Dugu Yan, Dead

Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou City alone.

She left, utterly heartbroken.

All her beautiful hopes and the last scraps of her fantasies had been completely shattered.

Under these circumstances, she should have gone to her grandfather and asked him to help her get revenge.

Or she could have sobbed bitterly beneath his protection.

But where had her grandfather gone?

She had searched for so long, yet still hadn't found any trace of him.

It was as if he had vanished from the world.

"That back of hers really is rather pitiful!"

Disguised by the Angel Head Bone, Qian Yu and Xie Yue had been following closely behind Dugu Yan the whole time.

They were waiting for the right moment to strike and kill Dugu Yan in one fell swoop.

As for Lüzhu, they had temporarily left her in a safe place.

After all, what was about to happen wasn't something Lüzhu could take part in or withstand.

No matter how poor Dugu Yan's talent was, she was still a Soul Emperor—one only a step away from becoming a Soul Saint.

This wasn't a fight Lüzhu could take part in. The slightest mistake could cost her life.

Qian Yu naturally wouldn't let Lüzhu take that risk.

As time passed and Dugu Yan continued onward,

they finally found the perfect moment.

"Now!"

Qian Yu immediately unleashed the Angel Domain, boosting Xie Yue.

"Kill!"

Xie Yue attacked without the slightest hesitation.

Indeed, looking only at the scene before them, Dugu Yan was very pitiful.

But so what?

Now that they had established she was their enemy, were they supposed to let her go just because she was pitiful?

Xie Yue wouldn't do anything so foolish.

Xie Yue was already stronger than Dugu Yan, and with his sudden ambush, one strike grievously wounded her and severed one of her legs.

With that, Dugu Yan had truly lost the ability to fight back.

"It's you..."

Faced with the sudden attack and her grievous injuries, Dugu Yan's heart clenched, and panic seized her.

She instinctively wanted to call for help, only to realize she was now in the middle of a desolate wilderness.

Besides, in a situation like this, who would come to save her?

Her grandfather was nowhere to be found, and that scumbag Yu Tianheng had abandoned her.

In an instant, Dugu Yan was overcome by desolation and despair.

But she was tough, too. Faced with this situation, her expression didn't change in the slightest; only her eyes filled with coldness and murderous intent.

She glared at Xie Yue.

Though they had only met a few times, she could still recognize him.

After all, back then, the Spirit Hall Golden Generation had been in the limelight.

"So you don't have a Spirit Bone!"

Xie Yue glanced at Dugu Yan's leg in his hand. He wasn't satisfied with the result.

He tossed it aside and looked at Dugu Yan, now half-crippled.

She had begun merging with her Martial Soul, preparing to unleash her deadly poison.

But the gap in strength was plain to see. What's more, the poison Dugu Yan controlled was nowhere near as potent as Dugu Bo's.

Under these circumstances, Xie Yue wasn't the least bit afraid.

Qian Yu didn't get involved at all.

Though she was eager to fight, she knew that with her current strength, she could only play a supporting role in a situation like this.

Before long, Dugu Yan was utterly defeated.

It had to be said, even in her battered state, with her bewitching beauty, Dugu Yan was still quite alluring.

But Xie Yue's gaze held no trace of anything unusual.

The people of Spirit Hall didn't know what had happened behind the divine battle, nor did they know what grudges and grievances lay beneath it.

So although they hated Tang San, he wasn't the one they hated most.

The person Spirit Hall hated most was Dugu Bo.

In that battle, Dugu Bo had slaughtered so many people. How many of them had been their friends and family?

So no matter how beautiful Dugu Yan was, Xie Yue wouldn't hold back.

Even if she offered herself to him, he wouldn't give her a second thought.

"I only want to know one thing. Can you grant this wish before I die?"

Things had come to this, and now that she had fallen into such a predicament, Dugu Yan knew what fate awaited her.

There was only one path for her: death.

But to die just like this, she was truly unwilling.

Most of all, she wanted to know whether her grandfather was still alive.

"Let's hear it."

Faced with Dugu Yan's final wish, Xie Yue actually stopped.

Clearly, in Xie Yue's eyes, Dugu Yan was no longer a threat.

As long as her request wasn't too outrageous, he could at least try to grant it before she died.

"It looks like I'll have to put Xie Yue through some special training afterward and make him reflect on his behavior."

Watching Xie Yue, Qian Yu was speechless.

Wasn't it common sense that villains died from talking too much and hesitating?

Even if she didn't think of herself as a villain, she still needed to be cautious and decisive.

But Qian Yu knew this wasn't the moment for her to step in.

"I want to know—is my grandfather still alive?"

Dugu Yan stared fixedly at Xie Yue, hoping to find the answer she wanted in his eyes.

It had to be said, Dugu Yan had quite a bit of pride.

Even after falling into such dire straits and having all four limbs severed, she hadn't made a sound from beginning to end.

That kind of backbone was exceedingly rare.

"He's dead!"

Xie Yue answered without hesitation.

After all, Dugu Yan was going to die anyway.

The dead couldn't reveal any information.

"So that's how it is..."

After hearing his answer, Dugu Yan stopped struggling and slowly closed her eyes.

Even the grandfather who had loved her most was gone. What reason did she have to keep living in this world?

Even if this hadn't happened today, learning of her grandfather's fate might have taken away her will to live.

Then Dugu Yan slowly closed her eyes.

Without hesitation, Xie Yue severed Dugu Yan's head.

Then he picked up her arm from the ground. There was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone on it.

Just as Ning Que had guessed,

Dugu Bo, who doted on his granddaughter, had saved the best for her.

It was a thirty-thousand-year-old Spirit Bone with a poison attribute. Both its completeness and quality were excellent.

Xie Yue coveted Spirit Bones, but he knew this one wasn't suited to him.

He'd give it to Senior Pufferfish when they returned. Perhaps with the power of the Spirit Bone, Senior Pufferfish could advance even further?