Chapter 98: Battle

It was as if there was an echo.

Ling Xiaoyou’s blasphemous words repeated endlessly in the ears of the demons.

After hearing her words, their expressions twisted with rage, eyes glinting fiercely as they glared at Ling Xiaoyou, wishing they could tear her apart alive.

Even the Demon Bishop was the same.

He stared at Ling Xiaoyou with fury, for she had degraded his faith to a vulgar and ignorant thing. How could he not be angry?

“Wow, you really know how to talk. You made them all go berserk in an instant.”

Su Lihua looked at Ling Xiaoyou with a bit of admiration.

She hadn’t expected that, despite her young appearance, Ling Xiaoyou was so skilled at provoking others.

“If I said I was just telling the truth, would you believe me?”

Ling Xiaoyou spread her hands helplessly.

Su Lihua shook her head.

She didn’t believe it at all.

If that was the truth, how wildly must Ling Xiaoyou’s mind wander on a regular basis?

“See, your ‘truth’ really pissed off those demons!”

Su Lihua pointed in the direction of the demons, and her finger trembled.

Because she saw the demons preparing to attack.

The Demon Bishop stared at Ling Xiaoyou, the Revelation in his hand fluttering without wind, blood-red light shining as a beam of light blasted toward her.

Bai Shuanglian’s ice-blue longsword slashed down instantly, slicing the blood-red light beam in half.

Then she turned to the two behind her and shouted, “You two run first, leave this to me!”

Bai Shuanglian was not confident she could slay this Demon Bishop, who was equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage, especially since this was the enemy’s territory and she didn’t know what other tricks the Demon Bishop might have.

She didn’t want Ling Xiaoyou to be exposed to such danger.

But Ling Xiaoyou glanced at her, then looked to her side, as if she saw something invisible to others.

She shook her small head with a smile.

“Don’t worry, I’m strong too! At the very least, I can handle the small fry for you.”

Ling Xiaoyou grabbed Su Lihua, who was trying to sneak away, and smiled at her.

“Right, Lihua? With us here, Bai Shuanglian can fight the boss without worries, right?”

Listening to Ling Xiaoyou even skip her surname, as if their relationship was very close, Su Lihua trembled and forced a smile.

“Do I have any other choice?”

Ling Xiaoyou’s smile was sweet, her tone cute and sugary, yet it made Su Lihua shiver.

“Nope~ When your companions are in danger, how could we stand by and do nothing~”

“Fine then.”

Su Lihua finally resigned herself, her expression becoming more serious as she looked at Bai Shuanglian and nodded.

“Leave it to us.”

Bai Shuanglian hesitated for a moment, looking at Ling Xiaoyou.

The latter smiled at her and silently mouthed, ‘Trust me.’

Seeing this, Bai Shuanglian nodded to them without hesitation.

Then, coldness returned to her face as she instantly appeared beside the Demon Bishop, her ice-blue sword slashing down!

This strike was swift and fierce, bearing the might of a mountain, as if the one wielding it was not a slender girl, but a giant holding a mountain.

The Demon Bishop’s pupils turned vertical like a beast.

At the last moment, he blocked the sword with the Revelation in his hand, unleashing a deafening clash of weapons.

“Go! Capture those two spirits!”

While blocking, the Demon Bishop barked an order to the surrounding demons.

He understood that those two spirits, especially the smaller one, were Bai Shuanglian’s weakness.

If he captured them, the battle would be easily won!

“Roar!!!”

At the bishop’s command, the demons tore off their facade of order and shed their human guise, reverting once more into demons of hell!

They surged forward like a tide, rushing toward the seemingly fragile ‘reef’.

“Heh, aren’t you worried about them?”

Bai Shuanglian twisted her wrist, her sword intersecting with the Revelation.

While the Demon Bishop was giving orders, she left a deep, bone-piercing wound on his palm.

But the Demon Bishop didn’t care.

The wound was healing before their eyes, and he even had the leisure to ask Bai Shuanglian this question.

Her response was the snow-white flash of her sword.

Since Ling Xiaoyou had said ‘trust her’, Bai Shuanglian would trust completely.

No words or actions could shake that trust.

The Demon Bishop clicked his tongue, dodged the sword light, and resumed his battle with Bai Shuanglian.

Ling Xiaoyou and Su Lihua had naturally heard the Demon Bishop’s command and understood his intentions.

It was true they were Bai Shuanglian’s weakness—but who said ‘weakness’ had to be weak?

Ling Xiaoyou couldn’t defeat Bai Shuanglian right now, but her cultivation was already at the Soul Gathering stage!

And she had plenty of powerful spells and treasures.

If she returned to fighting the demons in New Sea City as before, even without Bai Shuanglian, she could solo them!

The Xuan Yuan Water Control Technique activated instantly, greatly enhancing Ling Xiaoyou’s control over water.

Ling Xiaoyou stretched out her small hand and snapped her fingers.

It wasn’t a loud snap, but in that instant, dark clouds gathered.

Even within the enclosed room, the clouds appeared suddenly, spreading across the field and pouring down clear rain.

Myriad Transforming Rains!

“Uwah, why is it raining?!”

Su Lihua was soaked to the bone.

Since she was still disguised as a demon, she could be drenched by the rain.

She hurriedly undid her disguise and returned to her beautiful ghostly form.

Ignoring the noisy fool beside her, Ling Xiaoyou raised her left hand, palm up, as if holding something.

In the next moment, the tide of demons charging toward them froze.

Only a vortex in the sea can stop a raging wave!

The demons, blinded by rage, looked down and finally noticed a swirling vortex formed of water beneath their feet.

If it were an ordinary whirlpool, they could escape easily, but this one seemed to possess a terrifying magic, binding them in place.

Many demons tried to pull their legs free, but the vortex acted like quicksand, drawing them in deeper.

“I’ve heard that whirlpools and great waves make a perfect pair.”

Ling Xiaoyou spoke some nonsense, then raised her right hand, palm down, and clapped it against her left.

She brought her hands together in a sudden motion.

In the next instant, endless waves crashed toward the demons, sweeping over them to erase these evil creatures from the sea!