Most of the time, Qi Xuansu was a lone wolf. If there was anyone he shared the best tacit understanding with, it was undoubtedly Zhang Yuelu, not Madam Qi. That was because Madam Qi’s cultivation surpassed his by too much, leaving little room for any true cooperation between them.0

Without any communication, Qi Xuansu took the initiative to clear the path ahead, relying on his Wuliang-stage Martial Arts Practitioner physique. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuelu followed behind, summoning lightning to strike down the shinkan blocking their way, calling them out one by one.0

With each thunderbolt that struck, a shinkan would collapse to the ground, completely charred like a lump of coal.0

The shrine’s interior was far larger than it appeared from the outside. But even so, with hundreds of shinkan packed inside, it was anything but spacious. In such confined quarters, joint spellcasting was impractical. Even if attempted, it would likely harm their own comrades rather than their targets—Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu.0

Faced with this situation, the shinkan could only block them one after another in a piecemeal fashion, but with...0