Dust-Severing Silence

Hah...

The Ghost Gold Demon King panted heavily.

His eyes brimmed with terror and disbelief.

He was a Lotus-Seeding Demon King, after all.

Even in such a wretched state, he had still clung to life.

His flesh writhed.

His aura remained feeble.

But his ravaged body finally managed to stand.

Only then.

Did he see the culprit who had sent him crashing back.

The girl stood amid the billowing dust, hands clasped behind her back.

Her black robes snapped in the wind, her dark hair cascading like a waterfall.

"It... it's you!!!"

More than the shock and fury at this girl's audacity in coming straight to his door.

What he felt was dread.

In that collision with the surging golden light, the flesh of a Lotus-Seeding Great Demon like him had been utterly outmatched!

How long had it even been since then?!

And now...

She had actually grown this powerful!?

Faced with the Demon King's shock and fury.

Jiang Yuechu remained expressionless, her five slender fingers curling around empty air.

Hum—

A massive halberd materialized in her palm.

She held it in one hand, its tip angled toward the ground.

As she walked, it dragged along the ground, carving out a trail of dazzling sparks.

"The Lotus-Seeding Realm... no wonder..."

The Ghost Gold Demon King gave a bitter laugh, demonic energy churning violently around him.

"No wonder you dared enter this Hengshan Forbidden Ground alone, girl, and appear before me like this!"

"So... this is what gives you such confidence now..."

"But you should know, I, the Ghost Gold Demon King..."

Before he could finish.

Whoosh—

A vicious gust struck him in the face.

Jiang Yuechu vanished from where she stood.

When she appeared again.

She was already above the Demon King's head.

She raised the massive halberd like a