After all, this was the Mysterious Maiden's ho turf. The Demon Spirit Ancestor was simply too far away, leaving him at a severe disadvantage.
With a heart full of resentnt, the Mysterious Maiden made her move, swiftly and efficiently neutralizing all of her opponent's killing blows. Only then did she get a clear look at him. "It's you, Demon Emperor Taiyi! Senior Brother Taiyi, what is the aning of this? Why have you attacked my sacred ground and shad for no reason?"
The Demon Spirit Ancestor scoffed, "Junior Sister Mysterious Maiden, you have the nerve to question ? Your descendants injured my followers and sabotaged my plans in the outside world. That, I could have let slide. But then, under your protection, one of them snuck into my own sacred ground to steal my Spiritual Energy. If I don't annihilate him, how can I still call myself the Demon Emperor?"
"What? Such a thing happened?" the Mysterious Maiden exclaid in shock. Only then did she sweep her Divine Sense across the entire domain.
At that sa mont, the Yin Yang Mirror materialized on its own. It flipped over, and a beam of light enveloped Lin Tang.
"Go!"
WHOOSH!
Lin Tang's original infiltration of the Yaochi Heavenly Palace had taken a Herculean effort, forcing his way through as if being squeezed through a pinhole. Now, with the help of the Yin Yang Mirror, it was laughably easy. In the blink of an eye, he was already outside the Yaochi Heavenly Palace.
"Damn, you're this useful? If I'd known, I would've co to you from the very beginning!" Lin Tang exclaid. He had been planning to burn at least half the Spiritual Energy he had just devoured to activate the newly refined Destruction Talisman. His idea was to blast a spatial rift open himself and slip away. He never expected the Yin Yang Mirror to be so effective, saving him the effort entirely.
"Keep fleeing. I can't help you any further," said the Yin Yang Mirror. Just monts after being praised, its power promptly fizzled out, its montum completely gone.
"LONG TIANJI!"
The sound of the Mysterious Maiden's shriek, like that of a common shrew, echoed from behind, utterly devoid of her usual dignified image. The Demon Spirit Ancestor was also in hot pursuit.
Lin Tang just laughed heartily and soared into the sky. Although an invisible pressure constricted his entire body and a powerful, black-hole-like suction pulled at him from behind, drastically slowing his flight speed until he was crawling forward like a turtle, he was at least still moving forward, not backward. Having just fought, the Mysterious Maiden and the Demon Spirit Ancestor remained wary of each other. Though they appeared to be working together, their attention was divided. This gave Lin Tang the opening he needed to gradually pick up speed until he broke free completely into the wide-open sky.
"Thank you for your generous hospitality! No need to see out, goodbye!" he called back, laughing loudly.
"Stop right there!"
"We absolutely cannot let you escape this ti!"
The Mysterious Maiden and the Demon Spirit Ancestor stubbornly continued the chase.
Back within the battered and ruined Yaochi Heavenly Palace, the High Commander's expression was grim as her gaze swept over the utter devastation. This was all the fault of that damnable Long Tianji.
"Yuexi, you..."
"I'm sorry," Ning Yuexi said quickly. "I was his hostage. I wanted to call for help, but I couldn't even speak."
"Is that so?"
"Of course!"
The High Commander snorted, clearly not believing a word of Ning Yuexi's pathetic story. She was just about to order her people to bind Ning Yuexi and await judgnt when a familiar voice suddenly rang out.
"Well now, you all seem to be having a pleasant chat. Why don't you let in on it so I can have so fun, too?"
The High Commander spun around, her face instantly paling with shock. "Long Tianji! How are you here? Didn't you just escape?"
Ning Yuexi was equally stunned. How could Lin Tang...
"Surprised?" Lin Tang grinned, his smile radiant. "You were all already aware that I have two bodies, weren't you? Now is the perfect ti to devour Spiritual Energy. My original body has drawn away the Mysterious Maiden and the Demon Spirit Ancestor—a classic case of luring the tiger from its mountain. At the sa ti, the Demon Spirit Ancestor himself was kind enough to tear this massive hole in space for , making it even more convenient for his Spiritual Energy to pour through. So, what are we waiting for?"
Lin Tang unleashed a ntal attack with his Divine Sense. Caught completely off guard, the High Commander and the others clutched their heads and scread in agony. Their brains felt as if they'd been turned to mush, and their strength abandoned them, sending them collapsing to the ground.
Lin Tang didn't waste ti finishing them off. Instead, he grabbed Ning Yuexi and flew to the base of the spatial rift.
"Clear your mind and keep absorbing!"
"...Alright!"
Under his protection, Ning Yuexi sat cross-legged and began circulating her cultivation technique once more. Lin Tang did the sa. As he absorbed the Spiritual Energy, his greed got the better of him. He couldn't absorb all the energy at once, so he began to channel the vast excess, guiding it in a massive torrent down into the domain below.
"In consideration for you lending your place, I'll grant you all a stroke of good fortune!"
WHOOSH—A deluge of Spiritual Energy rained down from the sky. It was so dense that it ford a literal spirit rain, drenching the forests and palaces below. When the droplets landed on the people, it was like a shot of pure adrenaline that invigorated their spirits. Although they lacked the aptitude and cultivation techniques to truly use the Spiritual Energy to grow stronger, its innate nourishing properties passively made them feel healthier and more robust. After their initial shock, many beca intoxicated by the sensation and began to let out strange groans of pleasure.
The High Commander's face flushed. She was mortified and unwilling to accept Lin Tang's "goodwill," yet her body was responding honestly to the nourishing energy. She was trapped in a miserable state of frustration, anger, and embarrassnt.
Far away, both the Mysterious Maiden and the Demon Spirit Ancestor sensed everything happening within the Yaochi Heavenly Palace. Instantly, they understood Lin Tang's true plan.
"You insignificant insect! How dare you continue to play us for fools?" the Demon Spirit Ancestor roared, so furious he felt his lungs would burst. He was now faced with a dilemma. Should he continue to chase Lin Tang's main body, or should he return to sever the spatial connection and stop the Spiritual Energy from bleeding into the Yaochi Heavenly Palace? If he turned back, Lin Tang would escape for good.
The Mysterious Maiden's eyes, however, flickered with a different light. She was beginning to realize that she might have just reaped a considerable, albeit unintentional, benefit from all this chaos. The damage to her domain—the forests and palaces—could be repaired easily enough. But the vast amount of pure Spiritual Energy now flooding her realm was a truly rare and precious prize.
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