"Elder Kang, these Formation Flags you've placed don't seem right! Spit it out, what's going on!"
The other elder, Elder Liu, immediately grew vigilant, standing beside Su Qingluo as his gaze locked onto Elder Kang, shouting a sharp reprimand.
However, as soon as his words finished, a pitch-black box appeared in his hands and was opened directly.
*Buzz buzz…*
One by one, tiny black dots flew out from that pitch-black box, swarming towards Su Qingluo who stood nearby.
Realizing something was amiss instantly, Su Qingluo willed her formidable power to surge from within her body. An intimidating energy pressure erupted, instantly shattering the surrounding space and causing the black dots to explode in succession.
At this very moment, five rays of golden light shot out from the pitch-black box in Elder Liu's hands, piercing through space and arriving before Su Qingluo in a flash.
*Boom! Boom!*
Elder Kang and Elder Liu attacked simultaneously, each unleashing two magical artifacts directed at Su Qingluo.
The Formation Flags Elder Kang had just arranged also appeared, forming an eerie array exuding a foul, raging wind. From within the Formation, a chilling, ghostly black giant hand reached out to grab Su Qingluo.
"Very good. Two traitors," Su Qingluo said, her face frosted over with ice, infinite killing intent blazing in her eyes.
"Su Qingluo! Accept your death!"
To Su Qingluo's surprise, Elder Tang and the other Reincarnation Palace members supposedly trapped within that great Formation instantly arranged themselves into a combat formation. Together, they unleashed a jet-black dragon that pounced on Su Qingluo with murderous intent.
So all those Reincarnation Palace members trapped within the Formation were traitors!
Seeing so many Reincarnation Palace followers betray her, Su Qingluo felt a mix of shock and fury.
However, for an Earth Immortal, attacks of this caliber were practically nothing.
Yet, just as Su Qingluo prepared to deal with these turncoats from her own faction, five figures radiating terrifying energy auras simultaneously appeared around her and launched a frenzied assault.
All five were Earth Immortals!
It was then that Su Qingluo truly felt a surge of alarm!
"Sect Master Li! Prime Minister Wang! Mount Tai Monk! Why are the three of you attacking me?" Su Qingluo recognized three of the Earth Immortals and shouted her angry question.
The remaining two Earth Immortals were strangers to her for now.
"Hahaha… Su Qingluo, today we won't just attack you; we will kill you! Blame it on your meteoric rise! For someone so young to break through to the Earth Immortal realm… where does that leave the face of us old fogies like us!" a cyan-robed old man laughed uproariously.
This cyan-robed elder was precisely Sect Master Li of the Qingxuan Sect!
Under the combined assault of five Earth Immortals, Su Qingluo felt her pressure skyrocket, forced to retreat step by step.
"So that's it!"
Being incredibly astute and possessing a clear understanding of the situation in the Main World, Su Qingluo instantly grasped the general reason after hearing Sect Master Li's words.
"Little girl, this is what they call 'a tall tree catches the wind.' Your appearance has disrupted the balance of power within the Main World. Therefore, your days are destined to be numbered! Now try out my formation!" a gaunt Earth Immortal sneered coldly.
He stretched out his two bony, desiccated hands, forming an abstruse magical seal.
*Boom!*
He took control of all the Formation Flags Elder Kang had arranged earlier. Large banners soared into the air, emanating powerful spatial energy and completely sealing off the surrounding space.
"Everyone, this space is already sealed. She cannot escape! Hurry and attack! Moreover, I have forcibly altered the rules of this space using the Formation. It suppresses her! It amplifies our attacks! Strike now while she is vulnerable! Do not waste time!" the gaunt Earth Immortal shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Su Qingluo circulated her energy and was inevitably startled. She was indeed being suppressed.
"You are the Ghost Formation Heavenly Master!" Su Qingluo finally realized who this gaunt, unfamiliar Earth Immortal was.
In the Main World, the only person likely capable of setting up a Formation powerful enough to suppress her was probably the legendary Ghost Formation Heavenly Master.
"Hahaha… Good eyesight, little girl. I am indeed the Ghost Formation Heavenly Master!" The gaunt Earth Immortal laughed smugly.
"Little girl, can you recognize who I am?" another unfamiliar Earth Immortal gave a sinister, weird laugh.
This Earth Immortal wore a golden robe imprinted with all sorts of bizarre totems.
*Dong! Dong! Dong!…*
Amidst the weird laughter, he suddenly took out a stone drum the size of a palm and started beating it with a black wooden stick.
*Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!…*
Several streaks of golden light appeared around Su Qingluo, piercing through space as they charged towards her body.
These were precisely the five golden rays that had shot out from Elder Liu's pitch-black wooden box. They had been lying hidden within the space surrounding Su Qingluo's body and now re-emerged.
Su Qingluo slapped out a palm, and a white palm print manifested, directly blasting those five golden rays away.
However, to Su Qingluo's shock, a sixth golden ray suddenly appeared at her back. With astonishing speed, it drilled directly into her body.
"Haha… Everyone, good news! My Sky-Hidden Poisonous Gu has finally entered her body! So long as I beat my stone drum, she will be severely hindered, and her combat strength will be restricted! Now is the best time to kill her!" the golden-robed Earth Immortal roared with laughter.
Discovering that the golden light had invaded her body, Su Qingluo's face paled with alarm.
"So it's a parasitic Gu insect!"
Su Qingluo immediately manipulated the energy inside her body, forcefully enveloping the Gu insect in an attempt to expel it.
However, this Gu insect was extremely bizarre, slithering and dodging along Su Qingluo's meridians. For the moment, Su Qingluo found herself utterly incapable of forcing it out.
This caused her complexion to turn somewhat pale.
"So you are the Sect Master of the Five Immortals Sect!" Su Qingluo stared coldly at the golden-robed Earth Immortal.
"Indeed, it is I! Little girl, you didn't expect it, did you? My Sky-Hidden Poisonous Gu has been lying hidden behind you all along. Those other five Golden Shadow Gu were merely used to draw your attention. I must also thank your Reincarnation Palace's Elder Liu. It was he who brought this Sky-Hidden Poisonous Gu here, then kept it hidden behind you to catch you off guard," the Earth Immortal admitted frankly.
"Attack now! Do not give her any chance to escape!" Sect Master Li of the Qingxuan Sect shouted loudly.
Immediately, the five Earth Immortals launched their frenzied assaults upon Su Qingluo.
Yet, the sheer might of Su Qingluo's fighting power took these five Earth Immortals by surprise. Despite her cultivation being suppressed by the Formation and being afflicted by the Gu poison, she was still able to stubbornly hold her ground under the assault of all five.
"That old monster, the Reincarnation Ancestor, actually managed to cultivate such a terrifying little monster!" All five Earth Immortals were secretly amazed.
"Kill all those Reincarnation Palace followers!"
At this time, a large group of beings surrounded the Reincarnation Palace forces Su Qingluo had brought and began fierce slaughter.
Although the members of the Reincarnation Palace Su Qingluo had led here were all elites, each with strong combat power, their opponents simply far outnumbered them.
The combined forces of the Qingxuan Sect, the Qiantang Empire, and the Western Sect numbered at least three times those of the Reincarnation Palace!
What's more, Elder Kang, Elder Liu, and Elder Tang — the three Reincarnation Palace traitors — had also led a portion of their subordinates to join the enemy camp.
In a mere moment, casualties began to appear among the Reincarnation Palace forces Su Qingluo had brought, accompanied by agonized screams.
Su Qingluo grew anxious seeing this scene. However, she herself was now in dire straits, completely unable to assist her followers.
The five Earth Immortals besieging Su Qingluo saw her expression and secretly rejoiced, for this was precisely part of their plan.
During the battle, they would use the other Reincarnation Palace members to disrupt Su Qingluo's state of mind.
"Reporting to Sect Master Li! I have captured a group of Reincarnation Palace members, all brought here!"
A group of people suddenly arrived from afar, their leader shouting aloud.
"Excellent! Bring the captives here immediately. We'll execute them one by one for all to witness!" Sect Master Li of the Qingxuan Sect ordered.
"Sect Master Li, I have also captured a group of Reincarnation Palace members, all right here!"
Just then, another batch of Qingxuan Sect disciples marched over with a large group of Reincarnation Palace captives.
"Prime Minister Wang, I have captured a group of Reincarnation Palace members and brought them all. Please give your orders!"
A team clad in armor approached, escorting a line of prisoners. The leading general spoke clearly.
"Prime Minister Wang, I have also captured over a dozen Reincarnation Palace members!"
From behind, another squad of soldiers arrived with over ten Reincarnation Palace prisoners in tow.
"Reporting to Grandmaster Mount Tai! We have captured over thirty followers of the Reincarnation Cult. Shall we kill them directly?" Several burly monks arrived with more than thirty captives of the Reincarnation teachings.
"Execute these Reincarnation Cult members one by one! Put them on display!" Prime Minister Wang shouted loudly.
"The captives our Western Sect has obtained will also be beheaded one by one!" The fat monk currently besieging Su Qingluo roared with laughter as he said this.
This obese monk was precisely Mount Tai Monk, a famous Earth Immortal expert among the Western Sect of the Main World!
Seeing her Reincarnation Palace followers continuously being captured and brought to the scene, Su Qingluo's face turned green with rage.
But now, she was trapped by the Formation arranged by the Ghost Formation Heavenly Master, besieged by five Earth Immortal experts, and afflicted by the parasitic Gu poison. She utterly lacked the strength to save those Reincarnation Palace members!
"Everyone, this little girl's state of mind is now severely disrupted. Let's capitalize on the moment and kill her! If she escapes alive today, endless troubles will follow!" Sect Master Li transmitted his words to the other four Earth Immortals.
*BOOM…*
Those five Earth Immortal experts unleashed wave after wave of terrifyingly powerful attacks, each strike shattering space.
The space where the six Earth Immortals fought was filled with endless light and energy. With space fractured and time-space severely disrupted, the scene looked bizarre and surreal. The other beings around couldn't clearly make out the figures of the six Earth Immortals, much less discern the details of their battle.
To the shock of the five Earth Immortals, although Su Qingluo's condition worsened with every moment, she could still barely withstand their combined onslaught.
"You all wait. I swear, I will find you and repay this debt today!" Su Qingluo's face was deathly pale, her voice icy.
"Hmph! Su Qingluo, do you truly believe you still have a chance to leave here alive today? Don't indulge in vain hopes!" Sect Master Li's face darkened as he sneered coldly.
"Agh!" "Waaah!"
At this moment, those captured Reincarnation Palace members began to be dragged out one after another to be executed.
Having had their internal energies sealed at the moment of capture, they couldn't resist at all, forced to submit to slaughter.
Meanwhile, the Reincarnation Palace forces being besieged earlier also suffered heavy casualties, having lost almost half their number!
The Reincarnation Palace followers who accompanied Su Qingluo into this Small World were all quite formidable. Among them were many elders and stewards, all experts of the Immortal realm.
Yet, the Qingxuan Sect, the Qiantang Empire, and the Western Sect also boasted many experts. What's more, these three forces had come prepared, having made ample arrangements in all aspects and now holding virtually every advantage!
Su Qingluo felt a trace of despair creep into her heart seeing such a situation.
One must understand that she had specially chosen a large number of elites from her palace to participate in this training expedition within the Ancient God Ruins.
If this batch of elites were wiped out, it would be a blow the Reincarnation Palace could barely withstand.
The overall strength of the Reincarnation Palace would inevitably drop significantly!
"Haha… Little girl, I have a great proposal. If you are willing to follow me from now on, serving as one of my concubines and attending to my daily needs, I can persuade them to spare your life!" Mount Tai Monk of the Western Sect suddenly spoke up.
"Grandmaster Mount Tai, you still possess such refined interests," Sect Master Li laughed loudly.
"A beauty like this perishing here is truly a shame. My Buddha is compassionate. If it's possible, would saving her life not be appropriate?" Mount Tai Monk said, smiling.
"Grandmaster Mount Tai, if you can subdue her, I have no objections," Prime Minister Wang chuckled.
At this moment, these five Earth Immortals had completely regarded Su Qingluo as a dead woman and began teasing and joking amongst themselves.
Su Qingluo's face was grim as iron. She didn't utter a single word.
She knew anything said now would be useless. Arguing with them would only waste time and energy. The most important thing now was to figure out how to break out of this siege!
But under such circumstances, she understood the chances of her escaping were far too slim.
Suddenly.
Ye Yunfei, accompanied by Tao Zihua and over ten other disciples of the Reincarnation Palace, finally arrived outside this Small World.
Along the way, Ye Yunfei had slain many who attempted to attack Tao Zihua and the other Reincarnation Palace disciples.
"Brother Ye, Palace Lord Su is right inside this Small World!" Tao Zihua said excitedly to Ye Yunfei.
The dozen-plus Reincarnation Palace disciples trailed behind Ye Yunfei. In their hearts, they had already begun to regard Ye Yunfei as their pillar of support.
"Let's go. We're heading in!" Ye Yunfei waved his hand and took the lead, charging straight into the Small World.