Initial stage of fusion
"Song Wan! Qin Feilang! What are you trying to do?!"
Situ Jin was both shocked and enraged. The Spiritual Qi of his Late Void Return Stage erupted, attempting to break the Formation, but he found this Demonic Formation incredibly sturdy and impossible to breach quickly.
Chen Yuan secretly shook his head. Had this Situ Jin gone soft from staying in the Sect too long?
Being upright and incorruptible shouldn't be this rigid! Tearing off the facade on someone else's territory—if an uncontrollable variable appeared, they might all die here.
Situ Jin shouted sternly, "We are Xuantian Sect Disciples! If anything happens to us here, the Xuantian Sect will never let it go! Can your Qin Family withstand the Sect's wrath?!"
"Wrath?" Song Wan finally chuckled, her laugh filled with mockery and indifference. "Situ Jin, you are still too naive."
She turned to look at Qin Feilang, who had been silent beside her, and asked casually, "Feilang, tell me, how should we deal with these Xuantian Sect elites?"
At this moment, Qin Feilang slowly raised his head.
The refinement and gentleness on his face had long vanished, replaced by cold indifference. Deep in his eyes, a faint, dark purple Demonic Light subtly flickered.
His gaze swept over the trapped crowd, finally settling on Situ Jin. His voice was flat, without a single ripple:
"Since you've come, don't leave. Coincidentally, news just arrived from the Realm Sea that the Demon Race is about to launch a massive, fierce invasion.
All you esteemed Xuantian Sect Disciples rushed to the aid of my Qin City, fought bravely against the enemy, and unfortunately... were all gloriously sacrificed."
All gloriously sacrificed!
These words exploded like thunder in the ears of all the Xuantian Sect Disciples!
They finally understood that this was a carefully planned trap!
Qin Feilang, this City Lord who guarded the border, had actually colluded with Demonic Cultivators long ago!
"Qin Feilang! As the Lord of Qin City and a pillar of the Human Race, how dare you collude with Demonic Cultivators and betray the Human Race! You deserve a horrible death!"
Situ Jin's eyes were about to split, and he roared in fury.
Qin Feilang, however, merely looked at him indifferently, as if watching a dead man.
At this moment, Song Wan's gaze passed over the crowd and landed on the pale-faced Qin Shuhan. Her voice carried a false sense of pity:
"Han'er, you see now. A wise person submits to circumstances.
Xuantian Sect cannot give you a future. Only by joining the Sacred Demon Sect can you gain true power and eternal life.
Considering that half of the Qin Family Bloodline flows through you, I will give you one more chance: return to the Qin Family, pledge allegiance to the Sacred Demon Sect, and I can forgive all past offenses."
In an instant, everyone's gaze focused on Qin Shuhan.
Qin Shuhan tightly grasped Chen Yuan's hand, her fingertips turning white from the effort.
She raised her head, staring directly at the two of them. There was no fear in her eyes, only icy coldness.
"Go home? Pledge allegiance to the Demon Race?"
She sneered, "From the day my mother died under mysterious circumstances, this stopped being my home!
As for you, Qin Feilang, search your conscience: have you ever fulfilled the responsibility of being a father for even a single day?
Your union with my mother was merely because you valued the background and resources of her Lin Family from the Southern Continent!
When she refused to bear you any more children, did you ever look at my mother and me with respect again?!"
Her words were like cold knives, stabbing toward Qin Feilang.
Qin Feilang's expression shifted slightly, but his eyes remained cold.
Qin Shuhan's mother came from a first-rank force in the Southern Continent and married Qin Feilang despite her Family's opposition.
Later, their relationship fractured, and Qin Feilang took many concubines.
Qin Shuhan's mother fulfilled a mother's duty, rushing to the Realm Sea Battlefield every day, sometimes guiding Qin Shuhan's cultivation even while injured.
In contrast, Qin Feilang disliked Qin Shuhan from the start because she wasn't a boy.
A hundred years had passed since the last time the two of them went to the Realm Sea Battlefield, and that was the time her mother never returned.
Instead, Qin Feilang brought back another woman, and that woman was Song Wan.
Now, it seemed suspicious how her mother had died.
Qin Shuhan took a deep breath and declared resolutely:
"I, Qin Shuhan, live as a Human Race Cultivator, and I will die as a ghost of the Xuantian Sect! You want me to betray the Sect and join the Demon Race? Pipe dreams!"
Song Wan shook her head regretfully, her eyes turning completely cold. "In that case, all of you... shall offer your final, faint light for the Sacred Demon Sect's great arrival."
The Demonic Formation shone brightly.
Song Wan's eyes turned cold, revealing murderous intent.
Dark purple Demonic Chains shot out like poisonous snakes from the great Formation's Light Barrier, wrapping around the trapped Xuantian Sect Disciples.
The terrifying corrosive power instantly caused several Golden Core Disciples to scream, their Auras weakening.
"Form ranks, defend!" Situ Jin roared. The remaining Nascent Soul Disciples endured the discomfort, quickly gathered, formed a Battle Array, and gathered Spiritual Qi into a Protective Shield, struggling to resist the Demonic Chains' corrosion.
But the Protective Shield flickered erratically, clearly unable to last much longer.
At the same time, Qin Feilang moved.
He took a step forward. The vast Spiritual Qi around him instantly transformed into violent, bloodthirsty dark red Demonic Essence. His entire Aura suddenly became incomparably fierce, as if he were a Demon God who had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
He punched out. Where his fist edge passed, space slightly warped, targeting Situ Jin directly!
"Qin Feilang, you've actually Fallen to the Demonic Path." Situ Jin's pupils contracted, and his face changed drastically.
He dared not be slow. His Cultivation Technique circulated at full power, a clear, hazy Spiritual Light protected his body, and he struck out with both palms, drawing upon the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to form a massive golden palm print that met the attack!
"Boom—!!!"
A terrifying Late Void Return Stage level clash erupted in the center of the hall!
The violent energy shockwave swept out in all directions like a tsunami!
The Spiritual Qi Protective Shield formed by the Nascent Soul Disciples in the defensive Formation instantly became covered in cracks, and several Disciples with weaker cultivation bases were directly sent flying backward, spitting blood.
Seeing this, Chen Yuan quickly moved to block in front of the Disciples, firmly shielding them behind him.
Otherwise, the aftermath of this exchange alone would likely cause heavy casualties among these Disciples!
It wasn't that he didn't want to act, but he sensed that Song Wan's Aura next to Qin Feilang was wrong; she didn't feel like a Void Return Stage Cultivator.
Furthermore, he detected an even stronger Aura hidden nearby, an Aura that was no less formidable than that of his Revered Master.
Rushing into the fight might lead to a sneak attack.
Situ Jin and the Demonized Qin Feilang instantly engaged in fierce combat.
Their figures moved like lightning, fists and palms crossing. Demonic Essence and Spiritual Qi clashed wildly, and explosions rang out incessantly.
Situ Jin, as the fifth-ranked member on the Xuantian Sect's Heavenly Ranking, had endless methods. He used Dao Arts effortlessly, which were nimble and ethereal.
Qin Feilang's Demonic Technique, however, was broad and destructive. Every strike carried Demonic Intent that corroded the mind, and coupled with his intimate knowledge of the Qin Family's Cultivation Techniques, he subtly gained the upper hand!
Sword Qi crisscrossed the main hall, and Demonic Flames surged to the sky. The solid floor and pillars constantly cracked, and the entire Guest Reception Hall was on the verge of collapsing.
Song Wan watched the stalemate in the field, frowning slightly, seemingly losing patience.
"Trash, can't even take care of a junior." She snorted lightly and slowly raised her right hand.
A terrifying Body Integration Stage Pressure suddenly erupted from within her!
Dark purple Demonic Light shot up into the sky, making her look like a Queen of the Demon Realm.
Early Integration Stage!
She had been hiding her Body Integration Stage cultivation all this time!
Qin Shuhan was secretly alarmed.