After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 420 Aren't you human cultivators the most afraid of death?

"Unfortunately, you forgot that when a demon possesses a human body, one's cultivation will inevitably be damaged. Moreover, you are already injured. You can't even unleash the third level of your Nascent Soul strength, can you?" This time it was her turn to sneer.

Wang Mingzhi still couldn't believe it: "Even if I only had three levels of cultivation, I couldn't possibly—you did this on purpose?!"

Jiang Liqian narrowed her eyes slightly and pushed the sword in a little further.

That's right, she did it on purpose, deliberately revealing a weakness that he could exploit, and then delivering a heavy blow when he was at his most vulnerable, thinking he had everything under control.

At the same level of cultivation, human cultivators are at a disadvantage compared to demon cultivators, not to mention the difference of two major realms between them.

Tragically, he only saw the time difference in cultivation between human cultivators and demon cultivators, but failed to see the demon cultivators' abnormally powerful physical defense and self-healing abilities.

If the person in front of her now were his original form, her sword wouldn't have been able to pierce his body at all.

Heaven neither favors nor dislikes anyone.

Heaven and earth are ruthless, therefore all things are treated like straw dogs; heaven and earth are heartless, therefore all things are inherently full of affection.

Wang Mingzhi's face contorted with rage as he pointed at Jiang Liqian, gritting his teeth in fury: "Are you out of your mind? You're absolutely suicidal! You lunatic! Aren't you human cultivators supposed to value your lives the most?"

Yes, Jiang Liqian risked her life.

She was gambling that Wang Mingzhi's delay in killing her meant he had other intentions, and that even if she gave him a weakness, he couldn't kill her in one blow.

In fact, she made the right bet.

"You're nothing but a beast in human skin. What do you know about people?" she sneered.

"you!"

Wang Mingzhi hated the arrogant attitude of the cultivators the most, and he wished he could tear Jiang Liqian's mask off!

A bloodthirsty crimson light surged from his eyes. He roared suddenly, unleashing a burst of demonic power. Jiang Liqian's vision went black, and she was blasted away.

"Li Qian!" Shui Lian'er exclaimed, throwing out a cloud-shaped magic weapon and rushing over to catch her.

Jiang Liqian had almost exhausted all her strength in that attack, and trying to summon Shi Tian's afterimage had also depleted her spiritual power. Her vision was now a blur of black and red, and the sticky blood made it impossible to distinguish between intact areas and wounds.

"Quickly, swallow the pill!" Shui Lian'er called anxiously in her ear.

The demon is still there, so she really can't faint yet. She has to hold on a little longer until Li Chuanlu arrives with the sect members, and then everything will be fine...

With sheer willpower, she managed to open her mouth and swallow the pill that Shui Lian'er had given her. The immense spiritual energy instantly assaulted her already depleted dantian, causing Jiang Liqian to suddenly furrow her brows and turn deathly pale.

But she quickly forced herself to absorb all the spiritual energy and slowly tried to stand up from the ground again.

At this moment, only Qin Beiyao was killing the evil spirits around them, clearing a safe space for her and Shui Lian'er.

Wang Mingzhi, who was flying in mid-air, was severely injured. He glared fiercely at Jiang Liqian, but instead of attacking them again and fighting them to the death, he turned around and flew towards the strange and sinister array plate behind him, letting the evil spirits devour him and merge him into the array.

"Not good!" Jiang Liqian sensed something was wrong. "He's going to use this formation to drain all our life force!"

"Bei Yao, quickly take Lian Lian away from here, the farther the better, I'll break the formation!"

Qin Beiyao was shocked and turned to look at her: "But, you..."

"No buts, hurry! Otherwise we'll all die here. Don't forget your promise to my godmother!"

Qin Beiyao was taken aback, and suppressed his panic to take Shui Lian'er's hand.

But Shui Lian'er flung her away.

She doesn't want to leave!

This formation looks very strange, so she decided to stay and help Li Qian break it.

Just as they pulled and swung, the array plate floating above their heads suddenly emitted a huge green light.

With just one breath, Jiang Liqian and Qin Beiyao collapsed to the ground, their life force being drawn out and floating towards the formation in mid-air.

They were way too close to the formation!

However, to their surprise, Shui Lian'er was completely unharmed and could move freely; the formation had not drained her life force at all.

How is this going? !

Shui Lian'er herself didn't realize this. Instead, she ran over to protect them. As soon as she took out her magic treasure, a barrier was immediately formed around them, which tried its best to resist the formation's drain on their life force.

Then, gripping a sword, she threw talismans outwards while rushing towards the rotating array plate in mid-air.

Jiang Liqian was shocked, and Qin Beiyao turned completely pale.

"Lianlian!"

"Lian'er—!"

Shui Lian'er's cultivation level was actually not weak, but it seemed less powerful than Jiang Liqian and the others, and she needed someone to protect her. When she was fighting against the evil spirits from all directions, she was not at a disadvantage at all.

Even so, her sword failed to damage the array plate in the slightest. Instead, it was repelled by the demonic energy on it and crashed heavily to the ground.

Shui Lian'er wiped the wounds on her face and rushed forward again.

Jiang Liqian and Qin Beiyao watched anxiously, desperately trying to recover their energy and find a way to resist the formation's deprivation of their strength.

It's unclear how many times Shui Lian'er slashed at the array plate, but the array suddenly cracked on its own, then collapsed with a "boom" and vanished into thin air.

Meanwhile, "Wang Mingzhi," who had been integrated into the formation, was thrown out of it.

Entering the formation had already nearly killed him; at this moment, he was at his last gasp, while Jiang Liqian and her two companions still had the strength to fight.

"Who, who destroyed my array core, who, who, ahhh!!!" he roared angrily and futilely.

Jiang Liqian gave him no chance to catch his breath as the Spirit-Suppressing Pearl arrived.

Wang Mingzhi fought back fiercely, but he was caught off guard when the Flowing Snow and Floating Light Belt bound him tightly from behind. Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er then plunged their swords into his body.

With a "whoosh," Wang Mingzhi coughed up a mouthful of blood, barely able to maintain his posture as he leaned over the city lord. Three long tails were revealed, and a sharp, beastly shadow appeared on his face.

No! No, he was not willing to accept it!

"Who are you? How...how could this be..."

How could a mere Golden Core cultivator possibly defeat him? Impossible, impossible!

Jiang Li cast a spell, and the Flowing Snow Floating Light Band tightened inch by inch, but she still restrained herself from killing him immediately. Instead, she wanted to force him out of Wang Mingzhi's body.

Hearing his unwilling question, she simply wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, lowered her eyes, and looked at him calmly: "Jiang Liqian, the fifth disciple of the Tianqian Sect's Array Peak."

"Tianqian Sect, Zhenfeng..." The light in his eyes dimmed for a moment, then surged with dark waves. He struggled and laughed bitterly, "So it was you! So you were Bai Yi's fellow disciples! He... he prevented me from returning to Xizhou, and you ruined my plans again!"