"How is that not a solution? Your very existence can't even be detected by divine sense. As long as you don't go out yourself, who could possibly drag you out?"
Da Xing the Mad Monk said, "Don't be fooled just because that girl Xuan Yuan Tong has the Cosmic Light Mirror. That thing can indeed leave one with nowhere to hide, but it's useless against you."
Gu Qingfeng shook his head. "That's not what I'm worried about."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"Hard to say. I just have a bad premonition."
Gu Qingfeng rarely had such ominous feelings before. He didn't know why it was happening this time, but a sense of lurking danger suddenly arose from the depths of his heart, as if he were doomed and inescapable.
The only thing that puzzled him was that he didn't know what this bad premonition referred to. Was it that both the Great Dao and Original Sin wanted to erase him at this very moment, or was it some other reason?
"Stop talking nonsense. You'd have a bad premonition?"
These words, when they reached Da Xing the Mad Monk's ears, made him look down on Gu Qingfeng with utter disdain. Others might not understand Gu Qingfeng, but he knew exactly what kind of person he was. Having known Gu Qingfeng for so many years, he had never seen this kid afraid before. It wasn't the first time he'd been targeted by countless Ancestral Patriarchs from heaven and earth. What kind of bad premonition could there be?
Inside the arena.
Xuan Yuan Hao's figure flickered within the sacred great sun. Still wildly arrogant, he continued to provoke Gu Qingfeng relentlessly.
And those Ancestral Patriarchs hiding in the void were also clamoring loudly, inciting Gu Qingfeng to come out.
Just then, a burst of laughter inexplicably drifted over.
"Hehehehe!"
This laughter was ethereal, strange, and eerie, as if coming from all directions, or from beyond the Primordial Nine Palaces. It swept over like an overwhelming, crushing force, entering everyone's ears, seizing their souls and shaking their spirits.
After the laughter came, the arena suddenly fell silent. No one dared to make loud noises anymore.
As the saying goes, an expert reveals their skill with a single move. Such an ethereal, drifting sound could actually sweep through the Li Palace, proving that the other party's existence was no simple matter—it could even be called inconceivable.
Even the arrogant Xuan Yuan Hao, upon hearing this laughter, immediately turned solemn.
Although he was inherently wild and prone to getting carried away, his wildness and pride stemmed from immense inner confidence. And confidence did not equate to arrogance.
"Hehehehehe!"
The laughter continued to drift over, growing more and more ethereal, more and more elusive. What was even stranger was that the voice seemed to belong to a woman.
"Shame on you all, having cultivated for countless years. Some are old fellows who shook the world in the Primordial Era, others are overlords who dominated regions after the Primordial times. Some are Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs, others are Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs. Some bear the Mandate of the Great Dao, others carry the body of Original Sin. Now, with the changes in the Primordial Nine Palaces, you're resorting to every possible means just to lure out You Di. Truly, this Palace has broadened its horizons... broadened its horizons indeed..." "Hehehehehe..." "Especially you Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs. To lure out You Di, you've even thrown away all face, saying things like if those Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs from the Sacred Ground dare to touch a single hair on You Di, you'll definitely fight the Great Dao to the death?
And saying you hope You Di ascends as the True Lord of Original Sin, slaughters the Three Thousand Great Daos, and opens the Daoless Age?
Heavens!
Could you be any more shameless?"
The mysterious woman's laughter kept coming, growing increasingly frenzied, even somewhat maniacal, as if she had heard the funniest joke in all of heaven and earth since ancient times.
"This Consort truly wants to know, how on earth did you manage to say such things?
Weren't your faces even the slightest bit red when you said them?
Hearing these words, this Palace blushes for you. No!
Not blushing—it's disgust. This Consort feels disgusted for you so-called Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs."
Who this mysterious woman was, no one knew. Where she was hiding, no one could tell.
The only thing known was that the mysterious woman seemed to be mocking those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs who had just urged Gu Qingfeng to come out.
"If You Di really comes out, will you join him in slaughtering the Sacred Ground, slaughtering the blessed lands and paradises, slaughtering the Three Thousand Great Daos?"
"If You Di really comes out, will you truly hope he ascends as the True Lord of Original Sin and opens the Daoless Age?"
"No!"
"You absolutely will not!"
"Not only will you not, you will join forces with the Sacred Ground and those Great Dao factions to erase You Di together."
"This is something known to all. You know it, the Sacred Ground knows it, every blessed land and paradise, and every single person present here knows it—including You Di himself. Yet even so, you still have the shamelessness to say you'll fight the Great Dao to the death alongside You Di..."
"How can you be so utterly without shame?"
"What purpose do such words serve, besides making the Great Dao mock you as a selfish, disorganized rabble? Who are you trying to deceive? The Great Dao? Or Original Sin? Fate? Or Karma? No! You can't deceive anyone, not even yourselves."
"This Consort is baffled. Have you been suppressed in the Guixu for so long that your brains have rusted? Otherwise, how could you utter such utterly foolish words?"
Perhaps the mysterious woman's words had shamed those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs so thoroughly that the previously turbulent void gradually calmed down.
"No wonder the Great Dao looks down on you. Your actions truly make it impossible for anyone to respect you. Isn't it just scheming for the position of True Lord of Original Sin? What's so shameful about that?"
"You Di is hailed as the greatest Original Sin anomaly, the one with the highest hope of ascending as the True Lord of Original Sin. Anyone scheming for that title would want to erase him and take his place. What's there to hide about that? Why doesn't any of you dare to admit it?"
"Compared to the Great Dao, you are far inferior. Look at the Great Dao side. They want to erase You Di, and they've never hidden it, never given up. Whenever they get a chance, they try. Even if there's no chance, they create one."
At this point, the mysterious woman's tone shifted, seemingly turning her spear toward the Great Dao side as well.
"Take this time, for example. Originally, it was a trap set by Old Ancestor Green Robe, and one specifically targeting the Great Dao at that. But what happened? Old Ancestor Green Robe was erased, the Great Dao suffered no losses, and they even stabilized the situation. In the end, they even laid a trap within the trap on this very scheme, turning a plot against the Sacred Ground into an encirclement to eliminate You Di. One has to admit, the Sacred Ground truly lives up to its name—supremely clever, earning this Palace's profound admiration."
Everyone was searching for the source of the voice, trying to find its owner. But no matter how they searched, no one could locate the origin of the voice, much less know who the mysterious woman was. They couldn't even tell whether she belonged to the Original Sin side or the Great Dao side.