The Rise of the Witch

A perfectly timed sneak attack!

Just as the sword was about to pierce the woman in pink, she finally reacted. Her jade-like face turned cold, and a fierce glint flashed in her eyes. She decisively withdrew the golden goblet and released the blue-faced demon king.

The golden goblet flew back through the air, but it was too late. Just as the sharp sword was about to strike, the situation changed in an instant.

Suddenly, a giant pair of scissors appeared in the sky. The scissors were intertwined in shades of blue and purple, and their entire body shone with a purple-blue light like lightning. They made a sizzling sound in the void and pierced down like lightning.

Its momentum was unstoppable and its ferocity unmatched, as if nothing in the world could withstand its attack.

The bluish-purple scissors were ruthless and sharp, like a dragon with its jaws wide open.

There was a "click" sound.

The sword was actually cut in two, its spirit instantly lost, turning into a lifeless object, and it struck the woman in pink... Rather than hitting her, it was more like she crashed into the woman due to inertia, and her clothes weren't even torn before she fell down.

A muffled groan echoed from the mountain peaks, followed by a figure soaring through the air.

The woman in pink stood in mid-air, holding a small, round, golden container in her hand. It was the golden container. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on the departing figure, and then she looked at the blue-faced demon king who was unwilling to stop in the distance. A look of hesitation appeared on her face.

On the surface, the Demon King is eyeing them covetously, and who knows how many others are hiding in the shadows. In addition, he himself is wielding the Golden Bucket and his junior sister is wielding the Scissors, which has already caused considerable damage. Under these circumstances, the chances of successfully seizing the gourd are extremely low.

Finally, the woman in pink said coldly, "Let's go!"

Like colorful clouds, smoke and mist appeared in the sky, shooting straight up and enveloping the woman in pink before drifting away.

The world fell silent for a moment.

Xing Yang didn't want to wait any longer. His spiritual sense told him that if he waited any longer, nothing good would come of it.

Therefore, he opened his mouth and spat out the Heaven-Opening Axe, which grew larger in the wind and fell into his hand. Then he leaped up and landed straight at the entrance of the Green-Faced Demon King's cave.

In mid-air, a strange bead came crashing down. The bead was not only incredibly fast, as if it were traversing space, but it was also extremely powerful, growing larger and larger until it was as big as a small mountain when it got close.

Another sneak attack!

How many Sixth Princes are hidden among these mountain peaks?

Xing Yang neither dodged nor evaded, but instead cleaved down with his Heaven-Opening Axe, displaying unparalleled madness, dominance, and fierce power.

The axe fell like a black line tearing through the void, as if it were about to split the heavens and the earth apart.

"Sizzle—"

  

Without any hindrance, the mountain-sized bead was split in two.

Another muffled groan echoed from the mountain peaks, mixed with a terrified growl: "My magic weapon..."

Taking advantage of its flight, the Green-Faced Demon King was incredibly fast. Just as Xing Yang leaped out, it had already anticipated his trajectory. At that moment, just as Xing Yang's Heaven-Opening Axe was about to strike, before the force of the blow had dissipated and the momentum had fully developed, the giant claw tore through the void and suddenly grabbed at him.

This grab not only aims to pierce through Xingyang, but also to seize the gourd at the entrance of the cave... Now it no longer aspires to obtain all seven gourds, but only hopes to grab as many as it can.

The Blue-Faced Demon King's plan was extremely shrewd, but he did not expect that Xing Yang's control over his own strength came from supernatural powers.

The axe that had been cleaving down was not retracted; instead, it swung around in a circle, making a perfect circular cut before reaching its peak above the head, and then cleaved down again!

Its aura is wild and powerful, with the force to push mountains and open the sky.

The giant claw, along with the demonic body behind it, was cleaved in two by this axe blow; its scales were utterly useless.

Xingyang opened his mouth and inhaled: Devouring heaven and earth!

The spilled demon blood, along with the two pieces of the demon body, was directly absorbed, shrank all the way, and finally entered his mouth, where he swallowed it.

"boom--"

Only then did Xing Yang land, standing steadily at the entrance of the cave. He put down his axe, picked up two gourds, one in each hand, and plucked them off.

When I picked the third one, my intuition sensed danger.

Xing Yang made a decisive move, throwing the three gourds into his mouth, picking up the Heaven-Opening Axe, leaping into the air, exhaling black mist, and riding on the mist to escape.

The hidden crowd, intimidated by Xing Yang's power in splitting the magical artifact with one axe and beheading the demon king with another, were momentarily speechless.

After Xing Yang picked only three gourds and left, no one was willing to pick the remaining four gourds.

And so Xing Yang was allowed to leave peacefully.

Before leaving, Xing Yang seemed to sense something. He turned his head and looked directly at the ground, where a figure was walking slowly.

All things have a spirit, and these spirits vary in strength, just like the glittering stars.

But these billions of stars pale in comparison to the sun's brilliance.

At that moment, Xingyang saw a sun within his spiritual senses!

It was an extremely tall but very thin figure, leaning on a black wooden cane, dressed in gray clothes, with messy gray hair, and large earrings hanging from each earlobe.

Upon closer inspection, those weren't earrings at all; they were clearly two coiled snakes, each biting his earlobe.

Xing Yang felt uneasy just looking at it from afar; he was no match for the great master!

The tall, thin man seemed to sense Xing Yang's gaze, looked up, and his lips twitched slightly. He raised his hand, making a grabbing motion in the air with a half-smile, then slowly pulled it back, placed it in front of his nose, closed his eyes, and seemed to be smelling something.

Immediately afterwards, his body suddenly turned into gray mist, which instantly spread and enveloped the entire Thousand Needle Mountain.

Screams immediately filled the air.

Xing Yang dared not look any longer, turned his head, and rode away rapidly on the black mist.

……

Only after Xing Yang returned to Xuan Su Valley did they breathe a sigh of relief, though the shock still lingered in their hearts.

That person was definitely at the realm of gods and demons, seemingly a great shaman, but he gave a completely different feeling than Nuwa Xin.

Wa Xin gave him a feeling of being without joy or sorrow, flowing naturally, but that person was only cold and lifeless.

Suddenly, Xing Yang's internal organs spontaneously issued a warning. Xing Yang was startled and immediately followed the body's spirituality to examine his internal organs.

Ultimately, a small worm was found inside the body.

The worm lurked inside his body, not only devouring his blood and essence, but also consuming the spirituality of his body's organs...

If his body hadn't possessed a spirit, he probably would never have noticed.

Xing Yang was terrified again. He decisively activated the "Devouring Heaven and Earth" divine power, directly devouring the little insect's spirituality and then digesting it in his body. Only after searching repeatedly and confirming that there was nothing abnormal in his body did Xing Yang feel relieved.

Given the toughness and intelligence of his skin, how did this insect manage to sneak into his body so silently?

And who released these bugs? Was it that man in gray?

How did he manage to do it when there was no physical contact between them? Was it just because they made eye contact?

So weird!

Without saying a word, Xing Yang grabbed the fragment of Buzhou Mountain and left the Great Wilderness.

……

On the other side, the gray-clad man leisurely arrived in front of the Green-Faced Demon King's cave and picked off four gourds one after another.

The gray mist that permeated Thousand Thorn Mountain returned quickly, becoming much denser, and blended into his gray robes.

All living beings within Thousand Thorn Mountain, including their physical bodies and true spirits, were devoured, turning the entire Thousand Thorn Mountain into a desolate wasteland.

The gray-robed man suddenly turned his head to look in one direction, his lips twitching again as he muttered, "It actually managed to obliterate my Soul-Devouring Yin Worms... Has it left the Great Wilderness?"

"War Witch...that's interesting!"