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Today, by a fortunate coincidence, under the combined effect of Phoenix Bone, Ice Phoenix Essence, and Lin Qi, a Sword Soul was injected into the Emperor Phoenix Sword.

From now on, the Emperor Phoenix Sword is truly a divine weapon!

When everything Lin Qi had been working towards was finally complete, a deafening roar shook the sky.

Countless clusters of flame exploded above their heads, like a raging inferno igniting the sky.

Lin Qi raised her head and saw a black shadow falling from the sky.

Her eyes narrowed, she leaped forward, and vanished.

In the next instant, Lin Qi was already hundreds of meters in the air, catching the falling swordsman.

This was the Great? Venerable who first rushed up to fight the Ghost Noodle Firebird.

At this moment, he was drenched in blood, his wounds gaping and exposed, his breath barely a whisper.

"Cloud Blade Venerable, are you alright?"

"It's okay!"

Lord Yun Dao spoke with difficulty, his face pale and grim: "Send a distress signal quickly. Bingcheng... it might not hold."

Lin Qi's expression turned serious.

The next second, there was a deafening roar, and the protective barrier above the Ice City shattered completely.

The whole city of Ice City was shaken.

"Monster horde is attacking?!"

"Run, everyone, run!"

The protective barrier of the city shattered, and four Heavenly God cultivators stationed in Bingcheng simultaneously joined forces with another Venerable to defend against the Ghost-Faced Firebird.

Seeing the ice city gradually becoming chaotic, Lin Qi didn't hesitate to put down the Cloud Blade Venerable and went to maintain order.

But just as she had taken two steps away, she saw the gates of Bingcheng City being broken open, and one snow beast after another charged in.

Screams nearly shattered the sky of the ice city.

Lin Qi had no choice but to immediately change direction and run towards the city gate.

She grabbed a nearby guard, taking the token from his waist and shoving it into his hand. "Take this to the Palace family and tell them that Ice City has been breached. Have all the cultivators from both the Palace and Lin families come out to defend the city and maintain order!"

The idiom "a bird that loses its nest will have no eggs" (literally, "under the destroyed nest there are no complete eggs")

The more critical the time, the more we need to work together.

The guard cultivator received the token and rushed hurriedly in the direction of the Gong family.

A demonic beast of eight ranks appeared, crushing four cultivators at the Golden Core stage with a single stomp. Its horn, situated atop its head, pierced through the abdomen of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

This nascent infant cultivator's abdomen was a bloody mess, it was unclear whether they were dead or alive.

Lin Qi's eyes narrowed, and her Zhenshen Dao slashed through the air with a powerful swing.

The sky faintly exploded with the sound of a phoenix's cry.

A murderous sword aura swept across the four directions, carrying an overwhelming momentum as it charged towards the city gate.

A flash of white light swept past, and the eight-tiered snow beast let out a scream as its body was cleaved straight down the middle.

Blood splattered everywhere.

At the same time, the sword qi slashed the snow beast that had charged forward in half.

Lin Qi waved her sword and shouted, "All retreat!"

While everyone else was frantically retreating, she charged out of the city gate, sword in hand.

As I passed by the city gate, I threw out three eight-tiered battle formations with my hand.

The great formation surged up, instantly turning and firmly guarding the gates of the Ice City.

Under the efforts of numerous cultivators from the Ice City, the broken city-protecting barrier has risen again.

Although weak, it still managed to put a protective shield back over Ice City.

Lin Qi then stood amidst the beast horde, sword in one hand and a blade in the other. His entire body was shrouded in killing intent and murderous aura, like a cold light piercing straight through the surging tide of beasts.

The warriors on the city wall let out a collective sigh of relief, gazing from afar at Lin Qi in the throng of beasts below. With worry etched on their faces, they murmured, "Who is this hero who dares to venture into the beast horde alone..."

"Danger! It's really dangerous!"

Some cultivators who had chanced upon Lin Qi's face narrowed their eyes and scrutinized him, uncertainly saying, "That seems to be...Lin Zhenjun, the number one person in the North-South Continent?"

"It's really Lin Zhenjun?!"

"It is heard that although Lin Zhenjun's cultivation base is only at the Yuan Ying stage, his strength is formidable. Some time ago, he single-handedly killed a demon emperor and two demon kings. With her here, the city gate will surely be protected!"

With Master Lin Zhenjun present, the city gate will surely be protected.

Don't give up, everyone! Let's fight the beast tide together!"

"Lin Zhenjun!"

"Master Lin!"

Outside the city gate, the ice and snow wind grew larger, blood-like a raging storm sweeping across all directions. The roar of the entire city was carried into Lin Qi's ears by the wind and snow.

Lin Qi's mind was focused, her eyes only on the snow beast, completely unaffected.

In the blink of an eye, the city gates were sealed. Scattered throughout were remnants of destruction, and endless ice sculptures and glaciers stretched as far as the eye could see.

Occasionally seeing blood red spread, like a cruel and magnificent painting.

Before the endless ice mountain, a figure stood gracefully. One hand held a sword, and the other a short dagger, their posture straight and proud.

A steady stream of snow beasts, like a vast elephantine tide of ants, surged forward, eventually halting before her.

The piles of corpses were as high and low as small hills, forming a wall of dead bodies at the gates of Ice City, still growing at a visible pace.

A venerable master atop and four Nascent Soul cultivators were jointly resisting the demonic emperor Ghostface Firebird.

In the distance, at the horizon, one could faintly see demonic and spiritual energies clashing violently.

The enormous figure of Jiuyin flickered in and out of existence, slowly rippling through the void with two familiar auras of power.

At the same time, the other three city gates and the protective formation of Bingcheng are also facing unprecedentedly severe challenges.

Two days and two nights have passed in the blink of an eye.

Before the city gates of Bingcheng, over ten eighth-rank formation arrays were rippling with energy. The bodies of snow beasts piled up into countless mounds.

The last batch of snow beasts was bombarded by dozens of seventh-rank talismans, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, leaving no bones behind.

The crisis of the city gate has been completely resolved.

The surging snow beast army was crushed by Lin Qi alone. These snow beasts were terrified of her and fled in scattered groups.

Seeing the city gate guarded, Lin Qi immediately sat cross-legged, ignoring the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around her, frantically devouring spiritual energy to recover her strength.

Far atop the city walls, several pairs of eyes kept watch over Lin Qi.

In the darkness, a lone figure materialized out of thin air. In their hand, a blood-red longbow appeared instantly.

Another hand gripped the bowstring, a blood-red arrow appearing automatically, its tip aimed directly at Lin Qi's heart.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths... The blood-red arrow silently pierced the void and appeared in front of Lin Qi's heart in the next instant.

As the arrow was about to pierce Lin Qi's heart, a gleam of dark pleasure flashed in the archer's eyes.

In the next instant, Lin Qi's figure suddenly vanished from where she stood.

His face stiffened.

Just as he saw Lin Qi disappear, he realized she had somehow been suspended at the tip of an arrow.

Thousands of miles away, Lin Qi's eyes narrowed, and her aura surged like a tsunami.

The cultivator who had launched a hidden attack turned to flee, but in the next instant, he was pierced through the throat by sword qi. He didn't even have time to let out a scream before collapsing stiffly onto the ground.

His Yuanying broke free from his physical body and wanted to escape, but a powerful force pulled him in.

For a moment, the world spun around me, and then everything plunged into darkness.

Thank you, Yu'ai.

The little cutie Yu Ai was bouncing around happily inside the underground palace.

Lin Qi smiled knowingly.

Both the Dream Devourers and the Nightmare Beasts' abilities cannot attack physical forms, but they can act upon a person's soul. To ensnare souls and trap Nascent Infants, they are simply superb tools.

You can only say that person was unlucky, to have run into Lin Qi.

This surprise attack was nothing more than a common stumbling block on Lin Qi's path of cultivation.

She lifted her foot and stepped across, then continued walking forward.