Chapter 546: A Sudden Arrival

"Human race?" Xie Xu's fox-like eyes lifted slightly, a hint of surprise and doubt flashing in his gaze.

At that moment, a masked figure in a black robe stepped forward a few paces, extended two fingers toward them, signaling them to come.

The scene made the Beast Heavenly Prides grow wary.

Xie Xu stared at them deeply, and from afar asked, "Are you all Human Heavenly Prides?"

The black‑robed figures gave no reply.

As if... they regarded them as air.

Seeing this, Xie Xu felt uncertain about the true strength of these black‑robed people.

If he rashly made them enemies, it would likely be a loss.

Moreover, with the Demon Heavenly Pride absent, they had no need to target the Human Heavenly Pride.

After all, gathering Xihua was their most important mission.

Xie Xu's eyes darkened slightly, and he couldn't help recalling his elder brother Xie Ang...

With Xie Ang's strength and abilities, he could never attain the position of Young Emperor. Yet Xie Ang, being the legitimate eldest son and backed by a powerful maternal family...

Xie Xu's thoughts cooled a few degrees.

He steadied his mind, gave the distant black‑robed figures a cold glance, and immediately said, "We..." and turned to leave.

Before he could finish, a woman's voice cut in.

"What a coincidence."

The crowd felt a slight alarm, followed the voice, and saw a young woman in a purple dress standing on the trunk of a massive tree; the corners of her lips were slightly upturned, and her shimmering violet eyes held a hint of disdain.

"His Highness of the Demon Clan!" a Beast Clan member recognized the purple‑clad woman.

The purple‑clad woman, Quan Li, let out a light laugh, her tone slightly mocking: "Are you Beast Clan members always so hesitant?"

Xie Xu's gaze tightened slightly.

He said, "We indeed are not as decisive as Your Highness."

Quan Li leapt down, her skirt fluttering, and she landed steadily on the ground.

"It's good to have that self‑awareness."

After speaking, she shifted her gaze to Yuan Yao's party, "You were the ones who broke open my domain space earlier, weren't you?"

The black‑robed figures remained silent.

Quan Li quickly noticed they were shielding a black‑robed person, deliberately or not, obscuring his figure.

Realizing this, Quan Li instantly became excited; flames seemed to flicker within her violet pupils—she loved disrupting such harmonious situations.

Quan Li's form flashed, and she was already pressing close to their position, her five claws forming a hand as she slashed toward Yuan Yao's direction!

Clang!

A massive shockwave erupted instantly.

Ying Wuji thrust a sword to block the attack, being knocked back half a step.

At the same time, several black‑robed figures immediately surrounded Quan Li.

Quan Li faced them alone.

Her cultivation level was equivalent to the later stage of the Void Refinement Realm for humans, and her burst power was immense.

Yet after a few exchanges, Dong Jiao and the others felt overwhelming pressure, as if suppressed and unable to turn over.

"Interesting." Quan Li suddenly laughed, raised a finger, and the void split, a massive bone blade landing in her hand.

She clenched her five fingers tightly, swung the great blade, and sent the black‑robed people flying a short distance.

Yet she did not press the advantage, instead turning toward Yuan Yao's direction.

She raised the blade with one hand and lunged fiercely at Yuan Yao!

Boom—

A small figure darted out, booming to block Quan Li's attack, and with a claw slammed the bone blade down.

It struck like ten thousand pounds of force, causing Quan Li's arm to go numb.

Quan Li's complexion shifted slightly; she stared and saw that the one guarding in front of Yuan Yao was actually a spirit beast taking human form.

And this spirit beast's cultivation was at the early stage of the Seventh Rank, equivalent to the early Body Integration Realm for humans.

Before she could react, Ying Wuji and others again combined their attacks toward her, coordinated seamlessly, and entangled her.

Quan Li discovered that among these black‑robed people, one had reached the mid‑stage of the Void Refinement Realm!

It was Qian Yun Zhou.

The jade flute in Qian Yun Zhou's hand had long since transformed into a long sword; his sword technique was fierce, constantly pressing Quan Li.

Besides him, there was another person that unsettled her.

That person was Ying Wuji; he seemed to know her moves, not only evading her fierce attacks but also using a four‑ounces‑move‑a‑thousand‑pounds technique to make her attacks rebound.

At this moment, only one person stood by Yuan Yao, and it was Cang Li.

Cang Li knew his cultivation was insufficient; if he rashly entered the battle, he might hinder them.

Cang Li lowered his head toward Yuan Yao and saw black blood seeping from her fingertips.

The black blood fell to the ground, emitting a 'zila' sound.

Yuan Yao's face beneath the mask broke into cold sweat, her lips extremely pale.

She sensed the current situation...

Therefore, she must quickly expel the evil aura!

To save time, she simultaneously used spiritual energy to purge the evil qi from her body and concentrated her mental spirit to erase the lingering evil aura within her sea of consciousness.

Meanwhile, Cang Li also sensed the Beast Clan's movement; Xie Xu and the other Beast Heavenly Prides were closing in from this side.

Just as the Beast Clan's squad was about to arrive, a startled shout came from nearby: "It's the Chu Yuan Squad!"

Following the sound, suddenly there was a team of human clan prodigies!

The leader was none other than Yu Jing.

Behind her stood Feng Xuanji, Bian Chen, Jiang Xiao, Nie Bai, Wei Yanqing, Wei Yanhong, and other familiar faces, along with the dozen or so human prodigies that Yuan Yao and her companions had previously rescued.

This team led by Yu Jing numbered no more than thirty-odd people.

They were not strangers to the name 'Abyss-Eradicating Squad,' for the dozen or so who had been rescued earlier had already told their companions about it.

Upon noticing this team of human prodigies, Xie Xu frowned slightly, as if harboring some misgivings.

At the same time, twenty demon clan prodigies hurried over from a nearby side, clearly coming for the Great Demon Prince/Princess Quan Li.

In a moment, prodigies of the three clans gathered here.

Seeing their Great Demon Prince/Princess besieged by those black-robed figures, the twenty demon prodigies' expressions turned fierce in an instant; just as they were about to act, they received an order from their Great Demon Prince/Princess.

They immediately aimed their target at the direction where Yuan Yao was.

"Not good!" one of the human prodigies exclaimed.

"Charge!" Seeing this, Yu Jing swiftly drew her heavy sword from behind, flashed forward, and was about to stop the demon prodigies from surrounding Yuan Yao.

But before they could get close, they were intercepted by Xie Xu and the other monster prodigies.

Yu Jing directly swung her sword at Xie Xu.

Boom!

Phoenix flame instantly erupted from Xie Xu's palm.

Both retreated half a step.

At this moment, Feng Xuanji and the others were also blocked by the monster prodigies.

On the other side, those twenty demon prodigies all charged toward Yuan Yao.

Cang Li gripped his spear tightly, swiftly launched a thrust, but it could not stop their advance at all.

Then another white figure flashed into view.

Taking a closer look, it was a delicate young boy with dragon horns.

He raised both hands, swiftly condensed surging beastly power, and then thrust it forward violently.

Boom——

More than half of the demon prodigies were all flung to the ground.

Heavenly Snow also hurried back to her master's side, quickly laying a formation barrier around Yuan Yao so that the surrounding battle's shockwaves could not reach her.