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

The man in black robes was extremely fast. Even though Gu Qici had been traveling for some time, he quickly appeared in her sight. Strangely, Gu Qici did not run away this time. Instead, she seemed to be waiting for him to arrive. But when the man in black robes saw this, he paused for a moment, and then a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

It seemed that he did not believe that Gu Qici would come up with any good way to deal with him in such a short time. Therefore, he continued to approach Gu Qici quickly. When Gu Qici saw the appearance of this black-robed man, her eyes narrowed and she stood in the void, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes!

At this moment, when the black-robed man was only about a hundred meters away from Gu Qici, Gu Qici's aura suddenly surpassed the original ninth cycle. A terrifying energy that made the entire space tremble suddenly erupted at this moment!

This change caused the black-robed man who was moving forward to be greatly shocked for the first time. He seemed extremely incredulous because he could feel that the aura emanating from that energy was almost the same as the power of the Heavenly Monarch!

"How is this possible?"

Just as the man in black robes was about to make a reaction, Gu Qici, who was standing in the void, suddenly swung the Nine Nether Emperor Halberd in his hand!

But unexpectedly, this time what she unleashed was no longer a blue light, but a boundless continent, as if it had pierced through all barriers, appearing in this world and crashing down on the black-robed man from above!

This is Gu Qici's world, and it is also the world in her heart!

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Let's go back to Gu Qici's escape process.

She was still somewhat anxious. The black-robed man's power was truly difficult to resist, but that didn't mean there was no way. Since she could make contact with him, there was a possibility of harming or defeating him. That was hope, even though it was extremely small. Gu Qici knew that it was better than nothing!

"It's not just his speed, his strength is incredible!" Gu Qici calmed herself down and thought to herself, "Unless I have strength that surpasses his, I absolutely cannot beat him. And the only techniques I haven't used yet are Unexpected Snowstorm and the Five Elements Reversal Technique. But even if I used them alone, I'm afraid they wouldn't pose a threat to him..."

"In that case..." As she thought about it, a resolute look suddenly appeared in Gu Qici's eyes: "There is only one way, and that is to use my fusion power as a medium to fuse all my moves together. Perhaps... there is still a chance to win!"

Having pondered this, Gu Qici finally stopped fleeing. Instead, she raised the Nine Nether Emperor Halberd, stared at the place where the black-robed man might come from, closed her eyes, and completely cleared her mind!

“All the power…” Gu Qici murmured, but as she thought this, a chaotic world appeared in her mind, and this world was Gu Qici’s consciousness world.

"Form... the best form... the best form that I will transform into after fusing my power is... my world!" Gu Qici thought to herself, then she summoned the unexpected wind and snow, the Five Elements Reversal Technique, and all the techniques she could summon.

Everything went very smoothly, surprisingly smoothly!

In Gu Qici's mind, the Five Elements Reversal Technique and the comprehension of wood transformed into mountains, rivers, and oceans; the wind and snow unexpectedly became the starry sky; and the power of Yin and spiritual energy transformed into the sun and moon. A complete world was slowly taking shape...

This ability to depict the world is actually only available to cultivators at the Heavenly Monarch level or above. She is only using the power of fusion to demonstrate it in its initial form, and it is not a true depiction of the world.

In short, after Gu Qici finished everything, the man in black robes arrived, she unleashed that move, and then a continent as vast as the world appeared.

At this moment, the black-robed man fighting Gu Qici saw that everything, including time, seemed to have stopped, except for the fact that the world continent was rapidly approaching with a terrifying power that could destroy everything and shatter the void. It was this illusion that made him feel a sense of crisis for the first time, but it was just a sense of crisis!

"Hmph! How naive! Even if it's close to the essence of a Heavenly Monarch, so what?!" The black-robed man muttered to himself, his eyes filled with disdain.

In his mind, it was clearly impossible for this newly formed illusory world to defeat him. So without thinking, he let out a soft shout, and an aura that could shatter space erupted from his body, directly resisting the arrival of the continent. In fact, under his power, the continent even showed some signs of retreating!

"What?!" Gu Qici was stunned when she sensed the retreat of the mainland. She had never expected that the man in black robes would be so powerful.

But things had already come to this point, leaving him no time to think further. Suddenly, the Nine Nether Emperor Halberd rang out again, seemingly giving Gu Qici further power, which brought the retreat of the continent to a complete halt.

But they did not continue towards the man in black, as if in a stalemate!

But this stalemate only represented Gu Qici, because at that very moment, the black-robed man's disdain intensified, and he suddenly said to Gu Qici in a cold voice, "Very good power, but... you can't possibly beat me!"

After he finished speaking, his power erupted once more. With a wave of his hand, he created an extremely powerful black tornado, carrying an unparalleled tearing force that directly caused space to collapse and crashed into the world continent!

In an instant, the world continent began to retreat rapidly, and Gu Qici also retreated with it. It was clear that the power used by the black-robed man this time was incomparable to the previous times!

"Is this the end for me? But I'm not reconciled!" Gu Qici desperately controlled the world continent, resisting the onslaught of the black gale!

But at that moment, a corner of the continent was suddenly destroyed by the gale. Gu Qici's face turned deathly pale, and even her will became blurred. She stared at the broken corner of the continent, her heart filled with bitterness: "How could this be?!"

"It's time to end this!" The man in black robes said coldly, waving his hand again. Another black gale appeared, causing the continent to shatter continuously. Gu Qici's mind also began to slowly collapse, and she spat out a mouthful of blood!

But that world continent, which was once boundless, has been reduced to only about ten thousand miles. The mountains and seas within it have been almost completely destroyed, and are still being destroyed!

Not only that, the man in black robes wasted no more time. With a single movement, he traversed tens of thousands of miles across the continent and arrived in front of Gu Qici!

Gu Qici naturally sensed the arrival of the man in black robes, and a sense of despair welled up within her. However, she did not close her eyes or lower her head, but stared intently at the man in black robes, unyielding and relentless!

Seeing Gu Qici's state, the man in black robes sighed slightly and said, "Your perseverance surpasses that of any cultivator I have ever seen, but this is your fate, so don't resist it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black robes stretched out his left hand and reached for Gu Qici's neck!

But just then, a voice that even the man in black robes hadn't expected suddenly rang in his ears!

"Hmph! Who do you think you are? What right do you have... to kill her?!"

Suddenly, the black-robed man's mind changed drastically. The moment he approached Gu Qici, he abruptly began to retreat. In the blink of an eye, he was about a hundred meters away from Gu Qici. It seemed that only at this distance was he safe. However, from the black-robed man's expression, it could be seen that he was somewhat wary of the owner of the voice!

Not only him, but Gu Qici was also shocked upon hearing this voice.

But upon hearing this voice, there was a sense of familiarity; perhaps it belonged to the woman in purple from that day?

Soon, under the solemn gazes of Gu Qici and the man in black robes, a ripple suddenly spread from the space behind Gu Qici, and at that moment, a not-so-tall figure slowly walked out from the ripple.

However, her appearance was not clear because she was wearing a white mask, but judging from the aura she exuded after she appeared, this woman must be very strong!

After the masked woman appeared, she didn't look at the black-robed man a hundred meters away, but instead focused her gaze on Gu Qici. Her eyes softened as she said, "Don't worry! With me here, you won't die!"

"Huh?!" Gu Qici was taken aback. Hearing this, she was deeply moved, but that was all. After experiencing so much, she couldn't easily trust someone who suddenly appeared. So she still had some doubts and was wary.

"You get some rest! Leave the rest to me!" As she spoke, a resolute glint appeared in the masked woman's eyes.

At this moment, the man in black robes realized he was being targeted by the masked woman. His heart skipped a beat, and a look of worry crossed his face. He immediately threatened, "Who are you? Don't get involved in the affairs of my Demon Extermination Sect, or you'll regret it. You should know you've offended half of the Demon Emperor Domain..."

"Enough with the nonsense!" Before the man in black robes could finish speaking, the masked woman interrupted him immediately. In that instant, she waved her left hand, suddenly producing a white longsword, and then slashed it directly at the man in black robes!

To Gu Qici, this slash seemed extremely ordinary, but to the black-robed man, it revealed utter horror, and he moved backward and then moved again!

But in the end, for some reason, a small bloodstain appeared between the eyebrows of the black-robed man. If you looked closely, you could see that the bloodstain suddenly grew larger the moment it appeared!

This was the first time the man in black robes had ever been truly injured. To her, it was an extremely shocking and terrifying experience. Even Gu Qici was somewhat incredulous when she saw the scar on the man in black robes' brow!

Of course, this is excluding the fact that the masked woman who unleashed this strike was somewhat disappointed that she did not kill the man in black robes directly!

The man in black robes gasped for breath, a feeling of relief immediately washing over him. It was clear that if he hadn't retreated in time, he would have been killed by the masked woman's attack. But soon, another emotion arose in the man in black robes—an emotion called anger: "You!!"

"Shut up! If I just kill you, nothing will happen, right?!" Not giving the man in black a chance to speak, the masked woman swung her white sword again!

This time, her power was slightly greater. It was also this time that Gu Qici finally saw the masked woman's attack clearly. It turned out that when Gu Qici swung her white sword, a thin line formed by the compression of space, combined with the power to cut through everything, went straight for the black-robed man, making it completely impossible for him to defend against!

"Could it be... compressing space into thin lines? But how much power would that require?! With the Emperor's Road not yet open, is it really possible?" At this moment, besides being surprised, Gu Qici felt a strange feeling towards this stranger as she watched this scene.

But the man in black robes was unlucky. This time, the masked woman's attack was so powerful that if he made even the slightest mistake, he would surely die!

In that instant, the thin line of space, containing absolute speed, was already close to the man in black robes!

The man in black robes kept retreating, but it seemed he couldn't escape the pursuit of the spatial threads. In this crisis, the man in black robes gritted his teeth fiercely, his expression ferocious, his hands formed into claws, and in a flash, he suddenly grabbed at the spatial threads!

With this grab, the entire space trembled violently, and in some places, it shattered into countless spatial fragments. At that moment, these fragments suddenly began to rapidly converge, and in the blink of an eye, they became nine transparent glass-like walls, immediately blocking the black-robed man's path, as if to completely repel the masked woman's attack!

The masked woman's attack was terrifying, and that thin spatial line was incredibly sharp. It seemed that anything in front of her would be completely shattered by it. When the nine transparent panels came into contact with it, they made a loud cracking sound, and three of them shattered instantly. The black-robed man's face also turned a little rosy at this moment. It seems that there is some connection between him and the transparent panels!

It wasn't over yet. Although the remaining six transparent walls didn't shatter immediately, they weren't completely able to withstand the masked woman's attacks. With the fourth wall breaking and the fifth in imminent danger, the black-robed man's eyes turned bloodshot, his expression twisted, and he suddenly took a step forward, grabbing at the space eight times in quick succession!

As he moved, the surrounding space rapidly shattered, and the spatial fragments gathered together, forming a total of eighty-one panels, along with the previous nine transparent wall panels!

And that's not all. These transparent walls, each of the nine that appear, are slightly different in size. The last nine walls, which are close to the man in black robes, are so long, wide, and thick that their edges are almost invisible to the naked eye, as if they are supporting the highest and lowest points of this space!

However, when the masked woman saw this, she just smiled faintly and calmly. Then, just like the man in black robes, she swung her white sword at the transparent walls nine times in a row!

With each of these nine attacks, the masked woman's power increased, causing Gu Qici to instinctively take a few steps back when she struck the ninth time. Although the masked woman's attack was not aimed at her at all, she could still feel the earth-shattering power!

At this very moment, while watching the masked woman and the man in black robes fight, Gu Qici glanced at the masked woman and then at the man in black robes. Her eyes flashed, and she began to take advantage of this brief moment to slowly sort through the events, hoping to find a way out.

Although the masked woman was helping him fight the man in black, she no longer intended to entrust her life to anyone else!

In an instant, the masked woman's nine incredibly powerful spatial threads, carrying a force that ordinary people could not even perceive, slammed towards the black-robed man!

In the blink of an eye, nearly twenty of the eighty-one transparent walls of the black-robed man were shattered, and they were still breaking. This made the black-robed man feel a sweet taste in his throat and a sense of injury arise spontaneously!

But the man in black robes did not give up, nor did he retreat again. Instead, with a serious expression on his face, he directly used his hand to push against the transparent wall, immediately unleashing his cultivation power and containing it within the subsequent eighteen transparent walls, attempting to withstand the masked woman's attack in this way!

However, after their brief exchange, he was well aware that he was no match for the masked woman, and if things continued like this, he would surely be defeated!

But he didn't give up, because he still had a backup plan; he still had something he could use.

Chapter 153 The Future and the Situation

Amidst the roar, just as the black-robed man was deep in thought, nearly half of his eighty-one transparent walls had shattered. Suddenly, a strong sense of weakness immediately struck the black-robed man's mind, causing his complexion to turn deathly pale instead of rosy.

If the man in black robes hadn't been extremely powerful, he probably would have already collapsed from the backlash of his own power. But even so, his gaze remained firm on this shocking thought, desperately trying to hold on.

Nevertheless, the woman in purple was no fool. Her eyes flashed, and though she remained calm on the surface, she kept thinking about the strangeness of the man in black robes as she broke through his layers of defenses. She could tell that he was preparing something.

At the same time, the black-robed man's gaze remained extremely firm, but he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned even paler. However, he still did not retreat. He was skilled in calculation, so when he saw the deep thought on the purple-clad woman's face, he understood that the purple-clad woman would not figure out his purpose anytime soon.

That's exactly why. As long as the woman in purple thinks slower than him, he's even less worried about dying here. Because as long as he can successfully use that thing, then Gu Qici and this sudden woman in purple... are both doomed to die.

But at this moment, his ruthlessness was completely captured by Gu Qici, who had not participated in the battle. Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in Gu Qici's mind.

“This guy, could it be… that should be it…” Gu Qici’s eyes showed understanding, and then he immediately said to the woman in purple, “He has a secret treasure that can rival a cultivator at the Heavenly Monarch level, and it seems he is preparing to use it.”

After speaking, Gu Qici said no more, immediately sat down cross-legged, and began to recover her strength.

But with just that one sentence, the woman in purple felt as if a clear map had been opened in her mind, and she immediately understood all the routes.

This caused the black-robed man's expression to change drastically, and he was filled with horror. He stared intently at Gu Qici, a trace of anger flashing by in an instant. For the first time, a murderous intent arose in his heart, separate from his original purpose.

At this moment, the woman in purple, with a cold expression, swiftly raised her white sword and unleashed her full cultivation power. She then slashed fiercely at the transparent wall of the man in black robes, delivering her tenth strike. Suddenly, a thin line of space, even more powerful than the previous nine strikes, appeared.

This thin line of space was different from the other nine. The moment it appeared, the entire space, without anyone noticing, suddenly stopped operating for a millisecond. This millisecond seemed ordinary, and it seemed that nothing had happened in this space, but in fact, it made the man in black robes suddenly startled.

Without him even noticing, nine of his eighteen transparent spaces had already been completely shattered by the purple-clad woman's spatial threads, leaving only the last nine spaces struggling to hold on.

Clearly, this power to freeze time also belongs to the woman in purple. However, the thin lines are no longer simple spatial lines. With the manipulation of the power of time, these are now spacetime lines that combine the powers of time and space.

This also proves that the black-robed man's predicament will escalate dramatically in the coming period, and all of this change is due to a single sentence from Gu Qici. Thinking of this, as the black-robed man reinforces the defenses of the last nine transparent walls, his killing intent towards Gu Qici also silently increases.

However, he had no time to think about anything else, because he was dealing with the purple-clad woman's attack. In that instant, his transparent wall suddenly shattered with a loud bang, and even the eighth and seventh walls were shaking violently. It seemed that it wouldn't last much longer.

At this point, he coughed up three mouthfuls of blood in succession. His once handsome face, weakened by his poor health, slowly turned into a horrifying, skeletal appearance. His once robust body became skin and bones. Apart from the determination in his eyes to use that thing, no other expression seemed to be able to show on his face.

However, the woman in purple did not stop because of the man in black robes. After figuring out the man in black robes' purpose, she knew that she had to end this as quickly as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome. So she snorted coldly and mobilized the power of her cultivation once again, and her aura rose to an extreme in an instant.

"Die!" The woman in purple opened her eyes wide in anger and intensified her power once more.

Suddenly, she unleashed the eleventh strike of the white sword, a strike with the terrifying power to shatter the entire space-time continuum. It formed an extremely thin spatial line, or rather, a spacetime line, which immediately swept across the black-robed man's approximately six transparent walls.

In an instant, apart from the last two transparent walls which still provided some resistance, the third to eighth transparent walls exploded all at once, just like ordinary white paper, completely unable to block the purple-clad woman's attack.

However, those two transparent walls only provided temporary protection. In the blink of an eye, the second transparent wall vanished with a loud bang. As the transparent wall shattered, the black-robed man's left hand seemed to lose all its strength and became completely numb.

Feeling the strange sensation in his left hand, the man in black robes felt fear for the first time. He was afraid that he would be killed by the woman in purple before he could even activate the device. But he quickly dispelled this thought and immediately used his other hand to brace against the last transparent wall, desperately resisting the woman in purple's attacks.

"Impossible. How could I possibly die here so easily? I haven't obtained the Demon Heaven Technique yet, I haven't become a true Heavenly Lord, and I haven't fulfilled my ambitions. How could I possibly die here?" the black-robed man thought to himself.