Chapter 1056: Swallowing the Infant

As the white-robed scholar was forced out, the black and red blade light, slashing down from a distance, flickered. The strange black and red glow diminished significantly, allowing the big-headed monster to block the giant blade's descent with his massive sword and silver flying fork. The monster's body swayed, and he seized the opportunity to shoot away at an angle, finally escaping the giant blade's strike range.

"Uncle Seven, where do you think you're escaping to? The Black Blood Blade is the Ye family's inherited treasure and our clan's artifact for dealing with traitors. Since you colluded with this ancient demonic ancestor and abandoned the Ye family, don't blame your nephew for being impolite. This Eight-Spirit Ruler is something the Ye family must obtain. If you intend to give this item to that demon, then first offer your life." Ignoring the wound on his chest, the white-robed scholar glared at the distant monster and said sharply.

Hearing the scholar's words, the big-headed monster's face became a mix of red and white, but then he sneered, showing complete indifference, without the slightest intention of defending himself.

Seeing the monster's indifferent expression, a fierce glint flashed across the scholar's face. His eyebrows gradually rose, and his entire demeanor suddenly turned exceptionally ferocious. This was a stark contrast to his previously composed and scholarly appearance.

The black-robed woman was already surprised that her previous strike hadn't killed the scholar. Now, seeing him exude such a fierce aura, she frowned and, without a word, grabbed at the empty air. Her movement was effortless, without any sign of exertion. But immediately, a 'sizzle' sound pierced the air. Five half-foot long, crystal-clear sharp rays shot from her hand. They vanished instantly, reappearing before the scholar with the speed of a teleportation.

The white-robed scholar's pupils suddenly contracted, but strangely, he showed no intention of dodging. He merely opened his mouth and spat out a disc-shaped, fiery red magic treasure. With a slight rotation, it unleashed ten thousand rays, completely engulfing his form. However, the five sharp rays did not strike the magic treasure. Instead, a large white hand appeared before the scholar, seizing the rays with lightning speed. With a slight squeeze of its five fingers, it crushed the crystal-clear claw-like rays, causing them to dissipate.

Seeing this scene, the black-robed woman's eyes flickered with a grave expression.

At this moment, Long Meng's cold laugh echoed from within the palace: "Yuan Sha, you can command humans to retrieve treasures for you, and you can also join forces with human cultivators. Don't think it will be easy to break the Eight-Spirit Ruler's restrictions. I'd like to see how much of your demonic cultivation, which once swept through the human realm, you can still exert against a Buddhist spiritual treasure after being suppressed for so many years. Even if you truly manage to break the Eight-Spirit Ruler by chance, I wonder how much demonic energy you'll have left when you finally face me, after absorbing some from external sources."

Upon hearing this, the black-robed woman's expression subtly changed, and her eyes suddenly turned cold. But she spoke indifferently: "No matter how much demonic energy remains, dealing with a remnant soul without a body, I, this Ancestor, am still quite confident. Besides, with so many spiritual elixirs and miraculous medicines here, why should I fear some loss of demonic energy?"

"Spiritual elixirs? Old demon, you intend to..." Long Meng's voice paused, then immediately changed as if she had realized something. But before Long Meng could finish speaking, the black-robed woman gave a strange smile and lightly flicked the Black Wind Banner in the air. Instantly, a green spell flew out, striking the spiritual treasure and disappearing into it. The previously still, dark banner trembled, its tip sinking slightly. Black light burst forth from it, and a dark black light beam shot out. The light beam vanished in a flash; as soon as it left the black banner, it disappeared into thin air. The next moment, it reappeared in front of the square-faced cultivator in the distance, then exploded.

After specks of black spiritual light scattered, a dark wind pillar instantly shot up from the ground, engulfing the unsuspecting square-faced cultivator. Within the wind pillar, piercing howls rose, and countless eerie black wind blades appeared. Under intense rotation, they seemed like tens of thousands of sharp blades haphazardly cutting towards the center.

The square-faced cultivator was greatly alarmed and hastily poured all his spiritual power into the bone ring on his body. Illusions reappeared on the bone ring, forming a dazzling yellow light barrier that tightly protected the cultivator. However, the black wind blades were too numerous and dense, and they seemed to contain some special magical ability. Every wind blade that struck the light barrier would vanish instantly, without exploding! Yet, moments later, eerie palm-sized gaps appeared densely on the barrier's surface, as if parts had simply disappeared. Under such a bizarre attack, even though the yellow light barrier was thick and tough, it instantly disintegrated into pieces. Then, before the square-faced cultivator's disbelieving eyes, the black hurricane's rotation intensified abruptly. The light barrier collapsed amidst countless flickering black lights, and even the bone ring began to snap inch by inch. The square-faced cultivator's face turned pale. He then gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, and spat out a green flying sword. With a low roar, he merged with the sword, transforming into a green rainbow that shot out, abandoning the clearly soon-to-be-destroyed Heaven-Covering Bracelet on the spot. It seemed he clearly understood that staying would be a definite dead end, and only a desperate attempt offered a chance.

"No!" The white-robed scholar's expression changed dramatically upon seeing the square-faced cultivator's action, and he urgently cried out. But it was already too late. As soon as the green rainbow entered the black hurricane, green light flickered chaotically, followed by a piercing shriek. The green rainbow then exploded completely, and the square-faced cultivator was instantly torn to pieces by the swirling blades.

However, a sharp shriek rose from the fragmented corpse, and three light clusters of different colors immediately shot out. Each cluster contained a Nascent Soul, and the three of them flew off in the same direction, trying to escape together. Not only the square-faced cultivator's Nascent Soul, but also the other two Ye family Nascent Souls he had previously collected, were forced to flee again. But dense wind blades surrounded them, leaving them no escape route. After flying a short distance, they were trapped by numerous wind blades. Just as they were about to be torn into countless pieces, a black light flashed within the hurricane, and all the wind blades trembled and vanished. The three Nascent Souls were stunned at first, but then their protective spiritual light flickered with great joy, and they prepared to shoot away again.

Seeing this, the black-robed woman, who had just started moving, gave a sneer. She slightly bent the five fingers of one hand and slowly grabbed at the empty air towards the hurricane. The Nascent Souls immediately saw the surrounding air flash with white light, then solidify. Their limbs and bodies became completely immobile. Almost simultaneously, countless black light dots appeared within the hurricane, converging on the Nascent Souls and enveloping them, forming three black light spheres. The black-robed woman then clasped her hands together and chanted strange, profound incantations. A black light flashed, and the spheres vanished without a trace within the hurricane. But the next moment, a bright spiritual light emanated from before the black-robed woman. The three light spheres strangely slid out of thin air, having been teleported right before her by the Yuan Sha Ancestor's great divine ability.

"What are you demons doing? Stop!" The scholar became greatly alarmed at this sight, quickly pointed at the Black Blood Blade floating nearby, which immediately flared with light, ready to slash forward and rescue the Nascent Souls.

"It's too late!" Long Meng said calmly.

As her words fell, the black-robed woman's exceptionally beautiful eyes flashed with a bloody gleam. She suddenly opened her red lips, and a stream of blood-red mist sprayed out, enveloping the three Nascent Souls within the light spheres. The Nascent Souls, with terrified expressions, rapidly shrank within the misty light. In a blink of an eye, they became finger-sized, and enveloped by the mist, they were sucked directly into the black-robed woman's mouth and swallowed into her abdomen. This seemingly complex act was completed by the black-robed woman in a single breath, as if with extraordinary proficiency. Even the scholar, who usually kept his emotions hidden, now had an ashen face. The Black Blood Blade, which had just flared with spiritual light, was still trembling slightly. Moments later, the Ye family's Grand Elder finally suppressed the shock and anger in his heart, allowing the Black Blood Blade to calm down.

"Senior Long Meng, what is the meaning of this? Why did you not save my Ye family cultivators? With your divine abilities, you should have been able to. Could it be that what you said about joining forces earlier was just empty talk!" the scholar said sharply.

"Hmph! Why should I save him? That person was merely a mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Although he possessed a replica spiritual treasure, its power was pitifully low, not even a tenth of the original. My spiritual power is limited; why should I save someone useless? And don't misunderstand, this consort is not cooperating with the Ye family; I am merely joining forces with you for once," Long Meng replied coldly from within the palace.

"Even so, aren't you afraid that this demon will devour the Nascent Souls and fully recover its vitality?" The scholar's face remained grim.

"What do you know? While devouring Nascent Souls can temporarily boost the old demon's magic power, the consequence is that it requires him to forcibly refine the Nascent Souls with demonic energy in a short period, which in turn causes a significant consumption of his demonic energy. It seems he's preparing to use the divine ability of my silver wolf demon body, hence he's willing to expend a great deal of demonic energy. Was I wrong, Yuan Sha!" Long Meng said chillingly, her last words directed at the black-robed woman.

"Indeed, I never intended to hide it from you. You know how formidable your body is without me saying anything. Originally, I wanted to conserve some magical power and rely solely on the Black Wind Banner to break the Eight-Spirit Ruler's restrictions, but now I suddenly feel that doing so would take too long. To prevent any unforeseen changes due to delay, I, this Ancestor, will risk a great loss of demonic energy and use this late-stage Soul Transformation wolf demon body to quickly eliminate you all," the black-robed woman said without any concealment.

Immediately, she lightly exhaled, then formed a hand seal with both hands. Her entire body became enveloped in a mass of silver light, blinding and dazzling, like a silver sun that no one could look at directly. From within the silver light, a wolf's howl that shook the heavens resonated, followed by an exceptionally powerful spiritual pressure that descended upon the space. Under the interference of this immense spiritual pressure, the entire space hummed lowly, and the ground trembled violently, revealing cracks of varying sizes. The silver light expanded and contracted, then surged to dozens of times its original size. Then, the light receded, and a giant, mountain-like two-headed silver wolf manifested. One of its two wolf heads was black, the other silver. The silver one's eyes were tightly shut and slightly lowered, while the black one's head was raised, teeth bared, and eyes wide with fury!

Seeing the giant wolf's sharp claws, like colossal blades on its front paws, its two heads the size of pavilions, and its incredibly powerful spiritual pressure, both the white-robed scholar and the big-headed monster facing him couldn't help but gasp. They stared unblinkingly at the colossal beast.