Chapter 3449: Shang Yue, I, This Master, Protect Her
High Priestess Xinhe attached her divine thought to a message divine talisman and sent it out, inviting a Boundless Ancestor who was stationed at the temple to come to Rakshasa Divine City.
Just after returning to the Heavy Prison, Qingche walked out from inside and bowed to her.
"How is it? What did they talk about?" High Priestess Xinhe asked.
Qingche lowered her head and said, "All useless words! However, that Princess Luo Sha still seems to have some expectations, thinking there might be a turn of events. She advised Luo Shengtian to hold on no matter what—truly laughable."
"Once Divine King Nie arrives and extracts the secrets she holds through soul search, it would be best to eliminate those two siblings as soon as possible."
High Priestess Xinhe was cautious in her actions. "Although I have sent the message, the Divine City and the temple are far apart, requiring passage through multiple wormholes. The talisman may not reach its destination. Xinhe, you must personally return to the temple and invite the Divine King here."
Shang Xia, who was inside Qingche's body, was contemplating a way to escape. She hadn't expected the opportunity to come so quickly.
"Yes! This disciple will immediately return to the temple."
Qingche promptly left the Heavy Prison, boarded a ship, and fled the Divine City.
From within the Heavy Prison, Lingquan Great God's furious voice rang out: "Only one scroll? Luo Sha, are you mocking this god?"
Luo Sha's voice followed: "If I gave you the complete chapters of the *Guicang*, wouldn't I lose all my value? Rest assured, as long as you guarantee the safety of my brother and me, once Patriarch Ding takes over the throne, I will definitely hand over the *Guicang*. At that time, I only ask for a quick death! These two hundred years have been worse than death—I am afraid!"
Outside the Heavy Prison, High Priestess Xinhe sneered. She had long expected Luo Sha to act this way.
Expecting her to willingly hand over the *Guicang*? Lingquan Great God was too naive!
High Priestess Xinhe's smile gradually turned dark. She had left a spiritual power mark on Qingche earlier and had been sensing Qingche's location all along.
She discovered that Qingche was not heading toward the temple.
In fact, High Priestess Xinhe had long noticed something off about Qingche, which was why she had tested her.
...
After the ship flew tens of millions of miles out of the Divine City, Shang Xia cautiously abandoned the vessel and fled into the void space.
But she underestimated the perception of an eighty-fourth-level spiritual power powerhouse, and she had no idea that High Priestess Xinhe had left a spiritual power mark on her.
Not long after entering the void space, Shang Xia spotted a floating island about a thousand zhang in size.
Shang Yue, who was responsible for receiving her, had already set up a space teleportation array on the floating island.
"Did you see her?" Shang Yue asked.
Shang Xia stepped onto the floating island and immediately walked toward the space teleportation array. "I saw her, but with our cultivation, we can't rescue her."
Shang Yue's expression turned grim. "Not 'we,' it's you! Luo Shengtian's life and death have nothing to do with me. I don't even know if I'm crazy for coming to the Hell Realm with you to do something so dangerous."
Shang Xia said, "Senior Sister, I will repay this favor in the future! But you still need to help me!"
"Still help you? If I help you any more, I'll lose my life in the Hell Realm," Shang Yue said.
Shang Xia said, "You go to the Sword Realm for me and find Zhang Ruochen. Only he can rescue the Divine Prince and Princess Luo Sha now!"
"The Sword Realm? Where am I supposed to find the Sword Realm?"
Shang Yue thought of something and said coldly, "You're not leaving? What else do you plan to do? Do you really not care about your life?"
Standing at the edge of the space teleportation array, Shang Xia pondered for a moment and said, "If you can't find the Sword Realm, go to the Kunlun Realm! I... I have to go to the Snow Sea Divine Kingdom. I must have a backup plan."
"No, you have to leave with me. You're just a Lower Deity, do you really think the Hell Realm is an empty land? You overestimate yourself too much!"
Shang Yue grabbed Shang Xia's wrist and took a step forward, but suddenly her expression changed drastically as she sensed danger.
"Since you're here, none of you are leaving!"
High Priestess Xinhe's voice echoed through the void space.
"Senior Sister, go quickly! I'll hold her off."
Shang Xia struck out with a palm, sending Shang Yue into the space teleportation array.
The array immediately activated, erupting with circles of white light.
"Whoosh!"
A bolt of lightning cut through the darkness of the void space, flying from afar and striking the floating island beneath the space teleportation array.
Shang Xia knew that if the floating island was destroyed, neither she nor her senior sister could escape. So, she unfolded her incomplete divine realm world and charged directly at the incoming lightning.
The lightning, with overwhelming force like a heavenly blade, tore through Shang Xia's divine realm world and struck her body.
"Pfft!"
Shang Xia's human body exploded directly, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
Inside the space teleportation array, Shang Yue's ten fingers glowed with crimson flames. Gritting her teeth, she watched Shang Xia's divine body shatter into pieces. Her eyes were filled with cold light and hatred, and she let out a furious roar.
Tears streaming from her eyes, she ultimately did not charge out of the array.
High Priestess Xinhe was too strong; she could crush them with a single finger. There was no way to resist!
"Boom!"
The floating island was shattered into rocks.
The space teleportation array was destroyed.
But Shang Yue had already been teleported away!
High Priestess Xinhe and a group of black-robed priests flew in as streaks of light, stopping and revealing their true forms.
After calculations, High Priestess Xinhe found the spatial coordinates of Shang Yue's teleportation destination and ordered, "Mobilize all forces to intercept that innate fire spirit. She must not be allowed to escape the Hell Realm."
"Yes!"
The black-robed priests flew out, returning to the real world.
High Priestess Xinhe's gaze then turned to the blood mist.
The blood mist rapidly contracted and recondensed into Shang Xia's human form.
She was firmly suppressed by High Priestess Xinhe's spiritual power, unable to move.
High Priestess Xinhe released a soul-shaking spiritual power attack. "Speak, who sent you?"
Seeing that Shang Xia remained silent, still resisting, High Priestess Xinhe condensed a spiritual power hand and reached out, preparing to perform a soul search directly.
Just then.
"Shua!"
A golden spear flew from the depths of the void space, piercing through the spiritual power hand and heading straight for High Priestess Xinhe's brow.
"Who is it?"
High Priestess Xinhe's eyes darkened. She flipped her palm, and dense red talismans appeared around her.
The spear was unstoppable, shattering the talismans one after another.
The pressure on Shang Xia lightened. Seizing the opportunity, she transformed into a stream of water and flew away.
The water gradually became transparent, disappearing into the void space.
Whoever was saving her, her priority was to escape and rush to the Snow Sea Divine Kingdom.
...
Fleeing all the way, Shang Yue was caught up by Rakshasa clan deities several times. Fortunately, she carried talismans bestowed by the Moon God, allowing her to escape.
Even so, she was severely injured.
The number of pursuers behind her grew.
Shang Yue didn't know when she would be caught, but now she could only push forward desperately. Once she was surrounded, there would be no chance of escape.
Rakshasa clan Great God-level powerhouses were surely on their way.
Now, both the Starry Sky Battlefield and the Wuding Divine Sea were impassable. Shang Yue planned to take a secret route through a tributary of the Santu River to reach the Heavenly Court Universe.
This secret route was discovered by the Goddess Twelve Pavilions and rarely used, known only to their high-ranking members.
On her way to the entrance of the secret route, Shang Yue was caught up again by three Rakshasa clan deities, and a battle erupted on the Santu River.
The riverbed collapsed, and space tore apart.
Divine power fluctuations spread millions of miles.
At a tributary millions of miles away, the river water was deep blue and extremely clear, completely different from other sections of the Santu River.
A white ship emerged from some spatial dimension, passing through the gray mist and heading toward the main channel of the Santu River.
Blood Butcher stood at the bow, holding a golden divine staff, exuding an air of confidence.
Ever since his father, Blood Yao True Lord, betrayed Xue Jue War God, bringing great calamity to the Blood Absolute Family, Blood Butcher had fled far away, hiding in fear of being dealt with by the Great Clan Leader.
But this hiding led him to accidentally enter a cosmic secret realm, where he discovered traces of the Primordial Ancestor "Yin" and obtained a great opportunity.
With this opportunity, Blood Butcher reached the Great God level and now finally had some confidence to return to the Hell Realm.
"I, Blood Butcher, am also blessed with great fortune. Now that I'm a Great God and a disciple of Feng Tian, the Great Clan Leader should think twice before moving against me, right? Besides, this matter has nothing to do with me—what reason does the Great Clan Leader have to act?"
Blood Butcher was still somewhat worried and decided to return to the Destiny Temple first to pay respects to Feng Tian.
With his Great God-level cultivation now, Feng Tian should value him. As long as she was willing to warn the Great Clan Leader with a few words, all threats would vanish.
Then he would go to the Blood Absolute Family and offer some White Pale Blood Soil to the Great Clan Leader, hoping to settle the misunderstandings and grudges.
After carefully considering various strategies and deeming them foolproof, Blood Butcher finally smiled.
Suddenly, he sensed divine power fluctuations. His pupils glowed with blood light as he gazed into the distance along the Santu River, witnessing Shang Yue being besieged.
"It's her!"
Blood Butcher's heart leaped with joy, knowing an opportunity had come.
He recognized Shang Yue. She had once been Bai Qinger's disciple, later trained under his senior brother for a time, and then joined the Guanghan Realm, becoming a disciple of the Moon God.
The Great Clan Leader was often ruthless, but his senior brother was easier to deal with.
If he could get his senior brother to say a few good words and plead for mercy, it might be more effective than Feng Tian's decree.
Blood Butcher leaped onto the back of an ancient divine beast and flew toward the center of the battlefield.
This ancient divine beast, called a Mo (panda), was discovered by him in that cosmic secret realm.
The Mo had a fat, bear-like body, a round head, a short tail, black-and-white fur, and large dark circles under its eyes. It cultivated both the Light and Dark Eternal Paths.
"Stop!"
Arriving at the center of the battlefield, Blood Butcher rode the Mo, hovering a thousand zhang high, releasing his Great God aura, dyeing the entire sky blood-red.
"Bang!"
Shang Yue was pierced through the abdomen by a divine arrow and fell into a valley, barely alive.
Three Rakshasa clan deities stood above the valley, each clad in divine armor, their killing intent fierce. They had thought they would complete the mission today and capture Shang Yue.
But who would have thought Blood Butcher would appear out of nowhere?
Seeing that they were only three Heaven Mending Realm deities, Blood Butcher felt even more confident. With full authority, he said, "Whatever grievances you have, this woman has ties with me. Please leave, the three of you."
One of the Rakshasa clan deities, a Upper Deity, held a golden blade and looked down at Blood Butcher, warning, "Blood Butcher, it's best you don't meddle. This matter is not something you can get involved in!"
Blood Butcher was furious.
Was he, a dignified Great God, so lacking in deterrence?
And he was Feng Tian's disciple.
He could lose his head, shed blood, but not his face.
With a loud crash, Blood Butcher landed on the ground, stepping out from the rising dust, holding the golden divine staff like a club. "You three are just Heaven Mending Realm deities—too arrogant! Shang Yue, I, this master, protect her. Let's see who dares to touch her today!"