Xuanyuan Cheng’s words did nothing to comfort anyone.
Everyone stared intently at Mount Buzhou with an extremely tense expression.
The destructive power from the cannon blast was already gradually dissipating.
The gargantuan mountain had been shattered. After being ravaged by that cannon blast, all of the rocks within a radius of over a thousand kilometers were red hot. Scorching temperatures twisted the air while rivers of lava imbued with extremely terrifying temperatures flowed in all directions.
There was still violent energy wreaking havoc, transforming the area into a lethal realm.
Da Bai swallowed. “Is Big Brother An still alive? Woof!”
“I seem to have heard a wail of anguish earlier.” Tina’s pointy, sensitive ears perked up.
Xiao Hong nodded. “That voice was filled with misery and aggravation, as if a beautiful dream had been shattered by cruel reality. It even contained boundless grief and a sense of interrogatory indignation, as if it were interrogating the heavens about why such a cataclysmic disaster had taken place out of the blue!”
Su Qianyun began to applaud. “How eloquently put!”
Everyone began to feel sorry for their sect leader upon hearing Xiao Hong’s interpretation of events.
“No, that was not An Lin’s voice,” Bai Ling said in an indifferent voice.
“Could it be Master’s wife then?” Ye Ling’s eyes widened.
“Gasp…”
Everyone drew a sharp intake of breath.
Things seemed to have taken a turn for the worse?
“It wasn’t Xiaolan’s voice either. The voice was quite unfamiliar, but it was very crisp and enticing, like the cry of a bird…” Bai Ling analyzed.
Her analytical skills were by far the best among anyone here, so no one doubted her judgment.
A crisp cry suddenly reverberated throughout heaven and earth.
A lithe and graceful figure tore through the smoke and debris.
This was an extremely beautiful divine vermilion bird. Its wings were spread open, and its nine-colored feathers shimmered in the night with elegance and regal grace as it circled the sky above.
“So beautiful…” Su Qianyun praised it from the bottom of her heart.
Her words echoed everyone’s thoughts.
However, they were suddenly met by a pair of eyes that were filled with enmity.
That’s right; the divine vermilion bird was glaring at them with fury and indignation.
They weren’t idiots, and they immediately figured out what must have happened in an instant upon seeing the Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird’s expression. Everyone was struck by a sense of awkwardness.
Upon closer inspection, many of her glorious feathers were charred and curled, and she was in an extremely disheveled state, not to mention the injuries that she had been afflicted with as well. The Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird was a mythological beast who took great pride in her appearance, and she had been reduced to such an unsightly mess all for her kind-hearted efforts to save their sect leader. How could she not be enraged?!
All of the extermination team members were very guilty and embarrassed as they stood rooted to the spot.
Bai Ling silently put away her Super Heaven Crushing Cannon and didn’t dare to say anything.
At this moment, a few violent coughs dispelled the awkward atmosphere.
Two figures supporting one another emerged from the center of the explosion.
An Lin was in an extremely disheveled state with many burns all over his body, as was the case with Xu Xiaolan. Her luscious, long hair had been reduced to a charred afro, and even her favorite Jade Barley Ink Garment was in tatters.
An Lin looked around at the doomsday scenario around him with a numb expression. “Who am I? Where am I? Why did Mount Buzhou suddenly explode?”
Xu Xiaolan coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood before speculating, “I think it might be one of the Heavenly Mountain God’s spell techniques? It crushed us under the mountain before making the mountain self-detonate…”
An Lin was quite astonished to hear this. “What a vicious spell technique… Eurgh…”
He threw up a mouthful of blood before continuing, “The combination of my Evading Turtle and Heavenly Wind Power, in conjunction with your True Dragon Wall, was barely able to keep the Mount Buzhou seal at bay. Even though we couldn’t escape, we weren’t injured either. To think that Mount Buzhou would suddenly explode and severely wound us through all of our defensive spell techniques! What a terrifying move!”
“The Heavenly Mountain God really is a terrifying being.” Xu Xiaolan shuddered with fear lingering in her heart.
Xuanyuan Cheng and the others couldn’t even bear to look anymore.
Bai Ling was already blushing and had averted her gaze.
The more An Lin and Xu Xiaolan spoke like this, the more embarrassed and guilty they felt!
Thankfully, their sect leader and their stand-in sect leader didn’t know that they were responsible for this. Otherwise, the consequences were unimaginable…
At this moment, a crisp, pleasant voice sounded in the sky above.
“F*ck off! It wasn’t the Heavenly Mountain God! Bai Ling was the one who detonated Mount Buzhou with her f*cking cannon! Look at the state of me…
“All of the other spectating Four Nine Immortal Sect members must be accomplices as well! Otherwise, they wouldn’t just remain silent like this!” The Vermilion Bird Princess flapped her wings and glared at everyone with a thunderous expression.
Boom!
Her words exploded like a clap of thunder, rooting all of the extermination team members to the spot again.
They had thought that they had dodged a bullet, only for the Vermilion Bird Princess to shoot a backup bullet at them!
An Lin and Xu Xiaolan were even more astonished.
“What did she say?” Xu Xiaolan’s eyes widened.
“You did this?” An Lin stared at everyone with incredulity in his eyes.
Su Qianyun was so guilt-ridden and ashamed that her face was as red as a ripe apple.
Bai Ling took a deep breath before retorting with a justified expression, “We did this to save you! If we hadn’t, you would still be stuck under Mount Buzhou! How are you going to defeat your enemies and flex then?!”
An Lin felt like her words were reasonable.
How could he flex if he couldn’t come out?
“But you went way too hard on that cannon blast…” Xu Xiaolan looked at Bai Ling with an indignant expression before turning toward the disoriented An Lin with a sympathetic expression.
Bai Ling harrumphed lightly and absolutely refused to apologize.
She had spent so many resources to save them and even revealed her secret weapon. Apologize? What a joke!
An Lin didn’t really mind as he fully agreed with Bai Ling’s words.
Being sealed under Mount Buzhou until the end of the battle would be an insult to him as the Tamer of Divine Lightning, Lord of Transcendence, Super Heavenly Lightning God, Heavenly Court Chief God, Heavenly Court War God, sect leader of the Four Nine Immortal Sect, and Sword Immortal An Lin!
“Thank you, Big Sister Bai!” An Lin turned toward Bai Ling with an earnest expression.
Bai Ling faltered slightly before a rare gentle expression appeared on her face. “What are you still doing here? Are you trying to imitate us by becoming idle spectators as well?”
An Lin laughed heartily. “You’re not just idle spectators; all of you are extremely important to Xiaolan and me. Without you, we’d still be trapped under the mountain, eating dirt!”
Bai Ling pursed her lips upon being praised.
Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Cheng and the others had burst into laughter. A sect leader like this really gave them a sense of intimacy and comfort. This was the reason why they would rather stay together at the Four Nine Immortal Sect rather than returning to their own respective sects.
“Let’s go, Xiaolan!”
An Lin fed Xiaolan and himself an immortal pill each before both of them turned toward the earth-shattering battlefield again!
Everyone looked on at the two people returning to the battlefield. Even though they both looked quite disheveled, they struck everyone with a sense of reliability.