt to advance to the Veil Breaking Realm!
He had resigned himself to never witnessing Liu Wei's demise, to only watch from below as Liu Wei's power soared ever higher, stepping into the Lunar Spirit Realm and thriving within Winter's Bite.
He had believed that vengeance would elude him in this lifetime.
Yet now, Liu Wei, his formidable adversary, was the first to fall!
"Swoosh!"
The space rift that had slain Liu Wei and Lei Xiao didn't cease its deadly dance; it surged towards the gathering place of the Dragon Attendants at Dragon Lake.
All the Dragon Attendants were thrown into chaos.
High above, the two Spirit Walk cultivators from Thunder Sect and Winter's Bite looked on with grave expressions.
The deaths of Liu Wei, Lei Xiao, and the others failed to ruffle the composure of Jiang Moyan and Zou Jin, who preserved their spiritual wisdom.
For Spirit Walkers like them, the demise of peers like Liu Wei and Lei Xiao, who hadn't even progressed to Lunar Spirit, was of little consequence.
Without advancing to Lunar Spirit, one was merely peripheral in the eyes of Thunder Sect and Winter's Bite.
After all, neither Liu Wei nor the Thunder Sect possessed the prodigious talent of Liu Ying, who, barring an untimely end, was fated to be a pivotal figure in inheriting the leadership of Star Sect.
Even if those individuals belonged to the same sect, their deaths were inevitable.
Jiang Moyan and Zou Jin kept their gaze fixed on Shen Feiqing's Lunar Spirit, secretly on high alert. They were prepared to seal the heavens and earth to prevent Shen Feiqing's Lunar Spirit from fleeing too swiftly.
Indeed, Shen Feiqing's Lunar Spirit departing from her body was something they had anticipated.
They had been eagerly awaiting this very moment!
The departure of the Lunar Spirit signified that Shen Feiqing was aware of her dire predicament and knew she was on the brink of suffering the backlash from the Ancient Echoes of the Void. In desperation, she sought to preserve herself through her Lunar Spirit.
Surely, this Lunar Spirit was bound to seek refuge in the Mysterious Realm?
Elsewhere in the sky, the seventh-level Silverfrost Dragon, with its luminous eyes, watched the space rift zigzag through the Dragon Attendants like a bolt of lightning, its mind tinged with confusion.
First, it was Liu Wei and Lei Xiao's demise, and now the Dragon Attendant from Dragon Lake. Could this all be mere coincidence?
"Chi!"
Another space rift, even more slender and luminous, appeared, resembling a gleaming blade.
It seemed as though a force nudged the rift closer to Shen Feiqing.
The brilliant space rift shot out from beside Shen Feiqing's detached Lunar Spirit and suddenly veered towards the Golden Ship where Wei Wujiang and his companions were stationed.
"Dodge it! Move quickly!"
"Fool! Start the ship now!"
Wei Wujiang and the young nobles of the Sunblessed Empire yelled, their faces pale as ghosts.
In a corner of the ship, Wei Feng, with her head bowed, maintained a serene and composed demeanor.
She was filled with anticipation...
The elongated, luminous space rift, like a colossal blade of light, cleaved towards the Golden Ship.
The Sky Chariot, a lavish creation of the Sunblessed Empire, was instantly bathed in a cascade of golden light.
Layer upon layer of viscous, golden luminescence enveloped the ship.
One by one, the magic diagrams etched into the ship's sturdy array sprang to life.
In the night sky, the Golden Ship shone with a dazzling golden radiance, revealing at least a dozen intricate and mysterious magic diagrams, each exuding an aura of grandeur and inviolability.
In the moment when the space rift sliced through the air like a blade of light, all the stable magic diagrams and the Sunsilver-forged hull of the ship proved as fragile as paper.
They were instantly ripped apart with a resounding "Crack!"
The Golden Ship, a marvel crafted by the Sunblessed Empire, was cleaved open by the rift and disintegrated midair!
As the complex magic diagrams and the ship's body were being severed, Wei Wujiang and the others aboard had already begun their escape.
In the face of life and death, nobody spared a thought for Wei Feng.
Crouched in a corner, Wei Feng watched motionlessly as the space rift tore the ship to shreds. Yet, as the glaring blade of light neared her, it miraculously shifted its trajectory.
The rift passed just half a meter from her feet, slicing the empire's prized Sky Chariot into scattered fragments.
A sense of satisfaction washed over Wei Feng, and she mused to herself, "Well done, Commander!"
She was acutely aware of the years of the empire's wealth that had been poured into the creation of the Golden Ship. Now, as it lay in ruins at her feet, destroyed by the Blackfang Legion's commander, it felt like a release for all the pent-up frustration and hardship she had endured.
Her eyes brimmed with mirth as she descended alongside the shattered remains of the hull.
"What a pity," Yuan Lianyao's voice, tinged with schadenfreude, suddenly rang in Yu Yuan's ears.
The alluring "blazing red lotus" had, unbeknownst to him, taken a position by his side.
Her red lips were pursed, and her captivating eyes sparkled with intrigue as she gazed at him.
"Why are you staring at me?" Yu Yuan asked, feeling somewhat defensive.
Wang Jinlin of the Ethereal Void Sect, clutching the Shadowgold, had been just a few meters from Yu Yuan, intent on seizing the chance to strike. But as the space rifts spiraled out of control, he abandoned his murderous intent.
Now, his only desire was to understand the situation and distance himself as much as possible from the lethal space rifts.
As Yuan Lianyao gracefully approached, he discreetly weighed his options and began to withdraw.
His concern shifted to whether the mayor of Asvetaesi might collaborate with Yu Yuan to target him.
In the midst of the tumultuous situation, with duplicity abounding, the elders of the Ethereal Void Sect, confident with their teleportation circle in hand, felt no urgency to intervene.
Unprotected and let down by the Shadowgold at a crucial moment, Wang Jinlin couldn't afford to be anything but cautious.
Yu Yuan, who had just exchanged a few words with Yuan Lianyao, chuckled with surprise as he departed. "Look at him, isn't he a disciple of Chong Xiao? Why does he seem even more frightened than I am?" Pointing at Wang Jinlin, he spoke to Yuan Lianyao, "Sister Mayor, do you think there's a Mysterious Realm hidden within these Forgotten Ruins? And if there is, how many lives do you reckon will be lost?"
Yuan Lianyao paused, then whispered, "You know about the Mysterious Realm too?"
Yu Yuan simply smiled and nodded in response.
"Kill!"
In that instant, Le Baixiong of the Blackfang Legion bellowed his command. The legion's warriors, astride their Blackfang Beasts, charged into the thick underbrush to slay the unseen cultivators lurking in the distance.
"Who else?" Yu Yuan inquired, taken aback.
"Besides the Thunder Sect and Winter's Bite, there are other sects and forces that have arrived with ill intentions," Yuan Lianyao answered, her gaze fixed intently on him. "Tell me, does Shen Feiqing from the mid-lake island have any connection to you?"
"There's nothing between us, don't let your imagination run wild," Yu Yuan replied.
With a "swoosh," Lee Yuchan transformed into a beam of icy light and positioned herself beside Yu Yuan, eyeing him with a skeptical and scrutinizing gaze.
