*Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!* bombarded by numerous divine arts from a distance, the female demon's dark eyes emanate with killing intent, as it opens its maw, and—
*Graaaaaaaaawr!!!!!!!!* raising its head towards the heavens, the demon unleashes a devastating soundwave that distorts the air—causing all the practitioners nearby to bleed from their ears!
"Uh!"
"Ack!"
Covering their ears in pain, a few practitioners fell from the air, and maintaining its howl, the female demon would continue to approach.
"…!"
"…!"
*Pah!!! Pah!!! Pah!!!* unable to move—due to the pain that emanates from their ears, the practitioners would be stomped into paste by the female demon.
Pausing its howl, the female demon's red forearms glow with ominous intensity, as they are ignited in blue flames.
As the demon lashes its arms out, the blue flames extend outwards like blades, and—
"Look out!"
"Dodge!"
"Ugh!"
"Aaarrgghh!"
The practitioners licked by these flames would raise a miserable shriek, as they drop from the air, and roll on the ground—crying out in agony, as their bodies melt.
...…
Observing the situation from a distance, Hong Xuan can't help but ask—
[Hey, isn't this thing of yours more powerful than before?]
"…"
Pressing her right hand onto a tree for support, Qing Yue's face is covered in sweat—forcing her to take her mask off.
"The last time I summoned this thing was five years ago… This shouldn't be too surprising… Hm?"
Raising her head, Qing Yue sees thunderclouds forming in the skies above, and—
*Boom! Boom! Boom!* bolts of lightning follow, as they fall in a linear fashion—approaching the direction of the female demon.
"…What is happening now?"
...…
From the fallen practitioners' corpses, dense spirit Qi fills the air, and absorbing this spirit Qi—
"…"
Yao Ying has formed all nine Foundation Establishment realm pillars.
Although most of these pillars are cracked, she has nevertheless fulfilled the criteria to make a breakthrough into the Core Formation realm—causing tribulation clouds to form.
Rotating her cultivation base, along with the Cloud Ink Incantation, Yao Ying begins the process of merging these pillars together—with the pillar that has the lowest number of cracks present, acting as her core pillar.
*Boom!!!*
"Uh…!"
As lightning rains down on her from above, Yao Ying grits her teeth.
Within her spiritual sea, the other eight pillars are gradually being brought together—to merge with her core pillar, causing the remaining cracks that are on it to be filled.
...…
"Ai, this little girl is actually quite capable."
Seeing what is happening on Yao Ying's side through his divine senses, Bai Wen chuckles, as he glances at Nuo'er, who is smiling faintly.
"A person of her nature… If you want her to change, you can't simply encourage her gently to do so. You need to corner her—make her feel like she has no choice but to change. I suppose, you could say that she needed a very rough shove to take her very first step."
Remarking as such, Nuo'er's dark purple eyes gave off a soft gleam, as she thought—
(I suppose, I also need a rough shove…)
"…"
"…"
Simultaneously, Yun You and Wu Xiao turn towards the direction of Nuo'er, while thinking—
(Something really is different this time around. We need to make our decision soon.)
(…Everything will end with this final Leng Bing Realm, won't it?)
...…
"…"
As the intensity of the blue light emanating from Yao Ying's eyes increases, she grips Xu Zuo with both hands—igniting it in Yin energy.
(Still not enough…)
Noticing how the nine pillars' fusion—that is being conducted inside of her spiritual sea, is beginning to show a sign of slowing down, Yao Ying raises her movement speed, as she charges towards the direction of the female demon.
With how many practitioners have fallen there, the density of the spirit Qi in that location, it should be more than enough to push her into the Core Formation realm.
...…
"Hm…?"
Noticing how Yao Ying's bloodstained figure is approaching from the rear, a practitioner turns their head around, and—
"…"
"…!"
Faster than they can hope to react, the practitioner widens their eyes, as they see their own headless corpse folding its legs.
Breathing in deeply, Yao Ying absorbs the spirit Qi, and almost immediately—
"Where did this runt come from?"
"Judging by her clothes, is she also a weapon spirit?"
"Those in the Foundation Establishment realm, kill her!"
"We can't have her here when dealing with this thing!"
As two practitioners charge at her, Yao Ying swings Xu Zuo again—sending out a wave of Yin energy.
"Uh!"
"…!"
As the two practitioners are thrown backwards by the force of the Yin energy, Yao Ying takes out two kitchen knives; and shrouding them in Yin energy, she tosses them forth.
"Kitchen knives?"
"How utterly nonsensical…"
Just as the Yin energy-shrouded knives are less than a meter away from the two practitioners, who are quick to dismiss them as nonsensical tricks, Yao Ying shouts—
"Detonate!"
*Boom! Boom!* blood splatters into the air, as the two knives detonate—throwing out shards of metal and Yin energy!
"Ack!"
"Pfff!"
Wounded, but not yet dead, the two practitioners glare at Yao Ying with bloodshot eyes, and towards them, the latter swings her weapon—throwing out another blast of Yin energy; and this time, it is noticeably fiercer than the one from before, as it swallows the two practitioners' figures from sight!
In the same instance—
*Graaaaaaawr!!!!!* the female demon raises a roar, as it turns its dark eyes towards Yao Ying's direction, while lunging its flame-shrouded right fist forward!