Wind-Blade Small World.
Damien Chi, his whole body stained with blood, wore an expression of utter despair. His zhenyuan was completely exhausted, yet hundreds of giant wind blades were still shooting toward him at full speed.
He could easily imagine that, once those giant wind blades struck, his body would instantly be sliced into hundreds of pieces.
“To think that I, the dignified Witch Son and future Witch God Church leader, would die so miserably here! I can't accept this!”
Using the last of his strength, Damien Chi let out a furious roar. Instead of closing his eyes and waiting for death, he stared wide-eyed at the incoming blades.
Just as the wind blades were about to hit, Damien—already prepared for death—suddenly realized that all the blades had vanished into thin air.
"Ah!"
Damien Chi froze in disbelief, then let out a howl of relief at his narrow escape. He collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.
Darkness Small World.
In Diana Toba’s sea of consciousness, only a faint glimmer of spirit remained. Just as she was about to be completely swallowed by the dark world, the darkness slowly receded and her mind began to clear.
Water Small World.
Under the crushing water pressure, Fletcher Toba’s body burst open with hideous wounds. Just as he thought he would be pulverized by the ever-increasing force, the pressure suddenly disappeared.
"I’m not going to die!"
Fletcher Toba let out a heavy breath, then used the last sliver of his zhenyuan to heal his wounds.
Magma Small World. Mira Xuan, half-unconscious, suddenly woke to find that the lava which had nearly engulfed her and almost burned her to ash had vanished.
“Could this all be a dream?”
She murmured to herself, but soon realized her zhenyuan was nearly depleted. If the lava had retreated even a moment later, she really would have turned to ash—so no, this wasn’t a dream.
Meanwhile, the last group to charge into the Grand Array was mostly slaughtered before the array halted.
Of the few dozen survivors, when they saw the array finally stop killing, they nearly burst into tears from relief. If the halt had come just a few breaths later, even they would have been wiped out.
“Quick, get out of this damned place!”
Someone shouted, and the remaining survivors all dashed toward the edge of the Grand Array.
Unfortunately, although Ian Song had frozen the array’s slaughter function, the Grand Array itself hadn’t been broken. After all their efforts, they still couldn’t escape.
Gray Small World.
With a wave of his hand, Ian Song made the pressure-neutralizing array barrier vanish. The seven array disks returned to his palm; in just this short time, a third of the top-grade spirit crystals embedded in the disks had already been depleted.
Lila Li’s gaze swept over the top-grade spirit crystals on the seven array disks, surprise flickering across her beautiful face. Top-grade spirit crystals were the rarest in the cultivation world—even as the Prime One Saintess, she only possessed ten in total.
That was because top-grade spirit crystals weren’t just wealth—they represented the purest possible spiritual energy, reserved for only the highest-level experts above the Integration stage.
The higher your cultivation, the greater your demand for purity of spiritual energy.
For a moment, she couldn’t help but grow suspicious—just who was this Ian Song? His formation skill was terrifying, he had so many top-grade spirit crystals, and, most frightening of all, he wielded a spatial immortal artifact. Could he be a true disciple of the Phoenix Heaven Church?
No, even the Phoenix Heaven Church wouldn’t casually hand out spatial immortal artifacts to their true disciples.
With that, her curiosity about Ian Song’s origins grew even deeper.
Ian Song’s voice rang out: “Saintess, I’ve managed to freeze the Innate Grand Array’s slaughter function, but it won’t last forever. We should leave as soon as possible!”
“Alright!”
Lila Li gathered herself and nodded.
Suddenly, Ian Song’s expression sharpened. He said, “Saintess, follow right behind me. Step exactly where I step—don’t make a single mistake.”
Lila Li nodded again.
Ian Song began walking in a special pattern. Lila Li followed closely, her expression serious, eyes fixed on his feet as she matched every step.
After more than twelve hundred steps, Ian Song suddenly vanished.
Startled, Lila Li hesitated for an instant, then followed with one final step…
“Huh?”
Just as Ian Song left the gray small world, he realized he’d entered another realm—this one pitch-dark, with no trace of daylight. Instinctively, he activated his clairvoyance power and saw, not far away, a woman lying on the ground. It was Diana Toba, the Divine Daughter of the Fire God Church.
“Ian, where are we?”
Lila Li appeared behind Ian Song. Because of the darkness, she instinctively stepped forward to stand beside him.
Ian Song said, a bit embarrassed, “I made a small miscalculation and ended up in a different small world. But it’s fine—we’ll leave right away.”
He pointed ahead and added, “By the way, Diana Toba is here too, but she seems to be unconscious.”
“Diana Toba!”
Lila Li’s expression turned icy. Thinking of her senior brother’s tragic death, killing intent flashed in her eyes: “I’ll kill her myself!”
“Who’s there? Who’s speaking?”
At that moment, Diana Toba’s voice rang out—she had regained consciousness. The world was still shrouded in darkness, but at least she could hear and feel her own existence.
“Diana Toba, prepare to die!”
With a low shout, Lila Li’s two Mixed Heaven Sashes shot out, transforming into a black and a white flood dragon, lashing toward Diana Toba to kill her.
“Hehe, so it’s you, Sister Tianluo!”
With a peal of silvery laughter, Diana Toba drew two spirit-weapon short swords and began dueling Lila Li.
Seeing this, Ian Song’s face darkened. Why were these beautiful women so eager to fight?
Diana Toba was at mid-Deity Transformation stage, but her soul had been damaged by the darkness, limiting her strength. Lila Li, meanwhile, had taken a cultivation-boosting pill, but after thirty breaths, the backlash arrived—she could only exert half her power.
So, the two women fought to a standstill—neither could defeat the other.
After thinking it over, Ian Song called out, “Ladies, could you pause a moment and hear me out?”
“Why should I listen to you? You’re nothing special!” Diana Toba retorted with disdain. Even with her soul damaged, she could sense Ian Song was only at late Nascent Soul stage.
To her, he was less than a servant—nothing worth noticing.
Hearing Diana Toba’s scorn, Lila Li snorted coldly. “Hmph, if Ian hadn’t locked down the array, you’d already be dead!”
Diana Toba was startled. “So you saved me?”
“Not exactly. I was just trying to save myself,” Ian Song replied coolly.
“Hehe, since you’re my savior, I’ll listen to you and spare Sister Tianluo for now!”
Suddenly, Ian Song’s vision blurred. He tried to dodge, but was a split second too slow—a cold fingertip clamped onto his neck.
Lila Li rushed over, seeing Ian Song in Diana Toba’s grasp. Her heart lurched and she shouted angrily, “Diana Toba, you witch, let him go!”