This sudden change made Ye Xuan frown. He was about to ask the Undead Emperor beside him when he was stunned to see the skeleton collapse to the ground, its bones trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan’s expression shifted.
At that moment, the Undead Emperor’s shaky voice rang out, “Kid, kneel!”
The voice was filled with terror!
Kneel?
Ye Xuan shook his head.
A man could die, but his spine couldn’t break!
Truth be told, it was mostly because kneeling would be too humiliating! He’d hold out a bit longer!
By the blood sea, Xue Tong leisurely licked her candied hawthorn, her expression calm.
Ye Xuan hesitated, then walked over to her side. Xue Tong glanced at him and continued licking her treat.
He was about to speak when the distant blood sea suddenly parted, revealing a figure made of blood walking slowly toward them.
Upon seeing this blood figure, the Undead Emperor buried its head in the dirt, trembling even more, it was fear at its peak!
Xue Tong looked at the blood figure, her expression still serene.
The blood figure stopped a short distance from Xue Tong and bowed slightly, “Second Miss, the patriarch has fallen!”
Xue Tong, mid-lick, paused. She looked at the blood figure, “Good riddance!”
The blood figure said gravely, “Second Miss, before the patriarch fell, he said you might become a calamity for the clan in the future. So, upon his death, you must be eliminated!”
Hearing this, Ye Xuan’s eyelids twitched.
Damn it!
From the sound of it, this was a father plotting to kill his daughter?
In that instant, he suddenly felt his own father didn’t seem so bad after all.
A little comparison went a long way!
Xue Tong glanced at the blood figure, “With just you?”
As her words fell, she flipped her right hand. Instantly, a white light appeared above the blood figure’s head. It recoiled in horror, “The Law of Wujian, you, you’ve been hiding your strength all along…”
Boom!
Before it could finish, it was erased!
Xue Tong pulled out another candied hawthorn and resumed licking, “If I hadn’t hidden my strength, would that old geezer have let me live this long?”
Ye Xuan couldn’t help but glance at her.
All this time, he’d thought he’d gotten the better deal, two candied hawthorns for ten thousand soul crystals, a total steal!
But now, he realized this little girl wasn’t dumb at all!
While he’d been scheming against others, he might’ve been getting played himself!
At that moment, Xue Tong turned to him, “I’ll take you with me!”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then asked, “Where to?”
Xue Tong licked her candied hawthorn, “The Nine Heavens City!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “What’s that place?”
Xue Tong replied, “My old home!”
Ye Xuan’s expression changed, “You’re going back to settle scores?”
Xue Tong looked at him, “My dad’s dead! Shouldn’t I go back and take a look?”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “You should, but what’s that got to do with me?”
Xue Tong’s brows furrowed, “Aren’t we friends?”
Ye Xuan’s expression froze.
She added, “Since we’re friends, isn’t my dad your dad too? And your dad would be my dad, I’m very fair about this!”
Ye Xuan was dumbfounded. Could it work like that?
Xue Tong stared at him, “You didn’t take me as a friend?”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “Of course we’re friends, but what do you need me for by going back?”
Xue Tong replied, “To dig up graves, oh, I mean, to mourn!”
Ye Xuan broke out in a cold sweat!
She wanted to go back and dig graves!
Damn it!
She was dragging him into a fire pit!
Xue Tong suddenly said, “Let’s go!”
With that, she turned and walked off.
Ye Xuan blurted, “Can I not go?”
Xue Tong stopped, turned to glance at him, “Can you contact your dad right now?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Xue Tong said, “If you can’t, then let’s go!”
With that, she headed toward the blood sea.
A threat!
A blatant threat!
After a moment of silence, Ye Xuan turned to the Undead Emperor, “Senior, want to come along?”
The Undead Emperor quickly shook its head, “No, no, little brother, you go, take care!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Moments later, Ye Xuan followed Xue Tong, disappearing into the distant blood sea.
Back at the spot, the Undead Emperor let out a heavy sigh of relief, finally free!
…
In the distance, Ye Xuan and Xue Tong walked atop the blood sea. Xue Tong moved slowly, still licking her candied hawthorn.
Ye Xuan suddenly asked, “Xue Tong, why are you taking me to this Nine Heavens City?”
Xue Tong replied, “We’re friends! You said friends share blessings and burdens together! Any problem with that?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
She added, “Don’t be scared! It’s no big deal!”
Ye Xuan was speechless. Of course you’re not scared! I’m this weak, going with you to dig graves, I might not even know how I’d die!
He wanted to run, but he knew he couldn’t escape.
Xue Tong’s strength was far beyond what he could handle now!
Just then, the distant sky trembled.
Ye Xuan looked up to see the horizon split open, and a shadowy figure floated out.
It was a woman!
She wore a white dress, a tail trailing behind her, and her features bore some resemblance to Xue Tong’s.
Xue Tong glanced at her and kept licking her candied hawthorn.
The white-dressed woman stared at Xue Tong, “What are you planning?”
Xue Tong replied, “To mourn!”
The woman fixed her gaze on her, “He’s fallen. Can’t this matter end here?”
“End?”
Xue Tong grinned, “It’s just beginning!”
With that, she turned and pointed at Ye Xuan, “Let me introduce you, this is a friend I just made, named, Ye Xuan!”
Ye Xuan was speechless. Why introduce me?
The white-dressed woman glanced at him, “Such a weak friend?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Xue Tong licked her candied hawthorn, “Anything else?”
The woman stared at her, “Don’t court your own death!”
With that, she vanished.
Xue Tong continued onward.
Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “Don’t you want to reconsider?”
Xue Tong handed him a candied hawthorn, “Don’t be afraid, worst case, we die!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Before long, Xue Tong led Ye Xuan to a stone staircase. At its end stood a massive stone gate, a hundred meters tall and imposingly grand.
Xue Tong said softly, “We’re here!”
Ye Xuan glanced at the gate. Four large characters were carved in its center: Nine Heavens City.
Xue Tong started climbing, but a man in black armor suddenly appeared before her. As he opened his mouth to speak, Xue Tong pressed her right hand down.
Boom!
The black-armored man was erased instantly!
An instant kill!
Xue Tong looked up and laughed, “The Nine Heavens Clan, it’s time to end!”
Her voice fell, and she stomped her right foot.
Boom!
The stone gate shattered!
Countless powerful auras erupted from all directions, and at that moment, the white-dressed woman reappeared before Xue Tong.
It was the same woman Ye Xuan had seen earlier!
She stared at Xue Tong, “I gave you a chance!”
Xue Tong sneered, “Gave me a chance? Big sister, who do you think you are? You think you’re worthy of giving me a chance?”
As her words fell, she flipped her right hand.
Boom!
The space around the white-dressed woman boiled, and a white light appeared above her head.
Seeing this, the surrounding Nine Heavens Clan powerhouses paled, “The Law of Wujian…”
The white-dressed woman’s face also changed, “The Law of Wujian, you’ve surpassed Wujian and reached the Law of Wujian!”
Xue Tong giggled, “Surprised? Thrilled?”
With that, she pressed her hand down.
Boom!
The white-dressed woman’s body began to fade, about to be cast into Wujian. In a panic, she opened her palm, revealing a golden bell. The next moment, it turned into a golden light that enveloped her, protecting her from the assault.
Xue Tong licked her candied hawthorn and smiled, “Oh, the Sacred Bell! Congrats, big sister, on becoming the Nine Heavens Clan patriarch!”
The woman glared at her, “What do you want?”
Xue Tong grinned, “To collect a debt!”
Her voice fell, and she pointed a finger. A beam of blood light struck the Sacred Bell.
Boom!
The bell shattered, and Xue Tong pressed her hand down again. A powerful force enveloped the woman, about to send her into Wujian. But at that moment, a formidable aura appeared in the field.
Boom!
Xue Tong was silently thrown back a thousand meters!
Ye Xuan looked over. Behind the white-dressed woman stood an old man who had appeared out of nowhere!
Seeing him, all the Nine Heavens Clan powerhouses bowed, “Greetings, Patriarch!”
Patriarch!
Ye Xuan’s face darkened.
So he wasn’t dead!
Xue Tong had been outsmarted!
The Nine Heavens Clan patriarch looked at Xue Tong in the distance, a flicker of complexity in his eyes, “You’ve actually reached the Law of Wujian!”
Xue Tong put away her candied hawthorn, “You’re still alive, old man?”
The patriarch’s expression was conflicted, “I wanted to spare you, but you refuse to change your ways. Since it’s come to this, I’ll have to end you myself!”
With that, he raised his right hand slowly and pressed down. Instantly, the Nine Heavens Clan powerhouses around them paled!
Bloodline pressure!
The patriarch was using his bloodline to suppress Xue Tong directly!
In the distance, Xue Tong’s body trembled violently. The overwhelming bloodline pressure threatened to crush her. She couldn’t resist, it was a force rooted in her blood. Unless she purged her own blood, which was impossible, she was helpless.
At that moment, she appeared beside Ye Xuan and looked at him, “Are we friends?”
Before Ye Xuan could answer, she said, “Lend me some blood!”
With that, she slapped his back lightly.
Boom!
Blood sprayed from Ye Xuan’s mouth like a fountain. Under Xue Tong’s control, his blood boiled, and an utterly terrifying bloodline pressure swept across the Nine Heavens Realm!
In an instant, all surrounding time and space shattered. Even the eighth layer of time and space disintegrated in that moment.
Simultaneously, the blood in the Nine Heavens Clan powerhouses boiled, and they all dropped to their knees, prostrating and trembling!
Bloodline submission!
It was one bloodline submitting to another!
Ye Xuan was stunned!
Was his bloodline this terrifying?
Realizing something, his face darkened.
Damn it!
His bloodline must have been suppressed or sealed by his father!
That bastard…
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