Volume 13, Chapter 829 – Sorry, I Was Hiding My Strength (Part 2)

Sha Hai’s face changed when he heard this, and he quickly shut his big mouth.

The Gu father and son looked shocked. They hadn’t expected that the suddenly-appearing woman not only dared to mock that terrifying demonic being, but with just a few words, had disrupted its long-distance bloodsucking technique.

“What are you doing here?”

Sha Hai asked, looking a bit awkward, as if he really believed he had just eaten dung.

“Then what are you doing here?”

Qi Huang strolled over with her hands behind her back, relaxed and unbothered, not taking the Zombie General seriously in the slightest.

“I’ve already said, this general is going to kill every cultivator in the cultivation world who has reached the Divine Realm or above. You’re not going to stick your nose in, are you?”

Sha Hai asked in a gloomy voice.

“Of course not. We had a verbal agreement, neither of us would interfere with the other.”

Qi Huang replied with an easygoing tone.

“Then hurry up and get lost. Don’t get in my way!”

Sha Hai barked.

The Gu father and son were dumbfounded at this exchange. They hadn’t expected that terrifying Zombie General would actually let that lazy-looking woman off so easily.

“Wait! Let me ask them a few questions first.”

Qi Huang said offhandedly, then turned to the father and son. “Gentlemen, I am Zhong Zhen from the Lingxi Sect. Pleased to meet you.”

“You’re Immortal Zhong? Please, save our Aofeng Sect!”

Gu Liren was overjoyed and immediately pleaded with tear-reddened eyes. He finally understood why the Zombie General had been so tolerant.

“Save you? Sure. I’ve got a verbal agreement with this guy over here: mutual non-interference. So, as long as your Aofeng Sect is willing to become a subordinate sect of the Lingxi Sect, he naturally has no reason to trouble you anymore.”

Qi Huang took the opportunity to make her offer.

The Gu father and son exchanged a difficult glance, then both said, “We’re willing to become a subordinate sect of the Lingxi Sect.”

“Excellent.”

Qi Huang smiled with satisfaction. With a flick of her Divine Sense, the black iron collars around the father and son’s necks detached from the spatial barrier and fell away.

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“What do you think you’re doing?”

Sha Hai shouted in alarm and anger.

“Didn’t you hear clearly, General Sha? They’ve agreed to become a subordinate sect of the Lingxi Sect. According to our agreement, aren’t you not supposed to trouble them anymore?”

Qi Huang countered calmly.

“Wretched woman, how dare you undermine me like this?! Believe it or not, I’ll slaughter you too!”

Sha Hai was furious, his eyes burning with resentment. Yin energy surged from his body, with signs of an imminent breakthrough.

“No need for that, no need. General Sha, it looks like you’re about to break through. Is it really wise to go all out against me now?”

Qi Huang tried to talk him down, sounding as if she were concerned.

Sha Hai’s aura paused for a moment. He clenched his teeth tightly before finally growling, “Fine. Fine! You damn woman, just you wait!”

With that, his figure vanished from sight and flew off toward his next target.

“Thank you, Immortal, for saving our lives!”

The Gu father and son let out a long sigh of relief and rushed forward to kneel and express their gratitude.

“No need. Just remember your words. From now on, Aofeng Sect is a subordinate sect of the Lingxi Sect. Someone will be sent to help you manage it soon.”

Qi Huang reminded them, then disappeared on the spot.

From then on, Qi Huang stuck to Sha Hai like a shadow. Whenever he tried to kill someone, she would intervene. If the target was willing to join the Lingxi Sect, she would step in to save them. If they refused, she wouldn’t force them.

As the saying goes, even ants cling to life. By the end of the day, everyone or every sect that Sha Hai targeted had chosen to join the Lingxi Sect, leaving him unable to complete even a single kill.

In contrast, Qi Huang had managed to subdue dozens of large sects with Divine Realm cultivators without spilling a drop of blood, forming a stark contrast between the two.

Sha Hai was nearly livid enough to burst his lungs, but since he wasn’t completely confident he could defeat Qi Huang, he could only swallow his rage.

Returning to the camp in a fury, Sha Hai was immediately greeted by Wei Zhuo.

“Master, how many people on the list did you kill?”

Wei Zhuo asked curiously, handing him a bowl of fresh blood.

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“Damn it, not a single one.”

Sha Hai snatched the bowl and downed it in one gulp.

“Why?”

Wei Zhuo asked in confusion.

“What else? That wretched Zhong Zhen kept getting in the way.”

Sha Hai cursed angrily.

“Please don’t be angry, Master. As the saying goes, a man who preserves the green hills need not worry about firewood. You’re about to break through to the late Human-stage Demon realm, there’s no need to fight her now.”

Wei Zhuo quickly tried to soothe him.

“You don’t need to tell me. I know that.”

Sha Hai snapped impatiently.

“General, here’s some Heaven-Deceiving Water. If you scatter it on yourself, her Divine Sense won’t be able to lock onto you.”

Wei Zhuo presented two jade bottles.

“Heaven-Deceiving Water?”

Sha Hai was overjoyed. “Not bad. You’ve done well. I’ll reward you handsomely in the future.”

“It’s my honor to assist Master.”

Wei Zhuo said respectfully.

The next day, a still-unwilling Sha Hai set out again. This time, he played it safe and scattered the Heaven-Deceiving Water on himself. But he was still intercepted by Qi Huang at the very first sect.

“I really don’t understand, how are you still finding me!?”

Sha Hai asked through gritted teeth.

“There’s a spy from the Lingxi Sect inside your group. It’s that Wei Zhuo. Every time you leave, wherever you’re headed, he lets me know right away.”

Qi Huang lied smoothly.

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“Nonsense!”

Sha Hai naturally didn’t believe it. Enraged, he shouted, “I get it now. If I don’t kill you, this damned woman, I won’t get anything done!”

“Only just figured it out? General Sha, you really are clever.”

Qi Huang mocked him.

“If you want to die so badly, then come! Let’s see what you’ve got.”

Sha Hai had finally lost all patience and charged at Qi Huang in a frenzy.

Qi Huang felt she had built up enough prestige, so this time she decided to give this zombie a lesson. She directly unleashed Divine Sense at the peak of the Human Immortal Realm.

The moment they clashed, huge swaths of space shattered around them as if the apocalypse had arrived. Below, people dropped to the ground like ants, unable to move.

Half an hour later, Sha Hai finally ceased attacking. His hands were visibly trembling, several of his sharp nails broken off.

“You… you’ve gotten stronger, haven’t you?”

Sha Hai asked with bitter resentment, thankful he hadn’t gone all out against this woman earlier or he surely would have lost.

“Impossible. You’re just weaker than before.”

Qi Huang teased, calm and composed.

“You love meddling so much? Then I want to see if you can save faster than I can kill.”

With that, Sha Hai didn’t waste another moment. He poured all his strength into rushing toward his next target, intending to annihilate them upon arrival.

“Trying to outpace me now that you’ve lost the fight? Still too green.”

Qi Huang chuckled, her figure vanishing like a ghost.

Sha Hai arrived at the next sect with full confidence, only to find Qi Huang already waiting at the gate.

“General Sha, sorry to make you run for nothing. The sect leader here already agreed to become a subordinate sect of the Lingxi Sect.”

Qi Huang said with a faint smile.

“That’s impossible!”

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Sha Hai was dumbfounded, then rushed toward the next target without pause. This time he used every ounce of strength, but still arrived after Qi Huang.

‘If I can’t win in speed, then I’ll outlast her!’

Still harboring a glimmer of hope, Sha Hai sought out another target. But the result was exactly the same.

Over the next day and a half, Sha Hai went after every target on his list, only to be blocked by Qi Huang each time. At last, he realized, whether it was strength, speed, or endurance… he couldn’t match her in any way.

“Damn it! I swear I’ll kill you, you wretched woman!”

Standing outside the last sect’s gate, Sha Hai erupted. The red resentment in his eyes blazed intensely as Yin energy surged into his body from all directions, blotting out even the sun.

As time passed, Sha Hai’s aura grew stronger and stronger, until he finally broke through into the late Human-stage Demon realm, his power now several times greater than before.

“Ha ha ha… I’ve finally broken through to the late Human-stage Demon realm! Didn’t expect this, did you, bitch? I swallowed my anger on purpose, just to build up enough resentment to break through. Did you really think I was some coward? Now that you’ve served your purpose, it’s time to destroy you.”

Sha Hai laughed maniacally, spreading his Yin energy wildly.

“Who would’ve thought? Who would’ve thought? You endured all that just to use me as a breakthrough opportunity… But from the beginning, who was the tool, and who was the master, was already decided.”

Qi Huang’s smile didn’t fade. Her Blue-Scaled Sword flashed before her eyes and effortlessly sliced through the spatial barrier, becoming a bolt of lightning that swept across Sha Hai’s neck.

Sha Hai’s smile froze. His massive head rolled off his shoulders.

“This can’t be… Why did you suddenly become so strong?”

Sha Hai’s severed head spoke, his voice filled with unwillingness.

“Isn’t it possible… that I’ve been hiding my strength all along?”

Qi Huang teased.

“I understand now. You pretended to be weak on purpose, so I’d harass all those sects without holding back. That way, you could come to the rescue, justifying yourself as a savior of the world. Not only did you build your reputation, but the Lingxi Sect gained tremendous strength… Such deep scheming!”

Sha Hai’s doubts were finally resolved. The red resentment in his eyes faded, and his expression froze forever.

“Unfortunately, you realized it too late.”

Qi Huang said softly, then began absorbing the Assimilation Qi from Sha Hai’s remains. She muttered to herself, “Alright, now it’s time to blend in with the girls and meet that demon. I really want to know if the one she’s looking for… is me.”