I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 418 The Sharpening Stone (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Deep in the Qingming Forest.

Hong Li, clutching the blanket meticulously tanned from the skin of a three-eyed white tiger, had been sitting listlessly on the throne in her cave for seven days.

Seven days!

Seven whole days!

Hongli lowered her head, her pair of bright red fox ears drooping listlessly in her hair, and her three fluffy tails hanging limply at her feet.

She stroked the tiger-skin blanket again and again, her pride completely overwhelmed by resentment and disappointment.

"Bad woman!"

Hongli gritted her teeth and growled at the empty cave.

"Knowing I want to go back, you deliberately refused to write! You're waiting to see me bow my head, aren't you? You want to laugh at me, aren't you? Humph! I won't! I, Hong Li, am very powerful and domineering outside, ruling like a queen, having a great time!"

Hongli grew angrier as she spoke, tears welling up in her emerald eyes, yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Several bold old fox demons cautiously approached, and seeing their king's obvious distress yet forced composure, they couldn't help but whimper in a high-pitched voice.

"Shut up!" Hongli suddenly looked up. "Who...who's homesick? I'm not that wretched woman's mount. She needs me now, not the other way around! I won't go back unless she writes to me begging, so she won't think I'm not doing well out there! You all remember this, I'm doing very well, exceptionally well!"

Hong Li became more and more excited as she spoke, her excitement causing her to lose control of her inner fire.

"A tattered blanket!"

Hongli jumped up, threw the blanket in her arms on the ground, kicked it, and stormed out.

"I'm going back right now to beat her up before I come back. I, the mighty Fox Demon King, will not tolerate this humiliation!"

The surrounding fox demons exchanged bewildered glances, unsure whether their proud king was sulking or serious.

But seeing Hong Li charging out of the cave with such ferocity, he could only whimper and hurriedly follow.

Hongli led a group of foxes out of the cave with great momentum, but before they had run a few steps, a great change occurred in the mountains.

Suddenly, the three giant sword phantoms, suspended in the clouds like ancient divine pillars, unleashed an unimaginable and vast divine power.

The sea of ​​clouds that had been slowly flowing around the giant swords exploded like boiling water, and a dazzling blue light suddenly shone in the sky, centered on the three giant swords.

Immediately, countless beams of cyan light spread rapidly in all directions like a spider web.

Wherever the azure light passed, space froze, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was forcibly manipulated and drawn together.

An incredibly large, ancient, and solemn cyan barrier is rapidly taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It resembles a giant, inverted glass bowl, seemingly about to completely envelop this vast and boundless Qingming Forest.

"This is……"

Hong Li's anger froze instantly as an extremely ominous premonition swept over her, making her feel cold all over. She could clearly feel the terrifying binding power and... ruthless will contained within the barrier.

"not good!"

Before Hong Li finished speaking, the light on the three giant swords suddenly intensified, as if billions of stars had lit up at the same time.

Countless fine sword lights, like locusts swarming across the land, separated from the three giant sword phantoms.

Dense and overwhelming, with unparalleled sharpness and icy will, it poured down madly into the vast and boundless Azure Forest below!

Hong Li's pupils shrank drastically, and her scalp instantly exploded!

"Run! Get back to the cave! Everyone hide!!"

In the vast forest, all the beasts fled!
Even the powerful demon king, who usually lay in wait, fled his lair in panic, trying to escape this catastrophic disaster that had fallen from the sky.

Panic screams and desperate roars instantly resounded through the sky. But all of this was laughably futile in the face of the sword lights falling like meteors.

Those small swords ignored the obstruction of the rocks and pierced through the canopy of trees. Like invisible ghosts, they accurately and silently hit the fleeing figures one by one!

puff!puff!
The subtle sounds rose and fell in the forest.

A giant bear demon king, as strong as a mountain and at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, had just smashed through the ancient tree blocking its path when the sword light pierced directly into its head.

Its massive body suddenly stopped, and the desire to escape vanished from its eyes in an instant.

Then, it roared to the sky, its bewilderment completely swallowed by a bloodthirsty glint.

A brightly colored bird froze and fell the instant the sword light grazed its wing. After rolling several times on the ground, it struggled to its feet.

The bird's normally lively eyes were now filled with a bloodshot madness, and it let out a mournful cry.

In an instant!
As if an unseen hand had activated some kind of mechanism, the entire Azure Forest Sea descended into utter madness.

Regardless of their cultivation level or race, countless demonic beasts controlled by the sword light had bloodshot eyes, their reason collapsed, and only the most primitive and brutal killing instinct remained!
They no longer flee, but instead frantically patrol their respective territories, waiting for someone to appear who can unleash their bloodlust.

Hong Li used her divine sense to detect the changes in the surrounding demonic beasts, and her teeth chattered.

"They intend to use all the demonic beasts in the entire Azure Forest as whetstones for those sword cultivators to compete for the rankings!!"

A chill ran straight to Hong Li's head, and a burning anger raged in her heart, making her tremble all over.

She finally understood what this so-called 'Sword Dao Heavenly Ranking' event meant to those high and mighty human cultivators...

A grand blood sacrifice, using ten thousand demons as fuel and the forest as an altar!
Throughout history, this has always been the case for humankind!
Anger and fear nearly drove Hongli to madness; Jiang Yi's image flashed through her mind...

Just then, a series of sharp, piercing sounds came from the air, leaving Hongli no time to think.

Hundreds of tiny sword lights had already locked onto Hong Li and the others' location, tearing through the air and shooting towards them.

"Get away!"

With a sharp cry, Hong Li unleashed three crimson phantoms that instantly transformed into blooming fiery lotuses, blocking the path of the fleeing fox demons!
However, the sword intent contained in those tiny sword lights was too terrifying, and it directly pierced through the burning flames!
puff puff!

Behind Hong Li, the little white fox she loved most suddenly stiffened, its bright eyes instantly filled with crimson and madness.

Hong Li was struck dumb, and the shock on her face froze instantly.

Then, it was like a plague outbreak!
The group of fox spirits she knew, who had accompanied her for ten years, who revered and relied on her, fell one after another, only to struggle and get back up.

The familiar awe and brilliance in their eyes vanished, leaving only a heartbreaking, irrational, bloodthirsty red light.

"asshole!"

Hongli couldn't hold back her tears, not because of fear, but because of immense grief and helplessness.

Just then, several small swords rushed towards Hong Li, meeting her tear-filled, red eyes. However, the swords stopped abruptly in front of her and did not penetrate her consciousness.

The small swords seemed confused and bewildered. After hovering there for a moment, they bypassed Hong Li and went far away to search for other monsters in the forest.

Hongli collapsed to the ground, not knowing why she had escaped death. But as she watched the fox demons who had been with her for ten years fighting each other violently, Hongli wiped away her tears and stood up again.

She rushed forward, knocking the fox demons unconscious one by one, then threw them all into her cave and sealed it tightly.

After finishing these tasks, Hong Li pressed the fist-sized green wooden cauldron hanging at her waist, and without any further hesitation, she transformed into a shadow and sped toward the edge of the forest.

She had to find Jiang Yi; only she could help them!

(End of this chapter)