My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Moreover, their exploitation was even more ruthless than that of the dynasties.

At least the dynasty would send people to provide disaster relief whenever the country encountered a disaster, but those forces treated them like livestock, exploiting them without giving anything in return.

So go to Mangshan and Luoxia Mountain and ask the people within a thousand miles what their attitude is towards the disappearance of Ziqi Pavilion and Luoyang Sect.

Xu Wenbing built a new Taoist temple on the site of the Ziqi Pavilion, and it was completed in less than a month. Half of the credit goes to the local people.

Those sectarian forces are like vampires, sucking away the resources of the people without giving anything back.

They say they're protecting them, but when you really need them, you can't see them.

The reason why Lin Ruoxi and those forces harbored such strong killing intent towards Qi Yu was mostly due to this.

Qi Yu has already touched their fundamental interests!

No matter how grand the reasons or how flowery the language, they can never truly capture the essence of aggression.

So now, many people actually hope that Qi Yu can win.

……

Seven days have passed since the Southern Army began its attack on Lincheng. Seven days is neither a long nor a short time.

On Blood God Island, in the Blood God Cult Master's Hall, Su Yue sat in the main seat, which was originally Su Chengying's seat, but now she was sitting there.

Su Yue wore a purple dress, her exquisite and beautiful face adorned with light makeup. The light eyeshadow added a touch of charm and allure to her originally indifferent temperament.

Su Yue propped her cheek up with one hand and looked at the dossier in her hand with the other, listening to Zhen Qing report on the situation in Lincheng.

“Starting from the third day, the leader began to take action, freezing thousands of people with a wave of his hand. Then, the Xuanzong Sect also began to restrain the leader.”

"The two fought for half an hour without a clear winner, and in the end the allied forces gave up the attack and sounded the retreat!"

"On the fifth day, the allied forces, with fifty first-rank martial artists as their vanguard, used the city walls' ladders and crossbow chains to scale them. The soldiers of the Great Qing Dynasty suffered heavy losses."

"In the end, it was the sect leader who intervened and killed these fifty people!"

"On the sixth day, the allied forces dispatched forty grandmasters to besiege Lin City. Seventeen grandmasters died under artillery fire and crossbow bolts."

"The remaining twenty-seven grandmasters climbed onto the city wall and slaughtered the remaining soldiers of the Great Qing Dynasty!"

"The sect leader made another move, but this time the Xuanzong Sect Master personally intervened, along with twenty-seven grandmasters, and severely injured the sect leader."

"Master, I was...I was..."

Su Yue felt a little flustered listening to Zhen Qing's hesitant words, but she forced herself to calm down.

What happened to him?

Zhen Qing hesitated for a moment, then spoke up.

"The leader was ambushed from behind by Pope Lin Ruoxi's Corpse God, who pierced his chest with a sword and pinned him to the city wall!"

Su Yue frowned. In the end, Qi Yu still couldn't beat Lin Ruoxi?

"And the result?" Su Yue asked indifferently.

"Lin Ruoxi's two corpse gods were scattered, and Lin Ruoxi herself was also seriously injured and fell into a coma. The twenty-seven grandmasters were also turned into ice shards."

"Our leader is all alone, holding the fortress atop Lin City!"

"This is a portrait drawn by a spy from within the Allied forces!"

Zhen Qing handed a slightly damp painting tube to Su Yue.

The painting tube was wet, and the painting inside was also wet because it had rained in the Lincheng area.

Su Yue didn't care at all about the wet painting tube. She took it, opened it, poured out the painting inside, casually placed the tube on her seat, and then unfolded the painting.

The scroll is somewhat wet, suggesting it was painted on a rainy day.

The city of Lin in the painting is full of corpses and frost, and the sky is dark and gloomy. As soon as you open the scroll, a suffocating atmosphere hits you.

Qi Yu stood alone on the city wall, blood flowing from the hole in his chest, staining his Taoist robe red.

His topknot had fallen off, and his long, silvery-white hair was stained with blood. He looked like a demon from hell, sending chills down one's spine.

This artist is very skilled; he even captured Qi Yu's gaze in the drawing. Although it's a painting, it looks as if the artist is truly looking directly into Qi Yu's eyes.

Qi Yu's eyes clearly told them that anyone who dared to step forward would die!

Su Yue was a remarkable person, and she knew Qi Yu very well. She could tell at a glance that Qi Yu was already at his last gasp.

Now, all it takes is one Grandmaster to take down Qi Yu easily.

Qi Yu, however, intimidated everyone with his imposing aura, and no one dared to step forward.

……

Zhen Qing came out of the main hall, intending to find Han Xiaotian, but as soon as she stepped out, she saw Su Chengying, the leader of the Blood God Sect, looking at her from the corner, and was taken aback.

"Greetings, Master!" Zhen Qing approached and bowed.

Su Chengying nodded and asked, "Is it because of Qi Yu?"

Zhen Qing nodded, but didn't say anything.

"Are you still going to Han Xiaotian's place to wait for news from the Li Huo Dynasty?" Su Chengying asked again.

Zhen Qing blinked and asked, "Master, what happened?"

Based on her observations over the past few days, Su Chengying rarely visits Su Yue, and even when he does visit the child, it's only when Su Yue is around.

As for the reason, Zhen Qing knew it very well.

She already knew that Qi Yu and Su Yue had divorced, and Su Chengying was somewhat resentful towards Su Yue because Su Yue refused to help Qi Yu.

"Go and tell Su Yue that Su Lie is going to die!"

After Su Chengying finished speaking, he turned and left.

If he wasn't mistaken, Qi Yu intended to defy the world and drown the entire Li Huo Dynasty.

Su Lie might die in Lincheng!

They were all family, sharing the same roots, and he had a good relationship with Su Lie's father, Su Chengda, so he wanted to save Su Lie.

He could have gone to the Li Huo Dynasty himself to rescue Su Lie.

If it were him who took charge, Qi Yu would listen to him no matter what, even though Qi Yu no longer seemed to be his son-in-law.

But he still held onto hope that Su Yue and Qi Yu could reconcile.

Qi Yu and Su Yue's separation was so sudden that he didn't even have time to react.

A couple who were loving and affectionate one day are now thinking about divorce the next.

……

Even without Zhen Qing relaying the message, Su Yue had already heard her father's words. With her current hearing, she knew that Su Chengying had deliberately said it to her.

Su Yue's starry eyes flickered slightly. Should she go see Qi Yu?

To be honest, she really wanted to see Qi Yu, but what could she say once she did?

With a sigh, Su Yue got up from her seat, straightened her clothes which were slightly wrinkled from being pressed down, and then disappeared abruptly.

It's been almost half a month since I last saw Qi Yu. I'll go see him today!

……

Su Yue rushed to the Li Huo Dynasty as fast as she could, but it seemed she was still too late.

When he arrived in Lincheng, what he saw was a raging flood. Lincheng was submerged in the floodwaters, and corpses floated on the surface of the water.

Su Yue used her senses, but found no living person in Lin City.

Su Yue frowned, increased her intensity, and sensed the surrounding area. She then discovered the situation south of Lin City.

There's a fierce battle going on there, and the energy fluctuations feel very familiar!

Senior Brother Liu Xuan, Su Lie!

And... Qi Yu!

Su Yue immediately used her special ability to instantly appear at the scene of the battle.

Then he saw, on the water, floating corpses, all of them soldiers from various dynasties.

Su Lie, in water that was already waist-deep, stared at Qi Yu.

Qi Yu sat on a small wooden boat, with Liu Xuan and Mo Wen standing behind him.

Qi Yu looked calmly at Su Lie and said, "You lost!"

Su Lie remained calm and said, "But you've also lost your right-hand man, so it seems worth it!"

Qi Yu lowered his eyelids slightly and said calmly, "I will save him!"

Su Lie sneered, then looked up at the sky. Today he understood that he would die here.

In fact, after discovering Qi Yu's true strength and weaknesses during their first battle, he knew that Qi Yu was preparing a backup plan.

After studying it all night, he roughly understood Qi Yu's plan, so he sent 10,000 soldiers to return and repair the bridge over the Yuehe River.

Qin Xiu only had a little over a thousand men, but by taking advantage of the terrain, he managed to wear down Qin Xiu's ten thousand men.

There was no other way but to hurry up and either capture Lincheng or retreat south before the rain came.

Although he was the commander, he still had to listen to Lin Ruoxi.

He told Lin Ruoxi, but Lin Ruoxi didn't take his advice and instead told Su Lie to continue the attack.

It can be said that Lin Ruoxi was half responsible for their downfall.

"Do you have any last words? For Su Yue's sake, I can pass them on for you!" Qi Yu drew his Zhanqiu sword from his waist.

Although Zhanqiu did not have a sword blade, with the support of his true energy, he could cut through even stones.

Su Lie closed his eyes and looked up at the sky.

A light rain was falling from the sky, and the raindrops hit Su Lie's face.

After a while, Su Lie looked at Qi Yu.

"If possible, rescue my parents, rescue the Su family!"

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean?"