At this moment, Li had no idea that Ling Ying and Eliza had long since laid a heaven's net all around.

As a terrifying powerhouse from the Demon Realm, she had never taken Ling Ying and Eliza seriously in her heart. Her figure flickered once, and she had already arrived in Yang Tian's room.

Yang Tian was currently cultivating inside the Weed Ring. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

He could not sense the Spirit Breath Waves outside the Array, but he could sense the Spirit Breath Waves within it.

The moment Li arrived, Yang Tian opened his eyes. "Demoness, what are you doing here!"

"Yang Tian, you made me search so hard for you!" Li activated her Demon Sense and probed Yang Tian's body for a moment, then said coldly, "I don't have much time. Hand over the Holy Pearl, and I will leave the Human Realm!"

"Chen Xiaoli, you still refuse to give up!"

Yang Tian's face was ice-cold.

"I can't be bothered to talk nonsense with you!"

The moment Li and Yang Tian met, the air was already filled with gunpowder. She circulated her Spiritual Breath and spat out; a Demon Sword shot forth.

Her body trembled slightly, and a pair of translucent wings appeared on her back.

The wings only gave a light shake, and a demonic wind howled forth, striking toward Yang Tian, while Li, gripping the Demon Sword, lunged in swiftly.

Yang Tian stepped back, and the Holy Sword inside the Weed Ring flew out, blocking Li's Demon Sword.

What made Yang Tian frown was that Li's Demon Sword was extremely fragile. The moment it clashed with the Holy Sword, it shattered apart, turning into swarms of Hua Butterflies.

Yang Tian struck out with a palm, blasting all the Hua Butterflies to pieces.

But very soon, he realized something was wrong. These Hua Butterflies had not died; on the contrary, they kept fluttering, as if they were absorbing Yang Tian's Spiritual Breath.

"Flower Dance, rise!"

Li pressed lightly with her hand.

Bang!

The swarm of Hua Butterflies began to dance, rapidly condensing into a figure. When Yang Tian saw that figure clearly, he shouted coldly, "Chen Xiaoli, what are you trying to do!"

"You'll find out soon enough!"

Li replied with a cold line. With a wave of her hand, that figure became fully distinct—it was actually identical to Yang Tian.

This was exactly Li using the Hua Butterflies to absorb Yang Tian's Spiritual Breath, then using Illusion to create a clone identical to Yang Tian.

She shot Yang Tian a cold glance, and with a shake of her hand, a Demon Needle appeared between her fingers.

Swoosh!

The Demon Needle stabbed directly into the clone, piercing straight into the center of its chest.

In that instant, Yang Tian felt a stab of pain in his chest, his whole body going weak, rigidly frozen in place.

Although the Demon Needle had pierced into the clone Li had created, the power it generated was acting on Yang Tian's real body.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Li's hand trembled again, and three more Demon Needles shot at the cloned body of Yang Tian. This time, Li stabbed them into its forehead.

Yang Tian clearly felt himself losing control over his body.

His consciousness was extremely clear, but his body no longer obeyed his will.

He was slightly shocked. "Chen Xiaoli, what Demon Technique is this?"

"Of course it's the most terrifying Demon Technique of my Hua Butterfly!" Li said with smug pride, then waved her hand. "Yang Tian, spit out the Holy Pearl!"

Yang Tian's body, against his own will, spat out that Holy Pearl.

Seeing the Holy Pearl, Li's eyes were full of excitement. She reached out and grabbed it in her palm. Without lingering, she turned and sped outward.

"Chen Xiaoli, you think you can just walk away with the Holy Pearl?"

A cold shout suddenly rang out from behind her—it was Yang Tian's voice.

Li looked back and saw Yang Tian's body ablaze from within. A Spirit Breath Seal suddenly shot out, and with a boom, the clone Li had created was shattered to pieces by the Soul Seal.

Yang Tian regained his ability to move. He stretched out a hand and pressed toward Li.

The Holy Pearl let out a whoosh and flew back toward Yang Tian.

"Yang Tian, you broke my Demon Technique just by using a Soul Seal?"

Li was utterly shocked.

You have to know, this Demon Technique was something Li had created herself. In the Demon Realm it was enough to make other Demon Spirits turn pale at its name, yet here at Yang Tian's hands, it was so vulnerable.

Moreover, Li realized that even if she obtained the Holy Pearl, she could not truly possess it.

The Holy Pearl already bore Yang Tian's Soul Mark. With just a single thought, the Holy Pearl would fly back to him.

She shook her head. "I have to think of a way to erase the Soul Mark on the Holy Pearl in a short time! Forget it, today ends here. I'll come back another day to seize the Holy Pearl!"

She gave Yang Tian one last look, then flew outward, intending to leave this place.

But just then, a thunderous roar descended from the sky. "Demoness, you can't escape!"

Li raised her head and saw a Magic Staff falling from the heavens. The staff looked ordinary, but the Spiritual Breath inside it was boiling, like a black hole, constantly gathering Mana.

Li only needed a single glance to know that the Mana inside was all Vampire Mana.

She suddenly said, "Eliza, this Magic Staff is yours, isn't it? You're planning to use it to gather all the Vampires' Mana and blast me to death, aren't you?"

"Demoness, you guessed right. This Magic Staff was forged especially to deal with you!"

Eliza's crisp shout echoed in midair.

The Vampire Magic Staff erupted in a burst of light that shot toward the sky. With a boom, it exploded, and the entire mass of dark clouds began to churn.

But very quickly, surges of powerful Mana gushed out from within the dark clouds, pouring into the Vampire Magic Staff.

The Mana of Vampires from all over the world surged like rivers, converging into the Vampire Magic Staff.

"Demoness, today is the day you die!"

The Vampire Magic Staff unleashed a terrifying strike.

Under that strike, even Li was shattered in an instant. The violent attack smashed hard into the ground, carving out a massive crater.

Soon, the Vampire Magic Staff fell silent.

All that Mana could only sustain a single blow—but that one blow shook heaven and earth, making ghosts and gods weep.

When the dust around them finally settled, Ling Ying and Eliza flew down, landing in front of Yang Tian. "Yang, did you see that? We've killed the Demoness. You don't have to guard against her anymore!"

Yang Tian's expression was extremely complicated.

On one hand, he felt Li was a cunning and selfish Demoness. On the other hand, he felt a kind of mutual admiration for her—after all, it would be hard to ever encounter such a terrifying opponent again.

"Dead is dead…" Yang Tian finally shook his head. He was about to say more when his brows furrowed; he sensed a powerful Demon Breath boiling in midair. He raised his head to look up at the sky and said, "The Demoness isn't dead yet…"

"She isn't dead yet?"

Ling Ying and Eliza frowned and looked up into the sky. When they saw those surging waves of powerful Demon Breath in the heavens, the two women realized that trouble was coming…