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"I killed her. Let's see who can still claim the Primordial Phoenix's fortune!" Everyone wanted to kill Cherished Lord, and this had become my best opportunity. Not many would come to rescue Old Madam Chi. I raised the Tai'a Sword high, a trace of cruelty glinting in my voice. "You vile beast, you killed Mo Lan. Did you ever think about the consequences you'd face today?"
"Little friend, don't!" Wen Ting had also been on his way to rescue Old Madam Chi, but he was much slower than her. My Shrinking Earth Technique was clearly faster than theirs over short distances, so they witnessed the scene of me about to slaughter a phoenix!
"Don't! You'll regret this!" the Queen Mother of the West cried out as well, immediately summoning the Ruyi Ring toward me, trying to stop me.
The phoenix that Old Madam Chi had transformed into struggled beneath my feet. The instant I finished speaking, I ignored all consequences and brought my sword down, cleanly severing the phoenix's head!
Only then did the Ruyi Ring reach me, but Old Madam Chi had already been hacked to death by my sword! The price, however, was equally enormous. At the same time, every rescue attack blasted into me, and I hurriedly charged into the Killing Path!
Of course, the Ruyi Ring opened once more, attempting to seal off my escape into the Killing Path. It seemed the Queen Mother of the West had also developed murderous intent toward me!
The result was easy to imagine. Cherished Lord was summoning the Primordial Phoenix, while I had killed Old Madam Chi—the only one capable of inheriting the Primordial Phoenix's fortune. This made the Primordial Phoenix's emergence a certainty. Now all the Demon Cultivators were caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to