Phantom Shadow Demon Trace

Volume 2: Phantom Shadow Demon Trace, Chapter 30: There Will Be No Next Time. Upon hearing this zither music, Bai Qiuran muttered a sentence, while Cuiluo's expression shifted.

"I am only using one-tenth of my strength, but even this one-tenth is enough to sweep across the Demon Realm. Little demoness, let alone you, even if that old immortal, the Demon Emperor, came here, I would make him die horizontally back to the Demon Realm."

Cuiluo gritted her teeth, glanced at Bai Qiuran, and then transformed into a vine, burrowing into the soil and disappearing.

"The County Princess has already told you everything..." Her gaze swept across the scene, pausing imperceptibly on Tang Ruowei in the distance before settling on Bai Qiuran and Cuiluo.

Caught in her gaze, even Zuo Yanfei and Tang Ruowei felt their faces flush, not to mention Pei Shan and Pei Dao nearby, who were already so parched that they didn't even notice their drool leaking out, losing all composure as Cultivators.

Bai Qiuran picked his nose and said, "You aren't calm enough, Cuiluo. At worst, I'll just break through another level of Qi Refining. I'm quite happy to use you as a punching bag. Besides, I recall that you didn't come to the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou this time to seek revenge on me."

"County Princess?" If someone else had said this, Cuiluo might have sneered, but Bai Qiuran was someone who had proven he possessed this strength two thousand years ago.

Cuiluo's heart gradually calmed, and fear began to outweigh the anger and resentment in her heart.

Bai Qiuran withdrew his hand and gave a light squeeze, causing the green life energy on his hand to turn into light particles and return to the earth.

"Although you are a plant-type Pokemon, I am also someone who started with a Heavenly Spirit Root-level Wood Spirit Root."

"Even though you are an old demoness now, you are still too young in front of me."

Cuiluo looked at Su Xiangxue with complex eyes and said her farewells: "Cuiluo is leaving. County Princess, please take care."

He raised his hand and reached out, and the giant woven from vines suddenly surged with endless green light, converging toward his palm. The iron fist of the vine giant, which had been heading straight for him, suddenly turned white and grayed out, crumbling into ash and dissipating before it reached Bai Qiuran's face.

"And I, when she was being forced by her master to become a tool for harvesting Yang energy, I stepped in to save her. I helped her kill her master, helped her become the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, helped her push through her reforms within the sect, and improved the relationship between the Demonic Sect Alliance and the Righteous Path Alliance. At a time like this, of course she is going to help me!"

"She has been protected by me." But facing this punch capable of shattering a mountain, Bai Qiuran laughed softly.

"Sigh, then go." She looked at Cuiluo, her red lips parting slightly.

Cuiluo said excitedly.

Cuiluo bit her lower lip, remaining silent.

Bai Qiuran sneered, hands on his hips, and said angrily: "What a joke. Do you really think she is on your side? When the Demon Emperor came to the human world and left behind a half-human, half-demon child, and her mother was killed by people from the Hehuan Sect, and she was forced to join the Hehuan Sect, where were you of the Monster Race? Do you really think that by bestowing the title of County Princess, she would be willing to follow you back to the Demon Realm wholeheartedly? Toiling and scheming for the Monster Race? It is truly laughable."

"Furthermore, although I wasn't born during the war between humans and monsters, after hearing about it, I believe Elder Cui deserved to die. Live well, Cuiluo. In this life, you must live for yourself, not for your mother."

This beauty held a Jade Zither, blocking the path between Bai Qiuran and Cuiluo.

"Does the County Princess also intend to preach those bald-headed grand principles to Cuiluo?"

"Alright Cuiluo, that is enough. Young Master Bai, stop provoking her."

"Besides, let alone whether you can withstand one-tenth of my strength, even if you could, I could immediately bring out two-tenths or three-tenths of my strength to counterattack."

Cuiluo replied stubbornly.

"No, I am a Demonic Cultivator, so of course I advocate for revenge, but your grudge is clearly one you can never settle even in death."

"Finally willing to come out."

"Heh, of course she told me everything."

"Cuiluo." Cuiluo's eyes darted around, and she said coldly: "Where is Princess Bailing?"

"Bai Qiuran, you..."

"You should go, Cuiluo. Although it might be useless, I still advise you: let go of your hatred."

"First, I have no obligation to tell you the truth; you and I are enemies."

Cuiluo stared at him fixedly, remaining silent.

She straightened her body, wanting to say something more, but a burst of zither music suddenly drifted through the mountain forest, interrupting their standoff.

A fierce wind swept across the earth, and the wind pressure from the giant's punch was so strong that even Tang Ruowei and the others, hiding in the distance, couldn't keep their eyes open.

The green-haired woman sneered: "Qingming Sword Ancestor, you are indeed a hypocrite; lies roll off your tongue so easily."

Bai Qiuran looked at Cuiluo with disdain and continued: "Of course, I naturally stand on her side as well. Do I know what that dog, the Demon Emperor, is planning? Does he want his bloodline to return to help stabilize the Demon Realm? Or to stir up war to shift internal conflicts? As long as Su Xiangxue disagrees, you can forget about it. Let me tell you, this time the Baiyue Temple brought this upon themselves. You killed half their sect, so I will barely let you off, but there will be no third time. If there is a next time, I will go to the Demon Realm myself to send the Demon Emperor to his grave!"

Su Xiangxue nodded without hesitation: "If a war between humans and monsters were to start, I would definitely stand on Young Master Bai's side. Go back. Do you think the Demon Emperor truly has no idea about this?"

A voice as melodious as an oriole in a valley drifted over; just hearing it made one's bones feel soft.

Cuiluo asked hesitantly: "Is what the Qingming Sword Ancestor just said true?"

"Heh."

"County Princess." Bai Qiuran extended two fingers and sneered: "Who do you think you are? To win against you, do I need to use such base methods as lying?"

"Rest assured, I am not yet at the point where I would lay a hand on the White Fox King's daughter. Once the Demon Emperor dies, the ten Demon Kings of the Demon Realm will fight for the throne. The more happily you fight, the more pleased we humans will be. I won't interfere in the internal affairs of your Demon Realm."

The green light retracted, and the entire vine giant turned to ash, collapsing into the ground.

A green-haired woman in a green dress tumbled out from within the giant's body, clutching her chest, her face pale as she looked at Bai Qiuran.

Watching her turn to leave, Bai Qiuran suddenly spoke: "There will be no next time."

He held his head slightly high, looking at Cuiluo with a gaze of condescension.

"Remember."

Cuiluo's expression collapsed.

Su Xiangxue shot a glance at Bai Qiuran.

"It is true."

In any case, Tang Ruowei and Zuo Yanfei clearly saw that the moment Pei Shan and Pei Dao heard this voice, their entire bodies trembled as if they had been electrocuted.

Su Xiangxue said softly to Cuiluo beside her: "Princess Bailing and her maidservants have already been brought over by me; you may take them and leave. The world is treacherous. When you go back this time, please tell the White Fox King to discipline her well. If she runs to the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou again next time, we humans have no obligation to help him continue searching for his daughter."

Su Xiangxue sighed: "Princess Bailing is on the road you came from. Take care, goodbye."

As the words fell, a white shadow drifted over. A beauty of peerless elegance appeared before everyone. She covered her face with a white veil, revealing only a pair of beautiful Phoenix Eyes. She wore a simple, plain white dress, yet she wore it with a unique, enchanting allure.

Bai Qiuran glanced at Cuiluo's expression.

"Too young."

"Cuiluo has lived her whole life only for revenge."