The moment the barrier disappeared, Lin Yibai's body stopped twitching and lay there quietly.
Freed from the restraint of the barrier, the light shadow darted around aimlessly. It hesitated in the air for a moment, then its gaze lingered on Shen Qing and Li Xian.
Suddenly, the light shadow rushed towards Li Xian, seemingly attempting to enter his body.
Shen Qing saw the intention of the light shadow and quickly shouted at Li Xian, "Li Xian, dodge that light shadow! Don't let it parasitize your body!"
Li Xian stepped back repeatedly, but the light shadow was simply too fast. He might be able to dodge it once, but he might not be so lucky the next time.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xian quickly took out a large object from his storage bag and held it in front of him. Caught off guard, the light shadow crashed directly into the object, while Li Xian remained unscathed.
Shen Qing took a closer look and realized that the object Li Xian had taken out was Ban Fenghuo, wrapped up like a large cocoon.
Only Ban Fenghuo's head was exposed, and she was scolding Shen Qing and Li Xian non - stop.
She had been sealed in darkness for a long time and still didn't understand what was going on. Just as she finally saw the light, a light shadow crashed into her, and a familiar feeling spread throughout her body.
Then, she heard a familiar voice in her mind.
"What's going on? Why is there a system in my head again?"
Seeing that the light shadow had entered Ban Fenghuo's body, Shen Qing heaved a sigh of relief and praised Li Xian for his quick reaction.
But then, two blobs of pitch - black demonic energy fell beside her feet, and Shen Qing remembered that there was still a Demon Lord in the sky waiting for them.
Li Xian didn't have time to worry about the light shadow and Ban Fenghuo. He quickly used talismans to seal Ban Fenghuo again and stuffed her into his storage bag.
Ji Chongming floated down from the sky and squatted beside Lin Yibai. Seeing that Lin Yibai was on the verge of death and could hardly breathe, a great sense of panic welled up in his heart.
"Xiaobai, Xiaobai, I'm late. Wake up. Look at Big Brother Chongming one more time, okay..."
Ji Chongming's voice trembled. He carefully picked up Lin Yibai, his face filled with fear and trepidation.
If Shen Qing didn't know the whole story, she would surely think that the two in front of her were a deeply in love couple and would sing praises for their love.
But neither of them was a good person. Their love would only bring harm to others.
So Shen Qing raised her eyebrows and decided to play the role of a venomous female supporting character. With malice in her voice, she said, "Finally dead. The world has one less scourge."
Ji Chongming suddenly looked up, glaring at Shen Qing with blood - red eyes. That look was like a demonic ghost from hell, terrifying and chilling.
But Shen Qing wasn't intimidated by that look. Instead, she thought that Ji Chongming was just a dying beast struggling desperately in a trap.
Ji Chongming saw the Soul - Locking Flag stuck on the ground, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.
He stretched out his hand, and the Soul - Locking Flag trembled a few times before quickly flying back into his hand.
"Shen Qing, you want my Xiaobai to die, but I won't let you have your way!"
"My Soul - Locking Flag can gather Xiaobai's soul. Even if her soul is damaged, I'm confident that I can help her recover!"
Saying so, he smeared a little of Lin Yibai's blood from her wound onto the Soul - Locking Flag. Sensing Lin Yibai's aura, the flag landed on top of her head, and then a circular ball of light composed of souls slowly appeared between the flag and Lin Yibai.
Seeing that the Soul - Locking Flag had started to gather Lin Yibai's soul, Ji Chongming stood up reassuringly. With a cold look in his eyes, he stared at Shen Qing menacingly.
"Don't disturb my Xiaobai's slumber. I'll definitely kill you before Xiaobai's soul is fully gathered."
After saying that, demonic energy in Ji Chongming's hand gathered into a large sword again. But this time, the sword was twice as large as before, and the demonic energy on Ji Chongming's body also surged.
At the same time, his cultivation also increased.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were some distance apart, and there was surprise in both of their eyes. They didn't expect that Ji Chongming could use a special method to enhance his cultivation in a short period.
The mountain - protecting formation could sense demonic energy. In theory, it should actively repel Ji Chongming's presence.
But inside the mountain - protecting formation, the demonic energy in Ji Chongming's body not only didn't weaken but also increased significantly, which meant that Ji Chongming's original power was not weak.
Seeing the surprise in Li Xian and Shen Qing's eyes, Ji Chongming sneered secretly. But a stabbing pain came from his leg, reminding him that his body couldn't hold on much longer.
But for the sake of his Xiaobai, he couldn't retreat. He would never allow Shen Qing and Li Xian to disturb Xiaobai while her soul was being gathered!
"Come on! Let's fight to the death!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Ji Chongming raised the large sword high and swung it heavily towards Shen Qing's head. Shen Qing raised Wu Wang to block the attack, but her虎口 was shaken painfully.
She had almost failed to block this move, and Wu Wang had almost flown out of her hand.
Seeing Ji Chongming launch an attack, Li Xian also rushed forward. Dozens of blue sword auras slashed towards Ji Chongming.
Ji Chongming narrowed his eyes, flashed, and disappeared from the spot. Those more than a dozen sword auras rushed straight towards Shen Qing.
Li Xian quickly stretched out two fingers to control the sword auras to fly upwards. Because he had forcibly changed the trajectory of the sword auras, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
But the last two sword auras didn't have time to be redirected. Shen Qing could only lie on the ground in a hurry to barely dodge them.
Still in shock, Li Xian quickly rushed to Shen Qing's side and helped her up. "We have to be careful. Ji Chongming's cultivation has increased. If we're not careful and get hit, we'll lose."
Shen Qing looked at Li Xian guiltily. All these plans were hastily thought up by her. She originally thought that Ji Chongming's current cultivation was about the same as theirs, and the two of them might be able to succeed if they joined hands.
But they underestimated Ji Chongming's own strength. Although the previous plans had gone smoothly, they were now in a tough battle.
Knowing what Shen Qing was thinking, Li Xian said, "Don't look at me like that. I agree with your plan. If something goes wrong, I'm also responsible."
Before Shen Qing could reply, Ji Chongming's figure appeared in the sky. Large blobs of demonic energy fell towards Shen Qing and Li Xian's heads.
"Now's not the time to talk about this. Concentrate and fight!"
Saying so, Li Xian stepped forward, waved the Chen Xi Sword in his hand, and a huge sword aura appeared. In an instant, the sword aura turned into water mist. After the demonic energy came into contact with the water mist, it actually melted into it.
Then, Shen Qing used a move of Wu Wang to condense the water mist into ice blocks. With a loud shout, the ice blocks were thrown towards Ji Chongming.
Taking advantage of the moment when Ji Chongming was dodging, Shen Qing glanced at the unguarded Soul - Locking Flag.
Li Xian knew what Shen Qing was going to do and waved out dozens of sword auras to attack Ji Chongming, while Shen Qing quickly rushed towards the Soul - Locking Flag.
Seeing Shen Qing's move, Ji Chongming's eyes turned scarlet. Ignoring the sword auras, he raised his large sword and rushed down.