Li Ming stumbled inside the portal and landed on the other side.
She actually never thought about what would it look like but the scenery that graced her eyes was something out of the world.
A beautiful round moon was embracing the night sky, making everything shine in the moonlight.
But Li Ming didn't get enough time to appreciate the heaven in which she had entered, because right at that moment, a loud "BOOM" sound welcomed her.
There, on her right, was going on a battle. A little white furball could be seen fighting with a silhouette in black. If not for it's nine long but at the same time small tails, she would have mistaken the furball as Snowy.
Looked like someone got inside the portal even before her. She had already exhausted at least 40% of her stored internal energy when she formed the seven arrays to trap the disciples from Guixian Land.
Li Ming took out Three different vials full of different color liquids. The silhouette was so busy fighting the Huli Jing (the fox spirit/nine tail fox).
Li Ming opened the first bottle of a vial and poured the liquid on her left hand. She did the same with the second and the third bottle. But rather than slipping out of her hand and dripping on the ground, the liquid stayed at a few centimeters above her hand.
Li Ming took out a dark blue leaf and dropped it in the middle of the liquid which had formed a circular ring.
A spell accompanied next as her focus was entirely on the black silhouette. By now the baby Huli Jing had noticed the girl who was also bold enough to trespass in his territory but he was busy fighting the first trespasser.
The ring formed by the liquids started to sparkle with a bright yellow light. Soon, a silver chain was lying in Li Ming's hand, surrounded by a light yellow hallow.
By now the silhouette in black had also noticed Li Ming but couldn't do anything about it since the battle with the fox spirit had still to end.
One minute, Li Ming was standing at the other side of the pond and in the next, she appeared right behind the silhouette in black.
Before the black silhouette could even turn around, a silver chain tightened around his body. His hands got stuck and even though he fought with his entire internal energy, he couldn't get himself free.
"Don't try. The more you will struggle the tighter the chains will get. Save both of us from burying your dead body because that can get nasty." Li Ming said with a nose scrunch. Like she was remembering an old memory.
Her words were enough to creep out anyone, even though her tone was actually sweet.
Li Ming had taken care of two of her obstacles but now she was facing her third one.
Though the little furball gave the vibes of a cute little angelic fox but just like the great saying ---
(Don't judge a book by its cover / Don't be fooled by the beauty of a beast - pick one)
She had a soft heart for cute things, the same reason for why she was still tolerating Snowy. That's why she would hate to hurt the poor soul but right now, she couldn't be soft-hearted.
The same could be said for the little Huli Jing. She also had a soft heart for beauties but right at the moment, she couldn't be soft.
But before either of them could start the duel, a thundering sound echoed throughout the dark sky. It took Li Ming a few precious seconds to realize that the sound of thunder was coming from outside the maple tree, not from inside.
"What the heck is that?" Li Ming whispered shouted as if she was afraid that the person outside could hear her.
"Danger! And a great one!" The baby Huli Jing shouted in panic as his small bunny eyes turned into large balls.
"What?" Li Ming asked as she was still confused.
"It's the Supreme Immortal. He's here and by the sound of those louder than bombs thunder, looked like he's pissed." The little furball squeaked out a little cry.
Li Ming was no different from the two shivering silhouettes beside her.
No matter how powerful she was or that she had an IQ of 148. She was still far from ready to face a deity, especially if the said deity was her opponent. Moreover, she was about to face a pissed deity.
And it would not take a genius to realize that she was the reason behind the anger of one of the most powerful immortals on the mainland.
It was clear that if she stayed a single more minute there, then it would be her dead body which would be buried and who knew if the Immortal didn't end up throwing her in the dark and deep abyss of the ocean.
No way, she was going to stick around to see her doom.
"I think you two will need to welcome this deity on your own. I'm kinda busy at the moment. Hope to see you soon." Li Ming turned towards the chained man and the baby fox as she said her departing words.
Li Ming closed her eyes and used all her saved powers in teleporting herself back inside the mansion and at the same time teleport back to the Black Jade Inn.
"Goddess!! Don't leave me alone!" The little furball gave out a sharp cry as she felt the disturbance at the portal of the maple tree.
The fox spirit leaped towards the right leg of the betraying goddess and clutched it with all her might.
The moment the third intruder was about to enter inside the portal, Li Ming teleported back to her chosen destination.
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The Supreme Immortal was looking at the empty space in front of his eyes. A slight frown enhancing his peerless beauty.
He was about to enter the portal just a few seconds ago but before he could set his foot inside, the entire maple tree disappeared from the front of his eyes.
According to the previous observations, there were still four minutes left before the disappearance of the Maple Tree. Then why suddenly it disappeared before the scheduled time.
Just as the Immortal God was pondering on the possibilities that could have made the maple Tree disappear, a mischievous laugh rang throughout the silence of the night.
But rather than an ear-bleeding sound, the said laughing tone was melodious. You would want to hear it again and again, just to make sure that such honey dripping laughter existed in this world.
Supreme Immortal already knew who was the person laughing in his situation when he turned around. But what surprised him was the second person who was accompanying a laughing Zhang Yong.
"Long time no see, Lord Ruoshan!" The Supreme Immortal said without giving away his true thoughts.
"I was kind of busy. Sorry if I kept you waiting Supreme Lord." Ruoshan said with a small twitch on his lips.
Though the words exchanged between the two immortals were actually friendly but there was nothing friendly in their gazes which were particularly drilling holes in each other.
"Looks like you lost something important." Zhang Yong finally broke the cold war that was going on between the Supreme Immortal and Zhang Yong. The mockery in his tone was as clear as day.
"Where's the Godly Maple Tree?" The Supreme Immortal asked the other two immortals. His tone was cold as ice.
"How are we supposed to know? We just saw it disappear just like you did a few minutes ago." Zhang Yong replied in a mocking tone.
Though there was no visible change in the Supreme Immortal's expression, his aura became more and more terrifying by each word that left Zhang Yong's mouth.
"Maybe you don't know the current location of the Godly Maple Tree and maybe you also don't know exactly what happened to it. But one thing is clear that you know exactly who did this. Care to share Your Highness." The Supreme Immortal said in his ice dripping tone.
"You are actually right. But even if I tell you who is behind the disappearance of the Godly Maple Tree, what are you possibly going to do?" Zhang Yong was again using his mocking tone which was only fueling Supreme Immortal's anger.
"That's none of your business. As long as you have no hand in this case, you don't need to worry about other's fate." The reply was as cold as it could be.
Zhang Yong's lips twitched slightly as he nodded his head lightly. "All right then. I know that you are capable enough to solve this matter on your own. I'll be looking forward to the coming days. This Prince has a lot of work in his hand. I'll not take any more of your precious time. Please proceed with your investigation. Lord Ruoshan and This Prince will take their leave."
And just like that, the two Evil Immortals disappeared into the darkness of the night, leaving a very angry Supreme Immortal behind.