Zhu Li raised her hand and saw her fingers had already turned into petals and drifted away on the wind. It wouldn't be long before she disappeared from this world.
Vivid roses, so red they seemed ready to bleed, covered the surface of the sea.
The three of them had barely escaped a few hundred meters. By all rights, Qianqi Weiming should have dragged them into her domain.
But when she opened her domain, Zhu Li activated hers as well.
The two domains collided, slowing the expansion enough for the three of them to escape.
Pitch-black flames suddenly surged around Zhu Li, replacing the red fire from before.
A barrier of black flames shrouded the surrounding sea for several hundred meters. Near its edge, one could hear mournful, bloodcurdling wails.
This was the first time she had used her domain ability since mastering the Resentful Ghost: Resentful Fire That Ends All.
Once the domain was activated, the flames attacked every living being within it indiscriminately.
What was more, if the Resentment Fire clung to someone, their soul would gradually be made to experience every pain she had ever endured. Naturally, she herself was not exempt from its effects.
Familiar agony spread throughout her body, but Zhu Li's gaze only grew more resolute. She had long since grown used to being scorched by flames day after day, so...
"If it comes down to sheer willpower, I won't lose."
Resentment Fire rained down from the sky like meteors plunging into the sea, taking with it the red roses blooming across the water.
At the sight of those ghostly flames, Qianqi Weiming sensed the danger and immediately swung her Rose Longblade.
Rose petals stretched out through the air, forming an Armored Skeleton that shielded her from the front.
By all rights, no Second