Chapter 3511: Martial Aunt (28)

Yi Youxuan would not have brought out Mount Jiugong unless she had absolutely no other choice.

As its name implied, Mount Jiugong had nine layers, each a world of its own, where trapped souls constantly struggled to climb upward.1Mount Jiugong’s name literally means ‘nine palaces.’

It was a place used by an ancient Divine Dao sect to test their disciples. Disciples would enter to fight through the levels, and many also sought to achieve breakthroughs in their cultivation within its bounds.

However, those who failed to emerge after a long period would die inside, their souls becoming prisoners within the mountain.

Mount Jiugong was a truly extraordinary divine artifact. It was impossible for Yi Youxuan to master it in such a short time.

Currently, her control over the mountain was incredibly strained.

A massive spirit dragon surged up behind Ning Shu, charging recklessly and slamming hard into Mount Jiugong.

The mountain trembled but continued its collision with the barrier. As a massive peak, it looked incredibly heavy.

What could be done?

The fact that Yi Youxuan had brought out a mountain she could not properly control proved that she was running low on trump cards.

"Activate the sect-guarding formation!" the sect leader shouted. He restarted the formation, and the other elders poured their strength into it. Now, in addition to Ning Shu’s water barrier, the sect-guarding formation provided secondary reinforcement.

The two barriers nearly made Youxuan explode with rage. They were bullying the few with their numbers, the strong trampling the weak—how shameless!

Yi Youxuan began to lose her grip on Mount Jiugong. The massive peak fell heavily to the ground. With a thunderous boom, the entirety of Zisha Island shook and swayed. The earth splt into deep fissures.

The surrounding seawater roared, and a gale-force wind swept across the area.

"Let me leave, or I will destroy all of Zisha Island," Yi Youxuan said coldly. "At worst, we will all perish together."

No one spoke. For a moment, the scene was eerily quiet. The situation was at a stalemate. Letting her go or keeping her trapped were both problematic.

If she left now, her strength would surely skyrocket and she would eventually return for revenge, which would be the end of Zisha Island. Yet, if they did not let her go, the island seemed doomed anyway.

Mount Jiugong was the ultimate problem.

If it grew any larger and pressed down directly onto the island, Zisha Island would be wiped out.

To have provoked such a nemesis was truly beyond words.

Yi Youxuan truly could not sustain her control over the mountain any longer. With a great effort, she retracted Mount Jiugong into her immortal estate.

The artifact was too complex. With her current strength, she had no way to truly control or master it.

These people were forcing her to use every one of her hidden cards. But if she were to yield, what would become of her master?

Her master had abandoned the sect for her. If she were to bow to the sect now, wouldn't that be a slap to his face?

Furthermore, Yi Youxuan’s pride would not allow her to submit to her enemies.

When the others saw her retract Mount Jiugong, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They’d feared that the mountain would have sunk the island.

Some things could be exposed, but others—like the immortal estate—could not.

Yi Youxuan was anxious. How could she leave this place? Should she detonate more divine artifacts? She didn't have an infinite supply, and her heart bled every time she lost one.

No matter how many she had, she couldn't afford to waste them like this. It was all because her current strength was too low to fully unleash their power. She could only rely on their self-destruction to break through formations.

If she were currently at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul realm—or even better, the Spirit Transformation realm—she could have utilized the artifacts to their full potential.

She didn't even want to count how many she had already destroyed.

The area was silent until the grand elder appeared abruptly behind Yi Youxuan and struck her with his palm. As she was distracted and unsettled, she hadn't noticed him. She was sent flying by the blow, slamming into the barrier before being bounced back to the ground. She immediately vomited blood.

The grand elder's strike was heavy. If she had been an ordinary cultivator, that blow would have turned her into a red mist. However, Yi Youxuan only spat blood. She was protected by a divine artifact with immense defensive capabilities, which saved her from fatal damage.

However, the light of her battle-armor artifact had dimmed significantly.

Had it not been for the need to maintain his dignity, the grand elder’s eyes would have practically popped out of his head in shock.

He truly couldn't keep up with the times. Juniors were becoming terrifyingly powerful.

What would happen to Zisha Island in the future?

Yi Youxuan felt as if her internal organs were on fire. She was so badly injured that she was virtually unable to move.

It was only because she was currently weak that she was being suppressed and beaten. Once she became powerful, she would surely return for her revenge.

Ning Shu flicked her finger at her. If she didn't kick her while she was down now, when would she?

The human body was mostly water, and Ning Shu wanted to force the blood right out of Yi Youxuan’s body.

Yi Youxuan’s blood vessels burst and some blood leaked out, but she didn't suffer a catastrophic injury.

The reversed blood flow only served to worsen her current wounds.

Ning Shu opened her hand, and a sword from the ground flew into her palm.

She raised the sword and charged. She aimed to run Yi Youxuan through. Since the girl was already injured, she had to finish her off completely.

Why should she leave her alive to grow stronger and return for vengeance?

Ning Shu didn't believe her own cultivation speed could ever keep up with Yi Youxuan’s heaven-defying progress.

‘Bitch!’ Yi Youxuan thought. Now that she saw she was injured, this woman came rushing in. She was usually a coward, yet she truly thought she could defeat her just because she was wounded?

Yi Youxuan looked at Ning Shu with a mocking expression. When Ning Shu thrust the sword into her chest, she realized it was only an afterimage. Yi Youxuan was gone.

She had entered her immortal estate. The estate transformed into a tiny streak of light, ramming through the barriers in a desperate attempt to escape.

Every time the estate collided with the barriers, they grew a bit weaker.

Ning Shu hurriedly reinforced the barriers. Yi Youxuan was essentially a ‘bug’ in the system.

Now she was hiding inside her immortal estate, where she could eat pills like candy and instantly recover her health and vitality.

Ning Shu and the elders nearly vomited blood as they struggled to reinforce the barriers, draining every drop of spiritual energy from their bodies.

Even the grand elder, who had been injured by the earlier detonations, joined in.

Everyone was risking their lives just to keep Yi Youxuan trapped. Beyond their concern for the future of Zisha Island, they also coveted the treasures within her immortal estate.

Whatever an ancient Divine Dao sect had left behind was bound to be extraordinary.

Inside the immortal estate, Yi Youxuan was no longer as arrogant and bold as she was outside. She was deeply worried that she truly might not be able to leave this time.

If she escaped, she vowed to work harder than ever at her cultivation. She would ensure that no one could ever hurt her again.

Ever since she had obtained the immortal estate, everything had gone smoothly for her. This was the first time she had ever encountered such a setback.

She had to become strong. Even stronger.

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