EFB Chapter 194 But... Qingwan is still terrifyingly strong!!!
Chapter 194 But... Qingwan is still terrifyingly strong!!!
Chapter 194 But... Qingwan is still terrifyingly strong!!! (4000)
Deep within Liu Xuanyin's gray and lifeless pupils lay a suppressed, almost obsessive fervor and longing that had raged for countless days and nights.
Like a volcano that has been ignited, it erupted with a roar!
His face, which had been long hidden from the sun and stiff as a corpse, twisted into an almost "vivid" ferocious smile under the impact of ecstasy.
His mouth parted to reveal a pair of tiny, white teeth, which contrasted eerily with his pale skin and dark blue fingernails.
It worked!
We finally succeeded!
Liu Xuanyin knew about Gu Qingwan's situation!
In particular, Gu Qingwan instantly killed the Duanming Wang family's super killing machine, the top-tier evil spirit, with a single blow.
Liu Xuanyin knew all of this!
That's why Liu Xuanyin was very clear about just how strong and powerful Gu Qingwan was.
Although Liu Xuanyin wasn't entirely clear about Gu Qingwan's full strength.
Even now, Liu Xuanyin still doesn't understand how Gu Qingwan could possess such terrifying cultivation.
However, Liu Xuanyin had made thorough preparations to deal with Gu Qingwan.
To be honest, Liu Xuanyin originally thought there would be a tough battle ahead.
After all, Gu Qingwan was too strong. Even with so much preparation, Liu Xuanyin was not confident that he could defeat her in one strike.
But now it seems that Gu Qingwan, who was so powerful that she was beyond description, actually succeeded in this meticulously planned and flawlessly executed killing scheme in the hands of Liu Xuanyin!
"----Hahaha----"
A low, hoarse laugh escaped from deep within Liu Xuanyin's throat, initially suppressed, then quickly rising in pitch.
It eventually turned into a sharp, long laugh that was undisguised, full of smugness and arrogance, echoing wildly in the silent cave!
Liu Xuanyin opened his arms wide, his large black robe fluttering as if to embrace the "miracle" he had created with his own hands.
"No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much you override the rules, so what?"
"Faced with the 'Spirit-Locking Forbidden Land' and the 'Nine Netherworld Refining God Array,' and before the countless generations of hard work and scheming of my Liu family..."
"Won't they all eventually surrender and become the supreme resources for my Liu family to reach the pinnacle!"
He stared intently at the charred area, still shrouded in residual energy and appearing empty, his eyes filled with greed and satisfaction.
Although the attack may seem too intense, it could potentially cause some damage to the "materials".
However, given the level that Gu Qingwan has demonstrated before, her core "divine origin" and "essence of karmic retribution" must be incredibly resilient.
As long as it can be captured and separated, even if it is incomplete, it will be enough for the Liu family's ultimate creation to take the most crucial step!
Furthermore, by studying her remaining, weakened, and forbidden power, we can even deduce the secret of her "evolution"!
Of course, it doesn't matter even if you don't have any!
That was just Gu Qingwan's soul!
Now that Gu Qingwan's soul has been completely annihilated, her physical body will also suffer tremendous damage!
All you need to do next is get your hands on Gu Qingwan's real body!
Of course, for a vengeful ghost, the most difficult thing is to find the location of its true form.
Hidden deep in some remote mountain forest, it is impossible for outsiders to find it.
But Gu Qingwan is different. After all, everyone present knows that Gu Qingwan's true form is lying in Zhenlong Temple!
After that, with Li Xiuye and Lu Yuan gone from Zhenlong Temple, it would be a piece of cake to snatch Gu Qingwan's true form.
As for Lu Yuan and Li Xiuye?
It's just a side effect, an icing on the cake, in this grand plan.
Now that the main course is in the bag, it's time to deal with these trivial matters.
Liu Xuanyin slowly suppressed his laughter, but the confidence and shrewdness between his brows could not be concealed.
He turned his head slightly and looked at the two figures deep in the cave whose auras were slightly weakened due to their full power.
But the phantom of the evil god, still radiating terrifying pressure, flashed a hint of approval and command in its gray-white pupils.
"You two deities have worked hard."
"This success was entirely due to the power of the Divine Lord and the might of the formation."
"Let me rest and recuperate while I reap the rewards of my victory," he said, "and once the formation is stabilized, I will offer this blood sacrifice to the Divine Lord, helping him ascend to even greater heights!"
His voice regained its inhuman calm, but the excitement and certainty in his words were still clearly discernible.
The phantoms of "Thousand-Faced Nightmare" and "Mother of Ten Thousand Bones" writhed slightly in the darkness, emitting a low, seemingly echoing hiss.
The eerie green single eye and the human face in the pale mist both "looked" at the scorched area, revealing undisguised greed and desire.
They could also sense the pure and powerful "origin" power that transcended their own level, even though it seemed to have been "dispersed".
However, the rules and energy turbulence that still remain in this space will be incredibly nourishing to them if they can be devoured and absorbed!
Liu Xuanyin nodded in satisfaction before slowly turning his gaze to the bottom of the rock wall.
The young Taoist priest, Lu Yuan, sat slumped in the pool of blood and dust, staring blankly at the charred area, as if his soul had been ripped away.
Looking at Lu Yuan's dejected and ashen-faced appearance.
The last trace of unreality in Liu Xuanyin's heart caused by the plan going too smoothly also completely vanished.
All that remained was the cat-and-mouse game of wits and a faint hint of the victor's pity or mockery.
"Master Lu,"
Liu Xuanyin's voice was calm and even, yet every word was piercing.
"It seems that your last resort is not as reliable as you thought."
"Or rather, you know nothing about the Liu family's foundation and preparations."
Lu Yuan seemed not to hear Liu Xuanyin's words.
His world ended the moment Gu Qingwan's figure was swallowed by the destructive storm and finally disappeared without a trace.
It seemed to have completely collapsed, plunging into endless darkness and deathly silence.
Lu Yuan stared blankly at the charred, empty area, his eyes unblinking, as if trying to see through the void.
Lu Yuan wanted to see that familiar, red figure reappear.
However, there was nothing there.
All that remained were the distorted light and shadows left after the rampage of energy, the pungent smell of burning and corrosion, and—a despairing void.
Qingwan—has she disappeared?
Completely—erased—by that terrifying, indescribable, fatal blow?
It was because of me—because I crushed the jade pendant, summoning her to this perilous place—
Endless regret, self-blame, and pain, like the most vicious insects, frantically gnawed at his heart and tore at his soul.
It is a hundred or a thousand times more painful than being truly locked up, seriously injured, or trapped in a desperate situation!
That was the abyss after all hope was shattered, the unforgivable sin of pushing the most important person to destruction with one's own hands!
Tears blurred his vision, mingling with the blood on his face, and silently streamed down his cheeks.
He wanted to cry out, to scream, to question, to rush forward and perish together with Liu Xuanyin and those two evil gods—
But his body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead, and he couldn't move even a finger.
His true qi was locked up, he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and even his sadness and anger seemed to be frozen and suffocated by the endless despair.
Lu Yuan lost, and lost miserably.
Not only did it fail to save the old man, it also caused Qingwan's death.
Right?
Just as Liu Xuanyin was brimming with pride, Hu Huhu was slightly shaken, Lu Yuan was heartbroken, and the two evil gods were greedily coveting him.
Just when everyone thought the situation was settled and Gu Qingwan had been completely "captured".
A woman's voice, cool, calm, with a hint of mockery, yet seemingly resonating deep within everyone's soul.
Suddenly, without warning, the deathly and eerie atmosphere in the cave was shattered.
"The Ghost-Controlling Liu Family, the Supreme Evil God—"
The voice paused, as if savoring the words.
"----generally."
boom-!!!
It wasn't an explosion of energy, but a collapse of cognition!
It's a complete reversal of the situation!
The smug smile on Liu Xuanyin's face suddenly froze, as if it had been instantly frozen by the coldest frost!
His pale pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and he turned incredulously, slowly, bit by bit, toward the direction from which the sound came.
Not that charred, empty area.
Instead, it was about ten feet away from that area.
A seemingly empty space, with only a thin, dark red mist slowly drifting by—an ordinary void.
The space there rippled gently, like waves on water.
Then, a tall, slender figure in red appeared, wearing a moon-white cheongsam and with her hair tied up in a white bun.
Like slowly emerging from a faded ancient painting, from the abstract to the concrete, silently reappearing before everyone's eyes.
The moon-white cheongsam was spotless, with even the flowing cloud patterns still clearly visible.
A white hair tie quietly bound her dark hair.
The thin mist still shrouded his face, and behind it, his blood-red double pupils remained calm and undisturbed.
It was as if that devastating, earth-shattering attack was nothing more than a gentle breeze, not even lifting a corner of her clothing.
Gu Qingwan stood there quietly.
It was completely intact, and its aura—seemed even more restrained and unfathomable than before.
She tilted her head slightly, and her blood-red eyes, shrouded in a thin mist, seemed to pierce through space, landing on Liu Xuanyin, whose face had suddenly turned deathly pale and whose body had begun to tremble uncontrollably.
It also swept over the two illusory figures of evil gods that had instantly stopped writhing and were exuding an aura of extreme horror and rage.
Her red lips parted slightly, and her cool voice rang out again.
With a condescending, undisguised indifference and—a very subtle hint of mockery, as if seeing an ant trying to shake a mountain.
"The formation is passable, the evil god is passable, and the scheming—is also passable."
"Unfortunately—"
She slowly raised her flawless right hand.
At the fingertips, a darkness, purer and deeper than before, seemingly capable of swallowing all light and hope, began to silently condense and swirl.
"The power is too weak."
At the same time, another voice rang out from the side.
"Alas!!!"
"How did you end up out like that?!"
This exclamation, delivered with a strong accent from beyond the Great Wall, did not come from Hu Huhu, nor from Liu Xuanyin, and certainly not from those two evil gods.
Instead, it suddenly came out of Lu Yuan's mouth, who had just been lying on the ground, his face ashen, as if his soul had been taken away.
There was no despair or sorrow in the sound, only a profound silence, which seemed particularly loud in the deathly quiet cave.
It was also particularly—out of place.
Gu Qingwan, who was about to witness Liu Xuanyin and the others' expressions plummet from heaven to hell, paused almost imperceptibly at the tip of her finger, which was about to strike and contained terrifying annihilation power.
Her beautiful eyes, shrouded in a thin mist, seemed to shift slightly in Lu Yuan's direction.
Liu Xuanyin, Hu Huhu, and the two evil gods were all stunned by the sudden and emotionally discontinuous exclamation, and they all looked towards Lu Yuan.
Just moments ago, Lu Yuan was "disheartened," "despondent," and "tears streaming down his face," but now he had scrambled to his feet.
Although his movements were still somewhat unsteady due to his injuries and the fact that his true qi was locked, there was no trace of despair on his face.
He brushed the blood and dust off his body while rubbing the back of his head, which was throbbing from the impact, with his intact left hand.
He kept muttering to himself, his face full of frustration at having his plans disrupted.
"They all thought you were finished. Shouldn't you have taken advantage of that moment and suddenly given them a hard blow?"
As he spoke, he made a "backstab" gesture with his left hand.
Coupled with his bruised and swollen face and blood-covered appearance, it looked both comical and bizarre.
Liu Xuanyin's face quickly turned ashen, his initial shock and stiffness replaced by a grimace.
Finally, it turned into a liverish color that was a mixture of rage, shame at being mocked, and a hint of unease.
He stared intently at Lu Yuan, then abruptly turned to look at Gu Qingwan, who stood calmly to the side, and then recalled Lu Yuan's "performance" just now—
A chilling, unbelievable thought slithered into his mind like a venomous snake.
Is it an act?!
Was Lu Yuan's desperate and broken state just an act?!
Is he cooperating with Gu Qingwan in an act?!
The goal was simply to lower their guard?!
But—how could that be?!
Gu Qingwan was clearly severely weakened by the "Spirit Locking Forbidden Ground," and she clearly took that fatal blow squarely, so how could she be completely unharmed?!
At this moment, Lu Yuan, having brushed off the blood and dust from his body, stood with his hands on his hips, staring at the astonished Liu Xuanyin and Hu Huhu across from him.
Lu Yuan's despair just now was definitely an act.
Or rather, it's three parts truth and seven parts acting.
It was truly the helplessness and guilt of being trapped in a desperate situation, truly locked up, with the old man on the verge of death, and oneself almost becoming a burden.
Especially when he saw Gu Qingwan descend slowly and laboriously into this trap that was clearly prepared for her because of his summons.
That regret and self-blame were genuine.
But despair?
Especially the despair of Gu Qingwan's potential failure?
That really doesn't exist.
Because from the black and red light spots that Gu Qingwan had painstakingly gathered, her figure had just begun to appear, and was not even fully clear yet.
Above Gu Qingwan's blurry figure, a huge, dazzling, blood-red star, radiating an aura that sent chills down one's spine, suddenly appeared.
Danger Level: ★★★★★★★★★★
What does this mean?
This means that in the system's judgment, even if the "Spirit Locking Ground" weakens or delays the process, and even if the process of descending is extremely difficult and slow, it will still be considered valid.
But—Qingwan is still terrifyingly strong!!!