Chapter 200: Working Together to Provoke the Enemy's Wrath

"Quick! Stop him! Make him stop!" Lingxiang shouted loudly, her expression panicked.

No sooner said than done, the moment Lingxiang finished speaking, Liu Xia immediately unleashed the Spirit Power he had been gathering, lunging toward Xin Yi; his speed was in no way inferior to Xin Yi's Witchcraft. But just as he was about to intercept Xin Yi, Xin Yi flashed away, and in an instant, he was nowhere to be seen.

Liu Xia lunged at empty air and looked around, intending to spot Xin Yi, but apart from the flying sand and rolling stones, he could see nothing else. As soon as Long Qi saw that Xin Yi had vanished, he immediately drew his sword and stood guard tightly by Lingxiang's side.

Just then, Lingxiang shouted, "Stop him! He's going to attack Bai Wuchang!"

Long Qi was shocked to hear this and hurriedly looked carefully toward Bai Wuchang's direction; sure enough, amidst the confusion, he saw Xin Yi's figure, and he was charging rapidly toward Bai Wuchang.

Everyone suddenly understood: Xin Yi was intending to sacrifice his life; he simply could not choose between everyone and his mother, and he had never even thought of harming them!

He was going to abandon himself!

Facing the charging Xin Yi, Bai Wuchang's expression remained unchanged, showing not a hint of panic. He sneered, "A mere trifle!" Then, with a wave of the folding fan in his hand, a gust of wind dispersed Xin Yi's Witchcraft in an instant, and with his other hand, using only two fingers, he easily clamped onto Xin Yi's twin blades.

Clamping two blades with one hand while remaining composed—from this, one could see the depth of his cultivation.

To say he wasn't afraid would be impossible, but Zhao Wuyang had no intention of retreating. He channeled his Spirit Power, flicked his fingers across the Soft Sword in his hand, and the blade instantly emitted a blue fluorescent glow; then, gathering his Qi, he thrust toward Bai Wuchang.

It is the Demon-Extinguishing Clear Radiance! Brother Qianyuan actually taught him such an advanced piece of Witchcraft; isn't that a bit too early?

Just as Lingxiang was surprised, Zhao Wuyang had already reached before Bai Wuchang. Bai Wuchang frowned, raised his hand, and caught Zhao Wuyang's sword in the gap of his folding fan, then lightly twisted the fan, actually tossing Zhao Wuyang away! Seeing this, Liu Xia hurriedly reached out to catch Zhao Wuyang.

"Although Wuyang's power is limited, looking at it this way, that Bai Wuchang is very wary of his sword." After regaining her composure, Lingxiang said to Long Qi, "Don't worry about me, go and help them."

Long Qi looked at Lingxiang with a troubled expression. Lingxiang knew he was worried about her, so she hurriedly said, "He wants me alive, but he wants your lives. If he is provoked, the consequences will be unimaginable. Can you not tell which is more important?!"

Hearing what Lingxiang said, Long Qi hesitated for a moment, and after hearing Lingxiang add a "Go!", he finally raised his sword and charged up.

Lingxiang could no longer worry about anything else; the most urgent task at hand was to quickly solve the mystery of this Deep Pool Water Mirror so that everyone could escape alive. Her mind raced, struggling to search for every detail in her memory.

When at the Kunwu Sect, True Person Xuanhuai once said that the Pure Spirit Water could make the Penglai Jade Branch fresh again, and he had pointedly glanced at her Panlong Jade; clearly, he knew about the Water Spirit Pearl. It stands to reason that many years ago, it was the old Kunwu Sect Leader who entrusted the Water Spirit Pearl to the Long Family.

But even knowing this, how could one use the Water Spirit Pearl to nourish this withered branch? Although she was indeed skilled in the art of water manipulation, she would still need a container, right?

Wait! A container?

Previously, when she used Witchcraft to heal Liu Xia, she used the power of the Water Spirit Pearl. At that time, the water film did not wet Liu Xia's clothes at all, and after the treatment, those water films did not pool on the ground, but returned into the Water Spirit Pearl.

Lingxiang reached her hand into the water pool again and tried to cup some, but there was still nothing in her hand. She looked at her empty palm, lost in thought, and then suddenly her eyes widened, as if she had thought of something.

Could it be like this?

Just as Lingxiang was thinking about how to enter the Water Mirror, Long Qi and the others had already exchanged several moves with Bai Wuchang. But no matter what, Bai Wuchang remained as steady as a mountain, easily repelling them with a mere wave of his hand, as if he were just playing with them.

However, the difference was that, just as Lingxiang said, Bai Wuchang seemed very wary of Zhao Wuyang's sword. Every time the three of them—Long Qi, Xin Yi, and Liu Xia—got close with their blades, he would use his hand to block, but only for Zhao Wuyang's sword would he always use his fan to receive the Sword Technique. Although it looked effortless, it was not hard to see that he was being cautious of Zhao Wuyang's Witchcraft.

Long Qi, Xin Yi, and Liu Xia looked at each other and immediately understood what the others were thinking. Xin Yi flicked his fingers, and suddenly there was another flurry of flying sand and rolling stones.

Seeing Xin Yi repeating the same old trick, Bai Wuchang just sneered and opened his folding fan to disperse the Witchcraft. But just then, two figures lunged from the dust; Long Qi and Liu Xia, one raising his sword to hack and the other thrusting his sword, both approached Bai Wuchang's face.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Wuchang waved his folding fan and caught their fierce onslaught.

"Hmph! You put in some thought, but unfortunately, it's still too weak!"

Just as Bai Wuchang was sneering and mocking them, he heard Long Qi shout, "Wuyang!" and saw a streak of green light flying rapidly through the dust.

Bai Wuchang was about to block with his fan, but for some reason, he was unable to move. Looking down, he saw his hand holding the fan was being tightly bound by willow branches, and the source of the willow branches was actually the sword in Liu Xia's hand.

This was the Shaping Sword, the weapon Liu Xia had chosen in Xuancang Cave!

Bai Wuchang did not expect these brats to still have a trick up their sleeves, but Zhao Wuyang's sword was already right before his eyes!

Bai Wuchang frowned, then raised his hand, knocking Long Qi and Liu Xia both away, while his other hand tightly pinched Zhao Wuyang's sword.

Long Qi and Liu Xia performed a somersault, stabilized their footing, and landed on the ground. The Witchcraft dissipated, the dust settled, and everyone saw that the hand with which Bai Wuchang was pinching Zhao Wuyang's sword was sizzling with black mist, and his hand had actually turned into a sharp claw!

And while the few were entangled with Bai Wuchang, Banxia was not idle either. She saw Lingxiang still squatting by the strange pool pondering something, and knew she must be trying to help everyone escape by cracking the mystery of the Water Mirror.

She knew Lingxiang's way of doing things well; she would never be as oblivious to the gravity of the situation as she appeared on the surface.

Since everyone was working hard, she had to do something too!

Banxia glanced at Lady Lu under Bai Wuchang's feet, her eyes rolled, and she immediately had an idea. She took a Spirit-Concealing Talisman from her bosom, stuck it on herself, and while Xin Yi was casting his spell, she quietly snuck over.

But strangely, the Eight Trigrams Plate at her waist was flashing non-stop for some reason. Banxia lifted the Eight Trigrams Plate to look, and her face was suddenly filled with shock—on the face of the plate, it was an ominous hexagram!

Looking at Lady Lu right before her, Banxia hesitated, not knowing whether she should go up to save her, but in an instant, she remembered what Lingxiang had said.

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"I have always firmly believed that one should do their best and leave the rest to fate. If one has not yet done their best, but is held back by fear because of this Mirror Flower Water Moon, then one will achieve nothing."

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Forget it, forget it, she was already here, she couldn't worry about that much anymore!