Chapter 545 – The Black Coffin Locks the Souls (1/2)

Li Qingshan flew back, only to see Xuanyue standing furiously in the air with her hands on her hips. “You traitor, ogling up that bird woman!”

Bird woman! Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow with no idea how to respond.

Thump! The folding fan smacked Xuanyue over the head and Gu Yanying said, “I’m right here!”

Xuanyue groaned in pain while clutching her head, baring her teeth at Li Qingshan. Gu Yanying studied the wings behind Li Qingshan and said with some surprise, “Phoenix?”

There was a saying where “all birds paid homage to the phoenix”. The phoenix was the sovereign of avians, and it possessed an impressive, dignified bearing of nobility and purity. It was particularly clear to her.

“Am I worthy of you?”

“I’m the one who’s unworthy of you.”

“It’s you, you wretched daemon!”

The Marquis of Ruyi rushed over. Several Corpse Commanders had surrounded him, but he forced his way out when “Zi’er” had been distracted for a moment. The hair ornament on his head had been destroyed such that his hair flew around in a messy manner. He seemed rather disheveled.

He flew into a rage as soon as he saw Northmoon, and when he saw him conversing with Gu Yanying, he noticed a rare hint of gentleness on her face, which gave him even more reason to lose his temper.

Before Li Qingshan could even respond, Xuanyue leapt forward. “Who’re you cursing as a wretched daemon?”

“Y- you’re…” The Marquis of Ruyi recognised the Dark Queen’s infamous cat. “Go away. I’m talking about the wretched daemon behind you. Why don’t you hurry up and die?”

Li Qingshan yelled back, “So it’s you, you bastard! Your grandfather Northmoon will send you off to the next world right now!”

With a flip of his hand, the Marquis of Ruyi lifted up the Seal of Mountains and Rivers. “Die, wretched daemon!”

Gu Yanying did not try to pacify them. She pointed down. “Look below!”

The two of them could not help but look down, only to see over a dozen Corpse Commanders glaring at them.

Zi’er did not make the Corpse Commanders engage them immediately. If they were not speed-focused Corpse Commanders, they would not even be able to touch them. They would only be killed off instead. Corpse Commanders were different from Corpse Soldiers. Every loss was a huge one.

Most importantly, time stood on Zi’er’s side. She only needed to wait and victory would be hers.

“Corpse King!”

The Marquis of Ruyi immediately lost interest in fighting. Once the Corpse King actually took action, death would be certain.

“You sure are very relaxed!” Li Qingshan could not help but admire Gu Yanying’s level of composure. There were many people who did not fear death, but rarely could anyone remain so unfazed.

“Don’t overestimate me. If there’s really a chance for me to die, I probably wouldn’t be able to smile either. If I want to leave right now, I do have a way out, but it’ll be just me at most. There’s nothing I can do about the two of you.”

Gu Yanying said with her soul sense, so her voice directly rang out in their ears. She did indeed possess a way to cross the boundary and leave, but she had to do it before the Hungry Ghost realm completely devoured the region. Otherwise, she would be powerless too.

“Then why don’t you leave?” “It’s far too dangerous here. If you have a way, then please leave first, Yanying!”

Li Qingshan and the Marquis of Ruyi said at the same time. They exchanged glances and killing intent bubbled.

“There are a lot of reasons. Time is tight, so I’m not going to go into detail. When this place is about to completely assimilate with the Hungry Ghost realm, I will leave, but before that, let’s try to do something!”

Gu Yanying was clearcut with everything, so straightforward that it could be displeasing. Unconsciously, she gave off a sense of cold alienation as if she was telling a group of people on the brink of death:

I won’t die. I hope all of you can live. I’ll be working hard towards this as well. If none of you can live, then all I can do is bid you farewell and survive alone.

She could not help but come off as cold and heartless, yet she was also faultless.

Li Qingshan wondered. Perhaps when a person truly became so graceful and unconstrained that nothing tied them down anymore, they would come off as blunt and cold like this!

The Marquis of Ruyi said, “Then what should we do now?”

Gu Yanying said, “First of all, we need to seal the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, which requires her highness the Dark Queen’s power. If she falls in battle, then I’ll probably have to take my leave in advance. Secondly, we need to deliver her highness the Dark Queen to the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. We need to concentrate our strength as much as possible and save her highness the Dark Queen. After that, we need to save the other fellows as quickly as possible and converge for a decisive battle.”

They had said all of that using soul sense, and they had not wasted much time either.

Li Qingshan nodded in agreement. The priority was still to seal off the Hungry Ghost realm and destroy this region. With Xiao An’s ability, she would not be in any danger anyway as long as she hid herself in a pile of bones.

At this very moment, there was a golden flash within the thick, black mist. The light that surged out was like a golden meteor landing, growing brighter and brighter.

Soon afterwards was a great boom and waves of air rushed out.

The Marquis of Ruyi was alarmed. “A Golden Core cultivator has blown up his golden core!”

Gu Yanying’s eyes lit up. “That’s our opportunity. Let’s go!”