The taste of blood surged up, Ye Lingyue spun around fiercely, only to see behind her, a Silver-Backed Mother Mantis, no smaller in size compared to the Golden Backed Mantis, glaring red-eyed, frantically waving its arm blades and chopping into her right shoulder.

The Gold and Silver Mantis, a male and female dual cultivation type demon beast, prefer to appear in pairs.

The Silver-Backed Mantis, having lost its mate, was now in extreme rage.

As this record of the Gold and Silver Mantis flashed through her mind—knowledge from who knows where—Ye Lingyue instinctively leaned back, only to find an endless cliff behind her.

As her body tilted along, Ye Lingyue had already rolled off the cliff, with the sound of the wind whistling past her ears...

In the Qiulin Ruins, Di Shen, heading south, had returned to the original place per his earlier agreement with Ye Lingyue, waiting anxiously, yet there was still no sign of Ye Lingyue.

As time passed, Di Shen grew increasingly tense.

He knew his wife’s temperament well; if it weren’t for something inevitable, she would never break a promise.

Di Shen suppressed the increasingly strong anxiety in his heart and sprinted desperately in the direction Ye Lingyue had left.

My wife, you must be safe.

Di Shen ran wildly. A journey that would originally take half a day was completed in just two hours.

No sign, still no sign.

Along the way, there was not a trace of his wife. Di Shen’s heart sank deeper, and his thoughts grew more frantic.

Until he smelled the uniquely sweet and metallic scent of human blood in the air.

"Gugu"

A low growl of a demon beast.

Di Shen looked over to see a Silver-Backed Mantis within a chaotic river valley and stream.

Apparently, the Silver-Backed Mantis, having lost its mate, lingered at the edge of the waterfall cliff, refusing to leave.

The glaring red on the Silver-Backed Mantis’s forearms was like fire, scorching Di Shen’s eyes.

Staring at the empty waterfall cliff, filled only with the howling wind, Di Shen’s eyes turned red.

"You killed her!"

That maniacal roar echoed through the entire river region like thunder.

The Silver-Backed Mantis suddenly turned around.

"Gugu (Humans, it’s the accomplices of those people earlier, they caused Gold Back’s death)"

The Silver-Backed Mantis’s eyes glowed fiercely, its form accelerated, and it swung towards Di Shen, a wave of fierce demonic power sweeping forth.

The strength of that Silver-Backed Mantis was actually slightly stronger than the Golden Backed Mantis.

But Di Shen’s response was equally impressive. Even without Primordial Power, his body, transformed by the Five Spirits Nirvana Body, was still an outstanding combat machine.

With several swift dodges, he evaded the Silver-Backed Mantis’s repeated fierce attacks.

The menace in the Silver-Backed Mantis’s eyes grew stronger, its eyes seemed to ignite, turning a bright red.

As the abdomen eye of the Silver-Backed Mantis changed, its attack became fiercer, the flowers of blades from the forearms moved as fast as stars scattered across the sky, shockingly swift.

Berserk state?

This damned demon beast, it actually knows this maneuver.

Di Shen furrowed his brows tightly, fiercely swung his arms forward, and with a "hiss" sound, a stream of bloodshot forth like an arrow.

That blood shot straight at the Silver-Backed Mantis’s forehead.

The blood touched the Silver-Backed Mantis’s forehead, and it suddenly emitted a miserable cry, as if being corroded by something, a finger-sized hole appeared on its forehead.

The blood pierced through the Silver-Backed Mantis’s forehead, causing a large amount of brain matter to spray out.

After the blood hit its mark, it traced an arc, tightly constricting the neck of the Silver-Backed Mantis, causing its triangular head to pop off with a clucking sound.

Di Shen rushed forward with a rapid impact, colliding with the Silver-Backed Mantis and charging towards the abyssal cliff of immeasurable height.

"Sixth Brother!"

Within the Mirror Sound Array, everyone who closely monitored Ye Lingyue and Di Shen’s every move could not help but scream sharply upon witnessing this scene.

"Is that kid insane? Is he trying to commit suicide?"

The Huangquan City Lord could not restrain an incredulous exclamation.

"He’s not trying to die, he’s trying to find Ling Yue."

Among everyone, only Bo Qing remained calm from beginning to end.

Or rather, his excitement, already spent earlier when he witnessed the Golden Backed Mantis attacking Ye Lingyue.

Di Shen’s life was not something Bo Qing cared about.

His heart was still hung up on Ye Lingyue, who accidentally fell down the cliff earlier.

For the past few days, Ye Lingyue’s every move had tugged at Bo Qing’s heart.

As for Tan Su’s lavish attentions, Bo Qing completely ignored them.

His joys and sorrows all changed solely because of Ye Lingyue.

Moments ago, upon seeing Ye Lingyue outwit the Golden Backed Mantis, he was pleased. But the very next moment, when Ye Lingyue fell injured, Bo Qing’s first reaction was to charge out.

"Tan Su, let me out! If anything happens to Ling Yue, I won’t spare you."

After Ye Lingyue fell off the cliff, for some reason, the Mirror Sound Array did not display Ye Lingyue’s situation immediately like before.

Conversely, it was fixed above the waterfall, as if that spot was a forbidden zone, even the Mirror Sound Array couldn’t project it.

Unlike earlier, when Bo Qing pleaded for Ye Lingyue, Tan Su’s mood swings were unpredictable. Now, upon seeing Ye Lingyue accidentally fall from the waterfall cliff, Tan Su’s expression became quite peculiar.

She didn’t hear Bo Qing’s words at all, just stared blankly at the Mirror Sound Array.

"She fell down. How could she, how could she know, beneath the cliff... No, it’s mine, the Qiulin Ruins are mine, no one should ever intrude there again."

Tan Su mumbled to herself at first, then suddenly abandoned everyone and dashed outside.

She did not return, even after Di Shen killed the Silver-Backed Mantis.

"It’s over, Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law both fell down. What should we do now?"

Qin Xiaochuan frowned, then glanced at Bo Qing, who seemed lost and bewildered.

"Pretty boy, truth be told, this is all because of you. If anything happens to Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law, I will definitely turn your Heroic Society upside down."

"She will be fine. I will not let her come to harm."

Bo Qing suddenly lifted his face.

From within him, an undeniable wave of Primordial Power erupted.

Like a mountain flood isolated by a dam for long, suddenly bursting through a breach, an immense amount of Primordial Power accumulated and spiraled around Bo Qing, bit by bit entering his body.

"Hey, kid, has your poison been cured?"

Qin Xiaochuan stared in disbelief.

"Xiao Chuan, hush, Chairman Bao is about to break through."

The Huangquan City Lord made a hushing gesture from the side.

"Breakthrough? Are you joking, at a time like this?"

Qin Xiaochuan made a tongue-clicking expression.

If he remembered correctly, this pretty boy was at Little Perfection of Divine Power Realm. If he breaks through again, wouldn’t he achieve Great Perfection!!

Being locked up by a female pervert, how can that kid have such good luck?

Oh the unfairness of heaven!