The Game of Hide-and-Seek

Everywhere the eye could see was pitted and scarred, the air thick with the smell of smoke and scorching. Yet it was not hot, but bitterly cold, steeped in an eerie chill.

The original pit had expanded several times over, and countless spiderweb-like cracks radiated out from it in every direction.

The flower grove at the bottom of the pit had been shattered. Qiao Ciguang's clothes were stained with blood, and her injuries were severe, yet her presence had not diminished in the slightest. She stood silently, blood still dripping from the Myriad Profound Branch in her hand.

Behind her lay many of her junior sisters, gravely wounded and unconscious. Their faces were deathly pale, blood seeped from their seven apertures, and their Magic Robes and magical treasures were all shattered.

Li Lieyue did not continue her attack. Instead, she stared at the figure in resplendent robes standing in front of Qiao Ciguang and the others.

She had delicate brows and bright eyes, an elegant, graceful neck, and a breathtakingly beautiful, dignified appearance. She was like a jade blossom just opening or the sun newly rising—radiant beyond compare.

The current Heavenly Maiden of Suzhen Heaven, Yan Minghua!

She had almost killed Qiao Ciguang just now, but the Heavenly Maiden had arrived quickly!

"Yan Minghua?" Li Lieyue fixed her gaze on the Heavenly Maiden's face and said coldly, "Good that you're here. Back at the Ten Thousand Viper Sea, if you hadn't insisted on protecting Qiao Ciguang, I would have killed her on the spot and refined her into a Ghost Servant... Today, you sisters are all here, so you can stay and become Ghost Servants together!"

Yan Minghua replied coldly, "Demoness of the demonic path, how boastful! I'll cut off your head and offer it in sacrifice to the many