Chapter 236: Saintess, have we been abandoned by the sect?

"Who is it!?"

The Purple Qilin, suddenly ambushed, twisted its body in anger. Its eyes darted around, rapidly scanning the surroundings, yet it could not for the life of it see who it was.

"Old fellow, I'm right here."

A lazy voice drifted down from above the Purple Qilin.

These words were undoubtedly a provocation. The Purple Qilin let out an angry roar and immediately lashed out with a bolt of lightning toward the source of the sound.

Su Chen dodged in a hurry, even clearly sensing the vigorous Spiritual Power and the power of the Heavenly Dao laws contained within that lightning.

He had only just managed to strike the Purple Qilin and hadn't had much time to run far.

He had originally wanted to pose as an unfathomable expert, but he hadn't expected to almost get slapped in the face.

This Purple Qilin was truly worthy of having reached the Mature Stage; its strength was not to be underestimated.

The Purple Qilin had been successfully distracted by Su Chen, and coupled with the grudge from that earlier sword strike, it immediately wanted to ruthlessly deal with Su Chen.

Although Su Chen's cultivation realm was not high, he had many Life-Saving Treasures on him. Plus, the Purple Qilin's massive size made its movements relatively slow, so he specifically exploited the gaps, flying around the Purple Qilin.

This was much like an elephant trying to stomp an ant to death—it was very strenuous.

The Purple Qilin busied itself for a long time without touching a single hair on Su Chen. This feeling was like having an annoying fly buzzing around that one just couldn't catch.

Losing patience, the Purple Qilin simply let out a roar, intending to deliver a fatal blow to Su Chen directly.

At the critical moment, Su Chen hurriedly summoned his Divine Dragon Martial Soul.

The Divine Dragon was the head of all beasts. Even though there was a gap in their cultivation, the moment the Divine Dragon appeared in the world, a sense of fear and submission in the Qilin's heart subconsciously caused its movements to freeze.

Meanwhile, Lv Luo had already broken free from her restraints while Su Chen was stalling for time. Taking advantage of the Purple Qilin's stunned state, she hurriedly unleashed a full-strength attack.

Su Chen also unleashed a full-strength attack at this moment, coordinating with Lv Luo's assault.

The combined power of the two was extraordinary. Because of its brief moment of distraction, the Purple Qilin took the hit head-on and let out a painful howl.

Lv Luo and Su Chen exchanged a glance and decided to strike while the iron was hot, launching attacks without the slightest mercy.

The Purple Qilin let out a mournful cry of pain, and finally, unable to hold on any longer, it fell from mid-air with a "Boom—".

Its speed increased, and it eventually smashed a large crater into the ground. Its entire body was still shrouded in purple lightning, which was quite terrifying.

Su Chen, hovering in mid-air, panted heavily. Heaven knows he had nearly been unable to breathe when facing the Purple Qilin's pressure, but the fear of death had also stimulated his infinite potential; he now felt his body filled with power.

Lv Luo wiped the sweat from her face, sighing in her heart at how tacitly she and Su Chen had cooperated. If not for Su Chen's help, she would have at least lost a layer of skin today, if not died.

The Purple Qilin lay motionless on the ground, looking as if it had completely breathed its last.

It was hard to imagine that the once arrogant and haughty Purple Qilin had been defeated by the two of them just like that.

Su Chen walked up to the Purple Qilin and said softly, "Xiao Ling, devour it."

Although the Purple Qilin's physical body was dead, it still contained the power of the Heavenly Dao and the power of laws. Coupled with its pure lightning element, it could be considered a form of tempering for the Spirit Fire, though the effect was not as good as the Purple Thunder Immortal Grass.

Xiao Ling heard Su Chen's call and only slowly woke up after a long while.

On normal days, when it was dormant, it would take the form of a flame birthmark on Su Chen's wrist. Now that it had come out, it immediately saw the Purple Qilin's corpse. For the severely depleted Xiao Ling, this could be called a very good tonic; it instantly began to feast happily, devouring the Purple Qilin directly.

Visibly, Xiao Ling's flames were deeper in color than before, and there was no longer that feeling as if it might extinguish at any moment.

"Thank you! Master, you are so good, even specifically finding a Purple Qilin for me to replenish my body."

After eating, Xiao Ling couldn't help but let out a satisfied burp, feeling very moved.

It couldn't help but rub against Su Chen ingratiatingly, then excitedly jumped around him.

"Since you've come out, let's refine this Purple Thunder Immortal Grass ahead of time."

Su Chen looked at the slowly approaching Lv Luo, took the Purple Thunder Immortal Grass from her hand, and smiled with an easygoing expression.

In his words, it was as if the Purple Thunder Immortal Grass was not a treasure that could incite looting by major sects, but merely a casual candy.

Xiao Ling didn't react at first, thinking Su Chen had just found it some random tonic, but soon, Xiao Ling realized what Su Chen was saying.

"Purple Thunder Immortal Grass! Oh my god, is the food this good as soon as I come out? Truly, only Master is good in this world; a child without a master is like a blade of grass!"

Xiao Ling was deeply moved; if it had a tail right now, it would probably be spinning it like a propeller out of joy.

It circled the Purple Thunder Immortal Grass, looking it over, and was surprised to find that this was a Purple Thunder Immortal Grass harvested at its most perfect state, and it was so excited it almost cried.

"Sobbing, thank you, Master!"

Xiao Ling was suddenly overcome with emotion, and at the same time, it was very happy that it had finally returned to its master's side; otherwise, it didn't know how much longer it would have been sealed.

However, for the current Xiao Ling, it was still difficult to bear absorbing the entire Purple Thunder Immortal Grass, so it could only absorb it slowly.

"It's fine, you've worked hard to help us get out."

Su Chen had always been generous to his own people, so even though this Purple Thunder Immortal Grass could have been his own bargaining chip and trump card, he gave it to Xiao Ling without hesitation.

On the other side, Liu Ruyan gathered the wounded together.

The few surviving Qingyun Alliance disciples were considered the more outstanding ones among them. Thinking of how the Second Elder had abandoned them and run away just now, they couldn't help but feel somewhat dejected, even having a sense of being homeless stray dogs.

The Second Elder, whom they had respected and loved so much, had ignored them and left them behind in times of danger, treating them as fodder for the demonic beasts.

It was thanks to the Saintess that they had escaped this disaster.

They hadn't seen the battle between Su Chen, Lv Luo, and the Purple Qilin very clearly, but they were very certain that it was Su Chen and Lv Luo who had joined forces to defeat the Purple Qilin.

One had to know that even the Second Elder didn't have this strength. They had heard earlier that Liu Ruyan had rescued a Young Master from a reclusive sect, and seeing it now, this strength was indeed terrifying.

"Saintess, have we been abandoned by the sect?"

One of the elite disciples said dejectedly. Before this, he had always felt that he was a pillar of the Qingyun Alliance and had always practiced diligently without slacking.

Yet, the ones who had hurt him in the end were these people in the sect whom he had treated as family.

The massive cognitive dissonance left him in a state of despair, feeling deeply frustrated.

Liu Ruyan knew that if she didn't speak to them properly, it would likely leave behind a heart demon, which would also be a great obstacle to their future path of cultivation.

(End of chapter)