How many times does a normal person have to die in the world of cultivation?

Li Xiaoxiao did not retract his sword as he watched a black egg engraved with strange runes slowly emerge from the black mist surging in Ling Nanyan's abdomen.

Her cold face was reflected on the surface of the eggshell, forming a sharp contrast with the shock in the other person's eyes.

"You can deceive my sea of ​​consciousness by imitating Ling Nanyan, but the mark of the contract will not lie." She flicked her finger towards the hot contract pattern, and golden blood suddenly burst into chains, entangling the struggling black shadow in the black mist. "The real Nanyan can't be here, and you..."

Before she finished her words, the black egg exploded, and countless translucent tentacles wrapped around her sword like living things.

Li Xiaoxiao flew backwards on tiptoe, but saw that the remains of the monsters on the ground suddenly trembled collectively, and the seeping black blood condensed into a huge human face in the air - it was the figure she saw before she fainted!

"As expected of you, you are the vessel chosen by the Heaven." The human face showed its white fangs, and the voice made Li Xiaoxiao's eardrums hurt. "But do you think you can escape after seeing through your disguise? Those fragments have already bound your soul to the portal."

The blood-colored vortex suddenly twisted violently, and a giant claw covered with scales stretched out from it and headed straight for Li Xiaoxiao's back.

At the critical moment, the contract mark on her wrist burst out with dazzling golden light, turning into a protective shield that shattered the giant claw.

The half of the bell fragment automatically floated in the air and merged with the other half in the hexagram formation in the distance.

Amid the buzzing sound, the space of the entire wasteland began to collapse.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at the corner of the snow-white clothes that became increasingly clear in the air, and suddenly remembered the ancient secret that Bu Yan had once told her - whenever the barrier of space falls off, a "gatekeeper" will appear.

She held the bell tightly and rushed towards the vortex like an arrow. When the black mist tentacles were about to catch up, she grabbed the snow-white sleeve.

Severe pain instantly swept through his body, and Li Xiaoxiao felt that his soul was being torn apart by some force.

A pale hand suddenly emerged from under the snow-white sleeves, and its five fingers clasped the contract mark on Li Xiaoxiao's wrist like an iron clamp. The golden light and the black mist collided with each other at the moment of contact, causing countless spots of light to explode in front of her eyes.

In her chaotic state, she heard the crisp sound of chains breaking. The golden blood chains that were originally wrapped around the black shadow suddenly disintegrated bit by bit, turning into stardust and sinking into the depths of the vortex.

"Let go! You are not the gatekeeper!" Li Xiaoxiao wanted to pull back his arm, but found that his body was restrained by an invisible force.

A biting chill came from the other party's sleeves, and the lines on the contract mark began to fade wherever it passed.

More scaly claws emerged from the blood-red vortex, tearing at the corners of her clothes, while in the distance a human face condensed from black blood was laughing wildly.

"The vessel chosen by the heavens? What a joke." The man in white finally turned around, revealing half of his face covered with spider web cracks under the mask. A rune identical to the one in the black egg was embedded in his right eye. "The gatekeeper has long been dead. The one standing in front of the crack now just wants to borrow your key to open the passage."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a burning sensation on the back of his neck.

The burning sensation on the back of his neck was like a poisonous snake bite, and a strange picture suddenly emerged in front of Li Xiaoxiao's eyes: countless glowing fragments were pieced together into a huge formation in the air, and a beating black heart was suspended in the center of the formation, and every beat caused space vibrations.

She and the man in white were being pulled by invisible threads, moving slowly towards the heart.

"So... this is your purpose." Li Xiaoxiao gritted his teeth, and the spiritual power in his body circulated wildly, trying to break free from the confinement.

The spiritual power was like a sharp sword, instantly cutting off some of the scales and claws that were wrapped around her body.

Li Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity and punched the man in white in the face.

The other party sneered, raised his hand and easily grabbed her punch which contained terrifying power.