Volume 2, Chapter 97 – She Will Be Beaten to Death

“Qu Qingtang…”

Lu Zhuxin silently recited this name.

She couldn’t understand what this woman was trying to do.

Jiang Hongliang and Liu Funing had dared to directly attack Mingzhao City so boldly because she was backing them, right?

But oddly enough, Qu Qingtang herself acted as if she had no ill intentions toward Lu Zhuxin whatsoever.

This contradictory feeling made Lu Zhuxin feel very strange.

“Only one thing is certain… she definitely came for me…”

Lu Zhuxin disliked this feeling of being unable to maintain control.

She didn’t understand Qu Qingtang, and couldn’t guess what this woman was thinking.

“In any case, I need to be careful around this dangerous woman.”

Lu Zhuxin thought this to herself.

Suddenly, a terrifying imposing pressure descended from the sky, enveloping the entire Fox Palace.

Lu Zhuxin’s expression froze.

This terrifying aura made even her nine-tailed demon core tremble slightly.

“No way… what’s going on today?”

“Who the hell is it this time?!”

Although Lu Zhuxin was a combat weakling, she was still a proper Eighth Realm powerhouse. In the entire Demon Realm, there were very few strong individuals who could make her feel pressure.

Lu Zhuxin turned around and ran back toward where she came from.

Without much thought, Lu Zhuxin understood the identity of the newcomer.

“Nether Abyss Demon Venerable…”

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Qu Qingtang lifted her eyes toward the figure appearing in midair.

The strongest being in the Demon Realm.

A half-mad Venerable Saint.

Going up against her, even for Qu Qingtang, would be troublesome.

No one wanted to fight a half-mad Venerable Saint.

Although after Lu Zhuxin withdrew the formation earlier, Qu Qingtang had promptly concealed her own aura, how could a Venerable Saint’s perception be so easily deceived?

“Lu Xuanyi…” Qu Qingtang softly spoke that rarely known name. “Are you lucid right now, or not…”

“Qu… Qing… tang…” From the sky, that blurry figure looked down at Qu Qingtang, emitting a hoarse, unclear voice.

Qu Qingtang’s expression remained indifferent. This wasn’t her first time facing the Demon Realm’s strongest being.

At this moment, Qu Qingtang’s palm within her sleeve closed slightly, her fingers subtly gripping her palm.

A silvery-white sword pellet silently appeared in Qu Qingtang’s cupped palm.

Suddenly, Qu Qingtang’s delicate brows raised slightly.

The corners of her mouth curved up, and in a voice only she could hear, she murmured to herself, “She’s here… she’s watching.”

The silvery-white sword pellet in her palm vanished at some unknown moment.

Qu Qingtang slightly clenched her fist, looking at the Demon Realm’s Venerable Saint without showing any weakness.

“Qu Qingtang…” The Nether Abyss Demon Venerable’s hoarse, low voice came through. “Violating the principle of Venerable Saints not taking action… stepping into the Demon Realm…”

“Are you… seeking death again?”

She could communicate. It seemed this wasn’t her worst state right now.

However, so what if she could communicate?

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She was watching. Why would Qu Qingtang need to communicate with this half-mad Demon Venerable?

…

On the other side, Lu Zhuxin concealed her presence and quietly snuck back to the vicinity.

When she discovered the Nether Abyss Demon Venerable’s arrival, Lu Zhuxin was also shocked.

Earlier, she had only been gambling on a chance. She hadn’t expected to actually summon that Demon Venerable.

The speed of a powerhouse at this level was truly terrifying.

From the Demon Venerable’s Nether Abyss City to the fox clan’s Mingzhao City, the distance was hardly short.

How long had it been since Qu Qingtang exposed her aura? The Nether Abyss Demon Venerable had already arrived at Fox Palace.

Moreover…

“Venerable Saints cannot take action… so there’s actually such a principle…”

When Lu Zhuxin had written the original novel, before abandoning it midway, she hadn’t written about powerhouses of this level yet.

She hadn’t described much about the cultivation world’s high-level combat power. Like Qu Qingtang’s character design, she had only casually mentioned it a few times.

After all, the original novel wasn’t some proper cultivation story. Lu Zhuxin had been very casual with some settings.

For example, this half-mad Nether Abyss Demon Venerable. She had only briefly mentioned that she was sometimes lucid, sometimes mad.

As for the reasons and symptoms, Lu Zhuxin hadn’t written them.

After all, later on, her position as Demon Venerable would be replaced by the heaven-fated male protagonist.

That way, whatever the reason she had become like this, it all became irrelevant.

Lu Zhuxin hadn’t even given her a name.

Boom!

A tremendous commotion pulled Lu Zhuxin’s thoughts back.

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Lu Zhuxin saw that Qu Qingtang and the Nether Abyss Demon Venerable had already started fighting.

Fighting very intensely.

Theoretically, both being Venerable Saints, their combat power should be evenly matched.

However, Qu Qingtang no longer had her natal sword, and her combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

So even Lu Zhuxin, this novice with no combat experience, could clearly see that Qu Qingtang had completely fallen into a disadvantage.

[Host! Host! Are you just going to keep watching like this?!]

The System’s voice came through.

“What else?” Lu Zhuxin said irritably.

[Host! Qu Qingtang is a heaven-fated female lead!]

[Right now she no longer has her natal sword. There’s no way she can be a match for the Demon Venerable.]

[If this continues, she’ll be beaten to death by the Demon Venerable.]

[Host, do you want to let a heaven-fated female lead die before your eyes?]

[If that happens, your conquest quest will also fail.]

“So what?” Lu Zhuxin countered. “Are you going to issue another emergency quest telling me to save her?”

[…The System doesn’t have that authority.]

“No authority, huh?” Lu Zhuxin clicked her tongue.

Then who had issued that emergency quest earlier?

Lu Zhuxin turned her gaze back to the clash between Qu Qingtang and the Nether Abyss Demon Venerable.

She could see that Qu Qingtang, without her natal sword, had completely fallen into a disadvantage.

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She couldn’t possibly be a match for the Nether Abyss Demon Venerable.

This fight, she was fighting miserably, completely being one-sidedly abused.

The half-mad Demon Venerable completely didn’t know the meaning of cherishing the fairer sex.

[Host, you can watch this?]

[Have you forgotten? You just kissed her. How can you turn so cold and heartless in the blink of an eye?]

Lu Zhuxin furrowed her brows. “You seem to really want me to save her?”

[Helping the Host complete conquests early and successfully save herself is the System’s duty.]

The corners of Lu Zhuxin’s mouth twitched.

“The heaven-fated male protagonist has the Heavenly Dao’s protection and cannot be killed.”

“So, are heaven-fated female leads so easily killed?”

[Host… this small world operates with the heaven-fated male protagonist as its core. Heaven-fated female leads are not within the Heavenly Dao’s protection.]

[Heaven-fated female leads can, of course, be killed.]

Lu Zhuxin still felt something was off.

On the battlefield ahead, Qu Qingtang’s aura had clearly weakened.

She was gravely injured.

Her former elegance was gone.

Her clothes were torn, blood dripping everywhere.

It truly looked like she was about to be beaten to death by the Demon Venerable.

A peerless Immortal Venerable, having her natal sword taken away, was about to die in such a frustrating manner here?