The improved female villains regained their memories.

He was a true immortal, with countless traces of the Great Dao within his body. Although Wen Shihan also possessed traces of the Great Dao, he had fallen from the realm of true immortals, and his physical body was naturally far inferior to what it used to be.

She was spitting out mouthfuls of blood, but she clung to him tightly, refusing to let go.

"Go to hell!" Dionysus roared in a low voice, punching Wen Shihan in the temple.

However, before that punch could land, another punch struck the god of wine's face, interrupting his attack.

It was Yang Pingsheng. He knocked down the God of Wine with one punch, grabbed Wen Shihan's clothes with his other hand, and forcefully pulled her back.

In order to stop Wen Shihan from committing suicide, he once again unleashed astonishing power, successfully pulling Wen Shihan into his arms.

Then, he grabbed the vines beside him, tied the half-conscious Wen Shihan to one side, secured him firmly, and after confirming that it was safe, he turned around and attacked the God of Wine.

As soon as Dionysus got up, Yang Pingsheng grabbed him around the waist. Unlike Wen Shihan, Yang Pingsheng held him and charged into the abyss.

The two of them fell down together.

boom!

A protruding rock on the cliff saved their lives, but it separated them completely, one above and one below.

"..."

The God of Wine, covered in wounds and coughing up blood, got up and saw that Yang Pingsheng, who was above him, had regained his strength and was climbing up again.

His armor was no longer shiny, covered in dust, his mask was full of blood, and his helmet was nowhere to be found after being thrown. Even so, he still clung tightly to the crevice in the cliff and struggled to climb up.

At this moment, Dionysus was deeply shaken.

"Even with the protection of a ninth-grade magic artifact, this guy is going way too far. What could possibly drive him to such a frenzy for the Sword Soul Heart?"

Ling Tiandu's prophecies never fail. The more Renqi values ​​the Sword Soul Heart and the more he desires it, the more it proves the correctness of Ling Tiandu's predictions.

"I am the protagonist, one of the twelve guardians, and the only person Ling'er can trust. How can I fall here?!"

Yang Pingsheng's will also spurred him on, and he pushed off with all his might, climbing towards Yang Pingsheng.

Chapter 297 Gathering, Preparing for the Team Battle

boom!

For some unknown reason, the highest peak on the mountaintop suddenly emitted a tremendous sound.

Such sounds would come from time to time, a sign that the Sword Soul Heart was gradually collapsing. Du Wanli, who was hiding in the woods, had gotten used to it. He glanced at it from afar and then paid no attention.

"Where are the reinforcements you mentioned?" he asked.

In his mind, Ling Tiandu's voice began to echo: "Just wait here. I'm going to talk to the reinforcements now. Once they arrive, just follow their orders."

"understood."

Ling Tiandu's voice faded away, and Du Wanli snorted coldly. Although he was dissatisfied, he waited patiently.

He had just transmigrated and his strength was damaged. He was also unaware of the current situation. All he could do was to trust the guy called the God of Wine for the time being. He hadn't spoken directly with Ling Tiandu, but he could understand her meaning just from her words. She said that he should lie low for the time being, but in reality, she was cooperating with Ling Tiandu to get him to bring in reinforcements.

Such a coincidence suggests an extremely close relationship between the two, more like... than lovers.

“Goddess and followers,” he muttered to himself unconsciously.

"What goddess and followers, kid? What are you talking about?" Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Who goes there!?" Du Wanli was shocked, completely unaware that someone was behind him. He immediately shouted and pulled out a throwing knife.

"Kid, don't get excited. You can't use spiritual energy in this formation. Your tricks won't work on me." The voice said with a chuckle.

A terrifying demonic aura swept over, and Du Wanli's body froze instantly.

He saw a monster, about two or three meters tall, with a sheep's head, wolf's hooves, dragon scales, and a body of various colors. It stood in front of him like a small mountain, stepping on a red auspicious cloud.

This is... a Qilin!?

"I am the helper that Xiao Ling'er invited. Oh, Xiao Ling'er is Ling Tiandu. You must be the Du Wanli she mentioned, right?" The Qilin spoke in human language, and its voice was that of a young boy.

"You, you are the reinforcements she was talking about?" Du Wanli stammered, still not recovered from the shock.

He had lived in a mountain city in his original world, and the Qilin was a mythical beast from a novel; where had he ever seen one? Now that he had seen a real Qilin, he couldn't help but marvel once again at the unfathomable depths of the Guardian Heaven Sect.

The great formation suppresses spiritual energy, but it does not suppress demonic energy. If a powerful demonic beast stands on our side, then we will indeed be hard to defeat.

The Qilin nodded, grinned as if to laugh, but looked extremely ferocious: "That's right, my name is Jiu Bahuang. Since you are the protector of this generation, you don't need to stand on ceremony with me. I am a few years older than you, so you can just call me Ninth Brother."

"Okay, Ninth Brother." Du Wanli immediately bowed his head in agreement, then asked curiously, "This formation is interfered with by the Sword Soul Heart. These sword rains are the Sword Soul Heart's weapon to interfere with people's hearts. I only escaped because of Sister Ling's secret treasure. Those demonic beasts all went mad because they were infected by the sword rain. How did you resist, Ninth Brother?"

Jiu Ba Huang laughed and said, "I am, after all, a demon beast that has condensed a portrait pattern. My strength is comparable to that of a true immortal, and my foundation is naturally abundant. Besides, I have lived for so many years, and my state of mind is far beyond that of ordinary people. Sword Soul Heart is indeed powerful, but it can't do anything to me in a short time, so let's finish this quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, demonic energy rose up, a fierce wind swept through, and the auspicious clouds turned into a ball, condensing into a solid entity.

Before some of the crazed monsters in the vicinity could even dodge, they were terrified by the heavy demonic aura and scattered in all directions.

They've gone mad, not stupid. Sensing an existence far more terrifying than themselves, they naturally dare not approach.

“Kid, come up here, let’s go find the others,” Jiu Ba Huang said. “There’s a crazed snake demon around here. If we fight it, it will inevitably take a lot of my energy. It’s fine if it wastes time, but if I fail to complete Xiao Ling’er’s mission and make her cry, then I will be guilty.”

Du Wanli nodded and hurriedly climbed onto the auspicious cloud.

"Go!" Jiu Bahuang shouted, and immediately auspicious clouds surged, binding Du Wanli tightly.

Then, with a light step, the ground cracked open, and its enormous body flew towards the mountaintop at an extremely fast speed.

"Little Bell is indeed a peerless master in divination. In such a short time, she has already calculated the location of Tian Bulian."

boom!

Before Tian Bulian and the other two could react, a colossal creature descended upon them.

Mu Xiaobai was startled, feeling the overwhelming demonic aura. She drew her sword and stood in front of Tian Bulian, but Tian Bulian exhaled and patted her shoulder, saying, "Don't be nervous, this is Senior Jiu Ba Huang."

"Hahahaha, Mr. Tian, ​​it's rare to see you in such a predicament."

Jiu Ba Huang laughed loudly and transformed into a young man dressed in red, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, sharp features, a sunny and cheerful smile, and an extraordinary aura.

On the contrary, Du Wanli, who came up with him, was in a bad situation. He was pale and lying on the ground, showing no backbone whatsoever.

"And who is this?" Tian Bulian looked at Du Wanli.

“Oh, this kid is a new protagonist who joined the group, and he’s also a protector like you,” Jiu Ba Huang said. “He’s rather unlucky; he was dragged here to do hard labor as soon as he arrived, hahaha.”

He smiled, but his eyes quickly swept over the remaining Mu and Su, and said, "These two... I know one of them, his name is Mu Xiaobai, right? He's also a protector, hehehe. You haven't met me yet, just call me Ninth Brother, like this kid. And the other one..."

Most importantly, Jiu Bahuang's eyes were fixed on Su Murong, his smile turning ferocious, and he rubbed his hands together, eager for a chance: "What a perfect opportunity that has come knocking on our door."

With murderous intent fully revealed, Jiu Ba Huang shouted loudly: "Mu Xiaobai, Tian Bu Lian, Du Wanli, I have come in the name of the new Chosen One to convey the true mission given to you by the Chosen One: to do everything in your power to prevent Yang Pingsheng from obtaining the Sword Soul Heart, and to weaken the villains' strength and kill the female villain!"

In an instant, the situation changed dramatically.

Tian Bulian immediately retreated with the protective treasure and Mu Xiaobai. Du Wanli took out a flying knife, Mu Xiaobai looked at Su Murong warily, and Jiu Bahuang rubbed his hands together, eager to try.

Alone, Su Murong was immediately plunged into a desperate situation.

Without the protection of Heaven, she faced a hail of arrows alone, and everyone around her turned into an enemy, not to mention a powerful demon comparable to a true immortal. Yet, even so, Su Murong calmly watched all of this.

Despite being drenched by the rain of swords, she stood there smiling as if nothing had happened.

"Huh?" Mu Xiaobai frowned, saying incredulously, "You can resist the Sword Soul Heart!?"

“Of course I can, why not? I don’t think I ever said I couldn’t resist the Sword Soul Heart, did I?” Su Murong raised an eyebrow and looked at Mu Xiaobai. “No matter what, I am the master of the Dust Light. These intrusions of the Sword Soul Heart have no effect on me. After all, how can an unwavering determination shake and assimilate people’s worldly ways?”

"But the current situation is very unfavorable for me." She sighed, scratching her head. "This is really troublesome."

She glanced at the people surrounding her, and of them, the Qilin named Jiu Ba Huang was the most troublesome.

Her most proficient move is the humane killing move, which mainly targets popularity. With her demonic aura, not to mention that classic moves like "Calling for Popularity" are useless, even if she uses a ultimate move like "Death Qi Turns to Ashes," she needs to spread it out completely, otherwise, at that speed, she simply cannot hit him.

Su Murong didn't know much about the ancient beast Qilin. He had only learned about it briefly since coming to this world. All he knew about Qilin was that it had the bloodline of Yinglong and was one of the main branches of Yinglong's descendants. If it could cultivate to this point, the patterns on its body would definitely be genuine pictorial markings, comparable to those of a true immortal.

With it around, even the Four Great Spirit Beasts would probably be no match for it. After all, in ancient times, before the Four Great Spirit Beasts appeared, there were only five auspicious beasts among the human world's monsters, and the Qilin was one of the five auspicious beasts.

The Qilin is a symbol of benevolence and righteousness, as well as a saint and auspiciousness. Its appearance signifies that all evil will eventually retreat.

"Wait a minute, doesn't that mean I've become the evil one?"

Su Murong sighed helplessly, "Oh dear, this is really..."

"Little girl, don't talk in such an innocent tone. If you're not evil, who is?" Jiu Ba Huang grinned and said, "They can't sense it, but I can. Not only is your innate aura extremely strong, but your acquired aura is also excessively abundant. Just how many people's aura have you absorbed? Hehehehehe, you've absorbed so much aura and you still think you're not evil? Little girl, don't you have any self-awareness?"

"You old monster pretending to be young, stop slandering me." Su Murong made an insulting gesture at Jiu Ba Huang. "I'm the kind of person who's going to build a big house based on the main world. If we're talking about evil, you perverted old stubborns are the evil ones."

"Come on, little girl. I've seen more villains than you've eaten salt. Which one of them doesn't spout lofty ideals, but in the end, whenever they clash with their own selfish desires, they all choose their own? Even if you have ideals, it's just that your ideals and your selfish desires have aligned." Jiu Ba Huang chuckled. "But to put it bluntly, human desires are endless. The day you achieve your ideals, you'll want more, and in the end, you'll betray your ideals. In the end, you villains are all the same; you're all just slaves driven by your emotions."

"Shameless old bastard, don't try to shake my resolve! I'll fuck your mother."

"You foul-mouthed little brat, my mother has been dead for so many years. If you want to have sex with her, I'll send you to the King of Hell to have sex with her."

As Jiu Ba Huang spoke, he opened his arms and pounced on Su Murong.

Su Murong retreated rapidly, shouting, "Save the Emperor! Quickly, save the Emperor!"

Something is rushing towards us.

"?"

Jiu Bahuang stopped and subconsciously looked behind him.

A huge white tiger pounced up from the mountain path, its blood-red mouth wide open, ready to kill them.

"Kill! Kill ...

Tian Bulian was the first to react, turning sharply to Su Murong: "This spirit beast is yours! You brought it into the mountains! I understand. You had a way to contact them, but you gave up trying to contact them after encountering us, especially me, someone whose strength you couldn't fathom. You decided to cooperate with us instead. Once we reached the summit and you pinpointed your location, you tried to contact them to come to you, but your sword soul heart collapsed, and they lost all reason. You couldn't control their behavior, which is why they didn't come up immediately!"

"Who knows?"

Su Murong replied with a smile, his hands moving without stopping. He immediately summoned his energy and used the second move of Ghost's Sorrow, Falling Snow Without White.

Su Rouxue appeared, her snowflakes hovering around Su Murong. Under her mother's protection, Su Murong was clearly much more relaxed. She exhaled and said, "Miss Tian, ​​although our transaction was very pleasant, I'm sorry, someone offered me a better price."

While fending off the White Tiger's attack, Jiu Ba Huang suddenly turned to look at Tian Bu Lian: "You made a deal with the female villain in private?"

"I……"

Tian Bulian's face turned ugly. Just as he was about to explain, he heard Su Murong say loudly, "If you don't help me, I'm going to turn to ashes with my death energy. If that ruins your plans, don't blame me!"

Who is she talking to?

The Guardian Heaven Sect members simultaneously became alert, and Jiu Ba Huang realized something, letting out a low roar.

"Ha ha……"