Chapter 536: Nobody's Getting Away

Just as Quan Li finished speaking, dozens of gazes from not far away turned toward their direction.

For a moment, the atmosphere grew somewhat stagnant.

Ying Wuhuan immediately raised his hand slightly, signaling all the human heavenly pride cultivators to stop attacking and retreat to the side.

The leader of the monster clan was a young man with finely chiseled features and a head of flowing red hair that was extraordinarily striking.

He stared coldly in Quan Li's direction and gestured for all the monster clan heavenly pride cultivators to halt and withdraw to one side.

"Why aren't you fighting?" Quan Li stepped forward, her eyelids lifting slightly, hinting at arrogance and pressure as she gave a light smile. "Are you giving me face? So you chose to shake hands and make peace?"

As she spoke, Quan Li's pale, slender hand reached forward on its own, fingers loosely clasped in a mocking handshake gesture, as if offering charity, her eyes filled only with ridicule.

In the human heavenly pride camp, Jiang Shuai couldn't help but snort, his voice loud and full of undisguised contempt: "Give the demon clan face? A bunch of hair‑eating, blood‑drinking heretics aren't even worthy of the word 'face'."

Quan Li froze.

Immediately, she locked her gaze onto Jiang Shuai; far from angry, the corner of her mouth curled into a deeper arc, her tone gentle yet piercingly cold.

"Oh? How are we not worthy? Then let this young man speak."

Jiang Shuai wanted to rebuke further, but Ying Wuhuan at his side raised a hand and silently stopped him.

Ying Wuhuan remained calm, as if he hadn't taken Quan Li's provocation to heart, and said lightly: "This stalk of Breath Flower, I'll leave it to you."

Having said that, he tried to lead the human heavenly pride cultivators away, but as soon as he took two steps, an overwhelming surge of demonic power instantly closed in on his position.

Ying Wuhuan swiftly raised his sword and swung!

Boom!

A violent explosion rang out.

Quan Li's figure was unharmed; her whole body was already shrouded in thick demonic qi, which roiled incessantly, almost condensing into substance.

She watched Ying Wuhuan stagger half a step back from the shockwave, the corner of her mouth curling with a cruel smile, her voice laced with demonic allure: "What's a single little Breath Flower worth?"

She paused, killing intent flashing in her eyes: "I want all of you to leave your lives here. Only then will this game be interesting enough, right?"

As her words fell, the faces of the human heavenly pride cultivators changed dramatically.

At that moment, Lu Xiangxiang furrowed her brows and urgently sent a mental message to Ying Wuhuan: "Wuhuan, this woman's demonic art is strange, her aura heavy and condensed—she's no ordinary opponent; don't clash head‑on, she's very strong!"

She knew clearly that Quan Li, as the Great Highness of the Demon Realm, had already reached a terrifying late‑stage Void Refinement cultivation despite her youth, her true strength far surpassing what her level suggested—especially since she was only twenty‑three years old!

Quan Li took in the shock and shifting expressions on the human heavenly pride cultivators' faces, then burst into a hearty, unrestrained laugh, head thrown back.

"Hahahaha…"

After laughing, she raised her bare hand, and a huge bone blade—hideously shaped and forged from unknown beast bone—condensed slowly in the thick demonic qi, its edge flashing with a dim, cold light.

"This road is blocked; the only way through is the path of death!"

Her tone suddenly turned harsh.

No sooner had her words finished than dozens of young demon clan members behind her flashed out and lunged straight at the human heavenly pride cultivators.

The human heavenly pride cultivators' faces turned to shock.

Seeing this, the monster clan's leader wanted to lead his people away, but before they could take a few steps, they were locked down by the domain space Quan Li had deployed.

"Shh!" Quan Li lifted her pale jade finger to her lips, a cruel smile on her face that made one's flesh creep: "Not a single one of you is getting away!"

Quan Li flickered, leapt into mid‑air, raised the huge bone blade, and brought it down in a fierce slash!

Boom——

A heaven‑shaking explosion rang out, accompanied by shrill screams.

Over a dozen human heavenly pride cultivators collapsed, either gravely wounded or killed in a single blow.

Ying Wuhuan's face changed abruptly; he immediately summoned Yu Jing, Sikong Banxue, Feng Xuanji, Bian Chen, Hua Chengyan and the others to join him in dealing with Quan Li.

In that moment, together with the elite monster clan heavenly pride cultivators, about twenty figures had already surrounded Quan Li on all sides.

At that moment, the human and monster clans reached a silent agreement and joined forces to oppose the demon clan.

Every demon clan heavenly pride cultivator present possessed astonishingly formidable strength!

Quan Li gripped the giant bone blade, gave a light chuckle, and said, "Let me see just how formidable the human and monster clan heavenly pride cultivators really are."

Having said that, she took on the multitude alone.

The battle became extraordinarily fierce!

At the same time, seeing this, Lu Xiangxiang in the distance narrowed her eyes slightly and immediately shouted orders for the remaining human heavenly pride cultivators to jointly attack these demon clan members.

Not far away, Ying Wuji hid behind a giant tree, taking in every scene.

His gaze deepened, his eyes falling on Lu Xiangxiang.

Lu Xiangxiang……

At that moment, he received a message from Yuan Yao.

"Youngest Senior Brother, how's the situation?"

Ying Wuji told him everything he had seen.

He then added, "The Demon Realm's Great Highness Quan Li is immensely strong; they may not be able to defeat her. Even if they manage a counter‑kill, they would have to pay a painful price."

Meanwhile, upon hearing her youngest senior brother's words, Yuan Yao's expression grew slightly solemn.

Yuan Yao told Song Yan and the others, "I will intervene to temporarily separate them."

Xue Jin frowned, "Are you planning to use the Labyrinth Transposition Array?"

Yuan Yao slowly shook her head.

"Now that the Demon Realm's Great Highness has already deployed her domain space, the Labyrinth Transposition Array alone cannot break through it. If she notices us, we might also expose our identities."

Yuan Yao rose and told them, "Stay here and wait for me and the Youngest Senior Brother."

As she spoke, she formed seals with both hands, spiritual light flowing from her fingertips, quickly etching intricate, profound sigils on the spot.

Not long after, a formation outpost emitting faint spatial fluctuations took shape, blending into the surrounding environment.

"This is an Emergency Transmission Array," Yuan Yao explained. "If I or Number Five encounter danger or are discovered, we can use this array to teleport back here immediately."

Xiao Lingwei said with some unease, "Your injury hasn't healed yet; why don't I accompany you?"

"Second Senior Sister, you believe me." Yuan Yao said solemnly: "Even if I encounter danger, I still have Tianxue and Yuanfeng and the others by my side; I will handle it carefully."

Xiao Lingwei heard that, took a deep breath, nodded slightly, "Okay."

Yuan Yao gave them a slight nod, then quickly headed toward the source of the sound; her movement was too vigorous, causing a faint pain in her leg.

She endured the pain and rushed to Ying Wuji's side as fast as she could.

"Look." Ying Wuji gestured for her to look at the battle ahead.

Yuan Yao's expression tightened slightly; she discovered that thirteen human prodigies had already been killed.

Moreover, many human prodigies were wounded, obviously unable to hold out much longer.

She said, "Youngest Senior Brother, I want to set up a formation to break open the enemy's domain space!"