Chapter 125: Berserk
“The Saintess of Gray Shadow Mountain wants to see me? Could it be… she wants to commit suicide and give me her position?”
The Saintess’s sudden summons gave Gong Lianyue a glimmer of hope, and she braced herself.
A short while later, under the black-robed woman’s forceful escort, she was pushed and shoved into Gray Shadow Mountain’s Saintess Hall. Without the protection of a senior instructor, Shui Qingyue was now just a disposable pawn.
–Within the dark and gloomy palace, an oppressive aura, like that of a graveyard, hung heavy in the air, shadowy figures flickering in the corners.
This was the Saintess Hall, also known as the Bone Hall.
At the far end of the hall, a woman with black-painted nails sat on a white bone throne, her legs crossed, her gaze condescending and aloof.
This was the Bone Saintess of Gray Shadow Mountain, her main spirit beast supposedly a mid-rank Bone General…?
The silver-haired girl, her situation precarious, stood in the center of the empty hall, calmly observing her surroundings. The shadowy figures in the corners gradually coalesced into eight humanoid forms.
Gong Lianyue instantly realized that the Bone Saintess’s spirit beast wasn’t a mid-rank Bone General. However, one of the eight Spirit Masters guarding the hall did possess a Bone General.
“What are you looking at?! Those are the Saintess’s elite guard, the Eight Bone Demons! Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Keep staring, and your eyes might get plucked out.”
Hearing the black-robed woman’s sharp reprimand, Gong Lianyue almost chuckled. A strange thought crossed her mind.
Once upon a time, there was a Wind Realm. Within the Wind Realm was the Gray Citadel. Within the Gray Citadel were the Ten Citadels. Among the Ten Citadels was Gray Shadow Mountain. The Bone Saintess of Gray Shadow Mountain said to the Eight Bone Demons: Once upon a time, there was a Wind Realm…
Although it seemed perfectly normal to others, Gong Lianyue knew she would forget all these Wind Realm factions by tomorrow.
What Eight Bone Demons? Even mid-rank Spirit Masters had such arrogant titles?
As Gong Lianyue mocked them inwardly, the Bone Saintess rose from her throne, a strange smile on her face.
“Shui Qingyue, how pathetic. You contracted with a high-rank spirit beast, yet you can’t even join Gray Shadow Mountain.”
“I heard you didn’t even take me seriously, even tearing up the Sorrowful Saintess of the Sea Concubine Palace’s portrait?”
“Now you have nothing, and with a single word, I can send you to the mines!!!”
The Bone Saintess circled the silver-haired girl, her smug expression gradually fading, replaced by a look of surprise.
The silver-haired girl’s expression remained calm, showing no signs of anxiety or fear, her aura as still as the surface of a calm sea.
This was her first time meeting Shui Qingyue. She hadn’t expected her to be like this.
Logically, someone who would say, “My teacher is a senior instructor!”, should be a cowardly, opportunistic person, arrogant and conceited because of a bit of talent.
But this woman, just by standing there, made her feel uneasy, her own aura fluctuating. It was unsettling.
The Bone Saintess felt no sense of superiority, only a strange pressure emanating from the girl’s dull, gray eyes.
Just then, Gong Lianyue spoke.
“I want a spot at the Wind Realm Overlord’s birthday celebration. Give up your position as Saintess, and I’ll spare your life.”
“Remember, you only have one chance.”
Her words were calm and flat, a simple statement of intent.
A heavy silence fell upon the Bone Hall, everyone stunned by her audacity.
The Bone Saintess froze, a drop of cold sweat trickling down her forehead, her pupils constricting.
The girl’s words held a chilling indifference that was beyond human comprehension. This wasn’t arrogance or confidence, but something far more unsettling.
This woman…
“Pfft!”
“Hahahahaha”
A snort of laughter came from one of the Eight Bone Demons, followed by a chorus of mocking laughter.
The girls clutched their stomachs, rolling on the floor, tears streaming down their faces.
This Shui Qingyue, still so arrogant even without a senior instructor’s protection… It was almost amusing!
Although most found it funny, one person didn’t.
“I was just going to send you to the mines, but since you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish.”
A purple-haired woman with a bone marking on her forehead emerged from the laughing crowd.
A dark aura enveloped her like armor, her ferocious presence even more intimidating than the other Eight Bone Demons.
“Uh oh, Big Sister is angry…”
Seeing the purple-haired woman’s fury, the laughter died down, and the others quickly backed away, their faces pale.
The leader of the Eight Bone Demons. In a lower-ranked Citadel, she would be a Saintess!
The purple-haired woman approached Gong Lianyue.
“Don’t—”
The Bone Saintess tried to warn her, but a chilling cold, as if freezing her very spine, silenced her.
As her face contorted in horror, the purple-haired woman’s spirit energy surged.
The next second, the stone floor within a ten-meter radius turned to mud, and a massive sand crocodile, its body covered in swirling sand, burst forth.
“Roar!!!”
More than ten meters long, drool dripping from its massive jaws, the sand crocodile roared deafeningly.
A mid-rank Sandstorm Crocodile. This was the purple-haired woman’s strongest spirit beast, the source of her power as the leader of the Eight Bone Demons!
As the beast’s bloody aura washed over her, Gong Lianyue glanced at the terrifying creature, then at the Bone Saintess.
What was she planning?
Under the girl’s cold, piercing gaze, the Bone Saintess felt a shiver run down her spine.
The ferocious Sandstorm Crocodile was right in front of Shui Qingyue. Why was she looking at her…?
Suddenly, several people noticed something strange.
The silver-haired girl’s hair began to flicker, shifting between silver and sea blue, like a glitching image.
Blue, silver, blue, silver, blue, silver, blue, blue, silver… A few seconds later, the flickering stopped.
A splash of water, and the girl’s hair turned a vibrant blue, swirling around her. She opened her eyes, revealing her strange, ice-blue, teardrop pupils, her gaze sweeping over everyone present.
“All members of the Bone Hall will die in an earthquake. No survivors.”
As Gong Lianyue declared their fate, a terrifying chill filled the air.
Game over…
Chapter 126: Iron Jade Ice Scorpion Evolves, One Punch Destroys the Saintess Hall
–Gray Shadow Mountain, Bone Hall
“All members of the Bone Hall will die in an earthquake. No survivors.”
As the cold voice echoed, the atmosphere in the Bone Hall froze.
The girl’s sea-blue hair flowed like a waterfall, and she slowly opened her ice-blue, teardrop eyes, her appearance almost divine.
The change in hair color to blue was a common trait among Wind Realm-Sea Region hybrid Spirit Masters when their emotions surged. As long as her makeup wasn’t recognizable, she wouldn’t be immediately identified as the Sorrowful Saintess.
Gong Lianyue knew it wasn’t time to fully reveal her identity yet. She was only here for a spot at the birthday celebration.
Ignoring the Sandstorm Crocodile right before her, she turned her gaze towards the alluring woman on the throne, the Bone Saintess.
The lives of the Eight Bone Demons were insignificant, but the Bone Saintess had to die.
A dead person’s life was worthless.
“Kill her!!”
As Gong Lianyue remained silent, the purple-haired woman, leader of the Eight Bone Demons, shouted.
Receiving the command, the massive Sandstorm Crocodile’s aura intensified, its body covered in hard scales and teeth, impervious to blades, fire, and water.
Facing the petite, blue-haired girl, the giant crocodile swung its massive tail, a ten-meter-long blur, the force of the blow creating a sonic boom.
Bang!!!
A deafening clang of metal on metal, a cloud of dust erupting.
The resounding boom echoed in their minds.
A few seconds later, as the dust settled, the blue-haired girl stood unharmed, her cold, teardrop eyes looking down at them as if they were already dead.
“…”
“…”
As the Eight Bone Demons recovered from their shock, a massive shadow filled their vision, engulfing the hall in darkness.
A malicious aura, a terrifying pressure, a bone-chilling cold, spreading rapidly.
It was difficult to describe this being. Just standing there, its silent presence evoked a suffocating despair, driving them to madness.
The Sandstorm Crocodile’s tail attack hadn’t even scratched it, only drawing blood from the crocodile itself. Just how durable was its shell?
It looked like a giant scorpion, but its form was strangely distorted and asymmetrical. Its left pincer seemed ordinary, but its right…
The jade pincer, shimmering like a diamond, was covered in an illusory silver arm guard, which, in turn, was covered in dark green scales.
The massive right pincer, dragging on the ground for dozens of meters, swollen and bloated like a metal balloon about to explode, was several times larger than the scorpion itself.
A high-rank spirit beast, the Iron Jade Ice Scorpion. Its current form was almost unrecognizable.
“Whoosh~~~~”
The giant scorpion exhaled a chilling mist that filled the Bone Hall.
Then, it slowly raised its massive, swollen right pincer, like a battle axe, smashing through the ceiling, sending debris raining down.
Wasn’t Shui Qingyue’s spirit beast the Silverblade Fox?
What was this thing?
And this terrifying aura…
Staring at the Iron Jade Ice Scorpion, the Bone Saintess’s mind raced.
Suddenly, she realized something strange. Although her mind was still functioning, she couldn’t even move a finger.
Not just her, but as the scorpion raised its pincer, the aura in the Bone Hall distorted and intensified, a chilling dread creeping into her very core, her scalp tingling.
“I’m… going to die…”
Although the Sandstorm Crocodile, the strongest of the Eight Bone Demons, stood before her, the Bone Saintess knew, with chilling certainty, that this attack would obliterate her.
Giant Bone King, protect me!!!
Seeing the scorpion’s pincer descending, the Bone Saintess screamed inwardly, her body instinctively encased in a layer of hard bone. At the same time, a massive, terrifying giant emerged from the void behind her.
Gong Lianyue vanished, retreating into the Water Element Commander’s Crystal Chamber.
A second later, just as the Bone Saintess had foreseen—
The Iron Jade Ice Scorpion’s massive pincer swung down in a perfect arc, striking the empty space where she had been standing.
As countless eyes watched, the descending pincer easily sank into the ground, as if it were tofu or cotton, not solid stone.
Ignoring the Sandstorm Crocodile beside it, it had struck the ground instead.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Boom, boom, boom!!!
The world turned upside down, vision blurred, a deafening explosion, sound and sight vanishing.
As if the laws of gravity had been broken, the surrounding structures and beings were annihilated, the world collapsing.
With the point of impact as the epicenter, everything within a hundred-meter radius was lifted into the air, the very air itself cracking and shattering.
The Bone Hall exploded like a splattered cake, the stone structure weaker than liquid, the beings within bursting one after another, reduced to bloody mush.
The Sandstorm Crocodile, dead!
The Eight Bone Demons, dead!
The Bone Saintess, dead!
Whoosh~~~~~~
As the violent shockwave subsided, the massive Bone Hall was reduced to a desolate ruin.
Just as Shui Qingyue had declared, all members of the Bone Hall had died in an earthquake. No survivors.
Half a minute later, emerging from the Crystal Chamber, the blue-haired girl surveyed the scene, her gaze settling on a white figure in the distance.
“Eh? Still alive?”
Gong Lianyue was slightly surprised to see the Bone Saintess still clinging to life.
The massive corpse beside her must have been the high-rank Giant Bone King, now shattered into pieces, instantly vaporized.
Also a high-rank Dead Sea Stage spirit beast, the Giant Bone King hadn’t even been able to withstand the aftershock of the Iron Jade Ice Scorpion’s attack, sacrificing itself to protect its master.
[Jade Shatter]
[Steel Moon]
[Nether Stone]
Having absorbed the Saint-rank Hidden Scale Mountain’s soul core, the Iron Jade Ice Scorpion had gained a partial, incomplete version of its abilities, unlocking a new Saint-rank battle technique—[Nether Stone].
This was Hidden Scale Mountain’s arm-strengthening technique, but the Iron Jade Ice Scorpion, a mere high-rank spirit beast, couldn’t fully control it. Thus, it only affected its right pincer, coincidentally synergizing with the half-formed Steel Moon armor.
That was why only one of its arms had become so grotesquely distorted and swollen.
The original Jade Shatter and Steel Moon Chapter, combined with the newly inherited Saint-rank technique, Nether Stone.
This terrifying combination of three powers had been enough to obliterate a same-rank spirit beast with a single blow…
Unfortunately, the scorpion couldn’t withstand the recoil of this terrifying power. A single punch had shattered its own arm, preventing it from attacking again for a while.
She hadn’t expected the Bone Saintess to survive. Sensing several powerful auras approaching, Gong Lianyue reluctantly abandoned the idea of finishing her off.
Quite resilient, actually. Making a fool of her, the Saintess.
After a moment of hesitation, she recalled the one-armed scorpion and then quickly swallowed a bit of the little fox’s residual pollen, her sea-blue hair turning silver-gray once more.
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