What audacity, daring to even think such a thing!

Since the Ghost Gate Pass battle, Wuguan King remembered how that day, to save Taishan King, he had been forced to sacrifice half of his innocent heart, only to have it devoured by Fu Chaosheng.

But that day was merely because his strength was inferior.

By what right did the Jian Chou before him dare speak such boastful words?

“Ridiculous!”

With a cold laugh, Wuguan King’s youthful face had already tensed. He quickly retreated a step, not immediately meeting Jian Chou’s attack, but using this retreat to naturally draw Jian Chou into the encirclement of many ghost cultivators.

If arrays couldn’t trap her, how could she break through human encirclement?

Even if she had three heads and six arms, she would have to answer for it here today!

“Swoosh!”

The silver long halberd moved, already slashing from his side. The sharp halberd blade reflected a blinding red gleam, striking directly toward the sword in Jian Chou’s hand!

But how could Heaven’s Line with its myriad transformations be blocked?

When sword and halberd met, there was only a “splash” sound. The long sword rushing toward him actually scattered instantly into a pool of water. The halberd slashed through, unable to obstruct it in the slightest! Yet just after passing his halberd, it instantly condensed again, re-gripped by Jian Chou in her palm, striking directly at his throat!

“Clang!”

In that brief moment, there was no time to dodge!

Heaven’s Line’s slender sword body was like a dangerous peak thrusting toward the sky. Its swift movement gave one a heart-stopping sensation, the faint red glow on the sword tip flashing once before striking straight into Wuguan King’s throat!

But the sound it made was not that of a sharp weapon piercing flesh.

Instead, it was like striking something equally hard as metal—a harsh, grating ring!

Jian Chou only felt a strange impact force suddenly transmit from the tip of Heaven’s Line she held, passing to her palm, actually making her entire arm and shoulder shake violently!

“Bang!”

She involuntarily retreated a step!

Surprise immediately surfaced from the depths of her pupils, but she also didn’t forget she was currently surrounded. As Jian Chou retreated, the Dragon Scale Dao Seal already emerged, and she turned sideways, forcibly deflecting the attacks from surrounding ghost cultivators falling upon her.

Only then did she see clearly!

Wuguan King stood in place, looking no different from before, only shocked back three steps by the terrifying power of Jian Chou’s sword. A golden ancient character actually appeared at his neck and throat, flowing light flickering, ancient simplicity carrying a kind of pure weight and vicissitudes.

It was precisely this ancient character that had forcibly blocked Jian Chou’s attack!

Such a deadly weapon as Heaven’s Line couldn’t leave even half a trace on it, much less injure the Wuguan King it protected.

Jian Chou’s brow immediately furrowed.

She could clearly sense that although this golden ancient character on Wuguan King’s neck wasn’t completely identical to those that had appeared on Taishan King, they absolutely shared the same origin.

Their aura was completely different from the deities she and Fu Chaosheng had encountered before.

This was entirely a new kind of power they had never encountered!

Things suddenly became very troublesome.

The surrounding ghost cultivators, at such a time, demonstrated their advantage of superior numbers. Even without prior rehearsal, unable to use array formations to gather everyone’s power together and simultaneously attack Jian Chou to achieve qualitative change and severely wound their opponent, merely these scattered attacks aimed at Jian Chou were enough to greatly limit her movements.

The blood coffin array surrounded the charity house, with Jian Chou fighting fiercely at the front.

On the other side, Taishan King finally slowly entered the battle formation. His vastly huge eyes turned, and when his gaze fell on Jian Chou, a crimson blood light appeared in their depths.

That was complete killing intent!

Numb and vicious!

As if at this moment nothing else existed upon him, even the emotions and perceptions that originally belonged to this person had vanished along with the divine light in his eyes.

Taishan King was definitely not right.

One should know that in the Ghost Gate Pass battle that day, she had definitely not merely severely wounded Taishan King and made him lose combat ability before choosing not to pursue victory.

She hadn’t pursued victory because at that moment she clearly knew—

Taishan King had lost not only combat ability, but also fighting spirit!

How could a ghost cultivator who had lost fighting spirit, even if high and mighty as a Yama King, recover to normal in such a short time, even elevating his combat power to its peak, stronger than before suffering severe wounds?

However…

His current attack was exactly what she wanted!

Heaven’s Line actually withdrew completely at this moment. Fierce wind blew, the Wind-Riding Dao Seal instantly activated under her feet. Jian Chou’s eyes flashed, actually abandoning defense against the fierce attacks coming from behind at this moment, turning defense to offense, instead leaping toward Taishan King like lightning!

Wuguan King’s face immediately showed some surprise and confusion.

But Taishan King had obviously lost all judgment and perception of his surroundings. Even though Jian Chou made such an unusual choice, he showed no special expression. Raising both palms high and bringing them together, his form rapidly expanded and grew tall, completely becoming a giant!

Like an ancient god standing between heaven and earth!

When he looked down at Jian Chou, within his fierce eyes flashing with red light, there was no emotion or feeling, only a heavy, domineering palm descending from the sky!

This sudden response and obviously extraordinary power were somewhat beyond Jian Chou’s expectations, but her reaction speed was astonishingly fast.

The Wind-Riding Dao Seal activated, and countless attacks were left behind.

Facing this devastating descending palm, she showed not a trace of fear. On the contrary, her fighting spirit soared infinitely!

“Boom!”

Wind flowed and clouds moved. The entire void centered on the charity house in the lower reaches of the Underworld seemed to tremble!

Jian Chou cleanly pushed out with one palm!

In the depths of the Extreme Domain’s seventy-two cities, in this place filled and wrapped with earth force and yin essence, where one could hardly sense the existence of spiritual qi between heaven and earth, she still boldly used the Heaven-Flipping Seal!

Today was certainly not like the past!

When she participated in the Ding Struggle and escaped from the Eighteen Layers of Hell, she only had a chance to test the true power of the Heaven-Flipping Seal when crossing the Release Heaven Creation Array, because the Eighteen Layers of Hell were still within the Extreme Domain’s range, everywhere filled with earth force and yin essence, unable to draw upon spiritual qi. But how was her current cultivation more than merely doubled?

The spiritual qi within a Void Return great power’s body was like a vast ocean!

So even though she currently couldn’t receive spiritual power supplements from the outside world to gather more powerful energy, the Heaven-Flipping Seal’s power was still comparable to the past!

Back then, even Lord Qin Guang had suffered a hidden loss under this palm. How could Taishan King, devoid of all divine consciousness, remain unharmed under this palm?

Surging spiritual power poured into the palm shadow—the purest, most righteous lustrous white!

Where was the resemblance to the fierce Heaven-Flipping Seal of the past?

It was simply like Guanyin’s compassionate jade palm!

Yet the aura it emanated was still heart-trembling domination and strength!

“Bang!”

Palm met palm in an instant!

The stalemate lasted only a moment, quiet for less than a flash of thought, then exploded thunderously!

Jian Chou was sent flying backward!

But the fierce Taishan King suffered severe wounds again. That massive, solemn palm print carried an arrogance that dared not take heaven and earth seriously, mercilessly blasting through his palm, even penetrating his god-like massive body!

Destroyed once again!

And this time the scope was far more shocking than Fu Chaosheng’s casual roar earlier, causing half his body to scatter around him, leaving only the golden ancient characters encircling his joints still floating in the original void.

Only then did the shocked and furious Wuguan King react: “You’re seeking death!”

With a cold shout, killing intent erupted!

A powerful force suddenly burst from within the youth’s shell, actually rising from the ground at this instant, carrying thunder and lightning to attack!

How could one be listed among the Bafang Yama Palace without some real ability?

Previously fighting Fu Chaosheng was because his strength was completely crushed, so his various methods couldn’t be displayed much. But now fighting Jian Chou, he had complete opportunity to gallop freely!

In his swift charge, his eyes suddenly turned blue.

His form wavered once, twice, thrice. Each waver multiplied into three, and after three wavers there were already nine phantoms, directly surrounding Jian Chou.

When they drew near, they merged into one!

Nine-layered pupils, face suddenly demonic, nine deep blue giant tails suddenly appeared behind him!

The dharma body Wuguan King cultivated was actually the extremely rare Nine-Tailed Fox dharma body!

As those pupils turned, the nine tails raised high like totems in swift movement. Nine deep blue dharma seals appeared at the tail tips, then converged inward, forming a person-tall dharma seal floating before him.

Then the sharp long halberd pierced through this seal!

Along with Wuguan King’s entire body passing through the dharma seal, the blue in his pupils deepened another layer.

Jian Chou looked directly into his pupils, seemingly seeing spring flowers and autumn moon, myriad transformations!

The youth’s face suddenly became illusory.

No matter how she concentrated her spiritual consciousness to lock onto him, she couldn’t determine his position. Though he was clearly before her eyes, she couldn’t capture his traces!

“Bang!”

The silver halberd tip, under this illusory shadow, was stained with some faint dark blue, appearing without warning behind Jian Chou.

But unlike before, this time Jian Chou couldn’t escape.

Because at this moment, the halberd’s shaft was in front of her!

She had no awareness from beginning to end. Only when she looked down did she discover Wuguan King’s shadow had scattered from its original position, re-condensing before her eyes, while the silver long halberd previously gripped in his palm seemed to materialize from nothingness, condensing in a posture that pierced through her body.

Halberd blade behind, halberd shaft in front!

So when Wuguan King reached out and pulled, the halberd blade pierced from back to front, completely penetrating her chest. The scalding fresh blood it brought out dyed the halberd blade deep purple!

When a fox grows nine tails, it becomes a heavenly fox!

Changing form and shadow, toying with heaven and earth!

All who cultivate this dharma body have souls that are not originally human, because they were fox demons in life. After death, continuing cultivation through dharma body techniques, they become nine-tailed!

Wuguan King was originally fox-born.

The body’s intense pain only came belatedly when the halberd blade left her body. Jian Chou’s endurance had long been cultivated to perfection. Even with most of her heart destroyed, apart from frowning, she showed no other reaction, only having such thoughts flash through her mind in a daze.

A formidable enemy indeed!

She should have panicked, or rather, in Wuguan King’s understanding and expectation, she would be shocked after receiving this heavy blow.

But what Jian Chou returned to him was only a meaningful smile.

It was this simple smile that made Wuguan King’s hair stand on end!

The next moment, Jian Chou suddenly turned around, actually abandoning this strongest opponent and using that earth-shaking Heaven-Flipping Seal again, still blasting toward Taishan King’s direction!

The brilliant light in her eyes was like fire.

She looked completely not confused, but determined and confident of success!

“Rumble!”

Another palm!

Even with those mysterious golden ancient characters, Taishan King’s recovery speed wasn’t that fast. When Jian Chou’s sudden palm attacked, he had only just recovered half of his damaged body.

The next moment, he was completely annihilated!

The re-gathered soul body, the condensed shell, collapsed at a speed far exceeding before!

Taishan King’s face still showed no expression, but seeing this, Wuguan King on the other side was already splitting with rage, feeling a bloody murderous qi rushing straight to his head!

He actually seemed to be in more pain than Taishan King.

This was clearly an undisguisable concern, naturally revealed in an urgent state. Because of his attention to Taishan King, he was even more furious at Jian Chou’s fierce assault!

Killing intent multiplied explosively!

The surrounding ghost cultivators couldn’t quite keep up with the speed of both sides’ combat exchanges, but even the most powerful cultivators inevitably pause briefly after landing a hit.

And this pause was the perfect opportunity to strike!

So instantly countless radiances exploded like rain, all falling toward Jian Chou’s direction!

But unexpectedly, Jian Chou seemed to feel nothing, not only not retreating defensively, but once again closing in on Taishan King!

“Hum!”

A sudden and prolonged humming sound in the void, like opening some dusty, ancient box, releasing a solemn and eternal power.

Golden light rose from behind Jian Chou toward her head.

Circular totems, carrying supreme majesty, rotated open!

Dharma body—Eight Heavenly Dragons!

Who said the Ghost Gate Pass battle that day was the limit of her combat power?

Jian Chou completely ignored all attacks from behind, truly regarding no one else except Taishan King before her!

“Rumble…”

Over a hundred attacks successively crashed down on her, instantly drowning her figure!

However, when that brilliant chaotic light dispersed, all ghost cultivators present were dumbstruck: completely unharmed! This female cultivator had endured their tremendously powerful attacks yet was completely unharmed!

That massive golden phantom, three zhang tall, was something they had never seen, yet the Eight Heavenly Dragons carved upon it were all existences they recognized.

Among the eight divisions, the heavenly and dragon divisions lead.

“Heaven” was naturally “Great Brahma Heaven,” while “Dragon” appeared as a giant turtle on this dharma body phantom.

At this moment, the dharma body phantom happened to turn sideways, with this “Dragon Division” pattern directly facing Jian Chou’s crown!

The giant turtle’s phantom descended inverted, emanating thick golden light, enveloping her.

Simply like copper walls and iron fortifications, solid as a rock!

The attacks of over a hundred elite cultivators! Striking this phantom was like drizzle hitting a bronze bell, leaving not a trace! They couldn’t even make Jian Chou’s figure charging toward Taishan King waver in the slightest!

She was like the most solemn and dignified deity in heaven, yet also like a fierce demon descending to the world—one side transcendent and refined calmness, the other deep and sinister killing intent!

Her form flashed like lightning, heavenly thunder sparkling!

Massive golden wings wrapped in purple lightning had spread behind her, like gold clouds covering the sky, enveloping Taishan King!

Crazy!

This female cultivator must be crazy!

Wuguan King was anxious as fire, both angered speechless by Jian Chou’s unconventional attacks and unable to make Taishan King retreat and avoid battle at this moment. His pair of deep blue eyes had already been stained crimson with killing intent!

Cannot let her kill Taishan King!

At this moment, where was his previous calmness and reason?

Jian Chou’s attacks pressed toward Taishan King like violent wind and sudden rain, completely acting as if she’d stop at nothing to put Taishan King to death.

He raised his long halberd and attacked Jian Chou directly!

But just as she completely ignored the previous crowd’s attacks, she also completely ignored his attacks. No matter how fierce his offensive, she could find ways to avoid or endure it, while simultaneously seeking opportunities to attack Taishan King in gaps that ordinary people couldn’t utilize!

Everyone thought she was crazy, unable to understand her intention.

Until the battle circle expanded into the Underworld River, and the exasperated Wuguan King made his first “mistake”…

Actually, rather than a mistake, it was falling for the opponent’s scheme!

His Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox dharma body appeared and disappeared, dharma seals condensing again, about to seize this opportunity to directly take Jian Chou’s head and destroy the spiritual platform where her soul resided.

However, the next instant, Jian Chou actually turned around!

Completely unexpected!

Because previously she had completely seemed unable to see others, only attacking Taishan King! This sudden turn caught the urgently angry Wuguan King off guard.

A moment’s freeze had given Jian Chou tremendous opportunity!

What appeared on her face was the smile she had shown him before, completely identical to that spine-chilling smile!

Heaven’s Line was somehow back in her hand!

In his moment of unpreparedness, it shook out into a black waterfall threaded with red lines, actually preceding him by one step, directly penetrating the deep blue dharma seal Wuguan King had condensed, striking his body!

“Rip—”

The fierce and terrifying sword qi encountered no obstruction whatsoever, mercilessly tearing Wuguan King’s body in half!

Soul power scattered into black qi, floating like blood!

In the lightning flash of suffering this severe wound, Wuguan King was finally awakened somewhat by that oncoming cold wind, suddenly understanding the purpose behind all of Jian Chou’s actions from beginning to end!

So formidable, such deep calculation!

Half his body was swallowed by Underworld water as it fell, while the remaining half twisted into black qi in mid-air. Under the forceful support of those golden ancient characters, it quickly re-condensed into Wuguan King’s form.

Only he appeared much fainter than before, his complexion even paler.

He fell before Taishan King, his strength greatly damaged. At this moment he only looked toward Jian Chou standing with sword on the river bend ahead, carrying some bitterness, saying: “Concern leads to chaos…”

Jian Chou observed the golden ancient characters’ effect on their soul bodies and the changes after this round of fierce attacks. Hearing Wuguan King’s seemingly awakened words, she finally smiled, unnaturally calm: “Using the Yama King’s way against the Yama King himself—is this appropriate?”

Using his way against him.

How could Wuguan King not remember his earlier scheme when Jian Chou was trapped in the blood coffin array, planning to attack her to restrain Fu Chaosheng and make him stay?

Now it seemed the one who had been schemed against was himself.

“No wonder you insisted he leave—firstly to have him break Lord Qin Guang’s trap, secondly to avoid him staying here and falling into this predicament of ‘concern leading to chaos’ like myself…”

Her subsequent fierce attacks on Taishan King undoubtedly saw their close relationship.

After all, in the Ghost Gate Pass battle, he had risked his life with half an innocent heart to save him.

After understanding the causes and consequences, Wuguan King finally completely realized what kind of terrifying opponent he was now facing.

Beyond powerful strength, there was also supremely meticulous calculation!

He couldn’t describe his current inner feeling. Myriad thoughts flashed chaotically, but what finally emerged was: “You care about him. Or rather, you know he cares about you, so you care about him…”

Jian Chou sheathed her sword, smiling cunningly: “So what?”