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

Shen Yue was extremely surprised that Gu Qici would say such a thing. Although she knew that the other party had caused a great uproar in the Demon Extermination Sect, although she knew that even the sect leader of the Demon Extermination Sect had not killed her, and although she knew that this person could not be treated with ordinary cultivation level equal to combat strength, she still thought that Gu Qici was talking big.

"You must be joking," Shen Yue said, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Gu Qici seemed to have anticipated Shen Yue's words. She smiled faintly and said, "I'm not joking. If you don't believe me, you can try, but I can't guarantee you'll be unharmed."

"Hmph." Hearing these obviously provocative words, Shen Yue stopped thinking and saying anything more. He moved and rushed towards Gu Qici without using any killing moves.

Because he was afraid of hurting Gu Qici, he only reached out his left hand to grab Gu Qici's crown during the action.

This hand clearly contained a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation. If it were to capture an ordinary cultivator, it would surely render the cultivator immobile and even instill fear in them.

Gu Qici watched Shen Yue's attack and smiled slightly. She didn't use any killing moves either. She simply raised her left hand and pointed easily in the direction Shen Yue was attacking.

However, for some reason, upon seeing Gu Qici's finger, Shen Yue's expression suddenly changed drastically. His eyes widened, and he stopped abruptly as if slamming on the brakes. Without hesitation, he chose to abandon his attack. Then, he was seen panting heavily, his back soaked with sweat.

This scene unfolded before everyone's eyes, leaving the four white-robed men puzzled, but unfortunately, at this moment, no one was destined to be able to answer their questions.

"You..." Shen Yue came to her senses, looked at Gu Qici, and asked somewhat hesitantly, "When...did you become so strong?"

“But we also paid a price for it,” Gu Qici replied with an unchanged smile.

"The price?" Shen Yue seemed to understand, and then asked, "So what do you plan to do next?"

"Let's go back to Huangmo Island," Gu Qici said directly.

But her words made Shen Yue frown. She calmed herself down and asked again, "Wouldn't it be the same if you came back with me?"

“It’s different.” Gu Qici shook her head decisively and said, “Going back with you is not my own decision.”

"One's own consciousness?" Shen Yue seemed to understand but not quite.

"In short, this time, I'm going to put an end to everything," Gu Qici continued, her resolute expression growing even stronger.

"Is that so?" Shen Yue gave Gu Qici a deep look, and then said, "But do you really think you can end all this with your current strength? The sect leader of the Demon Extermination Sect has the cultivation of a half-step Heavenly Monarch. You should know that you were able to escape last time only because you were lucky."

“So this time… I won’t rely on luck anymore,” Gu Qici said.

Seeing that Gu Qici was determined no matter what she said, Shen Yue sighed and said with a complicated expression, "Since that's the case, I won't say anything more. I just hope you can succeed."

After speaking, Shen Yue stepped aside, and her four subordinates, seeing this, also made way for Gu Qici in a daze. Although they didn't know anything, they would not disobey Shen Yue's actions and words, because sometimes, subordinates don't need to think too much about certain things.

"Thank you." Gu Qici clasped his hands in thanks and then flew into the sky.

However, after Gu Qici walked away, a trace of blood immediately spilled from the corner of Shen Yue's mouth, as if she had suffered some minor injury, which greatly surprised the four people around her.

"Wow, that's really powerful. It seems the heavens of the Imperial Demon Realm are truly about to change. Perhaps..." Shen Yue wiped the bloodstains from her lips and muttered to herself.

……

On the other hand, perhaps not wanting to be disturbed, Gu Qici stopped flying leisurely in the sky and immediately went full speed without thinking.

A whooshing sound echoed across the sky before disappearing into the distance.

Unfortunately, an accident still occurred. Just an hour after Gu Qici flew, three people dressed in black robes surrounded them.

Gu Qici recognized the leader, though not as well as Shen Yue. This man was the black-clad elder, a subordinate of the Demon Extermination Sect Master. Gu Qici neither knew nor wanted to know his name.

"Get out of the way." After glancing around at the three people, Gu Qici focused her gaze on the old man in black and said coldly.

Unlike Shen Yue, these people had no connection with her, so she had no worries.

If she wanted to, she could have killed them all and left gracefully, but she was not a bloodthirsty person, which is why she said "get out of the way".

Unfortunately, the old woman in black didn't seem to appreciate it. She sneered and said, "You think you can just let us go with a few words? That would be too much of a loss of face for me. Fine, hand over what you have, then cripple your cultivation, and we'll leave."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Gu Qici was first taken aback, and then became puzzled, not because of the arrogant words that followed, but because of the old man in black's preface.

"Things? What things?" Gu Qici asked, puzzled.

"Hmph, stop pretending. If I'm not mistaken, that thing should be with you. If you don't hand it over, be careful of suffering some unnecessary pain, so I can give the sect leader an explanation," the old man in black said loudly.

But her words only made Gu Qici even more confused. However, Gu Qici didn't care. She just raised an eyebrow and her eyes flickered, as if to say, "I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't know what you're talking about, so..." As she spoke, the coldness in Gu Qici's eyes seemed to suddenly intensify.

"So if you don't leave now, I'll just have to see you off." With that, Gu Qici's patience had reached its limit.

"Hahahaha. What a joke. Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you managed to escape from the sect leader's clutches last time by sheer luck."

"In my eyes, you are no different from that sword avatar that was killed by the sect leader in one move, or that dead bug," the old man in black mocked.

But he didn't know that his words had completely determined his fate.

Chapter 170 The Plan

Of course, the old man in black seemed to look down on Gu Qici on the surface, but that was not actually the case. He was still quite wary of Gu Qici. However, as a "professional villain," he still had to say some things. After all, as an elder of the Demon Extermination Sect, he could not back down.

So the moment he finished speaking, he sent a telepathic message to his two subordinates. Upon receiving the order, the two men in black robes moved and appeared behind the old man in black.

However, at this moment, Gu Qici remained silent, but her eyes revealed a faint red light, as if a terrifying killing intent was flowing through them, showing that she was truly angry.

Upon seeing Gu Qici, the three exchanged glances and nodded to each other before launching an attack. However, instead of attacking one by one, they unleashed a combined attack.

"The Wind Rises from the Netherworld Leaves!!" A loud shout rang out, and the three of them immediately unleashed three different streams of demonic energy. Primarily powered by the Night Elder's power of night, these auras instantly became chilling, as if they had descended from the icy hell to the mortal realm, inspiring fear!

Gu Qici, who sensed this aura, remained unmoved.

However, in the next instant, apart from the old man in black, the other two people let out shrill screams. Their bodies were suddenly shaken by this aura and turned into countless drifting black leaves, as if they had been replaced by that aura.

Suddenly, that aura merged directly into these black leaves, seemingly granting them the right to life and the destructive power to shatter everything!

As they drifted by, all traces of the two people's lives vanished completely, leaving only the leaves that proved their existence!

This wasn't the first time Gu Qici had seen someone turn themselves into an attack, but the power of this attack was noticeably different!

The black leaves danced, but as they moved, the edges of the leaves carved jagged cracks into the surrounding space!

If it were to strike a person's body, it would probably turn that person into minced meat in an instant!

Without stopping, after a certain number of black leaves appeared, they collectively rushed towards Gu Qici like a tidal wave, with an aura of destruction!

In that instant, it seemed as if this icy world had been transformed into Ye's own space!

"So that's how it is. One person's strength isn't enough to use this level of magic?!" Gu Qici looked at the overwhelming black leaves, her expression remaining calm!

"Unfortunately, it's not complete enough!" With that, Gu Qici's eyes lit up, and she launched a counterattack.

As soon as the words were spoken, a drop of water appeared in the air and then transformed into a white dragon. It roared and shook the surrounding area before rushing towards the wave of black leaves!

"point!"

During the impact, the white dragon shuddered and instantly split into nine identical dragons, which moved even faster!

"Disperse!"

The white dragon collided with the wave of black leaves in an instant, and the space shattered. At that moment, the dragon changed again, and the nine dragons seemed to be disintegrated, turning into countless beautiful white snowflakes in the blink of an eye!

"Congeal!"

This was Gu Qici's last soft murmur!

In an instant, these white snowflakes generated an incredibly powerful freezing force, and fell wildly onto the black leaves!

"Snow melts into water, and water can naturally turn into snow!"

She had thought about the changes in the power of water before, but she didn't have time to explore it in depth. After reaching the ultimate stage of the power of water, she finally understood that the power of water is change.

Water freezes into ice and transforms into snow; this is the power of water's transformation.

At the same moment, the chill emanating from the white snowflakes instantly froze the countless black leaves inside, turning them into an immeasurable, enormous ice stone, rendering the black leaves powerless to resist!

"What?!" The only remaining old man in black narrowed his eyes and his expression changed drastically. He had originally intended to use the lives of his subordinates to unleash the strongest combination technique in order to quickly end the battle, but reality slapped him in the face.

In the blink of an eye, his body was also frozen by the snowflakes. This was the difference in strength, and it was an unchangeable result!

Soon, everything calmed down. The battle was completely insignificant to Gu Qici. She looked at the old men of the night sealed inside the boulders and pondered for a moment...

"You are not worthy of making me use my full strength..."

Suddenly, she waved her hand, and the entire frozen boulder shattered instantly, along with the countless black leaves and the old man in black inside, all turning to dust in that instant.

And the snow stopped.

Stopping her attention on those she didn't want to pay attention to, and after calming herself down, she silently continued flying towards the Imperial Demon Island.

Just as the old man in black died, on the distant Emperor Demon Island, in a secret chamber, Shen Yuan, the sect leader of the Demon Extermination Sect, suddenly opened his eyes while meditating.

"Shen Ye?!" Shen Yuan frowned, muttering to himself, but the next moment, doubt arose: "Dead? That's strange. In this Imperial Demon Domain, there aren't many people who can kill him. Even if he couldn't win, escaping shouldn't be a problem..."

"Could it be... that something unexpected happened?" In silence, Shen Yuan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

A sense of unease crept into his heart, making him very uncomfortable. But even so, he managed to calm himself down, after all, he wasn't the kind of person who would panic at the slightest provocation.

"Enough! My cultivation and injuries have almost recovered in the past month, it's time to come out of seclusion..." Thinking of this, a hint of coldness seemed to appear in Shen Yuan's eyes.

……

On the other side of Huangmo Island, in the territory of the Huangmo Clan, atop a magnificent waterfall, Shen Lian and Shen Xuan stood gazing at the distant horizon, the direction of the Demon Extermination Sect.

"News has come from over there: Shen Ye was defeated by Gu Qici in a single move," Shen Xuan said.

"Defeated by Gu Qici?" Shen Lian's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he could hardly believe it.

“Yes, when I first heard the news, I was just as surprised as my father, but it’s true. Gu Qici has become much stronger in the past month,” Shen Xuan said.

"A month?" Hearing this, Shen Lian pondered for a moment, then asked, "Does Shen Yue know what Gu Qici's next move is?"

"Yes!" Shen Xuan nodded and replied, "She's coming to Huangmo Island to put an end to everything."

"What?!" Shen Lian exclaimed in surprise.

“Although it sounds a bit impossible, he seems quite confident this time,” Shen Xuan said.

"Hmm? Confidence?"

“That’s right, after all, she’s not stupid…” Shen Xuan continued, “She has already escaped from the Demon Extermination Sect once, so she must already know the strength of the Demon Extermination Sect. Therefore, she must have made sufficient preparations for this second trip. Otherwise, it would be no different from seeking death.”

“Hehe! That’s true.” Shen Lian suddenly agreed.

"Maybe! But Father, we didn't help her with this matter. Will she hold a grudge against us for it?" Shen Xuan said with some concern.

However, his concerns were not unfounded, because they had already witnessed Gu Qici's strength, but they did not know much about Gu Qici's personality, so it was normal for Shen Xuan to have such concerns.

“No…” Shen Lian’s eyes flickered slightly, and he shook his head, saying, “Although we have some misunderstandings with her, I believe that as long as she is still in this vortex, she will definitely understand our position.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan's heart stirred slightly, and he fell silent.

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