Chapter 60: The Phoenix Cry
Outside, Bai Zhanying and the others were desperately trying to dispel the contamination of the formation, attempting to rescue Luo Xue from danger.
Inside the falling flower, the infamous Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame of the Temple of the Nether Spirit was spreading uncontrollably.
The Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame originated from… the most mysterious Holy Master of the Temple of the Nether Spirit.
Unlike immortal sects like the Peerless Summit Sect, where the Sect Master was still subject to many checks and balances, the Holy Master held absolute power within the Temple of the Nether Spirit.
All newly initiated disciples of the Nether Spirit would have a seed of the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame planted within them. These seeds could greatly enhance their cultivation speed.
But in return, the disciples with the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame would become cauldrons for the Holy Master, their cultivation feeding back to the Holy Master upon their death.
Before their death, these disciples could ask the Holy Master for help through this seed, at the cost of offering their fate and soul as sacrifices.
The process was excruciatingly painful, regardless of one’s cultivation level.
Of course, the Holy Master didn’t plant the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame in everyone within the Temple. Once they reached a certain status, the Holy Master would retrieve it.
This way, the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame only had benefits.
As for whether there were any backdoors… it was unknown.
Kong Lianbin, as a spy sent deep into the immortal sect, was still unwilling to give up even at death’s door.
He was willing to endure the terrifying pain of purgatory, to have his soul scattered and unable to enter reincarnation, just to kill Luo Xue.
The faintly burning Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame seemed calm, but it was as if an eye was staring at Luo Xue, sending chills down her spine.
“Hehehe… Immortal sect seedling, this time, you will surely die…”
The figure burning with the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame let out a painful scream, anticipating Luo Xue experiencing this purgatory with him.
Luo Xue couldn’t help but retreat a few steps. She could feel the sinister nature of the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame.
Once touched, she probably wouldn’t even have the chance to use her survival points to heal herself.
But the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame didn’t give Luo Xue time to think. In the next instant, the burning figure split into several strands of demonic flame, rushing straight towards Luo Xue.
“It seems… I’ve reached a dead end…”
Looking at the approaching demonic flames, Luo Xue’s eyes revealed a hint of despair.
She had exhausted all her methods and couldn’t counter it.
The surrounding sinister mist seemed to dissipate slightly, and Luo Xue could even hear Bai Zhanying calling her from outside. The contamination within the formation was about to be dispelled.
But it was too late.
It was… too late.
Luo Xue slowly closed her eyes, preparing to face the returning pain and the end of the dream.
But the next moment, she abruptly opened her eyes.
A pair of eerie vertical pupils, tinged with purple-red, opened. Luo Xue stood in place, seemingly unchanged, yet giving off a completely different feeling.
It was as if… Luo Xue was no longer Luo Xue.
“What!”
The dying Kong Lianbin stared at Luo Xue. He felt a familiar aura from her.
Whose aura… was it so familiar…
The cold, eerie vertical pupils stared at the incoming Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame with a look of disdain.
Under the gaze of these eerie vertical pupils, the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame was extinguished.
Even the demonic flames on Kong Lianbin’s body vanished completely.
How did she do it?
“Who… are you…”
Kong Lianbin gritted his teeth, using all his remaining strength to ask his final question.
Luo Xue didn’t answer—or perhaps, she couldn’t.
Purple-red patterns crawled up her neck, spreading to her cheeks and collarbone.
As she shifted her gaze from the demonic flames to Kong Lianbin, a phoenix cry seemed to echo.
Kong Lianbin recognized it.
“You… you are…”
“Holy…”
He couldn’t even finish his last word.
Her gaze had already killed him.
When Luo Xue came back to her senses, Kong Lianbin in front of her had become a corpse, his face frozen in terror, his eyes wide open in death.
“How… did I kill him?”
Luo Xue was filled with lingering fear. She hadn’t expected him to have such a method.
What was even stranger was that this method had suddenly disappeared…
She immediately opened the panel to see what was going on, and a bright red record clearly stated:
[Experienced Soul Transformation cultivator’s remote duel, Survival Points +50]
Soul Transformation again!
This was the second time Luo Xue had encountered a Soul Transformation expert. The last time was in the depths of Mount Fengyin, in a forbidden zone with a Yin Poison concentration of 1.0 or higher.
“I’m just at the Innate Realm, how could I…”
Luo Xue’s hands trembled slightly.
At the same time, the outside world finally broke through the contamination of the small world of falling flowers. Bai Zhanying rushed in with her sword, followed by the other Peak Masters.
“Xiao Xue!”
Seeing that Luo Xue was slightly injured, Bai Zhanying quickly approached her.
The other Peak Masters were attracted by Kong Lianbin’s corpse on the ground, and Xi Xiaofeng bent down to examine it.
Soon, he looked up and said gravely,
“He should be a spy from the Temple of the Nether Spirit… Peak Innate Realm cultivation, with traces of the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame.”
“What!”
Everyone was shocked.
“Could it be related to the upcoming…”
The Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall said in a deep voice.
Everyone present knew that the Temple of the Nether Spirit was about to visit, specifically to humiliate the Peerless Summit Sect after the Immortal Ascension Gate ended.
Thousands of years of animosity meant that neither side would miss an opportunity to suppress the other.
“It shouldn’t be related, but Kong Lianbin has lived in the Peerless Summit Sect for sixteen years. When and how did he become a spy for the Demon Abyss…”
Xi Xiaofeng stood up and sighed softly. “It seems I need to have a talk with Elder Kong.”
“No need,” the Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall suddenly said, “The Law Enforcement Hall has already taken the Kong family into custody. We can talk after the Law Enforcement Hall has finished its interrogation.”
“…Understood.”
Xi Xiaofeng’s eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice.
Elder Kong was a veteran of Cold Edge Cliff, diligently serving for over a thousand years, and now his lifespan was nearing its end.
Xi Xiaofeng had intended to wait and understand the situation first, but he didn’t expect the Law Enforcement Hall to act so swiftly.
This was the Law Enforcement Hall, the sword hanging over the Peerless Summit Sect. All elders, even the Sect Master, were under their surveillance.
Only Soul Transformation ancestors had the authority to directly command the Law Enforcement Hall.
“Now, there is another matter.”
The Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall turned slightly, looking at Luo Xue, who was being supported by Bai Zhanying, his gaze sharp as a sword.
“Probationary Disciple Luo Xue, how did you defeat Kong Lianbin, a peak Innate Realm cultivator, with your Post-Heaven cultivation?”
“And how… did you survive the Bone-Eroding Demonic Flame?”
“Please give the Law Enforcement Hall a reasonable explanation.”
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