Chapters 2989-2996 Spectre Canyon 5

2989 NL agrees, secretly displeased and fearful that YQ is calculating enough to put aside their differences for SL’s sake. While the Empress is furious at the outcome, subconsciously envious SL would have two perfect men going so far for her sake. Suddenly, one of the strongest magical beast waves starts rushing towards them, led by a tiger-serpent hybrid and a dragon-phoenix hybrid, leaving a trail of uprooted trees and dead vegetation. NL rushes towards the tiger-serpent as YQ attacks the dragon-phoenix, competing on who can finish their opponent first. Left to remove the weaker beasts, the Empress deliberately lets several past, smirking since SL will die even with her suitors.

2990 Sensing the beasts, SL prepares to fight, when LXE tells her to run since she needs to protect ZiY and BY, while he stays behind. ZiY despairs at being a burden, while SL reminds LXE to value his life, realizing why the Canyon is so terrifying. Unbeknownst to SL, YH had set 3 modes – simple if she came alone, elite if she came with allies, and death mode if she had allied with an opposing power as well. Magical beasts are also sorted into grades – Mortal, Earth, Divine and God ranked. While NL and YQ were facing the God ranked beasts, there were also 5 Divine ranked beasts only a little weaker than the Empress and LXE.

2991 The Empress had let all 5 Divine ranked beasts pass, while LXE could only stop 3. As the 2 remaining Divine beasts charge towards them, leading the beast wave, SL and the Revered Elders prepare to face them, being unable to outrun them. While ZiY advises SL to teleport, she’s unwilling to abandon her friends.

2992 Hearing SL’s declaration, the elders are terrified of CZ’s reaction, urging her to escape. SL retorts that their deaths aren’t sealed. The two Divine ranked beasts are a Leopard King and Tiger King, who order the other beasts to surround them. Demonic Clan members are also mixed into SL’s group since surviving is more important. Recognizing SL as their leader, the two Divine beasts leap towards her, only to fight amongst themselves over the right to slay her, as SL backs away. Since the rest of the group are preoccupied with their own opponents, SL only has ZL to protect her. The leopard leaps towards her as the tiger sneaks up behind, when SL steps aside, allowing the leopard’s strike to hit the tiger each time.

2993 However ZiY and BY are struggling, while WH barely manages to keep up, relying on brute force. Unable to disturb the little dragon, SL notices her Spirit Gathering Tree had undergone another mutation. Its trunk is now 10 times as wide, while its vines became emerald green. While her war puppet now has a progress bar and is at 99%. SL had wanted to use the puppet, when the SGT cries for her to use it instead, and SL takes it out of her space. The SGT grabs the leopard’s hands, preventing it from attacking, as SL uses the GST on him. The leopard pulls away, causing SL to cut the SGT’s vines along with the leopard’s hand. The SGT assures SL it’s fine, when she notices ZL struggling against the tiger, only able to defend.

2994 SL sends her SGT to help him, knowing she can’t finish her opponent in time, however ZL is still at a disadvantage. Unable to hold for long, SL places her hopes on the war puppet, when the elders start faltering, and several beasts corner WH. Recalling she can still call CZ, she takes out the CLD, when the war puppet successfully advances. SL takes it out of her space as the leopard leaps towards her.

2995 Having acknowledged SL as its master, the war puppet directly punches the leopard and is more than a match for it, as SL races to help WH. Suddenly, the little dragon also breaks through, barely awake when SL places it on the SGT to support ZL. The SGT trips the tiger, as the little dragon smashing his skull. The war puppet manages to twist the leopard’s head, causing the beasts to flee, having lost their leaders.

2996 However SL’s team is seriously injured, with only 3 of the elders surviving. Since SL only has 10 Imperial ranked blood clotting pills remaining, she feeds them to ZL, WH, BY, ZiY, as well as XZE since his injuries are the worst, mixing it with CSW. SL despairs since LXE and NL still haven’t returned, when she notices the ground rotating and senses danger. Since she needs to guard her friends, SL sends her spirit pets to scout, when they return, warning her not to stay. Since living beings can’t enter her space, SL can’t transport her team away.

Notes

  • BY – Beichen Ying
  • ZiY – Zi Yan (Purgatory City’s Holy Maiden)
  • WH – Wei Hua
  • ZL – Shang (Purgatory City Guard Captain)
  • YH – Yan Hua (Su Luo’s real mother)
  • CZ – Long Qing Tian; Cheng Zhu of Purgatory City; SL’s godfather
  • LXE – Lan Xiang Elder (Main Elder)
  • XZE – Xia Zi (Casket) Elder
  • YQ – Demon Lord, Ouyang Yun Qi (3rd Prince of Western Jin; SL’s ex from her past life)

Spiritual Pets

  • SGT – Spirit Gathering Tree; 3rd mutation of SL’s LRB tree
  • LSF – Little Sable-Fox (Xiao Hu Diao)
  • Red War Puppet
  • Little Dragon – Little Divine Dragon (Meng Meng)

Other

  • CSW – Celestial Spring Water
  • BCP – Blood Clotting Pill (Ning Xie Dan)
  • GST – Goddess Sword Technique (Shen Nu Jian Fa)
  • CLD – City Lord’s Decree