Volume 14, Chapter 879 – Where Did She Even Come From?

Qi Huang’s divine sense swept outward beyond the grand array. She saw that the three Immortal Emperors were still being held back by An Xuan. That meant now was the perfect moment to act.

“Boundless Nightmare!”

On the other side, the Night King let out a thunderous roar. His pupils surged with crimson light, and countless layers of illusion surged toward Wang Ye like a tidal wave.

“Petty tricks! I’ve got an Immortal Emperor-grade Sword Qi Talisman. Nothing false can survive under my blade! What do you have to fight me with?”

Wang Ye bellowed arrogantly. He activated a talisman, crushing it in his hand. Immediately, it transformed into a terrifying wave of sword qi, lashing forward toward the Night King.

PCHHH! PCHHH!

That terrifying sword qi nearly tore open the fabric of the Immortal Realm itself, effortlessly slicing through layer upon layer of illusion before cleaving toward the Night King.

The Night King was only at late-stage Earth Demon-level strength, completely incapable of withstanding the might of a Sword Qi imbued with the power of a Ziji Immortal Emperor’s imperial weapon. He couldn’t even dodge. The Yin energy surrounding his body was instantly sliced apart, and his spiritual body’s legs were cleanly severed.

His soul form suffered a devastating blow. The Night King screamed in panic and tried to flee, turning into a cloud of black mist.

“Hmph, trying to escape?”

Wang Ye snorted coldly. His divine sense shaped itself into a massive hand and shot outward, seizing the Night King’s head and slamming him brutally into the ground.

BOOM…

The Night King, severely injured and unable to resist, smashed straight into the earth like a meteor. A massive crater exploded outward, sending dust and rocks flying, blotting out the sky.

“Hahaha! Like I said, every single evil spirit here today will become part of this city wall! Trying to run? You think it’s that easy?”

Wang Ye strolled forward like he was out for a walk in a garden.

“Hmph, you dog clinging to power. What are you so proud of?”

The Night King cursed bitterly through clenched teeth.

“Dog? You’re the one on all fours right now. Who’s the real mutt?”

Wang Ye approached and looked down at him with disdain, then used his divine sense to grind the Night King’s head into the ground.

“The Night King’s lost! We need to run, now!”

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“But I haven’t rescued my mother yet… how can I just leave like this?”

“Let’s go! Live to fight another day!”

“But what if they kill her once we leave?”

“Then at least you’ll survive to avenge her. Better than charging in now and throwing your life away for nothing.”

The surrounding evil spirits lost all morale the moment the Night King was defeated. Panic spread, and they fled in all directions.

“Kill every last one of them! Leave no survivors!”

Wang Ye bellowed.

“Yes, sir!”

The Imperial Guard and City Defense troops responded in unison and began slaughtering the fleeing evil spirits without mercy.

Qi Huang knew she couldn’t delay any longer. Shrouded in her divine sense, she advanced gracefully toward the city wall, forming a sharp contrast against the chaotic chase between palace soldiers and evil spirits around her.

The reason Qi Huang moved closer to the wall before taking action was simple. She wasn’t sure she could lift the five corpses hanging there. Getting closer would at least save some effort.

She had no intention of creating trouble as her only goal was to secure the evil spirits hanging on the city wall. So she advanced without attacking anyone. But as the saying goes, ‘the tree may wish to stay still, but the wind keeps blowing’. Her reverse movement against the flow was clearly obstructing both the fleeing and the pursuing.

“Get out of my way!”

A zombie stumbled forward and, unwilling to dodge, kicked mercilessly at Qi Huang’s slender frame.

“First of all, I didn’t provoke anyone.”

Qi Huang murmured to herself. The Cicada Wing Sword flashed.

The evil spirit didn’t even know what had happened. He lost his balance, looked down, and found that his right leg had mysteriously ‘run away from home’. He let out a panicked scream.

Qi Huang continued forward, barely taking a few steps before a City Defense soldier swung his weapon down toward her.

“Move! Don’t get in the way!”

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The soldier barked as he swung down, clearly not aiming to simply push her aside. He intended to kill.

“Help!”

Qi Huang cried out in fake panic. But the Cicada Wing Sword showed no mercy, flipping in her hand and slicing the man cleanly in half.

“You bitch! How dare you kill a City Guard?!”

A late-stage Sovereign Realm officer at the city gate instantly noticed Qi Huang, his face flushing with rage as he charged forward with his spear.

“In such a rush?”

Qi Huang grinned playfully. “Well, not only did I kill him, I’m going to kill you too.”

“Insolence! Let’s see you hang on that wall for three hundred years!”

The officer snarled, his expression twisted. His long spear turned into a streak of black lightning, thrusting straight at Qi Huang.

“Then allow me to hang you up first to set an example.”

Qi Huang said politely. Her Cicada Wing Sword flashed again, stabbing cleanly through the officer’s chest. Then she used his bulky body to pin him into the wall.

CRACK!

The supposedly indestructible city wall cracked under the impact, spiderweb fissures crawling across it.

“PCHHH!”

The officer vomited a massive mouthful of blood, his head lolling lifelessly.

Qi Huang continued her elegant pace and arrived at the East Gate. Without hesitation, she extended her divine sense toward the Queen of the Underworld’s corpse, intending to store it in her spatial ring.

As Qi Huang focused, a heavy resistance immediately filled her mind. The corpse on the ground moved only slightly.

‘Damn it!’

Qi Huang’s expression darkened. This was troublesome. If she exerted herself to the limit, she could indeed move the five corpses, but not in a short span of time. The experts outside wouldn’t give her that much time.

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‘Just like the Night King said… I’m already here. Leaving empty-handed isn’t an option, is it?’

After weighing her options and finding no perfect solution, Qi Huang shifted her attention toward the other evil spirits or corpses hanging on the wall.

Determined, her Boundless Demonic Hair surged skyward with Yin energy, sweeping across the wall. Every strand latched onto a hanging evil spirit, yanking them back and stuffing them into a series of large-capacity spatial rings she had prepared in advance.

Wang Ye finally noticed Qi Huang’s actions. Abandoning the Night King, he charged straight toward her, roaring, “I said no one’s leaving here with a single trophy while I still breathe!”

“Yes, and you also said that if even one evil spirit got taken, you’d hang yourself on the wall to make up for it. Seems like it’s time to keep your word.”

Qi Huang replied without even turning around.

“Then let’s see if you’ve got what it takes to leave with them!”

Wang Ye activated a series of talismans. They flew toward his spear, and the imperial sword qi stored within them surged into the weapon.

VRRRMMM…

Under the infusion of imperial sword qi, the long spear in Wang Ye’s hands trembled violently. The power radiating from it began warping the very air.

“Hahaha! As expected of His Majesty’s imperial weapon! Just the sword qi alone is warping space! I’d love to see whether your delicate little body is tougher than the Immortal Realm’s spatial walls!”

Wang Ye laughed maniacally. Holding his spear, he thrust forward without flourish… just brutal, focused power. The sword qi wrapped around the tip tore space asunder.

“Laugh all you want. No matter how strong your weapon is, it’s still just an external object!”

Before her words even finished, Qi Huang vanished on the spot.

“She’s so fast!”

Wang Ye’s strike hit nothing but air. His expression changed dramatically, and he frantically scanned the area with divine sense, trying to locate her, but he couldn’t lock onto anything.

“Please hang on the wall now.”

Qi Huang’s voice came from behind.

Wang Ye’s heart sank. He hadn’t even turned around before a stabbing, searing pain tore through his left chest. He looked down… and there it was. A sword as thin as a cicada’s wing had pierced his heart clean through. Blood gushed like a fountain.

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“This… how is this possible…?”

Wang Ye’s expression froze in disbelief. Then his body stiffened and collapsed.

“You should’ve listened to that fellow. I really was your death tribulation.”

Qi Huang shook her head with mild regret, then used Wang Ye’s own spear to nail his corpse to the city wall.

With that done, she returned to collecting the hanging evil spirits using her Boundless Demonic Hair.

There were a lot of evil spirits hanging on the wall, somewhere between two to three hundred thousand. Some were still barely clinging to life, others long dead. The wall was packed so tightly that it was impossible to see where they ended. Fortunately, Qi Huang had more than enough strands of hair to match. In just a few breaths’ time, she swept them all into her spatial rings.

“Look! That woman not only killed Commander Wang, but she also took all our relatives with her!”

“Don’t panic! Judging by her aura, she’s probably one of us, a ghost race cultivator. If she has them, there’s still hope of getting them back!”

“Where the hell did she come from? There’s no such person among the Three Kings and Five Queens, is there?”

“Three Kings and Five Queens? You think they could take out Wang Ye like that? I bet she’s at least early-stage Heavenly Demon-level!”

“Heavenly Demon-level? If we count the one outside the array too, maybe… just maybe, we might really escape today!”

The ghost race who were still fleeing lit up with hope once more.

“Hm? Boundless Demonic Hair?”

Outside the array, An Xuan noticed something strange. Her beautiful eyes flashed with surprise.

“What the hell? Where did these two monstrous evil spirits pop out from today?”

The Ziji Immortal Emperor cursed aloud, then shouted to the two Immortal Emperors beside him, “You two go. I’ll handle this woman. Make sure those trophies on the wall don’t get taken. Not a single one!”

“Understood! Leave it to us!”

The two Immortal Emperors clasped their fists and shot into the array, heading straight toward Qi Huang.

But by then, Qi Huang had already set her sights on the corpses of the Two Kings and Three Queens. Once again, she summoned her divine sense to lift the Queen of the Underworld’s corpse, preparing to store it as quickly as possible.