What?

Everyone was stunned by the plain-skirt lady's words.

Who was she? How come she was so arrogant?

The mysterious figure was an expert from a Tier Four Civilization.

How dare she speak to him like that?

The mysterious figure was enraged by the plain-skirt lady's words. "What an arrogant woman. Clearly, you haven't seen what a true supreme elite is like, but don't worry, I'm going to enlighten you today."

The mysterious figure raised the staff in his hand and began chanting an inscrutable mysterious incantation. The staff in his hand started quivering, and the quivering became more and more intense as he chanted.

Crack!

The sky split open just then, and countless bolts of mysterious purple lightning inundated the battlefield.

The purple lightning bolts were hundreds of meters long and were as thick as pillars.

They pervaded the skies as soon as they appeared, and everyone immediately found it hard to breathe.

Everyone was terrified.

The mysterious figure pointed his divine staff at the plain-skirt lady and commanded, "Destroy her."

Boom!

The purple lightning bolts streaked across the starry sky, making a beeline for the plain-skirt lady.

The elites of the Junlin Civilization and the Asura Civilization were horrified, and they retreated frantically.

Meanwhile, the plain-skirt lady remained calm without making any move.

When the purple lightning bolts were close enough to her, they melted into innumerable light particles before disappearing into nothingness.

No Laws or Dao could approach her.

Everyone present was stunned.

The mysterious figure was taken aback, but he recovered quickly and muttered, "Not bad."

With that, he opened his palm, revealing an ancient-looking beast horn. He chanted a bizarre incantation, and the beast horn in his hands emitted a dim blue light.

The mysterious figure pointed at the sky and roared, "Heaven Gate, open!"

When his voice fell, the beast horn trembled violently, releasing a beam of dim light that shot into the sky.

Rumble!

A spacetime rift manifested, and a dim blue door appeared beyond it.

A terrifying pressure unique from a demonic beast could be felt from within the door.

Boom!

The starry sky became illusory, and everyone could hardly breathe. In fact, the weaker ones collapsed to the ground as soon as the terrifying pressure appeared.

Everyone was terrified. What demonic beast was beyond that gate?

Ye Guan's eyes flashed with curiosity as he eyed the dim blue door. He felt a threat to his life, and it was coming from the gate.

What's in there?

Just then, a vast universe region was revealed beyond the Heaven Gate, and there was a colossal demonic beast in that universe region.

The demonic beast was so massive that it left the crowd stunned.

Ye Guan recognized it immediately. The colossal demonic beast was none other than the Star-Devouring Beast that the mysterious figure had shown them before.

The Star-Devouring Beast was currently perched on a tiny planet.

However, Ye Guan was more shocked to see that the Star-Devouring Beast was still alive rather than the fact that it existed.

Just then, the demonic beast opened its eyes slowly, and its eyes reflected the endless starry skies.

The crowd's hearts were filled with terror upon seeing those eyes.

The demonic beast’s gaze fell on the plain-skirt lady, and it furrowed its brows. Its instincts told it that something was wrong.

The plain-skirt lady stared calmly at it, and the Star-Devouring Beast’s expression changed instantly.

It drew circles with its claws in an effort to close the Heaven Gate.

Everyone was stunned.

"What is it doing?" The mysterious figure was also taken aback. "Beast Master, what are you doing? Please help me kill this woman for the Arcanist Civilization's sake—"

The Star-Devouring Beast suddenly roared, "Get lost! You only call me when you're in trouble, anyway!"

With that, it closed the Heaven Gate, and the beast horn in the mysterious figure's hand shattered into nothingness.

The mysterious figure was dumbfounded along with everyone else.

"What just happened?" The mysterious figure was confused.

Meanwhile, the towering blood corpse beside him frowned deeply while staring at the plain-skirt lady. A sense of unease rose unbidden within him.

Something's wrong! Something's very wrong!

The towering blood corpse couldn't feel the plain-skirt lady's presence at all. She was standing right in front of him, but it felt like she didn't exist. Moreover, his divine sense couldn't approach her at all. At first, he thought the plain-skirt lady had simply employed a technique to hide her presence, but now, it seemed that it wasn't that simple.

The mysterious figure also realized that something was wrong, and the light in his eyes became grim. There was something wrong with the plain-skirt lady!

Looks like I have to use my final trump card.

The mysterious figure decided. He gripped his staff tightly and got ready to make a move.

Just then, the plain-skirt lady turned to look at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan felt nervous and moved closer to Yi Nian. The plain-skirt lady looked at Yi Nian.

Yi Nian's eyelids twitched, and she hurriedly moved closer to Ye Guan.

The two were practically leaning on each other, both feeling anxious.

The plain-skirt lady stared deeply at Yi Nian before looking away to stare at the mysterious figure in the distance.

Crack!

The mysterious figure suddenly crushed the staff in his hand.

Boom!

The staff exploded, releasing countless divine runes that transformed into divine lights before melting into the mysterious figure's forehead.

The mysterious figure's aura surged crazily as hundreds of divine lights melted into his forehead at once.

A terrifying wave of energy rushed out of him like a tidal wave, forcing even the blood corpses next to him to retreat.

The mysterious figure's aura reached its peak, and his cultivation base was just a tad bit short of the Path Creation Realm.

However, the mysterious figure wasn't done just yet. He stepped forward, and an ancient divine statue appeared behind him.

The mysterious figure had decided to summon his divine statue right away.

The star field began collapsing, unable to withstand the mysterious figure's cataclysmic power.

Everyone's expressions changed at the sight.

Taia Tian and Xin Yu cast worried gazes at the plain-skirt lady standing near Ye Guan.

After all, her arrival hadn't caused any energy fluctuations at all, making her seem like a mortal.

"All right," the mysterious figure glared at the plain-skirt lady and said, "Show me what you're made of!"

The mysterious figure lunged forward and pushed his palm toward the plain-skirt lady.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The divine statue behind him mirrored his movement, and a kaleidoscope of spells erupted from the divine statue, transforming into a colossal palm.

The stars nearby collapsed as the palm closed in on the plain-skirt lady.

The plain-skirt lady waved her sleeve, and a sword light flew out to meet the palm.

BOOM!

The colossal palm shattered along with the divine statue, and a sword made out of sword energy pierced the mysterious figure's forehead.

It was over in an instant.

The world fell silent.

In contrast, Ye Guan remained calm, unsurprised.

His plain-skirt aunt never had to attack twice against any of Ye Guan's enemies so far. The distant mysterious figure looked at the plain-skirt lady in disbelief. "Y-y-you must be from the Tianxing Civilization!"

The Tianxing Civilization!

Everyone turned to look at the plain-skirt lady. Could she really be from the Tianxing Civilization?

The plain-skirt lady remained expressionless as she blandly spat, "The Tianxing Civilization? What garbage is that?"

Everyone had no idea what to say.

Yi Nian lowered her head and licked her candied hawthorn. Unbeknownst to everyone, Yi Nian was chanting to herself,

I didn't hear anything... I heard nothing.