The expressions of those five people changed slightly when they heard her words.
Their Kingdoms each had the characteristics of their own. They were almost unique in nature.
Even if Xing Lingâer had never fought against the five of them, nor had she seen the Kingdoms of those five people before, including the veterans who had retired, there were not that many heavenly dao-level powerhouses in the Eastern Eight Zone. Even if she did not know some personally, she had definitely heard of them.
Judging by the characteristics of the five peopleâs Kingdoms now, she guessed their real identities almost instantly.
âTwo of you are even the seniors my father used to respectâŠâ Xing Lingâer looked at swollen-face and the archer who was wearing a mask with a childâs face. âYou guys betrayed the universe and become slaves of an Abyssal creature. Arenât you ashamed of yourself?!â
The two people looked away from Xing Lingâer slightly.
âXing Lingâer, we choose our own destinies and where we stand. You have your own too. Nobody is superior or inferior to another,â the man in an inexperienced youthâs mask explained when he saw their reaction.
âStop wasting your breath on her.â The fox-face stopped the twoâs argument directly, âGet it over quickly.â
As soon as he said that, the five of them accelerated the expansion of their Kingdoms.
Xing Lingâerâs Kingdom began to collapse quickly. She did not even manage to attack. She could only maintain the activation of her Kingdom by force.
This collapse was not referring to calling the descended Kingdom back into her body, but rather that her Kingdom was collapsing substantially.
No matter what, it was impossible for five Kingdoms to expand at the same time within a Kingdom of the same level. Meanwhile, Xing Lingâer was holding on and doing her best not to recall her Kingdom just to buy more time for Guan Yi.
It was a definite fact that her Kingdom would collapse.
As Xing Lingâerâs Kingdom collapsed, her aura started fading away rapidly. Even her combat strength had signs of faltering.
A Kingdom was the cultivation foundation of powerhouses at lord-level and above lord-level. Having oneâs Kingdom collapse meant that their cultivation foundation was damaged, so it was normal for their combat strength to drop in tandem.
Of course, Xing Lingâer was aware of this. However, she already had the determination to sacrifice herself when she saw Zhao Ji and Wan Peng die one after the other. Naturally, she did not care whether her Kingdom collapsed and whether her combat strength fell.
At that moment, she only had one thought, which was to trap the five of them for as long as possible so that Guan Yi could run away as far as he could.
Nevertheless, she only lasted for less than a minute even though she kept her Kingdom activated with all of her might. It collapsed completely in the end as the five Kingdoms descended and expanded.
The moment Xing Lingâerâs Kingdom collapsed, and when she returned to the universe, her facial expression changed drastically.
The reason being was that she sensed Guan Yiâs aura had remained where it was. He had not made use of the time she bought him to run at all.
At that moment, a voice echoed casually.
âDo you know why weâre not in a hurry to attack you in your Kingdom, but merely expanded our Kingdoms to make yours collapse?â
It was the man in the inexperienced youthâs mask who spoke. âBecause weâre not worried about Guan Yi running away at all.â
Xing Lingâer realized something instantly when she heard those words. Her face turned pale suddenly.
At that moment, a sigh came from the collapsed Stargazing Pavilion.
A figure walked out of the ruins. It was Guan Yi.
However, he did not look like he was badly injured at all.
âMust you guys expose my identity before her?â Guan Yi furrowed his brows slightly.
âIsnât this more interesting?â The guy who was wearing the fiend mask said and chuckled softly.
âGuan Yi⊠Youâre really a spy from the Black Abyss?!â Xing Lingâer remained in disbelief.
Seeing that Guan Yi did not answer that question right away, the fiend-face continued to speak while smiling, âNot only is he the Black Abyssâ spy, heâs one of the seven people who founded the Black Abyss.â
âOtherwise, how would we know the exact time you guys chose to activate the Great Void Mirror this time? We managed to pull off this ambush when the three Star Masters were weakened because your Senior Brother Guan tipped us off secretly.â
âOh yeah, to prevent Zhao Ji from finding out if there were moles in Star Cluster, he even specially donned a treasure a few days ago.â
âGuan Yi, I want you to answer the question!â Xing Lingâer had fury fill her face. Although she knew what that man said should be the truth, she was still unwilling. She wanted to hear the answer from Guan Yi himself.
âIâm sorry, I have my reasons.â Guan Yi hesitated for a moment before admitting to it anyway.
âIâll kill you!â Xing Lingâer became frantic when she heard the answer.
She did not even care that she was badly injured from her Kingdom collapsing, and also ignored the fact that her combat strength had dropped as she wielded the long saber in her hand.
Countless green saber gleams attacked Guan Yi.
Guan Yi merely dodged instead of fighting back.
âDo you think that youâre a good person just because youâre not fighting back? You have the guts to turn traitor, but you donât dare to kill me?!â Xing Lingâer shrieked while attacking insanely without proper form or techniques.
âKill me if you dare!â Xing Lingâerâs curses were getting more animated, âYou traitor! My dad shouldnât have adopted you back then! Ingrate, animalâŠâ
Though that was the case, Guan Yi did not fight back anyway, nor did he argue back. He merely said to the remaining five people, âI donât want to attack her. You guys do it.â
Some of them were enjoying the show, while some were just watching out of curiosity.
Seeing that the four others did nothing, fox-face scoffed. âSince you guys wonât do it, allow me!â
He performed several hand seals with both hands rapidly as soon as he was done speaking. A couple of black chains shot forth at Xing Lingâer at high speed.
Xing Lingâer, who was already nearly out of her mind, did not manage to react at all, and the chains wrapped around her arms and body.
Very soon, a strange thing occurred.
Her Godâs soul was dragged out by the chains forcefully. It was pulling it toward the gigantic shadow above fox-face uncontrollably.
Guan Yiâs expression changed slightly when he saw the shadow.
Merely a moment later, Xing Lingâerâs Godâs soul was pulled toward the shadow. A hand grabbed onto it.
She struggled hard, but it was futile.
Guan Yi closed his eyes quietly as he observed up to this point. He no longer wanted to watch.
However, the remaining people were watching in glee.
After Xing Lingâerâs Godâs soul was grabbed, the shadow shoved it into its mouth directly and began munching on it.
At first, Xing Lingâerâs Godâs soul screamed in pain and devastation. However, after a few munches, only silence remained.
After swallowing Xing Lingâer, the shadow faded away quickly. It turned into black mist and penetrated fox-faceâs body.
Only then did Guan Yi finally open his eyes.
He glanced at Xing Lingâerâs body, which was on the ground, and then turned his head to glance at Zhao Ji and Wan Pengâs bodies which were not far away. His face soon turned cold again.
He stretched out his hand and put on a red devilâs mask. A cold voice came from beneath the mask, âLetâs go..â