Chapter 504: Playing Dirty, This Lady Won't Let You Off Without a Fight

Five Half-Saints, chasing one Guanyin.

Fortunately, with the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire, they found it difficult to catch up for a time and were unable to strike at Guanyin.

Coupled with the presence of Diting, who could probe the methods the opponents intended to use for interception as well as their attack patterns, it could timely maneuver the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire to dodge.

One of the Half-Step Demon Ancestors, unable to swallow his anger, directly crushed the so-called Heart-Thunder Blood Oath that Guanyin had spoken of.

But only after he crushed it did he discover that Guanyin was not affected by the Talisman Seal in the slightest.

"*******!"

They hadn't just been played; they had been played for fools!

"You think you can still escape after toying with us? Today, you will undoubtedly die!"

They one after another exhausted their wits and means, setting up various Arrays, wanting to trap Guanyin to death right here.

Yet, the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire was an object of Taishang Laojun, containing within it the Great Dao of Wind and Fire; it was simply not something that five Half-Step Demon Ancestors with the cultivation of Half-Saints could trap.

"Bang—"

The Array was shattered, creating a crack, and the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire carried Guanyin as she flew out, heading straight for Zhenmo Pass.

"Almost there, almost there." Guanyin looked at the Zhenmo Pass, which was close at hand, and finally revealed the joy of impending victory.

Atop Zhenmo Pass, Tang An stood alone in mid-air, as if waiting for Guanyin to come over.

"Tang An, from this moment on, this seat owes you nothing."

She knew the entanglement of Causality between herself and Tang An, and she also understood that after the battle at Lingshan, Tang An had left her a corner of peace within the Three Realms.

Now that she had done such a great favor for Tang An, it had finally offset that debt of gratitude.

"Give it to me," Tang An said.

Guanyin scrutinized Tang An, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

She was too easy to identify, to the point that those who wanted to imitate her could only imitate her form, but could not imitate her spirit.

When Guanyin looked at Diting again, she discovered that Diting was trembling, using a look of terror and warning to urge her to flee quickly.

Had Diting been silenced? Could it be that this place was not...

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang—"

Several black flying swords struck the defensive barrier of the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire.

In less than two breaths, cracks had actually appeared on the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire.

This meant that this person's cultivation was definitely that of an Ancestral Demon equivalent to a Saint, and one second only to the Primordial Demon at that.

"Not good, run!"

Guanyin maneuvered the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire to rush back, only to discover that from beginning to end, she had never left the Underworld at all.

The Zhenmo Pass she had seen just now was entirely fake.

"A fish that slipped through the net, how can I let you ruin my Demon Race's grand plan?" The Ancestral Demon toyed with a Dharma treasure resembling a short, thick needle in his hand; when his eyes looked at Guanyin, it was the gaze of looking at an ant or a plaything.

Guanyin's scalp went numb, and goosebumps rose all over her body. She felt a deep, helpless despair; she feared that on this trip, she...

Outside Zhenmo Pass.

The horizon began to pale; this battle had lasted from the early morning until now.

Outside Zhenmo Pass, there were nothing but corpses and fragments, with black blood pooling into rivers, attracting many birds that favored rotting flesh; the stench of blood filled the air.

However, at a glance, those who had suffered heavy losses were not the Human Race, but the Outer Realm Demon Race, who were plagued by pestilence and bad luck.

Tang An was still in a standoff with the Primordial Demon; previously, her emotions had been stirred, and she had nearly lost her reason in a moment of recklessness.

But at this moment, it was clearly the Primordial Demon who could no longer sit still.

He had already received news that Xuandu Dafa Shi had appeared in Minghai, and with Saint Houtu Niangniang presiding over the Underworld's counterattack, their operations had not succeeded and were already showing signs of decline.

Even the fish that slipped through the net, who was said to be taking Tang An's closest kin to defect, had actually escaped from the hands of Moyin.

At the same time, Tang An also sensed the auras of Guanyin and Diting.

"It seems that in this round, this venerable one has won."

Tang An immediately pinched a seal, performing a Great Divine Ability to teleport the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire that had rushed out of the Underworld over to her.

Just as the Primordial Demon wanted to make a move, Tang An immediately sacrificed the Merit Golden Sword to block the Primordial Demon for an instant.

That single instant was enough for Tang An to bring Guanyin back.

"Hunyuan Golden Dipper!"

The Hunyuan Golden Dipper was sacrificed, and it immediately used the space-teleportation channel set up by Tang An to receive the Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire.

A Cattail Mat of Wind and Fire was already strong enough; with the addition of a Hunyuan Golden Dipper, there would be no more accidents.

"Primordial Demon, you have lost."

Tang An's eyes and brows carried a smile, "You have lost not only in the Inner Realm, but also in the Outer Domain."

The Primordial Demon's eyes were gloomy; at this moment, his desire to kill Tang An reached an all-time peak.

"Don't be so eager to kill me; I wonder if the Primordial Demon has figured out where the Saints of my Inner Realm have gone?"

The Primordial Demon looked at the vast, swarming Outer Realm Demon Race retreating in defeat, his expression cold as frost.

"It is nothing more than destroying the Demon Nest of the Ancestral Demon; even if I must sacrifice all the Demon Nests, today I will surely kill..."

Before he could finish his words, an explosion that resounded through both realms came from a spatial rift.

The Primordial Demon's pupils trembled; he turned around stiffly to look toward the Outer Domain, his eyes blood-red from extreme rage, his killing intent so thick it overflowed his body.

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang..."

The pressure pouring down from the Primordial Demon caused the Outer Realm Demon Race around him to be crushed into mists of blood one after another, scaring the Outer Realm Demon Race into scattering and scrambling to save their lives.

"You! You all!"

"You actually dared to destroy My Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array!"

The Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array was precisely the Great Array that the Outer Realm Demon Race had been using to weaken the Heavenly Dao.

It was also precisely because the Prime Demon sacrificed the Ancestral Demons and activated the Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array that this operation to weaken the Heavenly Dao and launch a massive invasion of the Inner Realm was possible.

The Prime Demon had hidden the Great Array extremely deeply, and he even had the Twelve Ancestral Demons he had painstakingly cultivated and created guarding the array.

For so many years, there had never been a single mishap!

Yet just a moment ago, he sensed with absolute clarity that the Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array had been broken. The Twelve Ancestral Demons guarding the array had also all lost their life force.

Their fate was self-evident.

He never expected that in this massive invasion of the Inner Realm, he would be the one most severely backstabbed!

Tang An looked at the Prime Demon with a beaming smile, her eyes filled with a cunning glint.

"Didn't expect it, did you? That I could actually set aside past grievances and go cooperate with Hongjun Laozu."

"Since it is a cooperation, both sides must show corresponding sincerity. And destroying your Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array, making it so you can no longer weaken the Heavenly Dao, is the sincerity of our initial cooperation."

"Unexpectedly, the cooperation was quite pleasant." Tang An's gaze seemed to be saying: "Try to play dirty with me, and I'll out-scheme you to death."

The Prime Demon forcibly suppressed his anger, making himself calm down. "Before you die, tell Me, how did you find the Twelve Heaven-Splitting Great Array?"

When had Tang An ever suffered a loss with her words?

"Judging by the Prime Demon's tone, you want to die with a clear understanding."

"Then I don't mind accumulating some merit and kindly telling you. It was a kind soul from your Outer Realm Demon Race who told me the location of the Great Array."

"If the Prime Demon doesn't believe it, you can go back and ask carefully."

The Prime Demon stared into Tang An's eyes from beginning to end; clearly, he did not believe Tang An's words.

The same strategy of sowing discord—Tang An would not fall for it, and he would not fall for it either.

"Look, if I don't say it, you aren't willing, and if I do say it, you don't believe it."

"Being a person is hard, and being an honest, good person is even harder."

While speaking, the Sanqing Saint, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Kong Xuan—the six Saints—had already returned from the Outer Domain.

However, after Nuwa and Fuxi returned, they each vanished and did not appear again.

As for the Sanqing Saint and Kong Xuan, a look of joy could be seen between their brows; it was evident they had fought a satisfying, victorious battle and were in very good spirits.

"Does the Prime Demon still want to kill me? But my people have all returned, so it won't be easy for you to kill me now."

Tang An looked provocatively at the Prime Demon; he was indeed difficult to deal with, but she, Tang An, had never been a pushover to be kneaded at will.