When Yan Ruyu looked back, the whole group had caught up with him. He was slightly stunned.
The people behind him said in unison, "If she's in trouble, we won't just stand by and watch."
The dimensional space sliced through the night sky. Such a grand spectacle of transporting so many high - level alchemists and spiritual herb masters was the first in the Kyushu Continent in a thousand years.
Besides worry, Yan Ruyu was also filled with uneasiness and suspicion. Had Ning'er encountered danger suddenly? Or was it within her expectation? Why had she not informed him even when it had come to the point where the phoenix sacrificed itself to summon the spiritual beasts of the Kyushu Continent to assist her?
His anxiety grew stronger.
Let's turn our attention to Zhao Shuning. Her limbs and facial features had completely transformed. Her slender index finger, as delicate as a scallion, protruded from her sleeve. Her long, fair legs stood proudly in mid - air. Golden light glistened on her beautiful feet, as if she were stepping on golden lotuses. Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, reaching her waist. Her narrow, extremely charming eyes opened slightly, with a hidden sparkle that exuded endless allure. Her facial features were perfectly flawless. A light and smooth lavender long dress covered her skin.
With just a gentle smile, she could bewitch the whole world.
"Ningning, what's wrong with you?" Mo Bai's voice was filled with panic.
Mo Yan grabbed Mo Bai's wrist and murmured, "It's her. It's really her."
The woman looked down upon the world with an extremely haughty posture. The phoenix behind her spread its wings angrily. Its body swelled several feet, and the suddenly erupted powerful spiritual force completely tore the already tottering palace into pieces. Everyone was exposed to the outside world. The dust of the palace faded away with the wind.
"Father, what is Ningning going to do? She wouldn't..."
"Yan'er, do you really want everyone in the Kyushu Continent to be buried with you?"
Zhao Shuning shook her head. "Mo Yan, I'm different from you."
"You and I are the same kind of people. What you're doing now is even more ruthless than what I've done. I just want to rule the Kyushu Continent, but you want to destroy it. But if you like, just do it. Dying with you, I, Mo Yan, will finally fulfill my feelings of so many years."
"Attracting the power of countless spiritual souls, with resentful spirits everywhere in the Kyushu Continent, people will live in misery, which is more painful than killing them directly."
Zhao Shuning said, "I need the spiritual souls, and I also need the power of the stone soul. But Mo Yan, you use a scimitar as a vessel. Do you think that if I use myself as a host body, a spiritual tool without emotions and a host body rich in spiritual power and mental strength, which one will the spiritual soul choose?"
Zhao Shuning's smile became bloodthirsty and crazy. Mo Yan was greatly shocked and rushed forward in a hurry.
"You - you - you want to use yourself as a vessel. You, you - you can't. If you do this, you'll be doomed forever." Mo Yan roared.
Mo Bai's legs went weak. He looked at his father. "Father, what are you saying! What are you saying!"
He ran towards Zhao Shuning but was blocked by countless spiritual forces.
"Ningning, you - you, don't do anything stupid. I was wrong. I was wrong. I promise you. I don't want the Kyushu Continent, the power of the thousand - year stone soul, and I don't want to become the supreme 'god'. I promise you. I'll just regard you as a friend. Don't do anything stupid. Don't."
Zhao Shuning looked at Mo Bai below. His face turned deathly pale. But it was too late. If people weren't pushed to such an extent, how could they realize what was truly important to them?
She smiled faintly. "Mo Bai, if you had realized it earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer like this."
A huge force gushed out from her body, directly piercing through Zhao Shuning's body. Her blood splashed onto the scimitar under the moonlight.
Mo Bai roared, "No."
He rushed towards the center of the scimitar, using all his strength. The scimitar was knocked down and fell on him. But at this moment, Zhao Shuning's blood had already stained the scimitar.
As the blood touched the blade, the whole scimitar began to heat up. Many red lotuses began to appear densely on the scimitar. They budded, bloomed, and became extremely gorgeous.
Mo Yan stared blankly at all this. How could this be? How could there be such a person in the world? How could she use herself as a vessel, as a host body, just to devour the power of the thousand - year stone soul? This wouldn't work.
"Yan'er! Your body, which has only existed for a few decades, can't control the overly powerful spiritual soul power. Not to mention using this body to activate the thousand - year stone soul. You'll die."
"You'll die."
"You'll die."
"You'll die."
These words lingered in Mo Bai's ears like a curse. He suddenly went crazy and rushed towards Mo Yan in a half - possessed state. He shouted angrily, "Father, find a way. Find a way. You must save Ningning. You must."
Mo Yan pushed Mo Bai away and looked at Zhao Shuning. Their eyes met. There was admonition and fear in Mo Yan's eyes. While being worried, he was also afraid. Afraid that his plans of so many years would be ruined by a woman. And even more afraid that this woman was Luo Feiyan, the one he had been longing for.
"No -"
Mo Yan slowly opened his mouth. His voice trembled with despair.
At this moment, Zhao Shuning clasped her hands together. Her fingers changed positions. As they intertwined, a brilliant red lotus bloomed in her palm. The incantation of the mental method came out in a murmur.
"Using my body."
"As a host body."
"Attracting the spiritual souls."
"Into my soul body."
"Driving my spiritual root."
"To activate the stone soul."
"My flesh and blood body."
"As a sacrifice."
"Countless spiritual forces."
"All for it to devour."
"Spirit - attracting incantation, go!"
The red lotus on her forehead was extremely dazzling. As Zhao Shuning uttered the last sentence, the scimitar in Mo Bai's arms suddenly flew out of control into the air. Zhao Shuning was facing the scimitar. At this moment, the power in her body emerged. The spiritual soul in the scimitar revealed its terrifying and powerful force. Lured by Zhao Shuning's spiritual power, it suddenly attacked Zhao Shuning.
As the power of the spiritual soul got closer and closer, Zhao Shuning's body, from her limbs to her whole body, felt a stabbing pain. Her body suddenly bent, and she seemed to be floating horizontally in mid - air as if her waist had been broken. A bridge began to form between Zhao Shuning's body and the scimitar. On the bridge, there were surging spiritual souls. Guided by Zhao Shuning's spiritual power, that force was surging towards Zhao Shuning's body.
"No!"
Mo Bai, risking the possibility of his spiritual power being completely destroyed, suddenly broke through the powerful mental formation set up by the phoenix and the hundred beasts. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He was extremely quick. He used a dagger to cut his palm. Blood gushed out from his palm. Another powerful mental force emerged. The countless spiritual souls that were originally surging towards Zhao Shuning seemed to encounter a problem and stopped moving forward. They were making a choice. Which of the two vessels was better?
Tears welled up in Mo Yan's eyes. "Mo Bai, you're crazy!"