Kill the "Great Luo Demoness," Gu Xiaosang. Failure means execution...
Meng Qi felt as if struck by lightning. He stared blankly upward, seeming to meet the Lord of Six Paths Samsara's gaze through the hazy mist. This time, the Death Mission was to kill Demoness Gu!
And if he went easy on her, if he showed mercy, he would be the one to die. In other words, only one of them could live: him or Gu Xiaosang. There were no exceptions!
The first time they met during a Samsara mission, she was the girl next door, her features still youthful, her face delicate, her manner timid.
When she appeared again during the mission to kill Du'er Cha, she was lively and exquisite, a white-clad beauty whose smile could captivate a city. She was both bewitching and ethereal, dangerous to the extreme—and alluring to the extreme.
Inside the Demon Tomb, she was cunning and resourceful. She impersonated Xiao Zi so flawlessly that not a single seam showed. Her motives were mysterious, her methods unfathomable. Killing intent had suddenly erupted, then she had vanished just as abruptly. The most beautiful things were often the most dangerous.
By the banks of the great river in Three Mountains and Four Waters, the waves rippled and a small boat drew near. A white-skirted sprite played the flute at its prow, her melody mournful and tender. At the time, her bearing was otherworldly, floating clear of the mortal world. She was the one he yearned for, across the water. She had called him husband outright, then gently told him of the Overlord and the Thunder God. With a smile, she had asked whether, if one day she were trapped by someone and danger surrounded her, he would come to save her as the Overlord had.
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