It was hard to tell whether the blood on Ji Zhuanxu's face came from the enemy or Li Jiuge. Tears mixed with the blood and dripped down one by one.
"Ah!" He let out a painful roar. Gently laying Li Jiuge on the ground, he drew his sword and rushed out of the barrier straight towards Jiang Linyin. He pressed forward step by step, each move was fierce. The two of them were entangled.
Li Jiuge lay on her back, her eyes stung by the sun. She turned to look at Ji Yunxi and told her calmly, "If you had transferred your divine power to me, I could have returned it to you directly. But the world created by the gods collapsed. I used my own body as a container, and the divine power merged with me. When my body dissipates, the divine power will naturally return to your body."
"I didn't know you had endured so much. I didn't know. No, Jiuge, I don't want the divine power anymore. I don't want it. Don't leave, okay?" Ji Yunxi panicked and grabbed her hand, as if she could hold her firmly like this. She choked so hard that her words were intermittent.
"Did you mean it when you told me that night that you would protect the Jiuli people?"
"Yes, I will definitely protect them well." Ji Yunxi nodded with tears streaming down her face.
"Don't be sad. This is our destiny. I'm so tired. Finally, I can have a good sleep."
Ji Yunxi couldn't feel Li Jiuge's temperature. Looking down, she saw that Li Jiuge's body started to turn transparent from her fingers.
"Jiuge, Jiuge." Ji Yunxi called her name again and again, her voice full of grief. Li Jiuge's body floated into the air. Ji Yunxi tried to hold her hand, but her hand passed through directly. She just couldn't catch her.
"Yunxi, help me pass a message to your brother."
"What?" Ji Yunxi's eyes were filled with tears, and her arm was still raised.
Seeing her dazed look, Li Jiuge couldn't help laughing, just like the first time they met.
"Tell your brother that I know he remembers everything. That fool thought he had hidden it well. If there is an afterlife, I hope we can meet again. We won't be restricted by our status. Next time, I will surely run towards him with all my might."
After Li Jiuge finished speaking, her body completely dissipated, leaving only a blue light floating in the air.
Ji Yunxi's eyes always followed those fading lights. She knew that it was Li Jiuge's spiritual power floating towards the mountains and rivers.
Those who cultivate immortality absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, condense golden pills, and improve their cultivation. If they die and their Tao disappears, their cultivation will return to its origin and nourish the spiritual veins of the mountains.
Don't be sad. Every gust of wind, every beam of light, every sunset you see has my figure. Although I'm leaving, I'm everywhere.
Ji Yunxi stretched out her palm slowly with tears in her eyes. The light automatically flew into her hand.
She was dragged into the air by the divine power. Her body emitted a dazzling light. It was the divine power returning to her body. Closing her eyes and feeling carefully, it was like a cool spring spreading into her bones, numb and tingling. Her whole body was filled with strength.
She opened her eyes. There was a red flame burning in her pupils. With a single sword strike, the sky and the earth were split apart. The battlefield instantly fell silent.
"Finally here?"
"Jiang Linyin, today I will seek justice for Li Jiuge, the fallen souls of the Xuanyuan clan, and the common people who were tortured to death by your poison."
"Heh, justice?" Jiang Linyin sneered disdainfully, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "This is an era where the strong are respected. The capable shall take it. As for you, like father, like daughter. Don't be so hypocritical. Didn't your good father do the same thing back then? If it weren't for his war, my parents wouldn't have died. Today, you can seek justice for your people, but who pitied my parents back then? Who pitied the millions of people like my parents!"
The image of his parents' cold corpses appeared in front of Jiang Linyin's eyes. When he said the last word, his emotions completely erupted at that moment. He let out a loud roar and rushed towards Ji Yunxi like an arrow, with a white cold light.
Ji Yunxi
"So my father has already paid the price."
"He died too easily. What kind of price is that!" His deep voice was like a calm lake, hiding boundless anger.
At that moment, the power of the two of them reached its peak. Neither of them was willing to give in. When gods fight, mortals suffer. The soldiers were affected by the divine power. Some of the weaker ones felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
Feng Xingzhi called Ji Zhuanxu and the other generals to jointly set up a barrier to protect the people of the Xuanyuan clan. Jiang Qingping also quickly asked the people of the Shennong clan to retreat to avoid being hurt by the sword energy.
Feng Xingzhi saw the figures of Ji Yunxi and Jiang Linyin constantly changing. Their hand speeds were so fast that it was hard to distinguish their moves. The sound of the collision of the divine power hit his heart, making him tremble with fear.
He took two steps forward, wanting to help Ji Yunxi. But seeing the unstable barrier and the tired faces of the soldiers, he couldn't move his feet anymore.
Ji Zhuanxu had just regained a part of his soul. After the fierce battle just now and strengthening the barrier, his face and lips were as pale as paper.
Feng Xingzhi's eyes showed deep helplessness. He punched the barrier hard and then turned around and walked towards Ji Zhuanxu without hesitation.
"I'm fine. Go and help Yunxi."
Seeing that he wanted to heal his wounds, Ji Zhuanxu struggled to push him away.
"Don't be brave. If something happens to you, Yunxi will surely fight with me."
The two of them sat on the ground. Feng Xingzhi placed his hand on Ji Zhuanxu's back to stabilize his meridians.
Ji Yunxi saw them accidentally and decided to end the battle quickly. She ran her two fingers across the sword body. Five white beams of light shot up into the sky and surrounded Jiang Linyin. The sky and the earth were connected through these beams.
"Today, you will stay on this battlefield and atone for the fallen heroes!"
Ji Yunxi pointed her sword at him. The beams of light fired together and aimed at Jiang Linyin. His protective barrier turned into fragments and fell. Ji Yunxi was like a swimming dragon. With her body leading the sword, she pierced through his heart.
The beams of light disappeared. The world returned to calm. There wasn't even a trace of wind.
Jiang Linyin stared at his chest in disbelief. The wound went straight through to his back. He could even feel the air flowing: "The winner takes all. I have never regretted anything from the beginning to the end!" Black mist began to emerge from his body. Soon, his physical body was swallowed by the mist. The mist also flew into the distance and disappeared. A flame-shaped spiritual energy appeared in front of Ji Yunxi.
Ji Yunxi caught the spiritual stone and looked in the direction of Feng Xingzhi. She smiled happily: "I did it." Then her vision went black, and her body fell lightly to the ground.
"Yunxi!" Feng Xingzhi leaped into the air and caught her steadily. He spun around in the air and slowly landed.
Ji Zhuanxu stood in front of thousands of troops with his sword in hand: "Now that Jiang Linyin is dead, if you surrender and submit to our Xuanyuan clan, I can spare your lives. If you resist to the end, there will be only one way - death."