112: Rescue mission triggered again

"I..." Yun Qingci opened her mouth, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Where had she ever experienced something like this? Or to put it another way, she had never imagined that such a maneuver was even possible... "You, what do you want to do? I, I'm telling you, this young lady isn't afraid of any, any threats..."

Yun Qingci bit her lip and said somewhat stutteringly.

However, although she said that, her stiff expression betrayed her.

Oh?

Seeing how brave this Little Noodle was being, Gu Yuan just chuckled.

"Since you're not afraid, well, I'll send it to Luoying to listen to first, and then tomorrow I'll play it on a loop on the Liyue Sword Sect's martial arts stage, and after that..."

As Gu Yuan finished, he looked at Yun Qingci with a half-smile.

By now, Yun Qingci had already grabbed Gu Yuan's arm and was looking at him pitifully.

"You... ugh... I, what do you want? I'll just listen to whatever you say..."

Yun Qingci bit her lip and said in a small voice.

That look of enduring humiliation but ultimately having no choice but to agree made Gu Yuan feel quite satisfied.

Mm, not bad. This is exactly the vibe I was going for.

"That's a good girl. As long as you're obedient from now on, I won't leak it out~"

Gu Yuan shook the shadow recording stone in his hand and winked at Yun Qingci.

"I... ugh..." Yun Qingci let out a soft moan and could only nod helplessly in the end.

Dammit, sooner or later, I—I'm going to turn the tables and become the Revered Master...!

Yun Qingci shouted loudly in her heart.

Seeing Little Noodle's "obedient on the outside but defiant on the inside" look, Gu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle.

Just as he was about to tease her further, his brow suddenly furrowed.

"Ding! Fated Heroine detected to be in crisis. Host, please proceed to rescue immediately! Target: Fated Heroine Dongfang Yingxue!"

Hm!?

Gu Yuan stood up with a start, his face full of solemnity.

Revered Master is in danger?

At this time... that's right, Revered Master should have gone to the Sea of Stars.

It seems there really are unknown dangers within the Sea of Stars.

Even Revered Master, who is already in the Great Dao Realm, would actually be in danger... Yun Qingci was originally a bit annoyed, but seeing Gu Yuan's strange behavior, she couldn't help but ask:

"Gu Yuan, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Gu Yuan shook his head at her words, only threw out a sentence, and then instantly vanished from the spot.

"Little Noodle, I have an urgent matter. Tell Xi Nian and the others to just wait for me at the Liyue Sword Sect."

Eh...?

Looking at Gu Yuan, who had disappeared as soon as he finished speaking, Yun Qingci scratched her head in a daze.

What's the situation?

This guy just ran off after bullying me?

No, no, looking at his expression, there probably really is something going on.

Yun Qingci shook her head and went to find Xi Nian and the others... A short while ago, deep within the Sea of Stars.

"How strange. I've been here for many days now, but why can't I find that strange point?"

Many days had passed since Dongfang Yingxue ventured deep into the Sea of Stars.

No matter how she searched, she couldn't find the place that had made her feel something was wrong.

And as for that Ancient Grand Formation covering the entire Sea of Stars, Dongfang Yingxue hadn't discovered any issues with it either.

This left Dongfang Yingxue somewhat bewildered.

Dongfang Yingxue was currently in a Ruin deep within the Sea of Stars.

And this place was also the one she found most peculiar.

Because this Ruin seemed to be wreathed in some kind of power.

And that power was something even Dongfang Yingxue, in the Great Dao Realm, couldn't quite grasp.

Hm...? Wait... Dongfang Yingxue's brow suddenly furrowed slightly as she looked at the space above the Ruin.

Just now, a streak of Black Slime seemed to flash by.

Yet when she looked again, there was nothing.

Dongfang Yingxue was certain she hadn't misseen it.

Could it be... Thinking of this, Dongfang Yingxue immediately concentrated her Divine Sense and looked again at the space above the Ruin.

And the scene Dongfang Yingxue saw next shocked her greatly.

The space that had seemed perfectly normal was now covered in that Black Slime.

Looking from a distance, the entire seabed of the Sea of Stars was nearly covered by this Black Slime.

The aura emanating from the Black Slime itself filled Dongfang Yingxue with extreme loathing.

It was an extremely evil aura, one that shouldn't even exist in this world!

"Extraterritorial Evil Demons..."

Dongfang Yingxue murmured, her beautiful face now cold as ice.

Legend had it that the Qihuang Continent had once gone through an incredibly difficult period.

During that time, all the Cultivators of the Qihuang Continent were resisting the Extraterritorial Evil Demons.

In the end, if not for a Mysterious Existence stepping in, the Qihuang Continent would likely have ceased to exist long ago.

And the aura emitted by the Black Slime Dongfang Yingxue saw now was precisely that of the Extraterritorial Evil Demons from back then.

"It shouldn't be... Why would the Sea of Stars be contaminated by the aura of Extraterritorial Evil Demons, and why hasn't the Ancient Grand Formation... reacted!?"

Dongfang Yingxue's heart was filled with confusion.

And right at that moment, the Black Slime spread across the entire Sea of Stars seemed to realize it had been discovered by Dongfang Yingxue.

The Black Slime suddenly surged, and that extremely evil aura instantly filled the entire Sea of Stars.

Listening closely, it was as if countless Resentful Souls were howling miserably.

The surrounding environment also instantly became pitch black, and everywhere one looked were various chaotic and unspeakable existences.

"Dammit, the aura of those Extraterritorial Evil Demons has actually latched onto the entities existing within the Sea of Stars!"

Dongfang Yingxue snorted coldly, simultaneously gripping the longsword in her hand.

In the next moment, a brilliant Sword Qi streaked across the sky, sweeping away the darkness in front of her.

Yet only a moment later, the endless darkness surged back.

Dongfang Yingxue went all out, wanting to use her Great Dao Realm strength to forcibly suppress this darkness.

At the same time, her mind was constantly racing.

It was common knowledge that various creatures existed in the Sea of Stars.

But she hadn't expected that those creatures would now be contaminated by the aura of the Extraterritorial Evil Demons.

If the aura of the Extraterritorial Evil Demons was originally just parasitic on the Sea of Stars... then now... Dongfang Yingxue looked at the various eerie and chaotic creatures closing in.

It seemed the aura of those Extraterritorial Evil Demons had found hosts.

In other words, the creatures currently in the Sea of Stars were already the new Extraterritorial Evil Demons.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Yingxue bit her lip, her expression resolute.

No matter what, she could not let these things leave the Sea of Stars.

Otherwise... the Qihuang Continent would likely face another catastrophe of Extraterritorial Evil Demons.