Plans in Motion (Part 2)

A woman clad in golden armor and holding a longsword approached at an unhurried pace, her shoulder-length hair drifting gently with her steps.

"Who am I?" Her voice was calm. "The one who will kill you. It is time for the Abyssal Sage Emperor's curtain call."

"Hahaha! What a joke. Do you think just anyone can kill me?" The Abyssal Sage Emperor unleashed his energy. His quasi-god cultivation and the power of the God Origin Realm bore down upon her.

"The God Origin Realm is not bad."

"But it is far too weak."

One Deep Red Soul Ring after another slowly rose beneath her feet. With each Soul Ring that appeared, the woman's aura rose severalfold.

"T-Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!"

Nine Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, along with a tenth that was somewhat illusory. It gave off a faint light-blue impression, yet did not seem like a fully condensed Soul Ring.

To put it another way, it was stuck in an awkward middle ground.

"Y-You're Qian Renxue!"

The Sage Emperor finally remembered. The golden-haired, phoenix-eyed woman before him was the current emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Saintess of Spirit Hall, and the one rumored to have slain Tang Chen, Invincible on Land.

"That's right."

"So die!"

"Angel Thrust!"

Golden light flashed across the open space like lightning, emitting a sharp sizzling sound.

"You think that's enough?"

Black mist in the Sage Emperor's palm spread over his entire body, blocking Qian Renxue's incoming attack.

"You want to kill me? Do you think you're Ning Rongrong?" The Sage Emperor sneered. "A brainless fool like Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect—if I wanted to kill him, I had countless ways to do it."

"I am the Abyss's greatest sage."

"My strength is not as weak as you imagine."

"Is