Volume 14, Chapter 877 – She Kicked an Immortal Emperor Flying with One Kick

“You’ve finally lost your patience? I thought you people were better at holding it in.”

Commander Wang sneered with open disdain. The next moment, hundreds of storage rings materialized before him in a densely packed cluster.

“Come out, my warriors! Time to clean up this trash!”

He murmured softly, and like a flood bursting its banks, a vast army poured out of his storage rings and surged toward the horde of evil spirits.

“Anyone who dares to fight, spirit or not, kill them all without exception!”

Commander Wang then roared.

Those who were only there to watch the spectacle shrieked in panic and fled backward in a frenzy, terrified of getting caught in the crossfire. Among them were also evil spirits who’d lost their nerve and dared not fight.

BOOM—!

The Immortal Palace’s army and the evil spirits collided head-on like thunder crashing from the heavens. Blades clashed, flesh flew, the screams of battle roared as one, shockwaves rippled across the battlefield in all directions. The weak were instantly reduced to dust, their lives no more significant than weeds.

“Haha! Still trying to rescue people? If you manage to take a single evil spirit from here today, I’ll hang myself on the city wall!”

Commander Wang laughed maniacally. With a flick of his will, four powerful clones split off in different directions, guarding the north, south, east, and west gates of Ziji City.

“Die!”

With that shout, he summoned a dark-red spear and leapt into the fray, mercilessly slaughtering evil spirits.

Qi Huang stood unmoving amidst the chaos, a stark contrast to the panicked masses scrambling to flee. The reason was simple: these evil spirits were her potential trade partners. She couldn’t afford to let the Immortal Palace forces wipe them out.

She scanned her surroundings. Some unfortunate souls were trampled underfoot as they tried to escape, but Qi Huang remained completely untouched. From time to time, she even lent a hand to assist someone, exuding a remarkable calm.

“Sticking around at a time like this to save people? What a sanctimonious little saint.”

A voice full of ridicule suddenly came from nearby.

Qi Huang glanced lazily in the direction of the voice and saw a few cultivators hovering in midair, eyeing her intently.

“Let’s go already, why are you bothering with her?”

“Relax. She’s here alone, probably has no backup.”

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“So what?”

“So what? Look at her… wearing a veil, but with a body like that? Just looking at her is driving me wild. Might as well sneak her away for some release.”

“She’s veiled. What if she’s ugly as sin?”

“Just scan her with Divine Sense… That’s odd, why can’t I lock onto her?”

“She must’ve used Heaven-Deceiving Water.”

“Whatever. Lights off, it’s all the same. I’m not leaving today without blowing off some steam!”

Their lecherous discussion finished, the bearded, rough-looking cultivator in the lead dove toward Qi Huang like a hawk swooping down on a helpless rabbit.

“What kind of degenerate thinks of that at a time like this?”

Qi Huang was stunned speechless by the absurdity.

“Hahaha, such a kind-hearted goddess! Come do grandpa a favor and help ease his fire!”

The rough cultivator laughed obscenely as he made his move.

“Courting death.”

Qi Huang didn’t even look at him. The Blue Scale Sword flashed in her hand.

Squelch!

All anyone heard was the wet, gruesome sound of flesh tearing. The rough cultivator’s head suddenly separated from his body, flying off in a spray of blood. His headless corpse dropped like a severed kite into the crowd below.

“Help!!!”

The surrounding onlookers shrieked in terror and scattered in panic.

“Hmph. What a moron. Did you really think there was no reason I wasn’t running away?”

Qi Huang sneered with disdain.

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Not far ahead, Commander Wang was unleashing destruction upon the evil spirits. His long spear burned with violet flames, and each sweeping strike triggered a terrifying wave of heat, like a volcanic eruption. Each wave rolled farther than the last, turning the area into a nightmarish inferno. Anyone caught within, even evil spirits, were melted to nothing.

“Bah! You vermin think you’re rescuing someone? You’re insulting me just by trying! I’ll string up every last one of you on the city walls!”

Commander Wang roared arrogantly as he slaughtered without pause.

The evil spirits were furious, but helpless. Commander Wang was at the late stage of the Earth Immortal Realm. In the entire Immortal Realm, among the ghost races, perhaps only the surviving “Night King” could stand against him. The rest? Just cannon fodder.

RUMBLE—!

Another thunderous boom echoed. Those fleeing turned to look and saw a massive, semi-transparent formation rise from all sides, completely sealing off a thirty-li radius around Ziji City. Inside the protective barrier, countless threads of sword energy twisted and churned, distorting space itself and sending chills through everyone.

“What’s going on?”

“We’re doomed! Someone’s trying to trap us in here!”

“It must be from the Immortal Palace. Don’t worry, they’re only targeting evil spirits. They won’t harm ordinary people.”

After the initial panic, the civilians gradually calmed down.

But the evil spirits were another story… their hearts sank into despair. With this terrifying array activated, it meant one thing: no more escape.

Qi Huang didn’t even look at the array. She knew it had to be the work of those two visiting Immortal Emperors.

Outside the formation, Qiufa Immortal Emperor couldn’t help but complain. “Wanhe, was that really necessary? With the two of us together, who could possibly get away?”

“Better safe than sorry, Qiufa,” replied Immortal Emperor Wanhe. “Most of these evil spirits are covered in Heaven-Deceiving Water. We can’t track them with Divine Sense. If even a few escape, they’ll vanish without a trace. Don’t forget, we have superiors to answer to.”

“You’re always so careful.”

“Careful, but alive.”

“Brothers of the ghost race, stop hiding! If we don’t destroy this formation together, we’re all dead today!”

An evil spirit’s voice rang out from within the formation.

“He’s right! Charge!”

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The others understood immediately. Without hesitation, they hurled themselves at the barrier. But it was no different from moths flying into a flame, the moment they touched the array walls, the internal sword energy shredded them. Soon, blood flowed like rivers.

Outside the formation, the two Immortal Emperors looked down with clear contempt.

“I thought Ziji Immortal Emperor’s plan would net us some big fish. But it’s all shrimp. Has the Immortal Realm really fallen so far?”

Wanhe Immortal Emperor shook his head in disappointment.

“You joke, but after hundreds of thousands of years of purging, what decent evil spirits are left? This formation is overkill.”

Qiufa Immortal Emperor once again dismissed the need.

“Doesn’t matter. We upheld our promise. No matter how easy this mission is, Ziji Immortal Emperor now owes us.”

With a wave of his sleeve, Wanhe signaled his indifference.

Below, the evil spirits kept ramming the array. Corpses piled up into a wall of flesh and blood. Desperation drove them to feed the array with their own lives.

“Come, let’s go find Ziji Immortal Emperor for a drink. Let’s see how he plans to repay this favor.”

Qiufa Immortal Emperor suggested.

“Let’s wait a bit longer. Just in case.”

Wanhe shook his head.

“You’re way too cautious. The strongest evil spirit nowadays is that so-called ‘Night King’. Even if he’s hiding among them, he’s only late-stage Demon-level. Forget our formation, even Commander Wang alone could deal with him. What are you so afraid of?”

Qiufa Immortal Emperor spoke impatiently.

“Sigh! Looks like my newly-forged sword won’t see any action today.”

Wanhe looked at the weapon in his hand with a hint of regret. This sealing formation had been his doing. Qiufa was only his assistant in its construction.

“You both seem rather disappointed not to run into any real evil spirits.”

Suddenly, a woman’s voice drifted over from nearby.

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Both Immortal Emperors stiffened instantly, their bodies snapping around in unison. A veiled woman in a black dress had appeared out of nowhere, only a few dozen meters away.

“Who are you?!”

Wanhe Immortal Emperor tensed up like facing a mortal threat. For someone to get this close without a trace… Either they had an unfathomable concealment technique, or they were terrifyingly strong. Either way, it spelled danger.

“Who else but the one you were hoping to meet?”

The black-robed woman replied casually, her graceful figure vanishing like a ghost.

Wanhe Immortal Emperor couldn’t lock onto her presence at all. All he felt was a gust of wind, and instinctively, he raised his sword in defense.

CLANG—!

A sorrowful metallic screech.

Her slender leg whipped through the air, smashing into his sword. The blade bent grotesquely, then slammed into his chest.

“ARGH!”

Wanhe Immortal Emperor screamed. His body rocketed backward like a meteor, trailed by concentric shockwave rings. He smashed into the very formation he’d created with Qiufa Immortal Emperor.

CRACK—!

A clear shattering sound echoed. The supposedly indestructible array was pierced through by his body. He crashed into the ground below, carving out a massive crater.

In that instant, silence swallowed everything. Qiufa Immortal Emperor flew back several miles, staring at the suddenly appearing woman with deep wariness.

Qi Huang, too, had noticed what was happening outside the array. Her expression turned serious.

This uninvited guest had kicked Wanhe Immortal Emperor away with such ease. Her strength was definitely at least mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm or mid-stage Demon level. Far beyond what someone like Qi Huang, who still had a crippled cultivation base, could handle.

‘What does she want? If she’s also after the remains of the Three Queens, how will I deal with her?’

Thoughts raced through Qi Huang’s mind as she began formulating countermeasures.