Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

By then, barring any unforeseen circumstances, her cultivation would have reached the threshold of the Return to Void Realm. Such strength, whether in the demon race or the human world, would be the true ceiling. Unless those veteran Return to Void Realm monsters took action, no one would be able to stop her. And those veteran monsters, fearing retaliation from the Divine Phoenix Clan, would not dare to take any real action against her.

but.

After Qingluo learned about Xueyuan's news, she was worried that she might not be able to kill her enemy personally, so she took the initiative to leave Shenhuang Valley early.

In this way, although her strength is still very strong, reaching the level of the seventh level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, it is much lower than originally expected.

I thought it was enough.

Can……

"Why……"

Why does this bitch have such strength? !

Didn't Mo Zeng's intelligence say that she was only at the third level of the Spiritual Transformation Realm at most?!

They are all liars!

If...if I can't kill her here...

What then of all the hard work I had put in over the past thirty years, the suffering I had endured, and the decades of tedious and arduous cultivation in Divine Phoenix Valley?!

Think about this.

A faint red blood line appeared in Qingluo's golden pupils, and a resolution was born in her heart:

"You forced me to do this... Master!!"

"Since you don't dare to die obediently, then I can only..."

Before she finished her words, Qingluo suddenly flapped her wings, raising a huge ball of flowing flames, which shot towards the direction where Guiyuan was.

Taking advantage of the moment when Gui Yuan swung his sword to block, she bit her tongue hard and spat out a mouthful of dark golden blood.

Those dark golden blood beads formed a line of ancient mystical patterns in the air, emitting a heart-pounding wave of vibrations. As the last rune was completed, the temperature around Qingluo soared again, and the patterns on her feathered robe began to wriggle as if alive.

then……

A clear and high-pitched phoenix cry emanated from Qingluo's mouth, but it carried a solemn and ancient flavor that made people unconsciously want to kneel down in submission:

"Divine Phoenix True Fire: Burning the Sky and Boiling the Sea!"

The world seemed to be quiet for a moment.

next moment.

With Qingluo - or to be more precise, with the ancient secret pattern refined from the blood essence on the tip of her tongue - as the center, a dark golden fire ring containing terrifying temperature suddenly exploded!

After the ring of fire burst out from in front of Qingluo, it expanded in circles, its diameter expanding from tens of meters at first, to hundreds of meters, and then to thousands of meters... Wherever the ring of fire passed, whether it was rocks, trees, or soil, they were instantly vaporized, and then fell into absolute nothingness!

Gui Yuan's expression finally changed.

Because this move has already surpassed the scope of the ordinary Divine Transformation Realm and has clearly touched the threshold of the Return to Void Realm! It is the ultimate power from the Phoenix Ancestor lineage, symbolizing the embodiment of the ancient law of "flame" -

【Nirvana True Fire】!!

Can't be hardwired!

If you receive such a blow, I am afraid that even your soul will be completely annihilated, and there will be no possibility of resurrection!

Gui Yuan didn't dare to be complacent. He swung his sword fiercely, gathering the remaining black and red blood energy into a single place, condensing it into layer after layer in mid-air. He himself then exploded backward like an arrow from a bow, faster than lightning!

In an instant, the ring of fire spread and spread again!

The ghost retreated again and again! !

In front of her, the layers of black and red blood energy condensed into layers, one after another, exploded, shattered, evaporated, and burst into flames within a few tenths of a second!

The little remaining power of [Galaxy Fantasy Veil] was exhausted, and the Star Track Array collapsed and shattered again, turning into a sky full of stars.

Finally, Gui Yuan clasped her hands together, and the cat ears on her head reappeared. Nine figures identical to her appeared around her body—they were the "Nine Lives Tracing Shadows" from the [Moon Cat Earrings]!

however……

Even these nine life forms were crushed by the oncoming ring of fire like withered dry wood and rotten wood. With each life form destroyed, Gui Yuan's face grew paler. When the last clone dissipated, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and was blasted away by the ring of fire, smashing to the ground like a cannonball!

Bang——! !

Flames Exploded!!

Even though this ring of fire has been offset a lot by the layers of defense of the ghost kite, the energy it contains is still astonishing.

The moment the ghost kite's body was blasted into the earth, immeasurable light and heat burst out on the horizon, like a scorching sun rising into the sky!

And on the ground, a huge crack appeared, extending in all directions. Dense gullies radiated out and spread out wantonly, extending to hundreds of kilometers away!

Rumble…

There was a loud noise like an earthquake, which lasted for several minutes.

The sun-like light lasted for a long time before gradually fading. Mo Zhe, who was more than ten kilometers away, could not help but burrow into the ground, but he still felt as if his flesh and bones were being torn apart and melted, the pain was unbearable.

——Also having to temporarily avoid the spotlight were several sword-wielding monks who hurried over from the direction of Tianyuan Mountain, which was farther away.

When everything calmed down, a bottomless sinkhole appeared on the ground!

"call……"

Qingluo breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, she slowly fell from mid-air.

Her current state could be described as extremely miserable. Her once dazzling golden pupils had dimmed considerably, and blood streaked at the corners of her mouth. But her eyes remained fierce, like a wounded beast, staring intently into the depths of the chasm.

There was flame and steam everywhere.

Ghost Yuan's body was riddled with wounds, like a doll trampled by an elephant, as she lay on the rocky peak. Half of her body was still burning fiercely, and a thick rock spike pierced her abdomen. At this time, her surroundings were stained with large pools of blood, but she was still alive.

She was even struggling to get up.

However, she just "wanted" to get up, but her injuries were so serious that it was a miracle that she didn't die, let alone stand up again.

Tread-

Qingluo landed in the canyon, looked at Guiyuan coldly, then walked towards her and stopped dozens of meters away.

Eyes facing each other.

Gui Yuan finally gave up struggling, coughed up a ball of blood foam from his throat, and then said the second sentence of the night to Qing Luo: "Ahem...is it worth it?"

"In order to kill me, you are willing to burn your own essence and blood?"

"..."

Chapter 198 No, sister...how did you lose?

That's right.

The move just now, "Burning the Sky and Boiling the Sea," was a forbidden technique of the Divine Phoenix Clan. Normally, it could only be used after one had fully comprehended the secret patterns on the nine Nirvana Cauldrons and reached at least the realm of Half-Step Return to the Void. Qingluo's current strength was insufficient to use it.

But Qingluo, with her extreme hatred for Bai Yuan, did not hesitate to burn her own essence and blood, and only then, with the posture of the seventh level of the Spiritual Transformation, forced to use this move. Only then did she achieve the effect of almost completely killing Gui Yuan with one blow.

The price was certainly heavy. While it wouldn't completely destroy her foundation, it was still a loss of 500 for every 1,000 she inflicted on herself.

But now.

Facing the dying Gui Yuan, Qing Luo smiled. That smile was ferocious and brilliant, yet also heart-wrenching:

"Of course it's worth it."

"I've waited a full thirty years for this day... Do you know how I've been spending these past thirty years?!"

"..."

Gui Yuan didn't say anything, but just looked at Qingluo calmly, his eyes almost the same as when they first met.

Qingluo also gradually fell silent.

It seemed that all the anger in his heart was poured out at once by that move just now.

Or perhaps it was because Gui Yuan was already dying, no longer the suffocatingly powerful "Demon Lord", but a seriously injured and dying person who could be killed with just a flick of the finger.

At this moment, the murderous aura that was so intense that it threatened to crush Gui Yuan alive actually began to subside a little bit. She looked at Gui Yuan intently and whispered, "Why?"

"?"

Gui Yuan's eyelids moved, as if he didn't understand Qing Luo's meaning.

then.

Qingluo asked more specifically: "Why did you do those things to me back then?"

The question that had been buried in my heart for thirty years was finally spoken out at this moment.

Qingluo seemed to relax a bit, her voice calming down, though a hint of hoarseness lingered within her calmness. "We clearly had a tender time together back then. You took me, a refugee, as your disciple, and taught me how to cultivate and survive in this cruel world...

"But why, why did it end like that?"

"Could it be that the friendship between master and disciple over the past decade was all fake?!"

"Or is it that your heart is really as cold and hard as iron as the legend says, and you don't care about these meaningless sentiments at all?!"

"..."

Gui Yuan remained silent.

A brief silence.

Suddenly, Qingluo became excited again, rushed forward, and grabbed Guiyuan's collar hard... Well, the collar had been burned, so she could only strangle her neck instead and lift her up in the air.

With this action, the golden phoenix shadow behind her reappeared, but it had become very unstable, like a sun about to explode, which could raze the area within a thousand miles to the ground at any time.

"..."

Gui Yuan opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Because at the moment her neck was strangled, she felt a burning pain in her internal organs, and her dantian seemed to be ignited. Even her spiritual power slowly melted in the Nirvana Fire that came from the Divine Phoenix Clan, and every inch of her from head to toe was burning.

This process is naturally very painful.

But Gui Yuan remained calm.

She just looked at Qingluo with a calm expression, as if nothing had happened, and then slowly raised her hand.

"Ok?"

Qingluo followed Guiyuan's movements and saw that the hand, which had been burned by the flames to only a trace of flesh, seemed to be holding something - it was a bone that was light golden in color and shaped like a small sword.

【Clarifying Heart Sword Bone】

This action seemed to have exhausted Gui Yuan's last bit of strength.

Her hand froze a second before it touched Qingluo, then slowly sank, and her eyes gradually lost their luster, as if she was already stepping into death.

"you……"

Qingluo frowned and was about to say something, but suddenly turned back with a sense of realization.

In sight.

A figure clad in long, plain gauze swooped over like a white rainbow, the Five Elements Wheel slowly spinning behind it. The [Separation and Hate] sword in its hand drew a sharp, blinding arc!

boom--! ! !

In an instant.

A tremendous force rushed towards them, accompanied by a myriad of star-like sword lights! Qingluo waved her hands to block most of the sword light, but was still struck by the Five Elements Wheel. Her golden feathered clothes burst into a brilliant golden light, and she retreated like a fluttering willow leaf!

The female cultivator in plain clothes swung her sword again, and the shadow of a golden spear and ancient tree appeared behind her. Her body was filled with murderous aura as if it were tangible. She continued to attack Qingluo without saying a word!

It was Jiang Rao who rushed all the way from Tianyuan Sword Sect to the battlefield!

Jiang Rao's current strength was that of an eighth-grade Nascent Soul. At this moment, he attacked with anger, coupled with the properties granted by the [Dayan Five Elements Wheel] and the [Lihen] Sword, he could burst out with strength comparable to that of a ninth-grade Nascent Soul. However, compared to Qingluo, who was in the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm, there was still a huge gap.

——To be precise, there is a huge gap between them.

Under normal circumstances, Qingluo would only need to make a slight move to kill her instantly.

but now.

Qingluo had just experienced a battle with Guiyuan, and her spiritual power was greatly consumed. She also burned her own essence and blood. She was in a state of exhaustion after the explosion. Then, she was thinking about Guiyuan's eyes just now, and she was a little uneasy. So at this moment, she only defended and did not attack. For a while, she was forced back by Jiang Rao with a sword.

next to.

Ye Shuang'er, who arrived a little late, landed beside the already gasping Gui Yuan. With trembling hands, she tried to help him up, but found she had no idea where to start. She could only kneel down helplessly, her voice choked with sobs, almost unable to speak: "Master..."

Unspeakable pain welled up in my heart.