The powerful Saint Realm practitioner of Divine Maiden Sect cried out in terror, as if she had already seen the trembling scene of the icefield, and even turned around with despair in her eyes to look at Li Chiyao and the others, utterly dejected, saying, "It’s over, it’s all over, Divine Maiden Sect will no longer exist, hahaha, hahahahaha—!!!"
After speaking, this Divine Maiden Sect’s Saint Realm practitioner laughed up to the sky, her laughter filled with extreme sorrow and despair. Instead of choosing to warn others, she walked despondently in the opposite direction.
Li Chiyao and the others watched this scene, all standing there stunned.
However, at the same time.
In the northernmost region of the Hundred Broken Mountain Range.
Deep within the vast icefield, inside a very secretive underground Snow Hall beneath the expansive domain of the Divine Sect’s mountain gate.
Piercing screams of women filled the entire underground world.
What could be seen was a beautiful figure imprisoned in the void, her face contorted with agony, the excruciating pain nearly causing her delicate body to faint, trembling uncontrollably from the torment.
However, this underground world seemed to be engulfed in layers of restrictions, for whenever the figure fainted, a terrifying force would awaken her, creating an endless cycle.
This girl was none other than Ye Xiaofan’s sister, Ye Xiaoyue.
Yet at this moment, beneath Ye Xiaoyue stood several figures, all coldly observing the tormented soul above enduring the agony of ten thousand insects devouring her heart, as if they were watching a grand theater performance, even supremely enjoying it.
"Ye Xiaoyue, oh Ye Xiaoyue, why do this to yourself? Wouldn’t it be better to obediently condense your Spiritual Essence? Why must you endure such heart-devouring pain? I really don’t know what you’re holding on for. Are you waiting for your dead brother to rescue you? Or for the Sword Saint to take you away?"
"Hehehehehe...."
As one Divine Maiden finished speaking, the other female cultivators laughed aloud, filled with an extremely arrogant and mocking tone.
"Ye, don’t indulge in wishful thinking, your brother might already be a cold corpse by now. Do you really expect him to shake my Divine Maiden Sect?"
"Are you talking about that Ye Xiaofan? I know him, he’s just a country bumpkin from Star Moon City, merely an ant before the Divine Maiden Sect. Does he really think a bit of talent can turn the world around?"
"Ye Xiaoyue, you’d better obediently condense your Spiritual Essence. Once you do, won’t everything be over?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, it’s truly pitiful, wanting to commit suicide but unable to, her whole body is restrained, even her tongue has been placed under a restriction by the Elder, wanting to bite her tongue to commit suicide is but a luxury. I don’t understand, why are you still holding on?"
"Obediently condense your Spiritual Essence and offer this Divine Body to the Sect Leader, that’s the root of ending your pain. The Sect Leader said if you condense your Spiritual Essence, she might allow you to go out and pay respects to your deceased brother. Don’t you want to see him one last time?"
Many female cultivators of the Divine Maiden Sect laughed coldly, continuously attempting to persuade Ye Xiaoyue, but seeing her unmoved, one of the female cultivators immediately narrowed her eyes and gestured slightly to a female cultivator beside her.
Then the latter took out a Qiankun Bag, instantly releasing countless terrifying Heart-devouring Worms, with each representing a nightmare, rising into the air, following a faint light halo, swiftly entering the girl’s body.
Suddenly.
"Ah———!!!"
The girl let out a chillingly desperate scream to the sky, as though she could no longer endure the pain of thousands of insects devouring her heart, she immediately fainted.
And at the moment of her fainting, two drops of tears slowly slid down from the corner of her eyes, murmuring softly in her final moments, "Xiaofan...?"
It was evident that those were Ye Xiaoyue’s tears of sorrow, in comparison to the stabbing pain of her body, she was now more dead inside, every time she thought of her brother who couldn’t escape his fate of demise, how despairing and heartbroken she felt.
However, as soon as the girl fainted, an overwhelming force gathered from all directions, forcibly awakening her, causing the terrifying screams to once again resound in this underground world.
As those two falling tears hit the ground, far away beyond endless mountains and rivers, the quickly approaching Ye Xiaofan couldn’t help but look up.
A snowflake turned bitter water drop fell at the corner of his eye, as if the siblings sensed something, their hearts suddenly ached, their eyes filled with endless sorrow.