Journey to the End of the Night Chapter 1708 - 1021: Interception

Seeing his awkward appearance, Ying Ji didn’t feel too much surprise or disappointment.

Indeed, time cannot change anything on Baili Yu.

After all, Ying Ji no longer harbors any naive fantasies about him.

Two hundred years ago it was like this, and she doesn’t believe it would have changed in these two hundred years.

That he would reconsider the "unorthodox ways" he has always despised because of that matter.

Baili Yu has always prided himself on bearing the responsibility of protecting all living beings in the world.

But now, Ying Ji truly doesn’t know what that sword in his hand can still protect.

Back then, there was no response, just an empty sigh of time flowing like water, the sense of mission once shared with him to aid all beings has indeed become unfamiliar and distant.

Ridiculous that someone like herself, once a ruler, could be bewitched by such feelings.

The ambition for the blue clouds never required sharing the burden with others to fulfill.

Attempting to rely on others to achieve the dream of all beings.

This feeling, looking back now, indeed seems quite unappealing.

Ying Ji smiled faintly, her gaze no longer lingering on Baili Yu’s figure.

She raised her head, the dark blue giant hole in the suspended space flickering with lightning lighting up her face.

Her garments flapped loudly in the cold wind of the seabed.

Her profile was serene, facing such a deadlock, yet her state of mind was calm and fearless.

"Rumble!!!!!" The dark blue void above seemed to collapse like a sky falling, this terrifying force, as if the chaos had just begun, and doomsday calamity descended.

But all of this, in Ying Ji’s eyes, seemed as light as a feather.

Blood streaming from her palm like flowing water and sand, transforming into soft and tenacious blood-red threads, weaving a massive net.

From that enormous void, stretching and spreading out, trying to pierce through the sea demon’s different evil magic of this Soul Punishment Tomb.

Not a single one was missed, all were embraced upon it.

Ying Ji’s face was as pale as paper, setting off her extremely dark hair and extremely red dress, her frail and thin body supporting the wide robe.

She swayed precariously in the chaotic wind, in this vast background about to collapse, she seemed like a scenery delicately painted by the brightest strokes in this world.

"Ying Ji..." Baili Yu’s vision was blown chaotic by the wind, looking at her with a dazed expression.

Though close at hand, yet seemed separated by two worlds.

"Hexagrams lead azure bones, divine guardians of the netherworld, perform travel of god. Mystical paths of bewilderment, listen to my soul, millions of heroic spirits following the corpses, hear my summons!"

Ying Ji sprinkled blood with one hand, her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened the left eye, mystic and profound, accompanied by the obscure ancient summoning incantation.

Behind her body, where her hair danced gracefully.

Netherworld Gate opens wide, walk the Yellow Springs!

Millions of heroic spirits cross over, led by the ruler of the Four Seals of Central Netherworld, arrayed in the four directions, transforming into soldiers on standby.

Baili Yu’s eyes widened in shock, suddenly realizing what she wanted to do, his heart clenched, shouting urgently:

"You’re crazy! Opening the ’Path of Hundred Mystical Involvements!’, are you planning to be trapped forever in the realm of aimless time?"

The Path of Hundred Mystical Involvements is a secret banishing technique of the Nine Nethers.

By opening this realm, time within the realm can be halted, thus achieving eternal within the enclosed world.

Back during the long-standing war between good and evil in the Mortal World, Baili Yu had seen her perform this technique.

Although because she opened the Path of Hundred Mystical Involvements, the war was turned into a decisive victory.

However, after this battle, she too suffered from excessive body load, resulting in the shattering of her Spirit Core, and it was extremely dangerous.

Later, with the help of the Master of Immortal Mountain in Penglai, she was aided, sent to Moon Spring for recovery, and slowly nursed her body back to health.

Now, without her Spirit Core, she dares to act so recklessly!

Baili Yu’s gaze hardened with anger, holding his sword aloft, intending to stop her.

The sea domain echoed, yet in the blink of an eye, it was as if a millennium had passed.

The blood threads within the space suddenly collapsed into rain, scattered, falling into the earth.

Ying Ji’s figure floated slowly, the vast Netherworld Gate behind her gradually closing.

Millions of heroic warriors also with their worn-out weaponry, striking a triumphant return, retreating into the Netherworld Gate.

The dark blue abyss above, which was about to sink, also became calm, deep, and empty.

The atmosphere clarified for a moment like the nighttime sky of the Mortal World, the aura of evil spirits and demons was cleansed thoroughly.

Seeing this scene, Baili Yu was struck dumb in shock: "In just a moment..."

No, that’s not right.

His eyes trembled as he looked at the ribbon of snow-colored silver quietly swaying amidst Ying Ji’s ink-dyed black hair.

Baili Yu’s pupils contracted sharply, for a moment feeling the blood surge, his heart seized with fear.

The power of the Path of Hundred Mystical Involvements lies in its ability to transcend the Time Law of this world, eternally trapping enemies within one’s own realm.

The opening of the Netherworld Gate in that moment, feared that in her ’World Time’, thousands of years had already passed.

It’s unknown how long she had led millions of heroic spirits in battling the unending sea demons and exotic beasts within the Mystical Path.

Within the vast ocean abyss above, there was not a trace of evil spirit demon energy to be seen.

She used a moment in the present world to frivolously squander millennia upon millennia.

If it weren’t for her carrying the bloodline of a Venerable Immortal, as the daughter of Taiyin, even Immortals from the Upper Pure Realm couldn’t withstand such an expenditure of lifespan.

Moreover, the Spirit Core within her was long gone, how could this body endure the consumption of the Path of Hundred Mystical Involvements.

Baili Yu’s heart pounded like boiling fire, he quickly stepped forward, gathering Spiritual Power in his palm to channel it to her.

"This is too reckless, you are the Empress of the Central Netherworld.

This is Shifang City, not the territory of the Central Netherworld, there are no citizens of yours here, why do you fight so desperately?"

Ying Ji waved her hand away to block his hand, refusing his kindness.