Gu Qingmei had absolutely no idea what that cultivator in the Killing Red Minor Realm actually looked like.
Even in the final stage, they couldn’t see each other’s appearances—only the traces left by each other’s attacks…
And she clearly and deeply remembered those terrifying marks on the ground, one after another—axe marks!
In Gu Qingmei’s judgment, that should have been a powerful male cultivator wielding a giant axe with astonishing strength…
But she never would have imagined that at this very moment—
This “Yashan eldest senior sister” standing beside her, this Jian Chou who seemed gentle and amiable, extremely easy to get along with, would actually summon a giant axe in this critical moment, striking like splitting mountains and cleaving seas toward those vines!
Nightmare-like memories surged out like a tide!
She had heard that Yashan’s eldest senior sister had legs and also an axe, but never imagined it would be such a formidable giant axe, even taller than her entire person by more than a zhang!
Ridiculously large.
That was like an axe used by giants, absolutely not something such a gentle woman with a touch of elegance should use!
Silent upon entering the minor realm, yet truly opposing her at every turn;
The fierce attacks during “Red Petals Flying in Confusion” and “Flowers Fade to Remaining Red,” the muffled sounds coming from the red disc one after another, Meng Xizhou loudly calling out “senior”;
In Azure Overwhelming City, nearly unharmed under her Soul-Seizing Bell’s sound, still able to compete for the Dijiang Guyu with full strength, even finally destroying an Earth-Binding Grand Formation that Senior Brother Xie had given her!
Slapping her face!
Stealing her opportunities!
Snatching Senior Brother Xie’s Dijiang Guyu!
Incident after incident, matter after matter.
All suddenly surged into her heart!
She had thought that the axe-wielding person who entered the Killing Red Minor Realm with a killing disc had astonishing strength and shouldn’t be merely at Golden Core level, but this guess was wrong from the start. The general rule of the Killing Red Minor Realm was that only those with strength below Golden Core could enter. Although Senior Brother Xie was at Foundation Establishment, his combat power was amazing, already surpassing Golden Core—the Killing Red Minor Realm wouldn’t accept his entry.
But how many Xie Buchens were there in the world?!
In the Killing Red Minor Realm, none below Golden Core could enter!
So the axe-wielding cultivator who could enter the Killing Red Minor Realm must be basically at the same realm as her, and Central Domain cultivators at this realm generally hadn’t participated in the Left Three Thousand Minor Competition yet.
If this person was a Central Domain cultivator, they would inevitably appear at the minor competition.
With such powerful strength, how could they not be listed on the One Person Platform notes?
Wrong!
She had been wrong from the beginning!
A genuine cultivator below Golden Core level, not some great power “senior” who had transcended that realm!
An axe-wielding cultivator, with such an ridiculously large axe.
Who else could it be?
Gu Qingmei’s face became uncontrollably distorted for a moment.
All the good feelings she had previously developed toward Jian Chou vanished into smoke!
She had returned from the Killing Red Minor Realm severely injured, and during two years of subsequent cultivation, she constantly remembered the humiliation she had suffered, nearly developing inner demons, struggling at every step. If not for her father Gu Pingsheng’s full assistance, she would likely have already fallen into qi deviation.
Deep hatred, etched into her bones!
Jian Chou’s shoulder and neck constantly had a small marten perched there, yet she had never heard this marten make a sound…
Clue after clue, everything matched perfectly.
There couldn’t be a second person!
Killing Red Minor Realm, axe-wielding cultivator, Yashan’s Jian Chou!
She asked herself—she had no grievances or enmities with Jian Chou, so why had she targeted her from the beginning?
All the hatred poured out like angry waves in this instant!
Gu Qingmei’s hand gripping the ice sword was trembling slightly, her eyes also carrying a cold light that seemed ready to devour…
Ahead, Jian Chou couldn’t care about all that now.
Gu Qingmei?
So what if she was discovered?
She was fearless!
The slender figure and the exaggerated giant axe flew out together!
The Withered Leaf Vine as thick as a pillar crashed down head-on, like a giant python opening its bloody maw.
What greeted it was a fierce axe blow!
Pure power exploded suddenly!
Meeting difficulty head-on, yielding not an inch.
The axe shadow flashed once, twice, thrice, instantly reaching the snarling Withered Leaf Vine!
Swish!
The axe shadow struck the thick green surface of the Withered Leaf Vine, immediately bursting with a spray of brilliant green juice!
Bang!
A huge gap immediately appeared on the zhang-thick vine, deep enough to see the bottom—after one axe blow, this Withered Leaf Vine was left with only a layer of stem skin still connected!
The Withered Leaf Vine seemed to feel pain, madly falling back toward where it came from.
Jian Chou struck with one axe and directly stepped on the fish bone ground of the Fish Eye Tomb, her figure explosively retreating.
Rising on the wind!
Her hand holding the axe remained motionless, but her ink-black long hair flew up!
This place was not suitable for a long stay—it was clearly time to withdraw.
Thud thud thud!
Just as Jian Chou’s feet left the ground, fierce and sharp bone spikes suddenly protruded from the entire floor of the Fish Eye Tomb, like rows of long spears!
The moment they appeared, several screams arose in the Fish Eye Tomb—clearly some people, busy dealing with the Withered Leaf Vines, hadn’t noticed what was beneath their feet and were immediately injured by bone spikes.
Jian Chou turned her head and saw Qian Que not far away cry out, frantically waving the long staff in his hands—
“Ah ah ah don’t come over don’t come over!”
Bang!
A bone spike appeared under his feet, immediately piercing a bloody hole through Qian Que’s thigh!
“Ow!”
At that moment, he screamed like a slaughtered pig. Under the severe pain, he no longer had the strength to pay attention to what was in front of him.
The Withered Leaf Vine ahead had been waiting for this moment, already prepared to strike. Seeing this situation, it unhesitatingly pounced forward!
The vine struck and then quickly tightened, wrapping Qian Que up like a dumpling!
How domineering and fierce was the power of a zhang-thick Withered Leaf Vine?
The moment he was wrapped up, Qian Que’s eyes rolled back, his entire face immediately showing a purple, swollen color. You could even hear the explosive sounds of his flesh and blood being compressed to the limit, pressuring his bones!
Even more terrifying was…
That Withered Leaf Vine was still gradually tightening…
Jian Chou frowned, standing in mid-air, and directly swung an axe blow while finding time!
Running her spiritual power to the extreme, and being in a life-and-death situation, her attention was also concentrated to the utmost. The red rust stains on the Ghost Axe immediately became like they were soaked in fresh blood.
Ghostly shadows howled forth, immediately striking the Withered Leaf Vine that trapped Qian Que!
Bright green juice splattered everywhere, and the Withered Leaf Vine immediately loosened.
Qian Que, whose flesh, blood, and bones were about to burst, gained a moment to breathe. He looked at Jian Chou with some surprise—coming to his rescue at such a critical moment?
Did they have any other friendship?
And this axe…
It was really damn big!
Countless chaotic thoughts flashed through his mind, but his hands weren’t idle—he thrust his long staff forward!
Bang!
It struck directly at the vine’s largest wound!
The staff’s momentum immediately widened the vine’s wound, almost causing it to break immediately.
“Damn it, trying to wrap around me—let’s see if you dare again!”
Qian Que cursed loudly, exerting force with his hands to pull back his long staff and give this “spent force” Withered Leaf Vine a couple more blows to send it to meet its ancestors.
Unexpectedly, when he applied force—
I’m pulling!
Couldn’t pull it out.
I’m pulling!
Still couldn’t pull it out!
Qian Que was dumbfounded. Taking a closer look, where Jian Chou’s axe had split the vine, green veins were rapidly weaving together at the break, while new green stem matter continuously grew from the severed surface, visibly about to heal.
And those newly grown parts seemed to have extremely strong adhesive properties, actually sticking to Qian Que’s long staff—no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t pull it out!
“My goodness!”
Qian Que cried out strangely, no longer daring to show off. He directly turned around and ran!
Because she had just struck with an axe, Jian Chou’s retreat was slightly interrupted. At this moment, she had just reached the doorway.
The entire Fish Eye Tomb was filled with bone-white spikes above and below, with countless dozen-zhang green vines madly sweeping through the Fish Eye Tomb.
Gu Qingmei was besieged by two Withered Leaf Vines. Zhao Bianzhou over there had already reaped what he sowed, lifted up by Withered Leaf Vines like Qian Que before. Qin Lang, Zhou Qingyun, and the others weren’t faring much better—they were already bleeding, clearly pierced by the white bone spears protruding from the ground.
These white bone spears protruding from the ground seemed to only be effective against these outsiders. When the green Withered Leaf Vines passed by, they were like they didn’t exist.
This was clearly a symbiotic, telepathically connected whole!
Jian Chou was horrified, and seeing the mutation on Qian Que’s side, she immediately knew this matter was even more troublesome.
With lightning-fast thinking, her speed didn’t decrease by half—in this instant, she was about to exit the Fish Eye Tomb!
But at this very instant, an extremely dangerous feeling made her scalp tingle and her entire back go cold!
Just as she was about to exit through that gate, Jian Chou relied on that instant’s intuition to reverse the wind force!
Two Withered Leaf Vines were flying toward her, the timing critical!
Jian Chou flashed and darted, and at the moment the two Withered Leaf Vines closed together, like a bolt of lightning, she leaped through that gap!
Boom!
A tremendous sound erupted the instant she left the doorway!
The previously wide-open giant gate actually closed like a giant mouth, upper and lower teeth crashing together with a thunderous collision!
The fierce teeth were like sharp guillotine blades, ready to bite anyone passing through in half at the waist!
The upper and lower rows of teeth were already somewhat damaged and didn’t fit perfectly together, but they were extremely solid.
Those two Withered Leaf Vines that had pounced at Jian Chou missed their target, unable to stop their momentum. They crashed into that toothed gate with a fierce bang, causing the entire Fish Eye Tomb to tremble!
Jian Chou looked back once, feeling it had been incredibly close, her heart still pounding.
The gate had already closed, and the entire Fish Eye Tomb immediately darkened. With white bones everywhere and thick dust, it truly looked like a “tomb.”
Only that fish eye quietly floated in the center, emitting flickering light.
Light flowed while the vines below danced madly.
It seemed like one was following the other’s intentions.
Whoosh!
The sound of wind breaking through air!
The Withered Leaf Vine that Jian Chou had split with an axe earlier actually caught up again, immediately trying to entangle Jian Chou.
Jian Chou cursed inwardly, swinging her axe repeatedly to force back this vine.
But continuing like this wasn’t a solution.
She couldn’t get out and couldn’t afford to be worn down!
Her gaze immediately fell on the fish eye at the center. Fish Eye Tomb, Fish Eye Tomb—this fish eye was the key!
Capture the leader first!
Jian Chou unhesitatingly carved out a path through the green juice, flying toward that fish eye!
Terrifying killing intent immediately spread.
Countless ghostly shadows were cheering and shouting, showing their grotesque and terrifying faces, surrounding Jian Chou as if about to begin a blood-drinking feast!
That fish eye seemed to sense this tremendous killing intent—in that instant, it blazed with brilliant light.
So as Jian Chou pounced forward, seven or eight massive vines directly erupted from the white bone ground, like clusters of green light, madly rushing toward her with seemingly overwhelming force.
Jian Chou struck with her axe but could only cleave through one or two.
Squelch!
The axe blade cut solidly into those deep green vines, making sounds like cold water splashing into boiling oil—immediately producing a series of sizzling noises.
The patterns on the Ghost Axe blazed madly, every evil spirit opening its mouth wide, as if sucking delicious blood.
Green meridian-like ridges suddenly appeared on the surface of the green vines, like cultivators’ blood vessels, and whatever flowed within was instantly drawn away by the patterns on the Ghost Axe!
Jian Chou was momentarily stunned.
The vine seemed to have encountered some natural enemy, madly writhing and retreating backward like a giant snake.
But simultaneously, several other uninjured vines, as if enraged, attacked from other directions. Jian Chou couldn’t respond in time and was finally caught squarely.
Overwhelming green crashed down!
Jian Chou immediately felt her blood and qi churning. Before she could swing her axe, several vines had all wrapped around her, sealing her inside, unable to move.
The hand gripping the Ghost Axe was squeezed hard by the vines.
Enormous force transmitted from the vines, seemingly trying to crush Jian Chou’s flesh and bones.
If it were anyone else, under the encirclement and compression of several vines, they would immediately die from their body exploding. But she had cultivated the “Human Weapon” technique and was currently at the fifth layer—she was completely fearless.
She just couldn’t break free…
Vine after vine continuously wrapped around from outside.
Jian Chou soon couldn’t see a trace of light.
Countless vines wove into a huge green cocoon, blocking all spiritual sense exploration and sealing off all spiritual energy that Jian Chou could absorb.
Qian Que in the distance was terrified seeing this.
But in front of him, a vine whipped over like a giant lash!
Bang!
Qian Que was directly struck and crashed into the hard wall, spitting up a mouthful of fresh blood.
Losing support, he slid down from the wall, rolling several times with a feeling like his internal organs were about to split apart.
Fresh blood fell into the ground’s grim white bones, leaving no trace at all.
“Damn it! I really can’t take this anymore!”
What the hell kind of broken staff was this!
Not handy at all!
People who used staffs as weapons were heretics!
Qian Que looked at the staff in his hand already covered with green juice, anger rising from his heart. The mercenary look in his eyes was filled with blood red as he directly threw the staff to the ground!
Bang!
An explosive sound!
One staff was actually broken into several pieces by his throw!
Zhao Bianzhou and the others still struggling nearby cursed inwardly: This guy’s got problems! Why destroy his own weapon?
But just as this mental cursing began, golden light suddenly illuminated this dark space.
True golden color.
Indescribably vulgar—the entire ghostly Fish Eye Tomb, under this light’s illumination, actually looked like a treasure vault filled with gold.
A brilliant golden pure gold abacus suddenly appeared in Qian Que’s hands.
A vine fiercely pounced over!
Qian Que, red-eyed, directly raised the abacus high.
The golden abacus expanded with the wind, becoming as wide as a door panel.
Bang!
Qian Que viciously swung it out!
How hard was the golden abacus?
The abacus beads swayed, making clicking sounds, immediately sending that vine flying!
“Come on!”
“Aren’t you capable?!”
“Damn it, without the abacus, what did you take me for? Ah!”
Qian Que wielded the giant abacus with fierce eyes and imposing manner!
Everyone around was dumbfounded.
First, Jian Chou had suddenly produced a huge axe, which was already shocking enough. Now there was another one pulling out such a large pure gold abacus.
Brother, you don’t want your staff anymore?!
These people were really hiding their abilities!
Each person wouldn’t reveal their trump cards until the very end.
After entering, Qian Que had been constantly beaten by these vines, and anger had long been building in his heart.
Now that one swing of the abacus had sent a vine flying, riding this wave of fury, he directly shook the abacus!
Clatter!
Over a hundred abacus beads all swayed in unison, producing coordinated collision sounds.
Holding the abacus with one hand, Qian Que rapidly moved his other hand on the abacus while a battle disc spread out beneath his feet with a swishing sound amid the abacus sounds.
“Click click click click!”
Rapid and crisp, pure golden sounds—each movement seemed to involve millions of silver coins and spirit stones flowing!
Each collision of the pure gold abacus beads would burst with golden light, shooting forward like artillery shells, thunderously striking those massive vines.
For a moment, only green mist and chaos could be seen!
Just with the golden light shot from these abacus beads and a belly full of anger, Qian Que actually beat back these several vines, truly jaw-dropping.
Nearby, Gu Qingmei held an ice sword in one hand and a deep purple spirit pearl in the other.
Under the spirit pearl’s illumination, purple light spread everywhere. All the arrogant green vines seemed to fear this purple light and didn’t dare approach Gu Qingmei.
She had an iron-blue face, watching Jian Chou ahead already wrapped in vines, and coldly laughed, wishing she could go add a couple of sword strikes!
A vine in front swayed outside the purple light, ready to move. She unhesitatingly aimed at that vine and swung her sword!
Squelch!
The shattered vine immediately splattered extremely disgusting juice.
Gu Qingmei waved her sleeve, directly blocking this juice outside.
With the Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl in hand, what could approach her?
For a moment, Gu Qingmei was fearless, stepping forward.
Countless vines, like a giant tornado, had wrapped Jian Chou entirely inside. Only Jian Chou’s moon-white robes stained with filth could be vaguely seen.
Powerful?
Weren’t you powerful?
Now you’ve ended up like this too!
Gu Qingmei’s face carried a trace of satisfaction as she raised her sword, about to strike through the vine’s gaps in that instant.
“What are you doing!”
An angry shout from behind!
Simultaneously, accompanied by an extremely crisp abacus bead collision, a spray of golden light suddenly shot from behind!
Bang!
It struck directly three inches in front of her ice sword, scraping off a large chunk of the thick green Withered Leaf Vine!
Green juice immediately splattered everywhere.
Gu Qingmei was caught off guard and couldn’t block it in time, getting splashed all over!
Her face darkened as her beautiful eyes filled with endless coldness. She turned around sharply and saw that “Meng Xizhou” with his small mustache had somehow discarded his staff and now held a huge golden abacus, rapidly moving abacus beads with one hand while countless brilliant golden lights, reeking of money, fiercely struck the green vines ahead!
Click clack, crisp and clear.
The moment she saw Qian Que, the moment she heard this sound, images flashed continuously through Gu Qingmei’s mind…
After passing through the Killing Red Minor Realm, she had complained a few words due to dissatisfaction with that mysterious axe-wielding cultivator.
Unexpectedly, a very rude “If you’re not satisfied, deal with it” came from the red disc!
After that, Gu Qingmei clearly heard strange crisp sounds from over there, feeling like someone was rapidly working an abacus…
Meng Xizhou?
The person in front was clearly not any Meng Xizhou!
Gu Qingmei’s teeth itched with hatred. With her intelligent mind, in this instant, she understood she had been deceived!
In Azure Overwhelming City, opponents were randomly selected for combat. The person she saw who called himself “Meng Xizhou” was the one in front holding the golden abacus. But actually, the moment she heard this abacus sound, she knew—
She’d been deceived!
Deceived long ago!
What a perfect deception!
Gu Qingmei held the Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl in one hand and the ice sword in the other, actually unable to stop herself from laughing loudly.
“What excellent calculations, excellent calculations! You’re not Meng Xizhou at all! I, Gu Qingmei, was temporarily blinded!”
“Hmph!”
Qian Que coldly laughed. Seeing this shrew finally drop her Kunwu disciple mask and reveal her malicious, spoiled young lady nature, he had already spat in his heart.
“At least we’re companions—seeing someone in danger and still wanting to stab them—so hypocritical and pretentious, do you deserve to be called a Kunwu disciple? Listen well, damn it—my surname is Qian, given name Que, nicknamed Golden Abacus, honest in all dealings!”
The current Qian Que still had that evil fire burning in his heart.
Being money-obsessed was his nature, but he had just been beaten urgently in this Fish Eye Tomb. The strongest among them all was Jian Chou, who had just been trapped because she struck an axe to save him. Though Qian Que was money-obsessed, it didn’t mean his heart lacked principles.
Who was genuinely righteous and who was venomously scheming—he was crystal clear!
She saved him, so how could he stand by and watch at the crucial moment!
Damn it, today he really didn’t believe in this evil!
Kunwu?
Kunwu was nothing!
Jian Chou was still Yashan’s eldest senior sister!
Even when choosing sides, he was standing with the correct team!
Qian Que didn’t hesitate—his right hand moving the abacus beads became so fast it seemed about to cramp.
He gritted his teeth, firing brilliant golden light bang bang bang at Gu Qingmei, illuminating the entire chaotic Fish Eye Tomb!
Gu Qingmei swung her ice sword, barely blocking these several violent golden lights.
“Trivial tricks!”
Trivial tricks?
So what if his tricks were trivial?
Qian Que mentally cursed thoroughly, but actually his purpose was just to delay Gu Qingmei briefly.
Taking advantage of this opening, he unhesitatingly shot spray after spray of golden light flying out—the pure gold abacus beads seemed about to shatter from the violent collisions!
This time, the golden light flew toward the vines trapping Jian Chou!
So this was the purpose.
Gu Qingmei smiled, looking at the increasingly tight vines inside—Jian Chou had been motionless for a long time.
Holding the Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl, she stepped over the ground covered in debris, the green juice previously stained on her body giving off a filthy feeling.
From childhood to adulthood, except for the last time in the Killing Red Minor Realm, when had she ever been so disheveled?
Last time it was these detestable people, this time it was still these people!
Extreme disgust rose in Gu Qingmei’s heart.
She swung her ice sword, immediately gathering endless white qi toward her long sword.
Gu Qingmei was at Golden Core cultivation—the time needed to condense a spell was extremely short.
Qian Que had no time to react before seeing brilliant sword light and crisscrossing sword qi. A long sword seemed to pierce through space, reaching his eyes in an instant with a “thud,” directly penetrating his entire right shoulder!
A spray of blood immediately scattered!
Qian Que’s fingers moving the abacus immediately convulsed, no longer able to maintain the abacus beads’ movement. The golden light spraying above everyone immediately lost its follow-up.
His entire person was knocked flying backward by this sword!
Previously thrown against the wall by vines, now by Gu Qingmei.
When thrown against the wall by vines he wasn’t injured, but now he had a large bloody hole in his shoulder.
This sudden collision caused all the blood to gush from his wound.
Qian Que’s face immediately turned deathly pale.
Gu Qingmei held her sword, slowly walking closer.
“Not satisfied? Why don’t you deal with it?”
The original words from the Killing Red Minor Realm two years ago came from her mouth, carrying boundless mockery.
As she got closer and closer, Qian Que was in too much pain to move much, but his mouth wasn’t clean: “Old Qian just won’t deal with it! What grudge, what hatred! You hypocritical types should be expelled from Kunwu early! I tell you…”
Bang!
Gu Qingmei didn’t blink, directly swinging out a sword!
Qian Que crashed into the wall again, spitting another mouthful of fresh blood.
“Still being stubborn?”
Gu Qingmei coldly laughed.
“Cough cough cough…”
Qian Que’s mouth was bleeding. Normally he was quite smooth-talking—you’d be a fool not to make money when it was there—but at this moment, damn it, his temper flared!
Stiffening his neck, he opened his mouth and cursed: “Little wench, if you’ve got guts, stab your grandfather a couple more times!”
Bang!
Another sword.
Gu Qingmei’s eyes showed ruthlessness as she prepared to finish off Qian Que.
Unexpectedly, just as the third sword struck, the hard-boned Qian Que finally couldn’t hold on. His face collapsed as he began wailing: “Can’t take it anymore! Senior Jian Chou, Sister Jian Chou, Grandaunt Jian Chou, Fairy Jian Chou, hurry up and come out! Don’t die in there! Kunwu is trying to kill people—won’t Yashan come maintain justice?!”
The others still locked in bloody battle nearly stumbled upon hearing this.
Damn it, where did that backbone go?!
At this crucial moment, still not forgetting to sow discord between Yashan and Kunwu—this guy was cunning!
Previously they’d seen him act so righteously!
Qian Que was covered in blood. Despite the pain all over his body, he directly braced himself against the ground while taking a pill, immediately getting up and running.
While running, he wailed miserably—truly heartbreaking!
Seeing Gu Qingmei about to catch up, Qian Que suddenly looked delighted, seeing behind Gu Qingmei, and shouted: “Fairy Jian Chou!”
What?
Gu Qingmei, pursuing with sword drawn, was greatly surprised and instinctively looked back—
Nothing there!
Nothing but vines!
Gu Qingmei immediately realized and looked ahead—Qian Que had vanished!
Damn!
Qian Que transformed into a flowing light, constantly fleeing forward, even passing by Zhao Bianzhou’s area.
Zhao Bianzhou was already at his limit—who would have thought Qian Que would lead Gu Qingmei toward him?
A mark flashed in his eyes as he directly struck at Qian Que with his hook, sending Qian Que flying.
Qian Que’s eyes immediately showed an expression of “damn your whole family.” Before he could get angry, he had already re-entered Gu Qingmei’s attack range!
Gu Qingmei laughed loudly: “Still running?”
Qian Que stumbled standing on the ground, speechless.
The ice sword’s cold qi made people shiver.
Gu Qingmei’s pale hand held the cold ice sword, her eyes finally carrying cruelty. So what about the Left Three Thousand Minor Competition? This person who had brazenly insulted her—she must personally kill him!
Raising her sword to strike, she hesitated no longer!
However, at this moment, Qian Que suddenly looked toward her back for the second time, showing delighted surprise: “Fairy Jian Chou!”
Jian Chou?
Gu Qingmei remained unmoved!
“Using the same trick twice—do you think I’ll fall for it again?!”
She wasn’t that stupid.
Not turning her head once, Gu Qingmei’s long sword remained steady.
But…
This time seemed a bit different.
Qian Que actually didn’t run after his lie was exposed, but stared wide-eyed as if seeing something ghostly, dumbly gazing behind her!
Gu Qingmei finally realized this time might not be a trick.
She turned around in shock, only to see countless vines interwoven, wrapping Jian Chou like a huge green cocoon—no light could penetrate, even spiritual energy could hardly enter.
All the vines should have been tightening more and more, but at this moment, they all stopped for an instant.
After that instant, they began slight trembling…
An indescribable terror immediately swept through the entire Fish Eye Tomb!
That huge cocoon woven from vines actually exploded thunderously amid that slight trembling!
Bang!
At that moment, Gu Qingmei had no time to defend!
Standing in front of Qian Que, she was originally extremely close to the green cocoon’s center. Now she bore the brunt as countless shattered vine pieces exploded, becoming countless fragments flying in all directions!
Gu Qingmei’s body couldn’t withstand this sudden explosive force and was immediately thrown high, crashing into the wall!
Hard!
How Qian Que had vomited blood before, now Gu Qingmei vomited blood the same way!
After countless shattered vine pieces exploded, that huge green cocoon disappeared without a trace. What remained in place was actually a giant tornado formed by black wind blades!
Jian Chou’s figure in moon-white robes stained with filthy green was blurred and unclear in the tornado of black wind blades.
Everyone looked back in shock from the impact, able to see only one vine extending into the tornado.
This vine was also zhang-thick and seemed no different from other vines in appearance.
Only withered!
This vine’s color was actually like fallen leaves, carrying a sense of decay.
Though also zhang-thick, it was much more resilient. Under countless black wind blade attacks, it showed no signs of bursting, instead constantly struggling.
But unfortunately…
Its tip was firmly grasped in Jian Chou’s hand!
Trapped in the Withered Leaf Vine encirclement, fortunately possessing flesh and bones far stronger than ordinary people, she was actually unharmed under such heavy pressure and had borrowed the wind blades’ power to directly shred the green cocoon!
After being bullied for so long, it was time to bully back.
Jian Chou’s eyes showed calm coldness, but her actions were so frenzied they left everyone speechless!
She raised one hand, and countless black wind blades all changed direction, no longer forming a tornado but all pointing toward that withered yellow vine!
Thud thud thud!
Countless wind blades penetrated the vine, leaving it riddled with holes!
Jian Chou grasped the vine’s tail with both hands and simply tore it apart with force!
Rip!
How resilient and tenacious was the withered yellow vine?
Even cultivator attacks falling upon it were neither painful nor itchy, yet under Jian Chou’s fierce tearing, that tail was directly torn in half by her!
At this moment, a sharp cry of pain rang throughout the entire Fish Eye Tomb.
Though inaudible, it shook people’s souls!
All cultivators including Gu Qingmei and Qian Que felt like someone had struck their heads with a club—a ringing sensation!
Now everyone was dumbfounded.
Standing in mid-air above countless grim white bone spears, Jian Chou was simply like a blood-bathed war god!
The Ghost Axe had disappeared at some point—her weapons were her body, her hands!
That was clearly a cultivator’s mortal flesh—how could it compare with Withered Leaf Vines, such demonic creatures?
Yet she had so fiercely reached out and torn—
Like blood splattering everywhere, a terrifying Withered Leaf Vine was directly torn in half by her!
Was this still human?
Was this still an ordinary cultivator?
Even some demon beasts roaming mountains and wilderness didn’t have such powerful strength and robust physical bodies!
Tear!
Tear out a bloody path!
Jian Chou’s bright eyes remained unstained, tearing to the end!
The entire Withered Leaf Vine immediately wilted.
It was like a huge empty tube—when torn to the back, you could see a massive cavity appearing below, filled with countless juices that all burst out!
A brilliant spray of green!
The fish eye floating above the Withered Leaf Vine’s top also suddenly trembled violently as if receiving a heavy blow.
Constantly shaking, as if facing a great enemy!
When Jian Chou’s hands finally tore that Withered Leaf Vine to its base, that fish eye suddenly emanated bone-white light while emitting a sharp cry!
The bone-white light almost instantly reached Jian Chou’s eyes, as if reflecting something within them.
The hanging painting amid this entire chaotic battle also emitted countless ink vapors, as if responding.
The aged voice that had sounded before finally rang out again.
“Destroy my limbs, enter my world!”
In an instant, Jian Chou was enveloped by bone-white and thick black…