Chapter 617: Never Met, Yet Strangely Familiar! Eat It All Up! Heart-Piercing Words!
The beautiful woman’s gaze carried an indescribable excitement, sending shivers down one’s spine.
The white fox forced a stiff smile and asked, “Senior... do you know me?”
The woman inclined her head slightly and said calmly, “Of course I know you. We are closer than anyone else... it’s just that we have never met in person.”
Her words were strange, and both Lady Hu and the white fox furrowed their brows deeply. Closer than anyone else... yet never met in person? What did that even mean?
“Thank you for saving my life, senior. I shall repay this great kindness in the future!” Lady Hu said respectfully.
This senior had descended on the clouds, radiating an overwhelmingly powerful aura. Her magical power was deep and extraordinary, she was a true Yang Spirit realm expert. Clearly, she was someone one could cling to for protection.
“Repay in the future? Why bother with such formalities?” The beautiful woman smiled softly.
“What do you mean, senior?” Lady Hu asked, a strange premonition creeping into her mind.
“I will eat both of you... that will settle the debt for saving your lives,” the woman said, her tone gentle, yet her words were utterly chilling.
Li Yanchu and Ming He were stunned. This suddenly appearing Yang Spirit realm being... was not here to save anyone, but to eat them both?
Lady Hu and the white fox turned pale, thrashing violently, but they could not break free from her grasp.
The woman bit down hard on Lady Hu’s neck, tearing off a large chunk of flesh. Lady Hu trembled, blood gushing from her wound.
The beautiful woman chewed with an almost indulgent expression, her eyes gleaming with light. With her terrifying magical power, she could have swallowed both of them in an instant, but she chose to eat them slowly, piece by piece.
The more methodical her actions, the more horrifying it became.
The white fox screamed in fury, “Senior... why are you doing this?! Don’t eat me!”
The woman buried her face in Lady Hu’s neck, gnawing relentlessly. The sickening sounds of chewing made the hair on their necks stand on end.
The white fox struggled wildly, but could not move, drawing the woman’s attention. Her next bite tore into the white fox, ripping off a chunk of flesh and fur. Blood flowed everywhere.
“Indeed... a different taste!” The woman savored it carefully, letting out a satisfied sigh.
She glanced at Li Yanchu, who was holding his sword with a cold expression. “What a pity... Fellow Daoist, you will not allow me to enjoy this slowly.”
Her face twisted into an expression of utter wastefulness.
In the next instant, she opened her mouth. Lady Hu and the white fox were swallowed whole into her stomach. They did not die immediately, but continued to scream inside her, as if enduring unimaginable pain.
The corners of the woman’s mouth were stained with blood, and strands of white fur clung to her lips. The scene was utterly chilling.
The beautiful woman smiled at Li Yanchu and said, “I have already swallowed these two wretches into my stomach, letting them endure a thousand tortures. Fellow Daoist, are you satisfied with how I’ve dealt with them?”
She wiped the blood from her face with her hand, then, almost involuntarily, licked it off, barely restraining herself. Though her face was human, enchanting and beautiful, there was now a wild, animalistic ferocity about her that sent a shiver down one’s spine.
Ming He’s brow furrowed tightly; it felt as if the blood in her veins had frozen.
She instinctively took a step back.
Li Yanchu’s gaze was calm, his expression ice-cold.
“Trading with the Zhou family, abducting humans, committing such unspeakable crimes... Do you think a few words can cover that up?” he demanded.
“Heh heh heh... so Daoist, it’s for this matter?” the woman chuckled. “Indeed, I did trade with the Zhou family, purchasing some humans. Since today is a joyous day, I can let you save face. I shall never buy people in the Kingdom of Qian again. How about that?”
Her faint smile barely touched her lips. She leaned lazily on the demon cloud beneath her, which shifted to form countless monstrous figures.
Her aura was terrifying. Even while speaking calmly, there was a bone-chilling menace in her words.
“Never come again? Don’t make me laugh!” Li Yanchu snorted coldly.
“They're merely humans, and we’ve never met. Why so enraged? If you refuse to relent and clash with me again, the Kingdom of Qian will be reduced to ruins in an instant. Every soul in the city will be annihilated. This unspeakable carnage... half of the blame will fall on you.
“Moreover, your killing aura is strong, but you have not yet reached the Yang Spirit realm. Do you truly believe you can keep me alive? Should we become mortal enemies today, after I leave, I will massacre tens of thousands in the Kingdom of Qian. That sin will rest upon your hands as well!
“Better yet, as I have said, let us both step back. We don’t have to interfere with each others’ matters. This is a sincere proposal, fellow Daoist, do not refuse.”
This beautiful woman was not only brimming with demonic aura and immensely powerful, but also skilled at manipulating minds.
Ming He’s brows furrowed deeply as she watched Li Yanchu’s back. For a cultivator, a flaw in mental resolve could halt their progress forever.
The woman’s words were laced with silent coercion, an invisible supreme technique, designed to make the young Daoist step back, to shatter his unstoppable, overwhelming resolve to slay demons.
Yet unexpectedly, Li Yanchu only gave a cold smile.
“You dare threaten me? Do you really think a few words can shake my Dao heart?” Li Yanchu’s voice thundered like a bolt of lightning, utterly unshaken by the beautiful woman’s mind games.
He did not hesitate, nor did he compromise as she had imagined.
As his words fell, brilliant light erupted from Li Yanchu’s body. A towering giant dozens of zhang tall appeared, wrapped in fire dragons, standing from earth to sky. The entire figure was wreathed in flames, illuminating the entire night sky. It had three heads, six arms, and divine eyes like lightning.
It was holding five legendary fire weapons: the Heaven-Illuminating Seal, Five-Dragon Wheel, Ten Thousand Crows Urn, Cloudpiercer, and the Flying Smoke Sword!
He gazed down at the beautiful woman reclining atop the demon clouds, his expression stern and awe-inspiring.
The woman’s face changed drastically, utterly intimidated by this sudden massive divine body. Strange phenomena flickered in the sky, while fire dragons and flaming crows swirled around. The aura was ancient and divine, leaving the woman utterly shocked.
“Fire Virtue Star Lord’s Dharma form?!”
She froze for a moment. This was not an ordinary spiritual projection of the primordial spirit!
Her gaze at Li Yanchu was filled with astonishment. Who exactly was this young Daoist?!
Whoosh!
A terrifying surge of divine power erupted from Li Yanchu. That overbearing force swept toward the beautiful woman like a raging flood. It carried the sheer resolve of mutual destruction, a do-or-die, burn-the-boats kind of determination.
In an instant, he invoked the Southern Fire Virtue True Lord Command Talisman, summoning the Star Lord’s Dharma form.
With a single thought, he unleashed his supreme divine ability. The sky filled with godly flames, instantly consuming the woman.
The all-consuming, world-engulfing momentum made the woman’s head spin. If she was restrained by this Fire Virtue Star Lord form, she would have no chance of escape today, let alone have the opportunity to destroy Kingdom of Qian!
She immediately tried to activate her escape technique. But now, Li Yanchu’s divine flames filled the sky.
Sizzle!
The demon cloud beneath her was instantly devoured. The terrifying illusions of monstrous forms were all consumed in the fire and utterly obliterated.
