The Disciples of Jade Pool Immortal Palace, in their desperate situation, were like drowning people grasping at their last straw, bursting out with cries of joy!
Ye Ling'er was also stunned; the feeling of exhaustion after narrowly escaping death made her almost unable to stand steady.
Liu Ruyan's gaze swept across the battlefield. Seeing Ye Ling'er's blood-stained clothes and the tragic state of her fellow Disciples, a flash of anger flickered in her eyes.
Without stopping her movement, she directly stepped into the center of the encirclement formed by the three forces!
An intangible, strange fluctuation, as if capable of freezing time, erupted from her as the center, instantly sweeping across the area!
Huo Wushuang's spear strike, which had condensed all his spiritual power and Killing Intent, under the envelopment of this fluctuation, seemed to sink into an invisible quagmire, unable to advance any further!
"This bizarre Divine Ability again!"
Huo Wushuang's pupils contracted sharply, his heart filled with both shock and fury.
Earlier at the entrance to the Secret Realm, he had suffered a hidden loss due to lack of preparedness, and now the opponent had used this move again!
"Liu Ruyan... you..."
He roared wildly, his Golden Core spinning frantically within him, his eyes fixed intently on Liu Ruyan.
However, Liu Ruyan paid him no heed. Instead, she first supported the swaying, pale-faced Ye Ling'er.
A gentle surge of spiritual power flowed in, temporarily sealing Ye Ling'er's injuries and soothing her turbulent Qi and blood caused by overexertion.
"Fourth Junior Sister, you've worked hard. Leave the rest to your Senior Sister."
Liu Ruyan's voice remained as gentle as ever, yet it carried a reassuring strength.
Ye Ling'er looked at her determined profile, opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, it only turned into a whisper:
"Senior Sister, be careful... he's very strong..."
Liu Ruyan smiled faintly, then slowly turned around. Her gaze calmly swept over the nearly fifty Disciples from the three forces, finally settling on Huo Wushuang.
"Young Valley Master of Heavenly Fire Valley?"
"At the entrance earlier, I already showed mercy."
"Not only have you failed to reflect on your mistakes, but you've intensified your actions, joining forces with others, seeking to kill my fellow Disciples."
"Do you truly believe that my Jade Pool Immortal Palace is a soft persimmon to be squeezed at will?"
Huo Wushuang felt a chill in his heart under Liu Ruyan's calm gaze, but it was quickly replaced by deeper shame and anger.
He, the esteemed Young Valley Master of Heavenly Fire Valley, possessing the Crimson Flame Spirit Body, had never been looked down upon like this before!
And in full view of everyone, twice in a row!
"Liu Ruyan! Stop putting on airs here!"
Huo Wushuang finally broke free from the intangible restraint, took two steps back, pointed his spear at Liu Ruyan, and shouted with a fierce but hollow tone:
"Your Jade Pool Immortal Palace is merely a newly established Sect, relying on some resources to dare act arrogantly!"
"Today, with our three forces united, not just you, Liu Ruyan, but even if your Gu Luoli were here, she couldn't save you!"
The two Golden Core leaders from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge and Profound Nether Sect, although wary of the bizarre technique Liu Ruyan had just displayed,
now felt emboldened by their numerical advantage and having Huo Wushuang, a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, at the forefront. They each stepped forward, their auras locking onto Liu Ruyan.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, Gu Luoli killed a Disciple of my Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge. You must give an explanation."
The Early Golden Core stage youth from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge said with a sinister tone.
The coldly handsome youth from Profound Nether Sect remained silent, but his gaze was tightly fixed on Liu Ruyan.
Facing the aggressive stance of the three forces and nearly fifty hostile gazes,
Zhang Cheng, Liu Yuan, and others behind Liu Ruyan had grim expressions. They tightly gripped their Magical Artifacts, preparing for a desperate fight.
Listening to the other side's clamor, the gentle smile on Liu Ruyan's face gradually faded, replaced by a coldness beneath the calm.
"Explanation?"
She softly repeated the word, shaking her head.
"It seems you are determined to make an enemy of my Jade Pool Immortal Palace."
Her voice remained soft, yet it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
"Since you seek death..."
Liu Ruyan slowly raised her right hand, palm facing upward. An even more complex, strange rune slowly condensed and rotated in her palm.
"...then I shall grant your wish."
The moment her words fell—
"Samsara Seal!"
The rune in Liu Ruyan's palm blazed with brilliant light!
A terrifying fluctuation, more vast and profound than before, erupted with a roar!
This time, it was no longer mere slowing!
With Liu Ruyan as the center, the space within a hundred zhang radius seemed to be cast into an intangible amber of time!
Huo Wushuang, the youth from Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge, and the youth from Profound Nether Sect—these three Golden Core Stage leaders—bore the brunt of it!
They were horrified to discover that not only had their movements slowed by more than tenfold,
but even the surging spiritual power within their bodies and the thoughts flashing through their minds seemed to sink into a quagmire, becoming sluggish and stagnant!
"What... what kind of Divine Ability is this?!"
"My spiritual power... I can't circulate it?!"
"Liu Ruyan... you witch!"
The three of them simultaneously felt a tidal wave of shock in their hearts; they had never encountered such a bizarre sealing technique before!
This completely exceeded their understanding of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator's capabilities!
As for the Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples, their performance was even more pitiful.
Many were directly frozen in place, as if under a paralysis spell.
The entire battlefield, which had been filled with Killing Intent and deafening noise moments before, now fell into a dead, stagnant silence!
Only the Disciples of Jade Pool Immortal Palace, although also feeling an intangible pressure, were not significantly affected in their movements.
Witnessing this disruptive scene before them, seeing their previously arrogant enemies now like lambs to the slaughter,
they were all dumbfounded, their reverence for Senior Sister Liu reaching its peak!
After casting "Samsara Seal," Liu Ruyan's face instantly paled considerably, clearly indicating the immense toll this Divine Ability took on her.
But her gaze remained resolute. She walked forward slowly, stopping before the immobilized Huo Wushuang.
"Huo Wushuang."
Liu Ruyan looked at him, her voice calm and steady.
"Relying on your family background and talent, you have been arrogant and domineering, repeatedly provoking."
"At the Secret Realm entrance, I already gave you a chance."
"You failed to cherish it, instead intensifying your actions, seeking to kill my fellow Disciples."
"Such behavior has crossed the bottom line of my Immortal Palace!"
With each word she spoke, the fear in Huo Wushuang's eyes deepened.
He could clearly sense the icy, bone-chilling Killing Intent beneath her calm words!
"Junior Brothers and Sisters, send them into Reincarnation!"
Liu Ruyan's words, like a cold decree, shattered the dead silence of the battlefield.
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