411 - Senior Sister Is on Top

Wen Dai had several close brushes with severe injury, her nerves gradually fraying. Seeing Yu Chen recklessly lunging at her yet again, she dared not hold anything back. She immediately summoned the Azure Luan Divine Fire, aiming at Yu Chen's twisted limbs. Whether due to skeletal mutations or distorted joints, Yu Chen's reaction was slower than usual, causing him to get hit despite his timely response. The eerie cold flames licked his deformed limbs. Though they did not incinerate his flesh, the extreme cold caused them to crack and freeze. His blood froze, meridians snapped, and in mere moments, the massive claws split open with deep, bone-revealing wounds. If it weren't for the extraordinary toughness of the divine beast's bones, they might have shattered entirely. Yu Chen howled in agony, his enormous body shuddering violently, almost toppling over. Wen Dai's eyes sparkled with realization. "Si Jun, Feng Kai, his weakness is his limbs! Attack his arms!" Si Jun and Feng Kai followed the command, launching a ferocious assault on Yu Chen's forelimbs. They attacked from both sides, their long swords relentlessly stabbing into the gaps in his scales. In the blink of an eye, blood spurted, and chunks of flesh flew. Their formidable strikes nearly severed the beast's forelimbs. Despite his mind being eroded and his thoughts limited, Yu Chen was not entirely mindless. He quickly lashed out with his tail towards Si Jun and Feng Kai. His tail, armored with numerous razor-sharp dragon scales, could easily slice someone into several pieces if hit. But Wen Dai wouldn't allow this. She swiftly ensnared his tail with her Azure Luan Divine Fire-encased claws, holding it firmly in place. Seemingly infuriated, Yu Chen opened his gaping maw and spewed endless flames. This time, everyone was caught off guard. Si Jun, being a divine wood spirit, was inherently afraid of fire. Feng Kai, not yet at the Grandstage level, struggled to withstand it. Wen Dai, tethered by Yu Chen's tail, watched as her two comrades were about to be consumed by flame. She immediately unleashed her soul flame, prepared to sacrifice herself for their protection. But before she could act, a resplendent golden formation appeared out of thin air, trapping the fierce flames within a tiny enclosure. In the next moment, a jet-black demonic blade flew, striking with precise accuracy into the cracks of Yu Chen's wounds! It embedded deeply, severing the thick bones with a resounding snap, further weakened by the previous icy assault. Yu Chen's senses were overwhelmed by excruciating pain. The agony was unbearable, causing his massive form to stagger and ultimately collapse. With a thunderous crash, he hit the ground, creating a huge crater. "Now's our chance!" Seeing Yu Chen temporarily incapacitated, Wen Dai gave a prompt reminder. Tang Mu Xi once again infused her Phantom Spirit with the power of Yin and Yang, condensing her spiritual energy into a decisive blow aimed at the dragon-tiger-like creature's head! Szzk!! Tainted blood gushed out like virulent poison. Any surface it touched was corroded, and even the Phantom Spirit wasn’t spared from the burn. His head was severed. Panting heavily, Tang Mu Xi observed the decapitated head that lay in the muddy soil, feeling an unprecedented surge of exhilaration. She had succeeded. She had done it! With the enemy leader slain by her hands, the Eastern Domain would now fall back under her control. "Senior Sister!" Tang Mu Xi let her guard down, raising her hand to wave at Jiang Yin, seemingly wanting to boast and claim credit. But she failed to notice that, despite being decapitated, Yu Chen's body had not yet fallen. Jiang Yin was filled with a sense of helplessness. She intended to patiently listen to her junior sister's triumphant recounting and then playfully come up with some mischief. Unexpectedly, she saw the headless Yu Chen raise a shattered arm, lunging it at her junior sister's back. Jiang Yin's eyes widened in shock as she screamed, "Junior Sister! Dodge!" while rushing towards her as fast as she could. However, the distance between them was too great. No matter how desperately she ran, she couldn't shatter space like Bai Ling. With a sickening tear, the jagged remains of sharp bone pierced through Tang Mu Xi’s chest. "Agh?" Tang Mu Xi's body went rigid, her strength and consciousness rapidly draining away. She looked down in a daze to see her heart impaled, the razor-edged bone protruding from her chest, still dripping with fresh blood. That was her heart's blood, the essence of her life. She had experienced being impaled through the heart several times, but never had she survived it. Damn it, I have a pact with Senior Sister. Before her consciousness completely faded, Tang Mu Xi saw Jiang Yin, connected to her by their pact, spitting blood and collapsing. * Chaos and haze. Tang Mu Xi felt as if she were submerged in a cold, endless void, surrounded by nothingness. The frigid water enveloped her entirely, and her five senses experienced a strange detachment. Boundless and bewildering, she almost forgot her own identity. Am I... dead? I must be dead. Being stabbed through the heart with sharp bone is hardly something one can survive. Though her memories were already somewhat blurred, she still recalled that before her rebirth in this life, she had been impaled by the Demon Overlord. Her heart had always been vulnerable, seemingly easy to crush with just a touch. Tang Mu Xi remembered the last scene she saw before dying and felt an unexpected pang of sadness. It was her Senior Sister, her beloved partner. They had vowed to spend their lives together, but she died because of her. How innocent, how absurd. Tang Mu Xi always understood the consequences of their pact, yet only when it truly happened did she begin to regret. If she could live again, if given another chance, she would never ask her Senior Sister to form that pact. Life and death intertwined, fates connected. The joy of their marital bond now turned to sorrow. It's no wonder that everyone in the cultivation world fears forming such pacts. Now, she too became one of them. Tang Mu Xi lay quietly, waiting for the golden light, waiting for the next life, waiting for the chance to reunite and fall in love with her Senior Sister once more. As she daydreamed and pondered how to avoid various crises if given another chance, the golden light did not arrive. Instead, a bloodstained spirit pearl hovered before her eyes.