# 1050
Chapter 1051: Figure at the Temple Gate
The moment they charged through the temple gate, Loki's figure paused.
He turned his head, those narrow eyes coldly glancing at the five maidens, a trace of mockery flickering within them.
"None of the Great Xia gods are coming, yet you think you can stop me?"
Before the five maidens could even reach him, Loki stamped his right foot heavily on the ground, and a torrent of divine pressure burst forth, forcibly sending the five maidens in mid-air tumbling back several meters before they stumbled onto the ground.
"Foreign god?!"
The yellow-robed maiden sensed the divine pressure emanating from Loki, her pupils contracting sharply.
They had thought that whoever had infiltrated the Kunlun Ruins was merely a foreign god's agent who hadn't stepped into the divine realm. They never expected a true god to appear here.
How did he get in?!
"Form the array!"
The yellow-robed maiden reacted with lightning speed. All five maidens flipped their palms simultaneously, and five swords of varying forms materialized in their hands.
They gripped the swords in their right hands while forming seals with their left, and the five blades flew from their grasp, dancing through the air along some mysterious trajectory. Dots of starlight ignited above the alchemy hall, weaving into a sword formation that descended upon Loki's body.
Si Xiaonan let out a long sigh in her heart.
The aura radiating from this sword formation was formidable, strong enough to kill a peak Klein-level cultivator, but to harm Loki, it was far from sufficient... even if what stood here was merely one of his avatars.
Loki calmly glanced at the star-sword formation above his head, showing no intention of dodging, allowing that starlight to completely engulf his form.
Just as the five maidens were about to breathe sighs of relief, disaster struck.
Loki raised both hands and casually clapped them together. With a crisp sound, his figure flickered to where the five maidens stood, while the five maidens only felt their vision blur before finding themselves at the center of the star-sword formation.
The five maidens' pupils contracted sharply.
Outside the sword formation, Loki tapped lightly on the surface of the star-sword formation with his knuckles.
Endless starlight exploded violently, transforming into countless sharp sword shards that swept back into the formation, gashing狰狞 wounds across the five maidens' bodies.
In an instant, the sword formation shattered, and all five women were severely wounded.
The yellow-robed maiden knelt half-collapsed in a pool of blood, glaring at the approaching Loki through gritted teeth, the killing intent in her eyes丝毫没有减弱.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Loki walked up to her and asked calmly.
"Why should I be afraid of you?" The yellow-robed maiden coldly smiled. "You can't hurt me."
"...Is that so?"
Loki's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to strike directly at the top of her head, but just as his palm reached mid-air, a brilliant divine light erupted from within the maiden's body!
Loki frowned and retreated nearly a hundred meters in an instant.
A bronze mirror flew out from within the yellow-robed maiden's body, hovering high in the air, its amber-colored surface clearly reflecting everything within the hall. A terrifying wave of divine power roared forth from within the mirror!
Within the mirror's reflection, a blurred figure stepped out, passing straight through the mirror's surface and transforming into a beautiful matron adorned in a flowing purple-gold robe with phoenix-winged golden crown.
She stepped on虚空, looking down at Loki beneath her in the great hall. Those beautiful eyes revealed neither joy nor anger, only boundless majesty radiating outward.
At the sight of this beautiful matron, Loki's originally composed expression immediately turned grave.
"Western wretch, how dare you cause mischief in my Jade Pool?"
The Queen Mother of the West spoke calmly, and endless divine might surged forth. A fair jade hand emerged from within the folds of her flowing divine robe, lightly pressing down toward Loki's head.
Above the great hall, a massive spiritual vortex rapidly swirled upward. All the spiritual energy within the Jade Pool seemed to boil, frantically churning as a sky-obscuring palm materialized from the虚空.
Loki's expression grew increasingly grim.
He glanced at Si Xiaonan by the temple gate, then refocused on the Queen Mother of the West, coldly laughing:
"We're both avatars. What makes you think I'd fear you? Do you believe me when I say, if you let me leave here today, tomorrow, the four great divine kingdoms will join forces to breach Great Xia's borders and annihilate your Great Xia gods?"
As the words fell, Loki burst into laughter. His figure transformed into a black lightning bolt, instantly bursting through the alchemy hall's entrance and soaring toward the skies above the Kunlun Ruins.
The Queen Mother of the West's expression slightly darkened. Gripping the Kunlun Mirror, she took a step that shattered虚空 and chased after Loki.
The next moment, deafening explosions rang from above. The two divine avatars fiercely clashed above the Jade Pool, shaking the entire Jade Pool with tremors.
Dusts trickled down from the alchemy hall's ceiling.幽绿色的火焰 burned in mid-air, making Si Xiaonan's shadow dance like a demon.
She stood in place, recalling the look Loki had given her just moments ago, her fists unconsciously clenching tight.
"Help me find it, bring it back, and I'll spare Leng Xuan's life..." Loki's words echoed in her ears.
That look had been both a reminder and a threat.
From the very beginning, Loki had been clear-headed. The Kunlun Ruins, as a critical stronghold of Great Xia, even if the Great Xia gods had mobilized their full force, they must have left certain contingencies. Otherwise, the Great Xia gods would never have been so bold as to expose this location.
He had brought Si Xiaonan along precisely to deal with a situation like this.
Had he anticipated this all along?
Countless thoughts flashed through Si Xiaonan's mind. After a moment, determination surfaced in her eyes. She stepped forward, traversing the empty corridors of the alchemy hall, heading directly toward the depths.
Before she could take many steps, several figures appeared before her, stumbling while gripping shattered swords.
The blood-soaked yellow-robed maiden coldly stared at Si Xiaonan before her, raising her broken sword to point at her nose.
"You're also a citizen of Great Xia. Why do you stand with the Western gods against Great Xia?"
Si Xiaonan met her eyes but didn't answer her question. She simply shook her head calmly. "Put it down. As things stand now, you can't stop me."
A murderous glint flashed in the yellow-robed maiden's eyes. She swung her sword toward Si Xiaonan's neck, but before the blade could touch her skin, the sword in her hand mysteriously vanished and landed in Si Xiaonan's grasp instead.
Si Xiaonan gripped the broken sword in reverse, her figure phantom-like as she darted between the maidens. After several dull thuds, all the maidens lay unconscious on the ground.
Si Xiaonan calmly glanced at them, then without looking back, continued deeper into the alchemy hall.
Under the eerie green firelight, within the deepest recesses of the alchemy hall, the silhouettes of a black alchemy cauldron and a white alchemy cauldron were faintly outlined in mid-air.
Just as Si Xiaonan reached out to grasp those two cauldrons, a figure stepped into the alchemy hall.
Clack—!
Footsteps rang out from the temple gate. Si Xiaonan frowned and turned to look.
A figure draped in a deep crimson cloak stood silently at the temple entrance, a sword case carried on their back.
His gaze swept across the hall, passing over the several maidens collapsed in pools of blood, finally landing on Si Xiaonan who clutched the broken sword. His eyes narrowed.