Chapter 168: Chapter 167: Su Qi: It Has Nothing to Do with Me, I Haven’t Been Unlucky Lately

Whether it was the preparations for the ritual or the ritual itself, these people had never been serious.

They chatted about whatever a group of young women would chat about when they got together, just happening to get the preparations done along the way.

Otherwise, why would they bother dressing up to add a sense of ceremony?

Because under the Saintess’s lead, the ritual had absolutely no sense of ceremony at all.

And Su Qi, having grown up in the outside world, was especially good at going along with it. As a result, any sense of ceremony the ritual might have once had was completely talked away by their chatting.

When two people chat for long enough, a third will inevitably want to join in, and that’s how it always ended up.

However, Jingyue was still very professional. Once the preparations were complete, she once again channeled a large amount of positioning Golden Light below her.

’Trying to push our base?’

’Did they think she, the Saintess, had no reputation to uphold?’

Then, the Golden Light blossomed, and an endless radiance surged into the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

Just as the Immortal Spirit Spring was about to be enveloped by the black light, the Golden Light poured in like a waterfall, compressing the black light and shrinking it by more than half.

Seeing the Golden Light descend and drive back the black light, the Ghost Cultivator leader was dumbfounded. Since when was this kind of move possible?

"Ready the backup plan! We absolutely cannot let the black light disappear, or all our efforts will be for nothing."

After speaking, the Ghost Cultivator leader suddenly took out a black pill.

The others then did the same, each taking out a pill, waiting for the command to swallow.

At that moment, the black light was still clashing with the Golden Light, fighting with a ferocity that suggested it wouldn’t rest until it had extinguished the Golden Light.

Meanwhile, up above, Jingyue gritted her teeth, cold sweat beading on her forehead. "I so wish I could livestream this and let them all see how tiring this is, how hard the Saintess has to work."

"Physically exhausted, drenched in cold sweat, yet refusing to give up."

"And if a few of us dramatically collapse, it would really highlight how dangerous the situation is, right?" Su Qi asked.

She figured that if they were really livestreaming, her Holy Sister would definitely do something like that, given her personality.

Jingyue fell silent. She was using all her strength to push the enemy back. Her years of experience were completely useless now.

She could only focus on seizing the initiative first.

Down below, after a long stalemate, the black light finally retreated powerlessly. It wasn’t that it was weak, but that its opponent was too strong.

At that moment, the Ghost Cultivator leader said, "Now is the time! Offer yourselves!"

With that, he immediately swallowed the black pill. The others followed suit, swallowing their own pills.

After they swallowed the pills, black smoke began to rise from their bodies. Then, their flesh started to wither, and their entire beings transformed into black smoke.

Before long, they had all completely turned into black smoke, leaving behind nothing but their clothes.

This black smoke quickly merged into the black circle, reinforcing the black light.

Boosted by the black smoke, the black light instantly surged, forcefully pushing back the Golden Light.

The Golden Light was instantly repelled, and the first to suffer the backlash was Jingyue.

The Golden Light washed over Jingyue from bottom to top.

PFFT!

Jingyue spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Holy Sister."

"Holy Sister."

Jingyue shook her head. "I’m fine. Just watch me finish them off. By the way, what the hell are these things? The moment I saw them pushing our base, I instinctively countered them. I still have no idea what’s actually going on."

Everyone: "..."

Su Qi said, "I’ll contact Master right now. Holy Sister, turn on your hotspot."

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Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo had seen everything that happened below, including the scene of the Ghost Cultivators sacrificing themselves.

But he remained completely unmoved. Death was a trivial matter to him.

What he cared about was whether their target could arrive. He needed to get out.

As for the acknowledgments these Ghost Cultivators had given him...

’Even a fool would know it was all lies. Hadn’t they all died?’

’What good is a promise from a dead man?’

Of course, Jiang Zuo also knew that their attempt to seize the Immortal Spirit Spring was doomed to fail from the start.

The Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion was not a place that just any nobody could provoke.

Even someone with Spatial Abilities was unworthy of being an enemy to the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

At this moment, the black light had suppressed the Golden Light and was beginning to bloom fully. The coordinates were stabilizing; their target should be arriving soon.

Sure enough, as the black light completely suppressed the Golden Light, a distortion appeared in space.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo plunged the Heart-Piercing Wood into the ground. Runes spread out, and countless Heart-piercing Snakes consciously arranged themselves around the Immortal Spirit Spring.

Jiang Zuo had used the Heart-piercing Snakes to lay a Grand Array. This array had a small chance of propping open a sliver of space to the outside world. As long as the enemy could open the portal, Jiang Zuo would have a chance to get out.

There would only be one such opportunity. He had to succeed—or rather, his only hope was for the enemy to succeed.

He no longer needed the fortuitous opportunities of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

He needed to go back. Someone was waiting for him at home.

Jiang Zuo looked up at the distorted space and murmured, "I hope you don’t disappoint me."

Soon, a greater disturbance finally occurred in the distorted space. Right in the middle of the black light, it was as if a door was being opened.

Jiang Zuo stared intently at the spot. As long as it opened even a sliver, he would activate all his arrays and use the chance to escape.

Jiang Zuo watched as the distortion grew larger and the door seemed about to open. But at that very moment, a brutal beam of Golden Light descended from the heavens once again.

It directly shattered the black light.

The distorted area instantly returned to normal.

Jiang Zuo: "..."

’What are those people up there doing?’

’Aren’t they trying to screw me over?’

With a sigh, he sent a group of Heart-piercing Snakes to block the Golden Light.

However, the moment the Heart-piercing Snakes touched the Golden Light, they instantly exploded and died.

Jiang Zuo frowned and waved his hand to recall the Heart-piercing Snakes. It seemed the Golden Light here was far from simple.

In truth, with Jiang Zuo’s current strength, there was very little he could do against the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

He was currently relying on his Innate Qi, but Innate Qi was not particularly effective against the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

As an Inheritor, he would definitely possess Innate Qi, and the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion severely restricted Innate Qi.

This was a deliberate design of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

It was meant to prevent the Inheritor from getting out too early.

After all, not everyone would obediently practice their Cultivation until they reached a certain Realm before leaving. There would always be people who liked to study the mechanisms of the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion, find a loophole, and run out.

Like the current Jiang Zuo, for example.

Seeing the Space Gate about to disappear, Jiang Zuo looked around. He felt he had to do something drastic.

Otherwise, he would never get out. But just as Jiang Zuo thought the Ghost Cultivators’ efforts were about to be wasted, a huge roar suddenly echoed from above.

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BOOM!!!

In the Holy Land, a tremendous roar erupted from outside the golden walls.

Jingyue and the others, who were in the middle of the ritual, stumbled and nearly fell.

"What... in... the... hell... is happening again?" Jingyue cried out.

By now, Jingyue’s face was streaked with blood. She had been giving it her all for this stupid ritual.

Su Qi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. "Is it just me, or has there been a lot of trouble with the ritual this year?"

Qing Lian said weakly, "It feels like one disaster after another. Are we having bad luck or something?"

Bad luck?

Speaking of bad luck, Jingyue subconsciously glanced at Su Qi.

’Come to think of it, isn’t she the one with the Misfortune Coin?’

Su Qi immediately said, "It has nothing to do with me! I’ve hardly had any bad luck recently. Otherwise, I’d be tripping on flat ground like I used to."

BOOM!!!

A sudden impact made Su Qi lose her balance and fall to the ground.

Su Qi: "..."

Jingyue: "..."

The others: "..."