Chapter 19
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Chapter 19: How Dare You Compete With Me for Bai Lian!
The Netherworld Seal has various uses, it can be used for cultivation as well as manipulating the aura of the underworld for attacking.
During a tense moment, Tong Yao’s mind went blank, and without thinking, she directly grabbed the Netherworld Seal and used it as a brick, smashing it on top of the Witch Queen’s head.
It must be said that this hit was truly powerful.
It should be noted that the Witch Queen was only a remnant soul here, not a physical body, yet even the remnant soul was dented by Tong Yao’s use of it as a "brick."
It was precisely because of this that the Witch Queen entered a state of rage.
She had never felt such pain even when being humiliated by Bai Lian with her fingers!
"I will make you suffer!"
The beast souls that had condensed into a growing dragon suddenly rushed out and swept Su Youwei and Hong Yi away in an explosive burst.
In an instant, the magic array of Qingyu Peak was shattered.
Despite multiple buffers, this attack wiped out more than a dozen subordinate peaks nearby and the distant plain from the ground.
Fortunately, the disciples who lived on the peaks during the previous battle had already evacuated, but the immortal cranes and foxes left behind were miserable. They were swept into the beast soul torrent controlled by the Witch Queen without even having the chance to scream.
"Oh no!"
Su Youwei exerted a lot of effort to separate herself from Hong Yi, who was almost in close contact with her.
She had just wiped the blood off her lips and got up from the ground when she saw the Witch Queen had already walked to Tong Yao.
At this time, numerous black things, like flames, danced behind the Witch Queen, leaving ink-like marks wherever her loose-shoed jade feet stepped.
Occasionally, dust fell, and as soon as it touched those ink marks, it was completely annihilated, without even leaving small remnants behind.
With the increased strength of her opponent, Tong Yao seemed to be in a trance as she stared at the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl and the Netherworld Seal in her hand, as if under the influence of some sort of elixir.
Isn’t this equivalent to exposing oneself to the opponent’s attack?
"What are you doing, fool!"
Su Youwei shouted, but Tong Yao still didn’t respond.
This action instead provoked the Witch Queen.
"Shut up, I’ll deal with you later!"
After a cold shout, Su Youwei flew backwards, just pushing Hong Yi, who had just stood up, under her.
The tremendous force pressed her tightly against Hong Yi without any gap.
Fortunately, she and Hong Yi had found an excuse to practice beforehand, so it didn’t feel awkward.
Su Youwei struggled hard and exclaimed, "If this keeps up, Tong Yao will die!"
Clang clang clang–
Beams of golden light descended one after another, piercing through the ground and surrounding Witch Queen and Tong Yao.
Due to the intense radiance, bystanders could only see two blurry figures for a moment.
"Stop wasting time," Hong Yi whispered.
Su Youwei didn’t stop, "I have to get up and save Tong Yao."
Hong Yi turned her head and stepped aside from Su Youwei. "No matter how hard you try, you cannot get up from this. It’s a difference in power."
"What do we do then?" Su Youwei’s eyes were bloodshot, sweat beads forming on her forehead, and her voice unconsciously rose. "Am I supposed to just watch her die?"
Hong Yi fell silent for a moment. "You’ve changed a lot. The old you wouldn’t have cared about Tong Yao or made a fuss about it."
Su Youwei gritted her teeth and exclaimed, "I never wanted to become such a cold and indifferent person. I was forced into it!"
"Yes, I’m really not pretty like this." Hong Yi’s face showed a not so brilliant smile.
"You…"
Su Youwei froze.
She seemed to have said something wrong.
"I didn’t mean it."
"I know, I know." Hong Yi put away her smile. "It’s meaningless to talk about this now. Don’t worry, Tong Yao will be fine. I already gave her the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl."
Her words were surprisingly gentle, which didn’t match her cold and fierce appearance with blood-stained clothes and eyes.
But when she reluctantly wiped the sweat off Su Youwei’s forehead with one hand, Su Youwei felt that this was the most suitable voice for her.
Seeing Su Youwei staring at her dumbfounded, Hong Yi thought she had not understood her words and repeated it again.
Su Youwei, who was awakened, quickly asked, "Although the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl is powerful, we cannot fully exert its power, let alone Tong Yao?"
Hong Yi shook his head, "The Ten Thousand Poison Pearl is just a bait."
"Bait?"
Su Youwei didn’t quite understand.
Hong Yi said, "It is a bait used to awaken the Netherworld Seal, and also a bait used to restore her partial power."
Su Youwei nodded hesitantly.
As she was about to inquire further, the flat land suddenly shook violently, as if a dragon had suddenly descended.
"What’s going on?"
Stones flew and the pressure that was originally on her back suddenly disappeared.
Hong Yi hastily grabbed Su Youwei’s waist and lightly stepped on the flying stones with bare feet, jumping into the air.
The somewhat confused Su Youwei looked down and saw that the mountains under her feet had completely collapsed and turned into a bottomless abyss.
The hurricane roared, and the crumbling mountain floated aimlessly in the air.
Many disciples of Qingyu Peak screamed and fell towards the bottom of the abyss.
Su Youwei could clearly see deep green light below.
"Save…"
"I understand."
Hong Yi still tightly wrapped her left arm around Su Youwei’s waist, and her right arm stretched out. The dangling blood-red wide sleeve suddenly shattered into countless small red ropes.
The red ropes flew out one by one, passing through the hurricane, passing through the floating giant stones, and finally bound all the falling Qingyu Peak disciples back to the rocks in the abyss.
The person who was rescued still had lingering fear.
They didn’t see what was buried at the bottom of the abyss, but felt a deep, soul-penetrating cold gradually erasing their consciousness.
Fortunately, Hong Yi intervened in time, otherwise they would have been finished.
"Martial Sister Su, thank you for saving my life."
Hong Yi silently nodded, without responding.
Su Youwei, who was hugged tightly, whispered, "Can you let me go? This is too embarrassing."
Hong Yi said, "Look over there."
"Huh?"
Su Youwei could only follow Hong Yi’s line of sight.
The beams of golden light that had once enveloped the Witch Queen and Tong Yao had dissipated into nothingness.
In its place were innumerable greenish-blue clusters of gas, within which the utterly perplexed Tong Yao gazed at the Netherworld Seal, drifting aloft.
Perhaps a word other than "seal" was needed to describe it.
Tong Yao could only recall, in the midst of chaos, colliding the Netherworld Seal with the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl, which had led to this inexplicable transformation.
The outer casing of the Netherworld Seal crumbled away, revealing the pearl nestled inside.
To her astonishment, it was another Ten Thousand Poison Pearl!
The two pearls danced in orbit like a binary system, tracing glowing arcs through the air.
Startled, the woman who had traced her cheek with a fingernail recoiled and stumbled backward, even losing her shoe in the process. She now stood barefoot on the ground, her five plump toes gripping desperately and leaving deep dents in the soil.
"…"
What’s the situation?
Everyone, including Yu Ying who was confronting the Witch Queen in the dark clouds, came to a halt and stared blankly at the two Ten Thousand Poison Pearls.
They hovered and spun faster and faster…
Light, spirit Qi, space, time…everything worth noticing was bound.
At that moment, it seemed that the two Ten Thousand Poison Pearls were the center of the world!
All was silent.
Only the green light emanating from the depths of the abyss slowly spread upwards.
Su Youwei wiped her eyes and asked, "Why are there two Ten Thousand Poison Pearls?"
Hong Yi replied, "I don’t know."
There are many things that she cannot know just by wanting to know, otherwise she wouldn’t have become what she is now.
Hong Yi’s expression darkened.
"Are you okay?" Su Youwei asked in a hurry.
Hong Yi replied, "I’m fine."
There’s nothing wrong with her now, the focus should be on Tong Yao, not her.
Look.
The deep green light slowly converged around Tong Yao’s body after a long climb.
This light, just like the light emitted from "the path of the underworld" Bai Lian saw in the bronze valley.
Under the influence of the light, Tong Yao slowly reached out to the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl.
Everything began to transform from here!
The silent balance was broken, the stagnant air flowed again, and the storm swept away. Those giant stones continued to drift irregularly.
It all looked the same as before, but completely different.
At first, a haze appeared on Tong Yao’s body.
Then, the giant stones in the air turned into flying ashes one by one.
Next, there was a dull roar getting closer and closer.
Finally, tens of thousands of green lights converged, shooting out like a sky-collapsing arrow from the bottom of the abyss, piercing straight into the sky between the Witch Queen and Tong Yao, with the potential to destroy everything.
Boom!
A violent explosion sounded in all directions.
The dark clouds, the blockade laid by Witch Queen, and the night sky…
Everything was shattered in this very moment.
Even a few bright stars visible to the naked eye dimmed for an instant, then burst into extremely bright light.
Everyone was stunned, except for a few who knew what had happened.
"How, how could this happen?"
Witch Queen, who was knocked down, leaned her hands on the ground and muttered to herself.
She looked at the sky, then at the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl held by Tong Yao. Her heart was collapsing at this moment.
Why?
She had been trying her best to cause trouble, but instead of killing Bai Lian, she became Bai Lian’s plaything.
With her clever distractions, she managed to attack the Duxian sect, however, she ended up breaking a lot of things and not killing a single person. The damage she caused to the Duxian sect disciples was even less than what Tong Yao had orchestrated with this incident, and her attack only left many people with bloody noses and mouths.
If only that was the extent of it, but it seems she also released a monster much stronger than herself without even realizing it!
Damn it!
The Witch Queen couldn’t help but swear out the most simple and vulgar swear words.
This place was no longer safe, she had to make a quick escape.
Not only could she not stay with the Duxian sect anymore, this rundown Land of Immortals was also no longer an option.
However, just as she was about to take action, Witch Queen was shocked to find herself trapped.
A green light surged up from the abyss and enveloped her, forcing her to watch as Tong Yao walked slowly towards her.
Tong Yao lowered her head slightly, with a feeling of burning purple and green flames on her body.
She showed no emotion on her face, her steps steady.
This version of her was completely different from the past.
Not only was her aura different, even her appearance seemed more three-dimensional and matured.
She was like a demonic god returning from the depths of the abyss.
With every step she took, the world fell silent, and with the next step, it seemed to tremble.
Amidst this silence and motion, the Witch Queen was pulled and strained repeatedly, her body growing increasingly taut. It was coming, it was about to happen!
…
Ah, ah, ah!
A hand deftly intertwined with the runes woven by the Witch Queen and grasped her neck.
"You have nowhere to escape."
Bai Lian stared at the Witch Queen’s chest, which was heaving vigorously, with an expressionless face.
It took her two quarters of an hour to catch up with the Witch Queen.
The Witch Queen appeared to be in poor condition, but in reality, she was not much better off.
She was able to continue moving forward due to her soul burning fiercely for a long time.
Bai Lian lifted her other hand, intending to continue the unfinished business on the throne when she suddenly received a message from the Duxian sect.
"?"
Bai Lian’s pupils shrank, and an infinite rage surged up.
Apart from Yunluo Peak and Qiongming Peak, most of the other mountain peaks had already collapsed, and the middle valley had been directly drilled through.
How much death would such great destruction cause?
What if her Martial Sisters…
Bai Lian dare not imagine.
The Duxian sect is her home; Witch Queen not only enslaves her, but also harms her home and family!
Is it tolerable or intolerable?
Bai Lian’s strength in her hands grew stronger, almost twisting and tearing Witch Queen’s soul.
"It seems that you have received the message."
Witch Queen’s voice was hoarse with a hint of trembling.
Bai Lian was so angry that she trembled all over, "As an Immortal Emperor, you have actually done such despicable things. Witch Queen, although I can’t kill you completely today, one day I will extinguish your soul and refine your body into a stone statue, always kneeling near the entrance of the Duxian sect!"
"Hmph." The captured Witch Queen knew that she was defeated and had given up resistance. She only sneered, "When you can avoid detection and return alive to the Immortal World, then you can talk this nonsense."
You want to kill me, but I also want to kill you.
The Witch Queen opened up a mocking mode, "You have time to talk nonsense with me here? Why not hurry back to the Duxian sect and see how your Martial Sisters are doing?"
"What are you saying?"
A terrifying blood-red color appeared in Bai Lian’s pale blue right eye.
She glared at the Witch Queen, showing her murderous intent, as if she could swallow the Witch Queen in one bite.
The Witch Queen continued, "Is that woman with the black silk gloves and flame mark on her arm your Second Martial Sister? Her momentum is quite good, and her figure is my favorite style, but unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to see what her feet look like."
Bang!
Bai Lian punched the Witch Queen in the stomach.
Even if shattered, it doesn’t affect the Witch Queen’s ability to speak, for it is her soul.
"Those two identical women must be your Third Martial Sister. Although they don’t have much flesh on their bodies, I still felt a bit impulsive when I saw them strung together."
Furious Bai Lian struck Witch Queen’s thigh again, breaking her proud foot.
"The woman with long hair in the color of water…"
"Repeat it again."
Suddenly, with a cold voice like the winter wind, Bai Lian interrupted Witch Queen’s words.
Witch Queen looked up and met Bai Lian’s gaze.
What kind of eyes were they?
Like an imminent erupting ice lake!
With just one glance, the Witch Queen felt her soul freeze and was left paralyzed, unable to do anything but endure Bai Lian’s torment.
That gaze slowly pierced into her mouth like a sharp thorn, delving deeper and deeper into her throat, then through her stomach, dantian, and finally, rushed out against her thigh.
The Witch Queen trembled uncontrollably, unable to contain herself.
A great fear descended upon her like a black shroud.
If she had a physical body, that one glance would have made her lose control!
Lose control?
"I am the Witch Queen, the Immortal Emperor, and…"
And yet, she was almost scared into losing control by Bai Lian’s gaze?
It was a shame, an absolute shame!
The Witch Queen was all riled up and was about to push Bai Lian away, but the moment their eyes met, her body went limp and surrendered to Bai Lian’s teasing.
"Times change, things are uncertain, even an Immortal Emperor cannot escape death!"
Bai Lian’s voice grew colder and colder.
Witch Queen struggled to defend herself, "You have misunderstood me. I just wanted to scare you earlier. I didn’t kill your Martial Sisters. I didn’t kill anyone."
But by now, Bai Lian no longer listened to her explanations.
Once you let the arrow fly, there’s no taking it back. It’s not a time where you can just say "no" and it won’t happen.
The Iron Fist smacked onto the Witch Queen heavily, the Way of Collapse and Destruction penetrated deep into the Witch Queen’s body like an arrow.
In that moment, it felt as if the Witch Queen was being scalded by hot water. She tried to lift her head up, but could only let out a painful scream of "ah, ah, ah".
Because her throat was caught by Bai Lian, she could not escape, and could only tremble her thighs back and forth constantly.
After a long time, with a soft thud, the strand of Witch Queen’s soul dissipated completely.
Bai Lian panted and looked up at the empty sky.
There’s no time to waste.
She had to hurry back to the Duxian sect and destroy the other half of Witch Queen’s soul while she still had some energy left.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Lian disappeared.
The sky returned to calm.
After nearly a hundred breaths, there were ripples in the void, and then an almost translucent woman climbed out.
This was none other than the Witch Queen!
"Fortunately, she was too anxious and didn’t examine carefully."
With a lingering fear, the Witch Queen lifted the hem of her skirt and looked down at her thighs.
Although it was impeccably clean, she couldn’t help feeling sticky.
Was it a lingering effect of being scared?
Sensibly, she knew she couldn’t recklessly provoke Bai Lian anymore. She could barely muster a fraction of her strength here.
Being an Immortal Emperor was impressive enough; there was no need to surpass that, or even set foot on the Other Shore.
However…
The Witch Queen couldn’t take it anymore.
Just one glance at her navel region and the sticky sensation made her burn with anger.
She wanted revenge, she wanted to make Bai Lian experience loss of control once and for all!
"When I recover, I will come back to settle accounts with you…"
"Who do you want to settle accounts with?"
A haunting voice echoed.
The Witch Queen froze in place.
This aura was extremely similar to Bai Lian’s. Could it be that Bai Lian never left?
She turned around abruptly and saw a slender young girl wearing a loose off-the-shoulder dress walking out of the void.
This woman’s appearance resembled Bai Lian to some extent, but not entirely. What stood out the most was the red mark on her forehead.
"Who are you?" The Witch Queen was highly guarded.
This young girl was unfathomable and even deeper than Bai Lian!
An Lan was too indignant to bother replying to Witch Queen, "So it was you all along!"
Although it had been a long time since they had met, she recognized Witch Queen at a glance.
Very well!
You, the insufferable foot fetishist, shamelessly use your noble lineage and exceptional talent to harm countless people, and now you dare to have any designs on Bai Lian.
An Lan regrets it now.
Why didn’t she cut off Witch Queen’s legs and use her own feet to completely cure Witch Queen’s twisted fetish all those years ago?!
Enraged to the core, An Lan curses, "You wretched being, dare to snatch Bai Lian away from me!"
"You are… Bai Lian’s master?"
Before the Witch Queen could finish her words, she was kicked to the ground by the furious An Lan.
How is that possible!
The Witch Queen was greatly shocked and had no resistance against Bai Lian’s master, who was unexpectedly formidable.
When the Demons of the Outer Realm attacked the Duxian sect, they sealed it off, so the world didn’t know the details of how the Duxian sect survived the crisis.
The Witch Queen attempted to get up, but An Lan took off her shoes and stepped on her face.
This move was exactly the same as Bai Lian’s, and it immediately bewildered the Witch Queen.
Hold on, is that a foot?
"Today, I will cure you well!"
In terms of ruthlessness, An Lan, who is the Immortal Heavenly Lord, is much more merciless than Bai Lian.
She didn’t give the Witch Queen any chance to argue, first, she used the Way of the Great Tao to fix the Witch Queen’s body, then she directly gagged her with her toes, and finally subjected her to an indescribable and cruel torture.
The Witch Queen cried out in agony.
Pain.
Intense pain!
She was about to go insane. What was this? Escaping from the wolf’s den only to fall into the tiger’s lair?
An Lan was a tiger, no, a fierce divine beast, a white tiger!
Why was the Land of Immortals so dangerous?
Enduring the insults from the Immortal Heavenly Lord was one thing, but could it really be that some insignificant nobody could reduce her to this state?
The Witch Queen struggled fiercely but gained no advantage. She was only subjected to An Lan’s punishment even more severely.
"Still daring to resist?"
"Woo hoo…"
The Witch Queen’s mouth emitted an indistinct sound.
Now, she could only hope that the strand of her soul left behind in the Duxian sect would suffice.
If she could escape smoothly, then she still had hope of getting revenge.
However…
It was too late.
The Witch Queen watched as countless breaths flowed into Tong Yao’s body. She had prepared for this key moment to make her escape, but unexpectedly, Tong Yao suddenly pulled out a short dagger of dark purple and black from her bosom.
"I’ll stab you to death and put an end to your arrogance!"
Poof!
Dirty Knife, which the undead girl used to bring a conclusive end to herself, was plunged straight into the Witch Queen’s chest.
"You…"
The Witch Queen stared fixedly at Tong Yao.
Why are you not playing by the rules, woman?
With her eyes rolling and body twisting rapidly, in the blink of an eye, that strand of soul was engulfed by the power of the Dirty Knife, and the strand of soul confronting Yu Ying disappeared too, leaving only the last strand still undergoing "in-depth education" of An Lan!
Tong Yao stood still, waiting for the Witch Queen to disappear completely, then quickly wiped the knife, and smirked.
"Still pretending? Ha! I told you, I am the most reliable disciple among Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian’s many Martial Sisters!"
Her voice was clear, stunning everyone present.
The remaining disciples of Qingyu Peak immediately praised her.
"Elder Martial Sister Tong is invincible!"
"Elder Martial Sister Tong is only second to Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian!"
Hong Yi stared at Tong Yao blankly, then turned to look at Su Youwei.
"Pinch me."
Su Youwei pinched her chest.
Hong Yi quickly released Su Youwei’s hand.
No.
This was completely different from what she had imagined; she had pictured Tong Yao using the power of the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl to defeat the Witch Queen with invincibility.
Presently, this…
Tong Yao, surrounded by many deep green and deep purple rays, didn’t seem to possess any aura of dominance.
What a waste of that stunning scenery!
