“What’s this? Is it raining?”
The Demon Bishop, who had a sword-wide wound across his chest inflicted by Bai Shuanglian, felt the cold rainwater falling on him and froze for a moment.
He didn’t care about the injury on his body, but looked up in surprise at the gathering storm clouds above.
“No, this isn’t rain! It’s that Ghost Cultivator’s spell!”
Suddenly, as if realizing something, the Demon Bishop’s expression changed.
The Revelation, as large as a door panel in his hand, burst with red light, and he seemed intent on dispersing the dark clouds in the sky.
But Bai Shuanglian wouldn’t let him do as he wished.
In an instant, she appeared before the Demon Bishop, her sharp sword severing the thick arm holding the book.
“Damn it!”
Without the Revelation, the Demon Bishop couldn’t cast his spells.
He frantically reached for the red book, but Bai Shuanglian kicked it away, not giving him any chance.
Seeing this, the Demon Bishop pushed off with both feet, intending to chase after the Revelation as it flew.
But the next moment, he felt an overwhelming force pulling him from beneath his feet, holding him firmly in place so he couldn’t move at all.
“Who?!”
The Demon Bishop’s face twisted as he raised his head.
Then, as if sensing something, his gaze swept toward a ruined Building.
There, he saw a small figure.
Ling Xiaoyou’s face was flushed as she struggled to maintain the Sigh of the Tides spell, trying to keep the Demon Bishop trapped.
But she was only a Soul Gathering Stage Ghost Cultivator. Against a Demon two realms above her, even the powerful Sigh of the Tides couldn’t fully bind him.
In just moments, Ling Xiaoyou could feel her control weakening, and the Demon Bishop was about to break free from the Vortex.
The Demon Bishop clearly realized this as well.
He smirked, showing a cruel grin as he looked at Bai Shuanglian.
“It seems your companion really cares for you, rushing over to help before fully recovering.”
“Now I’m truly curious—if I kill her in front of you, what kind of expression would you make?”
As he spoke, the Demon Bishop’s face became more terrifying, like a monster crawling out from the depths of the world.
Listening to his words, Bai Shuanglian’s expression didn’t change much.
But her aura kept rising, like a peerless sword drawn from its sheath.
“I absolutely won’t let that happen!”
For the first time since the battle began, Bai Shuanglian spoke.
But the Demon Bishop felt no joy.
Because he sensed it—a deathly aura, a power that could erase all things.
He turned sharply toward a direction, and saw a girl slightly taller than the one casting the rain spell standing nearby.
Above her head floated a black jade orb emitting a faint mist.
The mist didn’t spread far, but gathered in front of the girl, forming a winding Suffocating Mist Serpent.
The Mist Serpent didn’t look especially deadly, but its presence made the Demon Bishop’s heart race.
Clearly, it was no ordinary mist.
Even a fool could see what their plan was now.
One controlled him with spells.
Another delayed him.
The last was responsible for the finishing blow.
A simple plan, but effective.
But the Demon Bishop refused to die to something so simple!
He roared, blood surging and boiling from his body, igniting Bloodflame even in the pouring rain.
The Vortex at his feet boiled instantly, evaporating like water meeting molten lava.
Ling Xiaoyou immediately felt her control over the Demon Bishop weakening.
She could barely hold him any longer.
At that moment, Bai Shuanglian burst through the steaming mist, her long sword flashing like a meteor, severing the Demon Bishop’s limbs and monstrous head in a single stroke.
The head hit the ground, splashing water everywhere, the mouth still uttering a mix of terror and rage!
Before, such wounds wouldn’t have mattered to the Demon Bishop—he could have recovered in seconds.
But now, what he needed most was time.
Because the Mist Serpent had already solidified, crawling toward him like a living creature.
The Demon Bishop tried to resist, but as a headless ‘Demon Swine’, he could no longer put up any real fight.
He could only stare in terror and frustration as the Mist Serpent enveloped him, completely erasing his existence from this world.
“Haah… I’m exhausted. It’s not easy to use an Artifact to generate enough mist to wipe out a Yin General.”
Su Lihua couldn’t be bothered by the water soaking her clothes—she could just dry them later with a spell.
“What are you tired for? Didn’t you just activate the Artifact a few times?”
Ling Xiaoyou floated down from the second floor of the Building, also looking exhausted.
“Using an Artifact drains a lot of spiritual power, so being tired is normal,” Su Lihua retorted.
Then she looked at Bai Shuanglian, who was meditating to recover.
“But Bai Shuanglian is really strong. That Demon was definitely using the Evil God’s power. Even so, she still overpowered him. If he didn’t have the Evil God’s strength, he would have been dead long ago.”
Bai Shuanglian remained silent, focused on her recovery.
Ling Xiaoyou answered for her:
“Of course! Bai Shuanglian is the Bai Family’s genius! How could some Outsider Demon possibly defeat her?”
Ling Xiaoyou placed her hands on her hips and lifted her chin proudly, as if she herself had slain the Demon.
“Eh? Bai Family?”
Su Lihua blinked, then hurriedly asked,
“Is that the famous Bai Family?”
“Of course! What other Bai Family could it be?”
Ling Xiaoyou nodded her little head, looking very proud.
“Yikes… After this is over, will she kill us too?”
Su Lihua quickly leaned over to Ling Xiaoyou, whispering as her gaze flickered nervously toward Bai Shuanglian.
“What are you thinking? Bai Shuanglian isn’t that kind of person!”
Ling Xiaoyou smacked the ‘silly fawn’ on the head, scolding her.
“I was just saying…”
Su Lihua scratched her head and gave an awkward laugh.
Realizing her mistake, she quickly shut up and lay back in the water to rest.
Ling Xiaoyou glanced around. Seeing Bai Shuanglian still meditating, she quietly tapped the air in front of her.
The System Panel appeared before her eyes.
[Instant Mission] — Defeat the Demon Bishop (Completed), defeat the Followers of the Demon (Completed), find the Yin General hiding in the Pier (Incomplete).