Chapter 355: Double Nine Critical Hit, Li Assassination! Corpse Shattered Myriadfold

"Shen Qingli, is that you?" The Three Pure Mystic Maiden directly named her.

Jiu Ying acted as if he hadn't heard, charging forward! After all, he really isn't Shen Qingli.

But under his feet, footprint after footprint lit up, a man's stride that shows no mercy to kin.

Not Shen Qingli!

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden and Cang Pei exchanged a glance.

Cang Pei then asked, "Who are you? Have we met before?"

"Of course we've met!" Jiu Ying spoke up, since they'd already been discovered, "Dead scumbag! Take one punch from me!"

Jiu Ying, who says and does, instantly erupted his true form—this very moment——

Observing him, Shen Qingli sensed that a subtle force had locked onto Jiu Ying! Consequently, even though the effect of the hidden-breath grass was still present, Jiu Ying's true form was still outlined.

Just like the footprints that lit up when he stepped on the ground.

Flickering light revealed his entire physique.

"Ah, this, little Ying looks like he's been doused head-to-toe in glow powder!"

Jiu Li was still surprised when Yu Jia said, "You have some insight; it's indeed a glow insect."

"Glow insect?" Jiu Li was even more surprised, "I remember glow insects aren't this small; they should be much larger."

"That's right, they're extremely tiny; when not lit, you can't see them at all. Like those footprints, they're actually the state of energy dissipating after being stepped to death."

"They also have a trait: they love divine power; when Jiu Ying erupts with fierce divine power, it attracts them to swarm and devour his divine breath." Yu Jia explained in detail.

"They don't attract Cang Pei and the Three Pure Mystic Maiden?"

"They must have taken the secret medicine, which emits an odor the glow insects dislike."

"Should we let Jiu Ying come back first?" Xiao Bai asked, "Won't he be sucked to death?"

"Yes." Yu Jia said firmly, "These insects may look tiny, but they can slay gods; even a confused egg of the Heavenly Clarity Realm has been devoured before."

"They're like the marching ants of the Three Pure Heaven version!" Jiu Li concluded.

Yu Jia didn't understand, "What marching ants?"

"Can we directly recall little Ying?"

Shen Qingli worried the glow insects would follow into the Primordial Spirit Realm; they're too tiny.

And in the midst of their discussion……

Finally, Jiu Ying, who had sensed something wrong, was already shouting, "Master! Save me!"

"Burn it! Then put it away." Yu Jia said, "Use a talisman, not your divine power."

Shen Qingli didn't have a talisman, but that didn't hinder her wit: "Little Ying, self-immolate! I'll immediately take you back."

"What the heck?" Jiu Ying was bewildered—how could he self-immolate? But he couldn't disobey, so he immediately sprayed fire onto himself!

The "sizzle" of the burning directly gave the glow insects on his body a wondrous fragrance! Possibly also his own meat aroma.

This bizarre maneuver……

It also left the Three Pure Mystic Maiden stunned for a moment.

Glow insects fear fire! But when they attach to a living being, they burrow into the body.

Just burning the surface cannot eradicate them at all.

Jiu Ying doing this……

Is it similar to a Nirvana-style burning method,

But it actually works!

"A Li, are you just going to watch your beast pet self-harm?"

Cang Pei spoke up, knowing Shen Qingli is actually quite soft-hearted.

Unfortunately, although Shen Qingli cherishes her beast, she's not foolish; she clearly knows Jiu Ying must do this to be unharmed.

And Jiu Ying, he is a fierce beast!

There's no reason he wouldn't take revenge after being schemed against.

"Die, you bastard!"

He fiercely sprayed water at Cang Pei and the Three Pure Mystic Maiden.

What he sprayed was all black water!

Fishy, viscous, and disgusting.

The two hurriedly dodged, but Jiu Ying had already grown huge!

"Whoosh" the black water instantly flooded the Huaxu Hall and rapidly rose.

This left Jiu Li dumbfounded, "Little Ying can also spit dirty water?"

"Fall back! This is plague water." Yu Jia immediately recognized it.

"Nice partner!" Jiu Li clapped at once, "Well done! Big brother, come help me!"

Having said that, Jiu Li gathered strength and leapt out with an "ah-choo", forming a Taiji fish diagram to block the Huaxu Hall gate!

"I'm coming too!" Xiao Bai cast a spatial barrier, determined to seal the Huaxu Hall gate shut!

At this moment, the self-immolating Jiu Ying had already grown huge enough to supposedly reach the hall's ceiling!

That Huaxu Hall is like a small world—appearing as a modest hall, yet it can never be filled.

Shen Qingli sensed the clue, decisively recalled Jiu Ying, not letting him continue spewing plague water.

But plague being plague means it's not only in the water; the vapor also carries it.

Cang Pei had already been poisoned, lips black! Face pallid, he could barely keep his balance, about to fall into the black water.

"Go!" The Three Pure Mystic Maiden suddenly spoke, a hairpin appearing in her hand, easily ripping space to divert the black water into the void.

Cang Pei's expression eased slightly; he hurriedly regulated his breath to expel the miasma.

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden had already thrown a pill at him…

Bang!

A wisp of purple light accurately split the pill.

Like a tiny thunderbolt, it shattered the pill into fragments.

Cang Pei's gaze instantly condensed, "Primordial Purple Qi, A—"

Before the word 'Li' could be spoken, the purple light turned and struck his forehead!

But just then, Cang Pei's eyes blazed with strange light, "Now!"

"Seal!" The Three Pure Mystic Maiden poured out her divine power, and a vast divine breath covered the entire hall.

Immediately, the eight directions inside the hall lit up with prohibitive light—dark and cold.

Yu Jia's feathers twitched, "Oh no! A Li, withdraw your power!"

However, it was too late; Shen Qingli's divine power had already been sealed.

That strand of Primordial Purple Qi, like a tiny swimming dragon, entwined by eight strands of dark light, was firmly fixed three inches in front of Cang Pei's forehead.

And that wasn't all…

Almost as soon as Yu Jia's words fell.

Shen Qingli had uncontrollably entered the Huaxu Hall.

The power of the Hidden Breath Grass remained, but her outline had already been traced by eight strands of dark light entwining her.

One loop, then another…

They, like spider silk, wrapped her into a light cocoon, standing upright in the center of the hall.

Pfft.

Cang Pei, who had been vomiting black blood, covered his mouth.

Black blood seeped out from between his fingers…

Making his face, covered in toxic miasma and ashen gray, look even more sickly.

He nevertheless laughed, took out a handkerchief, wiped the black blood from his hand, and did not even urge the Three Pure Mystic Maiden to give him another antidote.

He looked at the center of the light ring and softly said, "A Li, I've caught you."

"You damned pervert!" Nine Li roared, withdrawing the Taiji Fish Diagram and about to rush in.

But Xiao Bai grabbed it, "Don't go in—inside are all traps! We've been caught; A Li will surely be anxious. Besides, we still have to save her!"

At the very moment the dark light flared, Xiao Bai had already "seen"—the space inside the Huaxu Hall had changed, as if sliced into countless tiny fragments.

Around Cang Pei and the Three Pure Mystic Maiden, there was clearly a subtle halo of light protecting them! It kept them from being cut by the fragmentary space.

But they are different—if they recklessly rush in, they will surely be torn to pieces!

This is exactly what Cang Pei wanted to see! He had long wanted to kill Nine Li.

Unfortunately, he failed again.

The Three Beasts didn't come in at all!

Moreover, they had all consumed the Hidden Breath Grass and thus remained unseen.

But Shen Qingli's situation was clearly dire!

By rights, she should have immediately stored the beasts in the Primordial Spirit Realm as a precaution.

She hadn't—not because she didn't want to, but because she couldn't.