The Eternal Way-Chapter 113: The Mirror

The golden crow used its body to block the attacks of the two demon kings, its feathers scattering.

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Li Qi clearly saw this scene unfold.

Indeed, someone had helped him block what would have been a fatal blow.

But now, the golden crow would surely lose its ability to resist. The time she could hold out was greatly shortened.

The Mountain Deity of White Snake Mountain was still trying to attract the attention of Wu Deity Mountain. Li Qi had to maintain the ritual to ensure that it caught the Grand Diviner's notice; otherwise, his efforts might be ignored.

However, how could Great King of Bear Slaughter allow this to happen?

Seeing Yangning using her body as a shield and temporarily breaking through, he took another look and noticed that the diviner was still unranked.

In that case, there was no need even to attack.

"Roar!" Great King of Bear Slaughter roared, releasing a surge of killing intent towards Li Qi!

This wasn't an attack; even sound waves were blocked by Yangning.

But Great King of Bear Slaughter knew that just a single thread of killing intent leaking through would be enough to terrify this diviner to death.

At this moment, on Li Qi's side:

The killing intent surged in.

Li Qi felt both his soul and body gripped by extreme pain!

"Guh—" He groaned, blood flowing from his seven orifices, his heart almost bursting!

Blood nearly gushed out like a fountain, his nose bleeding profusely!

A loud buzzing echoed in his ears, intense fear and endless pressure filled his mind!

He could feel cockroaches, lice, and rats growing inside his body, gnawing at his already decaying organs!

His Spiritual Essence was being pulled out!

The surrounding coldness seized his heart, everything silently screaming. Li Qi trembled, his mind frozen.

Vicious flames scorched Li Qi's soul.

Li Qi sensed a colossal presence, enraged and focused entirely on him!

An immensely vast will stared at him with terrifying concentration.

Not casually, but intensely focused and furious!

Li Qi shuddered, almost crushed under the weight.

Li Qi felt that he was being stared at, filled with rage.

This gaze, full of anger, carried curses and words.

Though no words were spoken, Li Qi understood everything through this gaze.

The sixth-rank demon king's killing intent covered his heart like the sky.

Something within him seemed to suffocate! Pain devoured his spirit, destroying his will.

Mad pain, like surging floods, filled Li Qi's entire Spiritual Essence with curses.

Flames burned within his Spiritual Essence, consuming his consciousness, memories, and even personality!

But Li Qi still stood, maintaining the ritual.

The main attack had been blocked by someone sacrificing themselves. This was merely pure killing intent—could he not withstand it?

True, a sixth-rank being was like a deity to him, but even a deity couldn't make him kneel and give up with just killing intent.

Unfortunately, some things cannot be resisted by sheer willpower alone.

Seconds later, Li Qi spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed.

Endless nightmares, everything distorted, forced towards madness, like having one's head submerged in water, unable to breathe, drowning!

Drowning in endless tides of blood, deep dark nightmares, Li Qi felt something in his mind!

Ears filled with voices, bustling like a noisy market, like a million ducks squawking all at once.

His mind harder to control, helpless, adrift.

Limbs uncontrollable.

Body forced to kneel.

Fingers dug into the ground, bloodied, nails torn back, but none of it mattered; Li Qi couldn't resist.

A difference of one rank was already heaven and earth apart.

Let alone an unranked diviner trying to withstand the killing intent of a sixth-rank great demon—it was sheer delusion.

The power projection of the Mountain Deity of White Snake Mountain weakened slightly.

The ritual allowed for minor errors but couldn't sustain long interruptions. Continued disruptions would lead to ritual failure, failing to catch the Grand Diviner's attention.

Li Qi knew this too.

"Come!" He roared, whipping himself with the willow branch, dispersing part of his Spiritual Essence. Intense pain made his veins bulge, his body stiffening upright.

Pain so severe he couldn't even cry out, only producing low groans.

Spiritual Essence damage rendered him immobile.

But simultaneously, this pain suppressed the killing intent temporarily. Killing intent, after all, was intangible compared to genuine self-harm.

"Bunny, help me up..." He gritted his teeth, speaking unclearly through clenched teeth.

Shen Shuibei quickly stepped forward to support him.

Li Qi stood again, leaning heavily on Shen Shuibei, ensuring he maintained a standing posture for the ritual.

"If I can't hold on, push me up," Li Qi murmured weakly to Shen Shuibei.

"Yes!" Shen Shuibei looked worriedly at Li Qi, then glanced at Yangning, who was struggling against the two demon kings.

She herself had lost all cultivation and broken her Immaculate Body.

Don't let it all go to waste...

Watching the trembling White Snake Mountain, she felt tense.

However, after several seconds, Jinwu couldn't hold on anymore.

The golden-red bird cried out, falling from the sky. One final blow would mean true death.

But the two demon kings didn't have time to finish her off—they needed to destroy the ritual to avoid attracting the Grand Diviner's attention!

"Die!" Great King of Cursed Demons shouted, unleashing full power towards Li Qi.

Purple curse energy surged.

Li Qi stood motionless, continuing the ritual.

Moving was pointless; better to face the demon kings standing.

Head held high, watching purple curse energy spread over his body.

Instantly, his body turned blue-purple, even the blood he spat out was blue-purple.

But the Grand Diviner hadn't acted yet.

It was over.

Li Qi closed his eyes, waiting for death.

But after closing them for a few seconds, he found his consciousness still intact.

Impossible?

Not instant death? And no pain?

Li Qi opened his eyes in confusion.

He found that the previous valley, demon soldiers, two demon kings, and various phenomena had vanished.

Before him, only a 'mirror' remained.

A hundred miles of flat land, smooth as a mirror, slippery to walk upon.

What was happening?