Tang Ya's Revenge

"I'll settle my clan first, then leave with you. Let me out for now."

After reaching an agreement with Yao Shi, the Ice Empress asked him to send her out of the Pure Land.

"Wait a moment."

With a thought from Yao Shi, the two immediately returned to the snowy field from before. Seeing the low-year Ice Jade Scorpions sprawled across the ground, the Ice Empress shot Yao Shi a resentful glare.

Yao Shi was too embarrassed to say much. He awkwardly scratched his head, then raised a hand and cast a healing spell on them.

Bathed in emerald light, the scorpions slowly awoke. Upon seeing the Ice Empress, they all prostrated themselves before her.

The Ice Empress merely said flatly, "Return to the canyon with me. After I make a few arrangements, I will leave the Far North."

With that, she grabbed Yao Shi and rose into the air, carrying him toward her territory. The dozens of Ice Jade Scorpions scuttled swiftly across the snow after them.

Heaven Dou City, within the Ironblood Sect.

Blue-black vines danced through the sky like enormous pythons, relentlessly devouring the life force of the Ironblood Sect's two-ring and three-ring disciples.

"Hehehe... Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Amid a pool of blood, Tang Ya's sickly smiling face appeared before the Ironblood Sect's disciples and elders. Her laughter sounded especially eerie at that moment.

"A-A wicked soul master!"

"She's a wicked soul master!"

An Ironblood Sect elder with five soul rings stared at Tang Ya in shock.

The other disciples were overcome with fear upon hearing him. Their faces twisted in terror, and some were even frightened into wetting themselves.

"Wicked soul master?"

Tang Ya raised her fingers to stroke her cheek, her voice filled with infatuation. I'm no wicked soul master. This—this is the supreme opportunity my master bestowed upon me! This is Abundance. I am granting you eternal life on my master's behalf! Come, let all things assimilate and become one with me!

As she spoke, Dark Blue Silver Grass lashed out at the elders and disciples.

"No! Don't kill me!"

Seeing a strand of Blue Silver Grass reach toward him, one disciple's legs gave out beneath him. He collapsed and desperately crawled backward.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Plunder Assimilation." Tang Ya's cool voice rang out.

Dark Blue Silver Grass bound several disciples, continuously drawing out their life force to strengthen Tang Ya and restore her expended energy.

Yet the disciples whose life force had been drained did not die immediately. They collapsed to the ground, then—

Their bodies slowly twisted into the shape of branches and trunks, gathering together one after another...

No one knew how many bodies, drained of life and warped into branches, were pieced together. In the end, they became a tree over four meters tall, with several fruits hanging from its branches.

The number... matched exactly the number of disciples Tang Ya had killed.

"Monster! You're nothing but a monster!"

Witnessing this scene, the elder still desperately resisting was consumed by rage and continuously cursed Tang Ya.

Tang Ya ignored him and shouted coldly, "Tie Li, Tie Tang, get out here!"

Her voice echoed for a long time through the now somewhat empty sect grounds. The Ironblood Sect had over two hundred disciples and elders in total, yet half had already been killed by Tang Ya. Her soul power had now reached level 45.

Then an angry shout rang out.

"Hmph, a mere four-ring little girl dares slaughter so many disciples of my Ironblood Sect? You have invited your own death!"

Looking up, they saw a middle-aged man descend from the air while carrying someone in one hand. He was Tie Li, the sect master of the Ironblood Sect, a six-ring Soul Emperor. The person in his grasp was naturally his son, Tie Tang, also a four-ring Soul Ancestor. He had taken his son out to hunt for his fourth soul ring today, only to return and find that the remnants of the Tang Sect had attacked their sect.

"Sect Master, Young Sect Master, you've returned."

The Soul King elder said excitedly upon seeing the two suddenly appear.

Tie Li carried Tie Tang over to the elder and asked, "Elder Wang, tell me what happened."

The elder pointed at Tang Ya, his voice agitated. "Sect Master, a wicked soul master! This woman is a wicked soul master! Before you returned, she had already killed more than a hundred of our disciples!"

"Oh? A wicked soul master? Perfect. Let me test out my fourth soul skill."

Young Sect Master Tie Tang grew interested, cracking his knuckles.

Elder Wang's tone remained urgent. "Young Sect Master, you absolutely must not! Without the Sect Master taking action, how can we possibly contend with such a terrifying wicked soul master?"

Tie Tang sneered disdainfully. "Simple. She's just trash with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul. I'll deal with her myself."

With that, his aura surged. The Iron Arm Bear martial soul instantly possessed him, and he charged at Tang Ya in a single stride.

Elder Wang still spoke anxiously. "Sect Master, is this really all right? She's a wicked soul master!"

Tie Li replied indifferently, "It is of no concern. Wicked soul masters have their strong and weak among them. Mere Blue Silver Grass is nothing worth mentioning."

Tang Ya remained unmoved as Tie Tang charged toward her. Just as he came within two steps of her—

Tang Ya abruptly moved, rushing forward at incredible speed. Seizing the right moment, she grabbed Tie Tang by the head and refined him in an instant!

The soul skill Plunder Assimilation granted to Tang Ya by Yao Shi's fourth soul ring allowed her to drain all the life force from living beings even without relying on Blue Silver Grass, permanently turning her opponents into fruits upon a tree.

The instant Tie Tang touched Tang Ya, he lost all ability to move and could only let her drain away his vitality.

"S-Sorry... please... spare... me..."

He stammered out a plea for mercy, but Tang Ya ignored him.

Within mere seconds, his body twisted into branches like those disciples before him. Tang Ya casually tossed him aside, and he became part of the tree that had formed earlier.

After absorbing a four-ring soul master, Tang Ya's soul power rose to level 46.

"My son!!"

Watching his son's life force be drained dry before his eyes, the Ironblood Sect Master flew into a rage. Six soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black—instantly emerged around him as he cursed furiously.

"Die, demoness! Give me back my son's life!!"

His son's martial soul was the Iron Arm Bear, and naturally, so was his own.

Tang Ya was still only a four-ring soul master. Facing the Soul Emperor-level Ironblood Sect Master, she could not react in time and was sent flying dozens of meters by a single palm strike before crashing heavily into a wall.

At that moment, a palm-sized chunk of flesh was missing from Tang Ya's shoulder, fresh blood pouring from the wound. The impact against the wall had damaged her internal organs as well, and she violently coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Her blood continued to flow, staining the ground around her into a pool of crimson.

What was unbelievable was that the missing flesh on Tang Ya's shoulder began repairing itself at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Watching her body continuously heal, Tang Ya burst into manic laughter. "Hahahahahaha." It was laughter born from genuine joy, yet to the Ironblood Sect Master and elder, it sounded especially chilling.

Coldness and madness intertwined. Tie Li felt that this four-ring girl before him made even him, a Soul Emperor, feel a chill in his heart. As expected of the power bestowed by Master. Sacrifice the self, offer up longevity. The power of Abundance truly is a divine miracle!