"Did you get my permission before trying to touch him?"
The woman in red, hidden deep within Wei Qing's sea of consciousness, slowly emerged.
She raised her hand and struck down with her palm, hitting the blue-robed man directly on the head.
With a loud bang, his head exploded, like a watermelon violently smashed apart in the summer heat.
A stream of black mist suddenly shot out from the man's body and turned to flee into the void—
"You still want to leave? Freeze!"
The instant the woman finished speaking, the entire space within the sea of consciousness suddenly solidified. The fleeing black mist was frozen in midair, unable to move even an inch.
"Whatever you say becomes law. You're Martial Emperor Luo... Luo Liuli... You really are still alive."
The black mist twisted violently, its voice warped and distorted by terror.
The person before him had simply been too terrifying in her prime.
Two successive Heavenly Demons and six Earth Demons of the demonkin had perished by her hand.
More than a hundred thousand other demons had died as well.
Throughout the entire demonkin race, everyone trembled in fear at the name Blood-Clad Luo Liuli.
Luo Liuli paid no attention to the demon before her. She gently raised her hand, and a shower of golden starlight descended.
The roiling sea of consciousness instantly fell silent, as though nothing had happened.
Wei Qing's divine soul had expanded violently and nearly spiraled out of control. But at Luo Liuli's calmly spoken words, "Go back," it was drawn by invisible ropes and slowly contracted, finally returning to its proper place. Everything settled back into peace.
"Thank you, Senior."
Wei Qing's face was pale as he cupped his fists and bowed.
He shouted inwardly: What a big shot!
This should be the "Lord Liuli" the demon had mentioned just now, right?
But why was she hiding in his sea of consciousness?
"It's fine now."
Luo Liuli's gaze swept over him, and Wei Qing immediately felt as if he had been seen through completely.
Then her gaze shifted to the blue-robed man, and she said coldly, "Yun Tianheng, do you need me to help you as well?"
Wei Qing's pupils shrank sharply upon hearing this.
He had never expected that the person before him was actually Yun Tianheng, the sect master of the Cloud Firmament Sect.
"I wouldn't dare trouble you, my lord."
Yun Tianheng's shattered head rapidly regenerated, and a somewhat hoarse voice hurriedly replied.
There was a trace of fear in his gaze as he looked at Luo Liuli.
Blood-Clad Luo Liuli was ruthless toward her enemies.
She had never shown mercy to her own people either.
A mighty general's subordinates were never weak!
Her Luo Shen Legion had once been a nightmarish existence for the demonkin!
Although he was not under her command, his fear of Luo Liuli was no less than that of the demons. If anything, it was even greater.
Disobey her?
She really would beat you half to death!
Back then, Xiao Jing Tian, the chief disciple of the Human Alliance's leader, had talked back to her.
The result was that he could not get out of bed for an entire month.
In the end, the Human Alliance's leader said nothing and merely announced to the outside world that he had been secluded in cultivation during that period.
"Tell me, what happened? With your strength, how could you possibly have been suppressed by a mere Earth Demon?"
"Yes... It was like this."
Seeing Luo Liuli clench her fist, Yun Tianheng hurriedly recounted what had happened back then.
During that battle, the Cloud Firmament Sect had poured out the strength of the entire sect and finally slaughtered all the demons under the command of the Heavenly Demon Silvermoon.
But Heavenly Demon Silvermoon could not be killed completely!
The remaining experts of the Cloud Firmament Sect had burned their own lifespans and blood essence before finally sealing her away.
In the end, after leaving behind their inheritances, the survivors lasted less than an hour before falling one after another.
As for him, he had relied on a secret sect technique to preserve a trace of his true spirit.
Unexpectedly, an Earth Demon had also survived that battle through a secret technique.
And it had set its sights on him.
At first, he could still suppress it.
But as time passed, the strength of his true spirit grew weaker and weaker.
Until not long ago, his power had been completely suppressed by it.
Later, the demon somehow managed to contact both the human traitor forces in the outside world and the demonkin.
Together, they came up with the Dragon Slaying Plan.
Afterward, they used the "demon incident" as bait.
Then they spread news of a rare treasure.
They planned to blood-sacrifice the geniuses of Jizhou to prepare for breaking the Heavenly Demon's seal.
Wei Qing broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. So he had fallen into the demons' trap from the very beginning.
The smiling death incident!
The standardized Ink Blade carried by the Night Owl Guard's mechanism puppets.
The strange phenomenon in the Black Mist Wasteland.
This time, the demons' plan was aimed at more than just the geniuses of Jizhou Prefecture.
The Jizhou Heavenly Mirror Division was also a target.
Perhaps their original target had been certain geniuses within the Jizhou Heavenly Mirror Division.
It was only his arrival that had inadvertently disrupted part of their plan.
Then the misty passage had appeared because of him as well, once again wrecking their plans.
Finally, Luo Liuli's appearance had completely crushed their scheme.
"In that case, you can die as well."
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Liuli lightly pointed toward the immobilized demon.
"No... Lord Silvermoon, she won't..."
The demon's desperate howl was cut short, and its unfinished words scattered into the wind.
Immediately afterward, the consciousness and black mist within the demon's soul were erased. Its divine soul gradually transformed into a pure ball of spiritual power, like an egg stripped of its shell.
"Hm?"
Wei Qing froze, staring at the incredibly familiar ball of light.
He immediately understood that the "passing expert" Zhu Huan had mentioned was none other than Luo Liuli before him.
Seeing the change in Wei Qing's expression, Luo Liuli knew that her identity had been exposed.
She did not care. With a light wave of her palm, a golden thread connected Wei Qing's sea of consciousness to the ball of light.
"Thank you, Senior."
Wei Qing bowed slightly. After being saved twice, he had no idea how he could repay her.
Luo Liuli saw through his thoughts instantly. "You don't need to feel any pressure. I saved you because I'll need your help with something later."
"May I ask what that is, Senior?"
"Your strength isn't enough yet. We'll talk after you break through to the Innate Realm."
"Yes, Senior."
Hearing this, Wei Qing stopped dwelling on it and immediately decided to find a way to break through to the Innate Realm as soon as possible.
But then again.
Although there were many demons now, they were scattered throughout Great Zhou. If he wanted to hunt them down one by one—
He could forget about it without ten years.
Wait!
A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Wei Qing's mind. He thought of a place.
There were quite a few demons there.
The prison of the Heavenly Realm Division held a great number of demons.
As for whether the people of the Suppression Office would agree, he would know after returning to the Imperial City.
After Luo Liuli finished everything, her gaze turned to Yun Tianheng once more. "What are you planning to do next?"
"Heh heh." Yun Tianheng grinned, his expression utterly ingratiating. "I'd like to trouble Lord Liuli to help stabilize my divine soul."
"This is a cultivation method for spiritual power. For now, recuperate in Wei Qing's sea of consciousness. We'll discuss what comes next after we find that item."
As she spoke, a streak of light flew from Luo Liuli's hand and shot directly into Yun Tianheng's brow.
"Understood!"
Yun Tianheng nodded repeatedly, trembling with excitement.
Wei Qing thought to himself: This seems to be my sea of consciousness.
Are you two moving in without even saying hello to the owner?