Ending Karma, Great Witch Self-Destructs

Fei Lian was no simple character either. Seeing Hou Yi covertly making a move against Nine Infants, a glint flashed in his eyes.

Not only did he not stop Hou Yi, but the moment Hou Yi struck at Nine Infants, he circled around behind Hou Yi and launched an attack of his own! His hands directly transformed into beast claws, razor-sharp, swiping at Hou Yi's back!

Yet Hou Yi did not dodge at all! Fei Lian's attack alone could not harm his body, which was as tough as an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Hou Yi's Divine Arrow unleashed its full might, blasting toward Nine Infants, and at the same time, Fei Lian's strike reached Hou Yi's back.

Nine Infants watched the Divine Arrow draw closer, knowing he could not evade in time, and cursed angrily: "Fei Lian, you treacherous bastard, you're setting me up!"

Fei Lian had suddenly abandoned him, leaving him to face Hou Yi's attack alone—if that wasn't a setup, what was? But Fei Lian paid it no mind, his clawed strike at Hou Yi continuing without pause.

"Nine Infants, your sacrifice will be worthwhile! I will report to the Demon Emperor and avenge you!"

Nine Infants' face still twisted with resentment, but before he could speak, Hou Yi's arrow pierced through his body.

At the same moment, Fei Lian's claws finally scraped against Hou Yi's skin.

"Hou Yi, blame yourself for being too arrogant!"

Fei Lian's tone was icy. On his claws was demonic qi he had accumulated for countless millennia! Even their Demon Race's Eastern Emperor had once praised the power of his claws; dealing with a mere Hou Yi was a trivial matter.

Hou Yi only felt a prickling sensation on his back, like a needle sting, but soon something surged into his body through the point of contact.

An unnatural excitement flickered in Fei Lian's eyes! Hahaha, the top Great Witch of the Witch Clan, Hou Yi, was about to die by his hand! With this merit, the Demon Emperor should forgive him for failing to conquer the Hou Tu Tribe.

"You!"

Hou Yi quickly sensed something wrong! Why had his back gone numb? Knowing something was amiss, he suddenly erupted. Fei Lian, knowing when to quit, directly fled hundreds of miles away.

His voice drifted back from afar.

"Hou Yi, consider this a loss for our Demon Race, but you haven't won either! Next time, we'll fight again—though you might not have a next time! Hahahaha!"

Seeing Nine Infants slain by Hou Yi and the mysterious Daoist still watching menacingly from the side, Fei Lian fled outright!

Hou Yi's face turned ashen, not from anger at Fei Lian, but because Fei Lian's demonic qi was wreaking havoc inside his body! Their Ancestral Witches' bodies were indeed tough, but that didn't mean their internal structures were indestructible.

Hou Yi felt as if a venomous snake was writhing wildly inside him!

"Pfft!"

He could no longer hold it in; he spat out a mouthful of black blood and collapsed to the ground. Just before his consciousness faded completely, he heard the mysterious Daoist mutter to himself.

"Having saved Hou Yi, the karmic debt with the Witch Clan should be settled."

Karma? What karma? Hou Yi latched onto the key word, but before he could ask, he blacked out entirely.

When he woke again, the mysterious Daoist was gone.

"Great Witch Hou Yi, you're awake."

The one attending to him was an Upper Witch of their Witch Clan. Hou Yi frowned.

"How long was I asleep?"

He had just examined his body internally; the demonic qi Fei Lian had left inside him was gone? Had that mysterious Daoist helped him? Who was he, really?

The Upper Witch replied: "Not long, just one night."

One night and he had recovered? That Daoist really had some skill.

"And that mysterious Daoist from before? Where did he go?"

The Upper Witch shook his head: "After treating you, Great Witch, that Daoist killed several Primordial Unity Golden Immortals of the Demon Race with a single palm strike, saving many of our Witch Clan. Later, while we were busy finishing off the remaining demons, by the time we looked back, the mysterious Daoist had vanished."

Hou Yi waved his hand, about to dismiss the Upper Witch, when something suddenly came to mind.

"No good! The Pangu Temple!"

Hou Yi suddenly remembered what Nine Infants had said—the Demon Race had launched an all-out assault on their Witch Clan!

Their Hou Tu Tribe had resolved the crisis with the help of the mysterious Daoist.

But their Witch Clan still had eleven other tribes!

"Hurry and prepare everyone. We're going to the other tribes near Pangu Temple!"

"Yes!"

As soon as Hou Yi gave the order, the Witch Clan below immediately sprang into action.

Although their Hou Tu Tribe had suffered a heavy blow this time, they could still recover given time.

But if the entire Witch Clan was wiped out, then their Hou Tu Tribe would naturally perish as well!

So not a single Witch Clan member backed down. Every one of them stepped forward, ready to go help the other tribes.

The closest tribes to the Hou Tu Tribe were the two strongest among the Witch Clan.

They were the Di Jiang Tribe and the Zhu Jiuyin Tribe.

At the same time, these two were also the closest to Buzhou Mountain and Pangu Temple.

The various Witch Clan tribes were connected by communication arrays, allowing them to travel from one tribe to another in the shortest possible time.

So when he arrived at the Di Jiang Tribe, it had only taken him three shichen—which, in the Primordial Wilderness where time was measured in years, was definitely fast.

But the battle at the Di Jiang Tribe was not yet over.

The one responsible for attacking the Di Jiang Tribe was the strongest of the Demon Race—Eastern Emperor Taiyi!

There he stood, holding the Eastern Emperor Bell, treading on a blazing red auspicious cloud, looking down upon the Witch Clan masses from on high.

The Witch Clan's Clan Protecting Grand Formation had long been shattered by his assaults.

Countless Witch Clan members had already died under his attacks. Now, the only ones barely standing were a few Great Witch-level existences of the Di Jiang Tribe.

When Hou Yi teleported over, he happened to see a Great Witch of the Di Jiang Tribe, surrounded by the fallen bodies of his brothers.

The Great Witch let out a bitter smile, then flew toward Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the sky.

Clearly, he intended to make one last desperate struggle.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi sneered, "Overestimating yourself!"

A mere Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal dared to challenge him?

He didn't even bother taking out the Eastern Emperor Bell, preparing to fight this charging Great Witch with his bare hands.

But what surprised Eastern Emperor Taiyi was that this Great Witch had no intention of fighting him at all!

Instead, when he got extremely close to Eastern Emperor Taiyi, he directly self-destructed!

"BOOM!!"

A massive explosion roared across the sky. Hou Yi watched as another Great Witch, who had been arm-in-arm with him not long ago, self-destructed and turned to ash. His eyes nearly split with rage!

"No!"

Hou Yi charged forward recklessly.

This naturally drew the attention of everyone else present.

After the explosion dissipated, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's robes were merely a bit disheveled.

"Damnable Witch Clan!"

Fortunately, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had reacted quickly, using the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique at the last instant to distance himself from the explosion's center.

But even so, the residual force of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal's self-destruction left him shaken.

After all, a self-destruction at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level could absolutely match the strike of an ordinary Quasi-Sage.

After a brief recovery, he noticed Hou Yi below.

"Fei Lian, what's going on? Didn't you say Hou Yi had already died by your hand?"

Only then did Hou Yi realize that Fei Lian was also present.