Ying Huaihai!

"Please come into the city to meet—"

Li An smiled and said, "I would rather Brother Ying meet me outside the city."

He put on a wary demeanor, after all, walking straight in would be too foolish and might alert them.

Ying Huaihai secretly cursed him for being as cunning as a devil, then walked out of the city. The two exchanged greetings, and Ying Huaihai said, "Brother Qin, how about it? Any progress on the matter we agreed upon fifty years ago?"

Li An replied, "That is precisely why I’m here. We have brought everything. I wonder if your Anomalous Qi trace is ready?"

Ying Huaihai’s interest was piqued, "You mean to say, even the corpse of the Exotic Spirit has been found?"

Li An smiled and directly took out a jade box, which contained a finger bone, and tossed it to Ying Huaihai.

Ying Huaihai did not dare to take it into his hands, but let the jade box float three feet in front of him. He glanced at it and was extremely shocked.

"Where is Meng’Er? Where is she?"

Ying Huaihai inquired.

Li An shot out another item, which was a strand of Ying Meng’Er’s hair, and said, "Both items are here, and in addition, the Demon Skill you need, we have prepared fully—"

"Good, good, good!"

Ying Huaihai suddenly laughed loudly, "Friend, the trace is right here—"

He stepped closer, offering a black box in his hand. Li An pretended to be unguarded and was about to take it when he suddenly shouted, "You dare deceive me!"

Ying Huaihai’s face changed, and he shouted, "Attack!"

In an instant, restrictions appeared across the land outside the city, and several Void Refinement Realm masters emerged to attack.

"Such audacity!"

Li An was enraged, deploying his Demon Skill and engaging in a fierce battle with the crowd. Despite his utmost efforts, he was outnumbered, spat blood, and finally ripped open a passage to escape—

"Huai Bing, Huai Chao, Huai Yi, you three go after him. He’s severely injured, don’t let him escape! Once captured, directly perform Soul Searching to locate the Exotic Spirit’s corpse!"

Ying Huaihai commanded, then stopped two others beside him, saying, "You two, come with me to deduce Ying Meng’Er’s location. If my guess is correct, she is likely with the Exotic Spirit’s corpse!"

Both groups moved simultaneously.

As Void Refinement masters, with Ying Meng’Er’s hair... finding her shouldn’t be hard.

Soon after.

"Found it!"

A sinister smile flashed in Ying Huaihai’s eyes, "From now on, there should be no more threats!"

The three immediately took action.

Meanwhile.

"Qin Hu, stop running—you can’t escape!"

Ying Huaichao shouted, chasing Li An closely.

Li An was already on the brink of death, seemingly easy to kill.

Li An stopped with difficulty, turned his head, and showed a look of despair.

The three quickly closed in, reaching out to seize Li An.

But the despair on Li An’s face suddenly changed to a calmness mixed with a faint mockery.

His figure suddenly moved.

"Be careful!"

"Something’s wrong!"

They shouted, but before the words were out, Ying Huaichao’s body abruptly exploded—

The pupils of Ying Huai Yi and Ying Huai Bing were filled with deep fear.

And Li An had already charged out from Ying Huaichao’s blood mist, with terrifying spiritual power and unimaginable speed, killing them directly—

Moments later.

"Truly too weak."

Li An gave an evaluation.

Among the three, one was in the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm, and two in the late-stage, but in terms of actual combat power compared to Li An... they were far weaker.

He collected their corpses and then hurried towards Ying Meng’Er’s hiding place.

By now, the others should have already reached Ying Meng’Er...

...

"Ying Meng’Er, you can’t escape, come out!"

Outside the cave, Ying Huaihai, with two other Void Refinement masters, launched a frenzied attack.

Inside the cave, Ying Meng’Er was utterly terrified, her face ashen.

If not for the array left by Li An shielding them, they would have already perished.

However, her power was too weak to maintain the grand array, and passive defense wasn’t a long-term solution. It would soon be breached.

Under the repeated assaults of the three Void Refinement masters, indeed, a gap had already appeared in the array, leaving it precariously close to collapse!

"Ying Meng’Er, today, we’ll send you to reunite with your parents—"

Ying Huaihai laughed loudly, a hand reaching towards Ying Meng’Er.

Beside Ying Meng’Er, a Rank Five old turtle desperately rose to fight, but couldn’t block the attack. Its shell nearly cracked and it fell to the ground, coughing up blood, with Ying Meng’Er’s eyes filled with utter despair.

"Who dares to disturb here?!"

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared, flicked a hand to block Ying Huaihai’s attack, and gracefully descended, saying, "I, Gu Changqing, have promised to protect Lady Meng’Er completely. Whoever you are, leave or die—"

Li An had arrived!

He had switched to Gu Changqing’s identity!

...

Good night.