Chapter 110: Methods to break the impasse

"What's going on? What happened?" Li Qi quickly rushed out and brought her back.

In the distance, the three powerful figures were still fighting, the scene magnificent, the battlefield spanning hundreds of miles. Fortunately, it hadn't reached this canyon, so Li Qi was temporarily safe.

As for Shen Shuibi, after returning, she first gasped for a few breaths, then said to Li Qi, "Li Qi... Empress Luofu is really in danger. That one over there isn't Empress Luofu, it's Yang Ning!"

"Yang Ning is just like me... she's Empress Luofu's—" Shen Shuibi was about to introduce.

Li Qi immediately interrupted, "I know, Yang Ning, the essence of the sun. That demon already introduced her. Get to the point."

"Mm, Empress Luofu isn't dead, but she's extremely weak. Who knows how many years it will take for her to recover. And the one over there now is Yang Ning bluffing. It's just that Yang Ning's injuries are also very serious, and she probably isn't a match for these two monsters."

Li Qi was about to say something, but Shen Shuibi covered Li Qi's mouth and said very seriously, "Don't speak yet, let me speak. This kind of power isn't something you can withstand. Don't think about it with your methods. Divine Abilities above the Sixth Rank are simply inconceivable and incomprehensible to you."

"I've already thought of a way. I'll give you Empress Luofu's honorific name, which can directly point to Empress Luofu's remaining true spirit. At that time, you set up an altar, using me as a sacrifice. Although my cultivation has dissipated, my rank is still there. Your sacrifice, with me as the 'offering,' can help Empress Luofu's true spirit temporarily recover. As long as Empress Luofu recovers even a little bit of power, the crisis can be resolved," Shen Shuibi said very solemnly.

"What about you!? No, this won't do. There must be other ways." Li Qi was anxious upon hearing this.

Using Shen Shuibi as an 'offering' didn't that mean letting Shen Shuibi die?

Sacrificing Shen Shuibi through a ritual to gain Empress Luofu's temporary recovery—he couldn't possibly accept such a thing.

"There are no other ways!" Shen Shuibi was very anxious. "Look over there, Yang Ning's injuries are no lighter than mine. She can't hold on much longer." Shen Shuibi pointed to the scene not far away.

Over there, armies clashed, and the weakest among them were genuine demons, capable of easily killing dozens of people, becoming a nightmare for an entire region.

But these were merely the weakest; there were also other Ninth-Rank, Eighth-Rank, and even Seventh-Rank demons wantonly unleashing their Divine Abilities, directing their firepower at the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

The ground was already completely cracked, the rock layers groaning! The impact waves from landings created continuous solid waves spreading forward on the ground!

Under the immense power, the earth and rock layers rippled like water, creating massive wave-like shockwaves that spread for several kilometers, forming an incredible crater!

The earth directly collapsed, winds and clouds surged, the sun and moon were obscured, and even the mountains seemed to tremble endlessly, their Qi seemingly wailing. The residual flames scorched the entire sky, and thick, acrid black smoke swirled in the sky like beacon smoke.

Crimson battle Qi, like fiery clouds, stretched across the sky, as if the firmament had been neatly brushed with a layer of red paint.

More than half of the sky turned blood-red, the sun like a hole in the sky, a wound in the sky, from which an endless stream of fresh blood gushed out, staining the horizon.

Within a hundred-mile radius, Divine Abilities flew everywhere. A Heavenly General's halberd cleaved through hundreds of meters of giant rock, but it only managed to scratch a giant bear demon general. That giant bear demon general leaped up abruptly, and the seismic waves unleashed upon landing subtly carried demonic power, causing dozens of Heavenly Soldiers to directly dissipate into white smoke.

The golden light on the Heavenly Soldiers' bodies had turned purplish-gold, not because it was cool, but because the "Curse Demon Great King" in the sky was casting a spell, using sorcery to make them like Puppets, their bodies stiff and their combat power greatly reduced.

Purple insect poison was eroding the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals' protective golden light. In a while, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals would probably be completely defeated.

However, at this speed, it would likely take more than half a day.

Li Qi understood, which meant he only had a little over half a day left.

Perhaps Yang Ning had other ways to hold on for a while, but it definitely wouldn't be for too long.

"There must be other ways. Give me fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes. It won't delay things, and I'll definitely be able to come up with a solution," Li Qi said, holding onto Shen Shuibi.

However, what he was thinking was, if there really was no other way, he would forcibly take Shen Shuibi and escape.

Shen Shuibi would inevitably resent him for it, but he had no choice.

To personally kill Shen Shuibi and then use her as a 'sacrifice'—he couldn't do it. Even if it meant turning against Shen Shuibi afterward, he absolutely could not do this thing.

And Shen Shuibi also knew that fifteen minutes wouldn't affect the overall situation, so she waited for Li Qi.

It's just that normally she was very patient, often staring blankly for several hours without feeling bored.

But now, in just fifteen minutes, she repeatedly looked at the battlefield and Li Qi, her heart anxious and impatient, wishing time would quickly burn away and fast-forward several times.

Li Qi, however, wished time would slow down as much as possible, allowing him to think more, to ponder more.

What cards did he have to play?

Currently, the only thing he could rely on was Shaman God Mountain, but Shaman God Mountain was too far away, probably not something he could count on.

But such a matter shouldn't require Shaman God Mountain to personally intervene. If he had a way to communicate with Shaman God Mountain... given Empress Luofu's importance, there would definitely be true Grand Diviners making a move from afar to slap these two little bastards to death.

But how to communicate with Shaman God Mountain?

The Grand Diviners found it difficult to calculate Empress Luofu's location because her rank was too high.

Nor could they predict his arrival, because he was an outsider, difficult to divine. This was why Young Master Zhu had him come. An outsider coming would not cause Empress Luofu to misunderstand, thinking Shaman God Mountain was here to take advantage of the situation.

As for divining Shen Shuibi, that was meaningless, because Young Master Zhu had already planted a chess piece on Shen Shuibi in advance, indicating that they also knew Shen Shuibi was not by Empress Luofu's side. The meaning of the layout was to have Shen Shuibi find Empress Luofu. Now she had found her, but Young Master Zhu probably hadn't anticipated that Empress Luofu would encounter a survival crisis.

So, in summary, given the current situation, there was no way to directly communicate with Shaman God Mountain.

Then what to do?

What assistance could be factored in? What could make Shaman God Mountain notice?

Wait, just now, when those two demons were bragging, didn't they say, "Within a thousand miles of White Snake Mountain, my two brothers and I are in charge. Even the Prefect can only stay behind closed city gates."

Then, this means that right now, there are at least two other existences who should be able to help him, and are willing to help him!

The Prefect of White Snake Prefecture, and the White Snake Mountain God!

These two, presumably, were being suppressed by the Curse Demon Great King and the Bear Kill Great King. But what if they appeared now and helped him contact Shaman God Mountain?!