Before that, I'll kill you first

Elsewhere, outside the wooden cabin

Still afflicted by the Miasma Toxin, Luo Ruying continued desperately trying to kill Ghost Husband. Yet as the toxin kept spreading through her body, she felt increasingly weak, and her vision gradually blurred.

"Heh heh heh, it seems the daughter of the Immortal Realm is nothing special after all."

"If you continue forcing yourself to use your spiritual power, once the Miasma Toxin corrodes your entire body, you'll rot and fester from the inside out until you die~"

Ghost Husband laughed smugly at Luo Ruying.

Seeing the green gradually spreading across Luo Ruying's face, with none of her former imposing aura remaining, he knew the Miasma Toxin had begun to take effect.

Luo Ruying no longer posed any threat to him!

"Hmph! Before that, I'll kill you first!"

Luo Ruying forced her weakened body onward. With a single step, she once again flew forward with her sword and charged at Ghost Husband.

For a peak Heavenly God Realm expert, catching up to an ordinary mortal carrying a child would be no trouble at all.

For Ning Yechen's and the child's safety, she had to kill this man here!

Even if it meant perishing together with him!

When Ghost Husband saw Luo Ruying dart toward him at high speed, sharp sword light slashing down at his face, he was genuinely startled.

This was the first time he had seen someone whose Miasma Toxin had spread throughout their body still daring to recklessly use spiritual power without regard for their own safety!

This madwoman really wanted to drag him down with her before she died!

The instant Luo Ruying's sword light descended, Ghost Husband's entire body was enveloped in miasma. The sword light split the miasma apart, but Ghost Husband had already vanished.

The miasma Luo Ruying had cleaved apart continued to spread, enveloping her entire body. Dense, invisible miasma toxin surrounded her from every direction.

Luo Ruying hurriedly covered her mouth and nose, her gaze sweeping through the mist of miasma.

She could sense it. Ghost Husband was hidden within this miasmic fog!

Whoosh!

A figure flashed swiftly through the fog!

Found him!

Luo Ruying's eyes gleamed like torches. The moment the figure appeared again, she gathered spiritual power into the Immortal Sword in her hand and slashed!

Brilliant sword light directly cleaved that figure in two!

She had succeeded!

Luo Ruying was overjoyed.

The next second, a palm suddenly shot out from the fog behind her!

Luo Ruying detected it immediately and swiftly turned, raising her sword horizontally to block it. Yet another palm emerged from the mist and struck her abdomen heavily!

Pfft!

Luo Ruying spat out blood and was sent flying from the miasmic fog. Clutching her abdomen, she collapsed onto the ground.

"Heh heh heh, you fell for it, Fairy~"

Ghost Husband strolled out from the miasmic fog, a savage and triumphant grin on his face.

Behind him followed dozens of Ghost Corpse Puppets he had refined and modified.

The one that had struck Luo Ruying's abdomen was one of those Ghost Corpse Puppets.

And the one Luo Ruying had killed as bait had merely been another Ghost Corpse Puppet.

His principle was never to expose himself to danger. If Ghost Corpse Puppets and miasma could do the job, he would never personally take the risk.

Luo Ruying planted the Immortal Sword upside down into the ground and forced herself to stand. Her face had already turned dark green, yet her gaze remained resolute as she stared at Ghost Husband.

"Fairy, stop struggling at death's door and surrender obediently."

"This old man will make sure your death isn't too ugly."

"Perhaps you can even become this old man's natal Ghost Corpse Puppet~"

Ghost Husband stared at Luo Ruying's graceful figure and greedily licked his lips.

He did not covet Luo Ruying's beauty. He coveted her body!

If an ordinary Human-Celestial Realm cultivator had been poisoned by his miasma and still dared to forcefully use spiritual power like this, they would have long since festered into pus and died.

Yet Luo Ruying had not shown even the slightest sign of decay even now. The strength of her immortal body was simply beyond anything others could compare to!

That lord from the upper realm had said Luo Ruying could be taken dead or alive. Perhaps he might even reward this fairy's body to him...

It would be perfect for refining into his natal Ghost Corpse Puppet~!

Luo Ruying slightly turned her head to look toward the forest behind her. A trace of reluctance flowed from her beautiful eyes before she turned her determined gaze back to Ghost Husband.

Golden spiritual power surged from her body with chilling force. Her black hair instantly turned silver-white, while dazzling golden light spilled from her crimson eyes!

"Goddess Luo!"

With a delicate shout from Luo Ruying, a woman several zhang tall, clad in golden immortal armor, faintly appeared behind her.

The woman opened her golden, glasslike eyes and raised the Immortal Sword in her hand high overhead, casually bringing it down in a slash toward Ghost Husband!

Ghost Husband felt an unprecedented pressure from that female figure. The descending sword strike made his heart tremble with terror!

Sword light dozens of zhang long fell like a beam of light. There was no time to evade it.

Ghost Husband could only hastily control every Ghost Corpse Puppet to stand before him while turning the miasma around his body into a barrier!

Very quickly, the sword light swallowed and shredded all the Ghost Corpse Puppets. The miasma barrier protecting Ghost Husband offered almost no resistance before it too was cut apart!

Aaaah!

A miserable scream rang out from within the sword light.

The sword light stretched for dozens of miles, tearing apart everything in its path. Only astonishing sword intent and a deep sword ravine remained carved into the earth!

After wielding that strike, Luo Ruying could no longer hold herself up. Supporting herself with her sword, she half-knelt on the ground.

Forcibly using Goddess Luo with only Human-Celestial Realm cultivation had consumed such an immense amount of spiritual power that the Miasma Toxin had already eroded into her body...

A piercing pain bored into her heart from within...

Yet a sorrowful, beautiful smile appeared on Luo Ruying's face.

The child and he should be safe now...

It was only that she might not be able to go find them...

But at that moment, a voice that filled Luo Ruying with despair suddenly rang out.

"As expected of the daughter of the Immortal Realm..."

"This old man nearly fell for good...!"

Ghost Husband dragged his blood-soaked body, covered in sword wounds, as he slowly crawled out of the sword ravine.

Nothing remained in his gaze toward Luo Ruying but viciousness and resentment.

Had he not promptly deployed the Immortal Silkworm Heavenly Armor, an immortal-tier supreme treasure, in front of himself within the miasma barrier, he truly would have died beneath that strike!

Even his Immortal Silkworm Heavenly Armor had been shattered by that single sword strike!

Sure enough, when facing someone from the Immortal Realm, even if her cultivation had fallen to merely the Human-Celestial Realm, he absolutely could not lower his guard in the slightest!

Seeing that Ghost Husband had not died, Luo Ruying revealed a shocked expression.

He actually wasn't dead?!

What should she do...?

In her current state, let alone unleash a second sword strike, even moving was difficult.

Yet Ghost Husband did not seem to be in much better shape than she was.

Perhaps she still had a chance to kill him!

Otherwise, once he caught his breath, Ning Yechen and the child would be in grave danger!

Just as Luo Ruying prepared to make one final, desperate attempt, something even more despairing happened!

Two more figures flew over from the distant sky.

Su Sheng and Lu Jian looked down upon Ghost Husband from high above, their expressions filled with mockery and ridicule.

"Old Ghost, didn't I say that you were to send a signal first after finding her?"

"Don't tell me you wanted to swallow all the credit for yourself?"

"Looks like not only did you fail to keep it all for yourself, you even got thoroughly beaten up."

Faced with Su Sheng's and Lu Jian's cold mockery, Ghost Husband was furious, yet helpless.

With his current injuries, it was already absolutely impossible for him to take down Luo Ruying alone.

Who knew whether these two might take advantage of his weakened state to kill him!

Upon seeing Su Sheng and Lu Jian, Luo Ruying felt even more despair in her heart.

These two were in league with Ghost Husband as well!