I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

"Impossible! Impossible! How could my Darkness be completely useless!" Perhaps unable to believe what he was seeing, the old man in black, in a ferocious state, once again manipulated the surrounding dark power, causing it to merge into a huge black arm about ten meters long, and reached out to grab the mysterious man, as if to crush the mysterious man's light.

But this time, the mysterious man did not choose to run away. He looked at the approaching arm, his eyes flashed, and without hesitation, he poured all the little strength he had left into the Crimson Peak Sword in his hand, making the Crimson Peak Sword seem to turn from black to white!

The mysterious figure moved and rushed directly towards the black arm and the old man. During this charge, he did not use sword energy or sword light, but simply slashed fiercely at the black arm!

This slash seemed to have nothing at all, and seemed quite ordinary, but as soon as it was unleashed, a dazzling light suddenly emanated from the Crimson Peak Sword in his hand, immediately illuminating the black arm. Under the light, the black arm slowly lost its darkness and vanished without a trace!

"This...this...could it be...you brat!" Upon seeing this situation, the old man in black seemed to have thought of something crucial. His eyes suddenly widened in surprise, and then an extremely strong sense of foreboding slowly surfaced in his heart, causing him to freeze for two breaths.

But in those two breaths, everything was decided. A glint flashed in the mysterious man's eyes, and seizing the opportunity, he moved again, appearing directly behind the old man in black. He then said softly, "What a pity! Old man! Let my light dispel your darkness!"

These words echoed like a demonic whisper, causing the old man in black to immediately think of the word "death," and even feel as if he was about to step into the gates of hell.

It was perfectly normal for him to have this feeling, because at that moment, the mysterious man had already calmed down, raised the white-light Crimson Peak Sword, and with almost no hesitation, slashed down at his back to end the battle!

Light is absolutely fatal to darkness. Where there is light, there is certainly no darkness. Therefore, light is the natural enemy of darkness. When the mysterious man understood this, the old man in black had already embarked on the path to defeat.

However, both light and darkness have varying degrees of strength, and there are places where even the strongest light cannot reach. Just like on a cloudy day when the sun is obscured by dark clouds, it is quite helpless. And the darkness hidden so deeply by the old man in black is even more difficult to illuminate. Fortunately, after paying a certain price, the mysterious man's light finally earned the right to shine, but the price was just too... too great.

With a single sword strike, the Crimson Peak Sword emitted a burst of light, seemingly dispelling the darkness from the old man in black. This caused his expression to contort, revealing him in extreme pain. Yet, within this light, the mysterious man's body grew increasingly ethereal, his eyes gradually losing their luster, and he gasped for breath, as if his life force was slowly fading away...

That's right. The price for gaining the light was his precious life. He was determined to be in darkness after gaining the light. He didn't know if he would die after defeating the old man in black, but he had no choice but to do so. Only by doing so could he have a chance to win and become the light that illuminated the darkness!

"What a mess! It's fine if I die here, but won't your backup plan be compromised?" The mysterious man muttered, his eyes reflecting Huang Quan's image, before revealing a relieved smile.

Just as the old man in black was about to die in the light of the mysterious man, and just as the mysterious man's body had become extremely illusory, with a whoosh, an ordinary hand, a hand that did not belong to the mysterious man or the old man in black, burst out from the mysterious man's back, causing the mysterious man's eyes to snap open.

"What...who is it?" Faced with this unexpected turn of events, the mysterious man's consciousness became chaotic. It was pain, it was shock. He didn't know that there was another person, or rather, the owner of this hand hadn't let him know of his existence, which was why he was ambushed. After the ambush, his life force dropped even faster, which made him...see his own death.

"You... don't need to know who I am, you only need to know the consequences of opposing me... that's enough." A cold voice came out, and the person hidden in the greater darkness withdrew his hand, which was not stained with a trace of blood. Then the light disappeared, and the old man in black was saved.

The Crimson Peak Sword lost its white light and fell from the hand of the mysterious man who had vanished without a trace. However, it did not fall to the ground. Instead, it instantly transformed into a streak of black light and rushed rapidly towards the sky above the central abyss. Seeing this, the man did not care at all. He merely glanced at the Crimson Peak Sword and then looked away.

After the old man in black realized what was happening, upon seeing this person, he immediately disregarded his injuries and knelt down, like a subject obeying a monarch, like a dog and its master, like a pawn and its player. This was the nature of their relationship, and presumably, this person was...

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High above the Demon Extermination Sect camp, the battle between Huang Quan and the bald elder was underway. There were seven disciples involved in the battle. Although their numbers were small and their cultivation levels were mostly around the Creation stage, making them seem no match for Huang Quan, they could still play a role, such as buying time.

Huang Quan found it troublesome. In less than half an incense stick's time, he defeated the seven disciples. He killed three of them and the remaining four were all seriously injured and fell to the ground below, their fates unknown. After dealing with these people, he could no longer see the bald elder.

Although he knew that the bald man would not escape easily and must be hiding somewhere in the sky, the sky was too vast, with countless dark clouds obscuring his view. Moreover, due to the continuous battles, the power fluctuations here had not yet fully stabilized, hindering his mental exploration. So he really found it very troublesome!

"Alright! Since that's the case, I'll just have to put in some effort!" With that, Huang Quan calmed his mind and his eyes gleamed. Soon, bursts of white light emanated from his body, and from within this white light, countless small white spirit-eating insects slowly materialized in the sky. As soon as they appeared, they flew rapidly in all directions, chasing after the bald elder's trail.

"This should be enough..." Huang Quan thought to himself, then closed his eyes and began to recover his strength. He was different from the mysterious man, who did not have a physical body and therefore had difficulty replenishing his strength.

The body and the soul: the body is the shell, and the soul is the interior. The body is the vessel for storing power, and the soul is the medium for connecting power. If the body is lost, the soul will be in a state of constantly releasing power, and one day it will lose all its power and face true death. This is why the soul, without a body, will urgently need a body.

Leaving aside the connection between the soul and the body, since the battle between Huang Quan and the bald elder was not yet over, about a quarter of an hour after Huang Quan released the small spirit-eating insects to search for the bald elder, his originally tightly closed eyes suddenly opened and stared ahead, because at this moment, a person appeared in that place, and upon closer inspection, this person was none other than the bald elder.

He wasn't found by Huang Quan; he appeared on his own. His expression was calm, with a cold smile on his lips, as if mocking Huang Quan. His physical condition had indeed improved considerably, but Huang Quan was unaffected. He merely blinked and sneered, "I thought you were going to be a coward for life."

"Hmph! Coward? No, no, no! That was just a strategic retreat. Someone like you wouldn't understand the importance of retreat..." The bald elder said softly, his smile unchanged.

"What nonsense about importance! It's just because you're incompetent that you can only use your subordinates as scapegoats! Otherwise, why didn't you show up to save them when I killed them? Why didn't you let them make a strategic retreat?" Huang Quan questioned, causing the bald elder to frown again.

"As expected! You really are my nemesis. Not only do I find your appearance unbearable, but I also find your words repulsive. So! So! So today I must kill you and tear you to pieces!" At this point, the bald elder suddenly became ferocious, his anger and rage completely undisguised, but Huang Quan still didn't care about it.

"You're so long-winded," Huang Quan rolled his eyes.

"You bastard!!" Too lazy to say another word to Huang Quan, the bald elder roared and directly circulated the demonic energy in his body. Then, a black light suddenly rose from his body, and within this black light, his body also began to change.

"Hmm? Transformation?" Huang Quan murmured, his heart becoming vigilant. Although the words were harsh, he knew that his opponent was a powerful expert in the early stage of the Transformation Realm, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.

Looking at the bald elder, his physical body had gradually disappeared, and his clothes had fallen off. His whole body seemed to have been subjected to intense compression and transformation, eventually turning into the shape of a tooth. Not only did his appearance become that of a tooth, but even his color and the feeling he gave off resembled a tooth—a silver tooth, a crocodile tooth, a sharp tooth.

"Hmph! You will definitely die by my hand, because my power... is stronger than yours!" Under somewhat strange circumstances, the tooth actually emitted the bald elder's voice, and as soon as the words fell, it shot straight towards the distant Yellow Springs like an arrow.

In an instant, the sky trembled, and as the tooth flew, a strong whistling sound seemed to echo, causing the space to shatter. It was clear that the power of this tooth should exceed any of the bald elder's previous attacks.

But Huang Quan didn't care at all, because he already had a plan to deal with it. He had been preparing for this plan since his countless insects fell to the ground, and now was the time to use it.

"I'm tired of fighting you, so I'll end it all with this move!" Huang Quan narrowed his eyes, seemingly thinking to himself, as the power within his body surged.

However, most of his current power does not belong to him, but to the disciples below.

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Those disciples below, ranging from lower to middle level, all felt a slight fatigue as they circulated their power in the Yellow Spring. Some of the weaker ones even fainted on the ground. Upon closer inspection, an insect had appeared on the back of their necks.

Without a doubt, this insect was the same Spirit-Eating Insect that had fallen to the ground and remained motionless. However, at the time, everyone thought that these insects had lost their threat, and the fierce battle in the sky had also diverted their attention. Therefore, no one paid any attention to the insects' subsequent actions, which allowed Huang Quan to take advantage of the situation.

"That means I have no better way to deal with you..."

And that was exactly what happened. With unwavering resolve, Huang Quan opened his mouth directly at the crocodile tooth that the bald elder had conjured. After opening his mouth, a white, sticky liquid quickly formed from his mouth and finally shot out of Huang Quan's mouth like a burst of water!

This viscous liquid is extremely corrosive. As soon as it appeared, it caused the surrounding space to show signs of decay. Although under the spatial laws of the continent, these damaged spaces would quickly recover, it was clear that Huang Quan really wanted to end this battle, which should have ended long ago, with this move.

The two had reached a point of no return in their battle. The bald elder, who had turned into teeth, felt the terrifying power of the slime, but he did not retreat because he believed he still had a chance to win. Although Huang Quan's breathing became unstable after spitting out the slime, he did not fall down because he wanted to witness his own victory.

Thus, with the two having very similar thoughts, the crocodile's teeth and the insect's slime finally came into contact. But less than two breaths later, the result was revealed to everyone: the crocodile's teeth, surrounded by slime, showed signs of decay.

"What? How is this possible?!" The bald elder's tooth was shocked. He couldn't believe it was real. Or rather, from the moment he wanted to use this move, he never thought he would fail. Because, as things stand, his power was indeed much stronger than Huang Quan's. Even if he was restrained, he would never show defeat so quickly.

However, he overlooked one thing: his power was only slightly stronger than Huang Quan's, while Huang Quan's power at that moment was not only his own but also that of the disciples below. This bald elder could only withstand the power of one person, not the thousands of troops below.

"How could I possibly fight you by force alone without any preparation? You have your own ideas, and I naturally have my own plans, but thinking about it, it seems quite ironic. You used the lives of your subordinates to buy yourself time, but you were defeated by the power of your own subordinates... Heh, perhaps this is what is called cause and effect!" Huang Quan didn't speak, but just supported his body and thought to himself.

"No! No!! I don't want to die! Save me! Save me!" The tooth that the bald man had transformed into had lost its previous luster and seemed to be gradually turning into pus. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before the tooth completely decayed, the bald elder would die, and the battle would truly come to an end.

However, just when everything was about to end, an unexpected accident still happened before Huang Quan's eyes.

It was a person, a person dressed in a black robe, a person with a handsome face who seemed to be extremely indifferent. He walked to Huang Quan's side in one step, and then stretched out his left hand, making Huang Quan's body completely unable to move before Huang Quan could react.

"You...you are..." Because he sensed the power of this person, which even the combined forces of thousands of troops below could not withstand, he felt a feeling he had not had for a long time, which was...death.

"Remember this in your next life: when you visit my territory, be sure to greet me! Understand?" With that, space collapsed and shattered, and the Yellow Springs were annihilated into nothingness.

At the moment of death, one's memories are like a fleeting glimpse, endless and boundless. But Huang Quan has no time to even reminisce. Perhaps this man in black robes wanted Huang Quan to die in even more despair, so he cut off any of Huang Quan's thoughts, preparing him to die unwillingly, to die in a dull and painful way.

This man in black showed no mercy, nor did he intend to. Whether it was Huang Quan, the mysterious man, or Gu Qici who was fighting the woman in white, they were all his enemies. He had no desire to pity or sympathize with his enemies; he only wanted to kill them. He was determined to eliminate his enemies completely. This was his unwavering and absolute ideology.

The bald man was saved and transformed back into a human. Just like the old man in black before him, he knelt down in mid-air like a servant, completely devoid of dignity. However, it was clear from his eyes that he was doing it willingly.

“Take good care of your injuries. My brother might take this opportunity to attack us, understand?” the man in black robes said solemnly.

"Yes!" The bald man nodded quickly, his expression loyal. Soon, under the black-robed man's command, he returned to his territory.

Chapter 145 One must bow one's head in this world

Furthermore, after resolving these matters, the man in black robes turned his gaze slightly, suddenly looking towards the south, which was also the place where Gu Qici and the woman in white were fighting. He stood high in the sky, seemingly thinking for a moment, before finally flying towards that place.

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It was a mountainous region, but in reality, it had become a desolate wasteland. Due to the battle between Gu Qici and the woman in white, there was practically nothing intact around them, including the space above.

But neither of them paid any attention to such trivial matters. After all, in a life-or-death situation, they could not afford to be careless. At this moment, seeing the woman in white reveal herself under their attack, Gu Qici's eyes flashed, and he concentrated all his strength in his right hand. Without thinking, he threw a punch!

The punch contained little cold energy, but the spiritual power it contained was his limit. So, with one punch, it was as if the heavens and earth shook. Then, a phantom of a fist appeared, carrying a strong sense of pressure, and launched a rapid attack on the woman in white!

Gu Qici had to win this battle, otherwise how could she face Huang Quan and the mysterious man who had helped her? How could she go and rescue Shen Qian, who was still lying in Phoenix Valley? So no matter what, she couldn't give up, she absolutely couldn't give up!

She knew, of course, that she couldn't defeat the woman in white with her punch, but that wasn't her real purpose. Instead, she wanted to use this opportunity to reorganize her cold energy and prepare to unleash a stronger spiritual technique. In the battle just now, she had already realized that the only way she could defeat the woman in white was by borrowing the power of cold energy.

On the other hand, as Gu Qici's fist shadow arrived, the white-clothed woman's eyes flickered, but she didn't make any extra movements. She simply stretched out her left hand and gently touched the fist shadow, causing it to vanish into nothingness. It was clear that even though she had appeared, her strength far surpassed Gu Qici's, and this gap could not be bridged by willpower alone.

Of course, Gu Qici didn't pay attention to her own attack. She calmed her mind and absorbed all the surrounding cold air into her body, which immediately transformed into a set of dark blue armor.

In the next instant, Gu Qici resolutely swung her left hand, which was covered in cold air, and a deep blue sword appeared in her hand. Then, in a flash, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and she decisively cut down the sword in her hand!

Perhaps because the sword was a phantom, the entire sword suddenly disappeared the moment Gu Qici slashed down, and instantly transformed into a small, deep blue dragon about ten meters long, which roared and swirled in the sky!

But this was not the end. After the deep blue dragon appeared, Gu Qici made a hand seal with her right hand and made another move. A chilling aura suddenly shot into the sky, making the sky even deeper blue. But within this deep blue, a deep blue phoenix of the same size as the deep blue dragon quickly appeared. With joyful cries, it caused the space to tremble and danced with the deep blue dragon in the sky.

A phoenix and a dragon, a magnificent sight, but this was not Gu Qici's power, but rather a move that would belong to someone in the future.

"Attack!" As soon as the word was uttered, the dragon and phoenix, amidst their flight, charged towards the white-clad woman in the distance without hesitation, causing the sky around them to rumble once more. Upon seeing the two beasts, the white-clad woman's eyes narrowed slightly, and for the first time, she frowned.

Perhaps it was because she finally realized that, at this moment, it was time for her to get serious.

Perhaps because her cultivation had reached the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm, the woman in white naturally felt disdain for the weak when facing Gu Qici, a junior with 'mediocre cultivation'. Although not as strong as the bald elder, this feeling did exist. For example, she told Gu Qici to give up, which was a typical example of the idea of ​​being strong against the weak.

However, the woman in white did not expect that this woman, whom she did not think highly of, could fight her to this extent. This was beyond her expectations, so she began to take Gu Qici seriously and even had the idea of ​​getting serious. Otherwise, she was really unsure whether she could defeat this enemy.

"Nothingness, nothingness of heaven and earth..." The woman in white, her face cold and indifferent, raised her left hand and murmured softly. But as she spoke, a strange power emanated from her body: "From nothingness comes something, from something comes nothingness, the Way of Heaven is nothing, there is no Way of Heaven..."

"The Heavenly Burial Dao Technique, open!" With that, she frowned and pointed fiercely at the approaching dragon and phoenix!

Following this finger gesture, a powerful binding force seemed to rapidly emerge from the surrounding world and instantly envelop the dragon and phoenix, causing them to freeze in mid-air as if time had stopped, completely still. But this was not the end, because the white-clad woman's attack had only just begun.

The woman in white waved her left hand lightly, very calmly and peacefully. After this action, the deep blue bodies of the dragon and phoenix began to dissipate. But this dissipation was not an ordinary dissipation. It was a forced dissipation from existence to non-existence. This was an irreversible law that forced them to become nothingness!

Even though the dragon and phoenix possessed a chilling aura, they could not withstand such an attack. In just two or three breaths, the dragon and phoenix vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed. This left Gu Qici, who was watching this scene, extremely astonished.

But she did not give up. Even though the woman in white had not used her strongest demonic energy, even though the woman in white still had a backup plan, even though the woman in white was much stronger than her, she did not think she had no chance of winning, nor did she think she would die here, because she had a guess, a guess that might save her and end everything.

That's why he rushed here without hesitation to stop the battle between the Demon Extermination Sect and the Demon Emperor Sect. However, speculation is still speculation. If he guesses wrong, then what awaits him is a different kind of ending, a very bad one. So it's a gamble! If he wins, he'll make a fortune! If he loses, he'll lose everything! That's all!

Then, after the dragon and phoenix's attack failed, Gu Qici gritted her teeth and began to retreat quickly. Even with the help of the cold energy, her injuries could not recover quickly. In addition, both the cold energy and spiritual power had reached their limits, so she could only retreat and hide for the time being, and continue fighting after her internal condition improved.

Unfortunately, the woman in white didn't seem to have any intention of giving Gu Qici that chance. The next moment, she gently pointed her raised left hand towards Gu Qici's direction, and murmured, "Life is death, death is death, life is existence, death is non-existence, life turns to death, existence turns to non-existence, life is non-existence!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a ripple, like waves on a lake, spread rapidly from the woman in white, covering the entire sky in the blink of an eye. Nothing could escape it, not even the clouds or the breeze, including Gu Qici, who was trying to hide in the distance.

Gu Qici barely moved before the ripples touched her body, causing her to shudder violently. Just like the dragon and phoenix before her, she immediately lost the ability to move, or rather, the white-clad woman stripped her of her ability to move, leaving her conscious but unable to move.

Being unable to move was only the first step. Gu Qici felt a strange force "devouring" her life force, causing her face to turn pale within a few breaths!

"This...this is?" Sensing the change, Gu Qici's expression changed drastically, because at this moment, she truly felt a life-or-death crisis.

"Give up! Don't struggle, just die peacefully, maybe it'll be more comfortable..." The woman in white, who was far away just a moment ago, was now right in front of Gu Qici, no more than three meters away. She stared at Gu Qici and said calmly, "You're very good, really very good..."

"Whether it's strength or willpower, you far surpass ordinary 'young people,' and even ordinary experts at the Transcendent Realm wouldn't be your match. But no matter how strong you are, there's always a limit, and that limit doesn't exceed my strength. So it's perfectly normal that you'll lose to me..."

"But I hope you can engrave today's events on your soul. When you are reincarnated in your next life, if you embark on the path of cultivation again, please don't be so impulsive. After all, there are still many things you cannot do. Admitting this is not difficult..." The woman in white instructed like a teacher.

"No!!" Gu Qici used the remaining cold energy and spiritual power to desperately resist the erosion of that "power".

The woman in white knew that Gu Qici was extremely afraid and in great pain, but she could only sigh slightly. She had indeed been a teacher before, so she valued young people. She knew that the future of the cultivation world would belong to the young, so even though she had been recruited into the Demon Extermination Sect, she would not kill any talented young people, even in the midst of war. This was her mercy.

However, she could not let Gu Qici go again. After all, she had already let her go once from the very beginning, but Gu Qici gave up that time. So she would never show mercy to those who lost their chance or did not know how to seize it, just like a true teacher who would never waste time teaching those who did not want to learn.

The essence of being a teacher is not actually teaching people, but judging people. It is impossible for a teacher to treat all students equally. The so-called equal treatment is just a slogan for teachers. No teacher is willing to waste their time on people who have no talent. If there is such a person, it is just out of pity.

The same applies to students. So-called students are not about learning, but about comparing things, talents, family backgrounds, and methods. If you stand at the top, you can regard other students as trash. If you are dragged down one day, then the students who dragged you down can also regard you as trash. It's just that those superficial "friendships" cover up this fact.