As demon blood sprayed out in a fine drizzle.
Xuan Shian's eyes flew wide as he felt the searing agony of his skull cracking apart, the fury in his heart finally breaking free of its restraints.
"Why...?"
He stared fixedly at the white-robed girl before him, each word seeming to weep blood. "I fought for the Southern Immortal Palace for years, guarded one region for the Southern Immortal Palace, and slaughtered countless Dao Sect cultivators. Never once did I show the slightest defiance!"
"I entered this cave abode under orders to seek the Dao Painting, under orders to fight for opportunities on behalf of Cloud-Dream Palace!"
"What crime have I committed?!"
"Why does Cloud-Dream Palace get to kill me!"
"Why!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
As he threw back his head and roared, his voice was incomparably shrill, filled with endless unwillingness and venomous resentment.
Yet that howl did not last long.
A fair hand reached out indifferently and mercilessly covered his blood-smeared mouth.
Jiang Yuechu looked over with something of a headache.
Losing a fight was not shameful. Was such a huge reaction really necessary...
Practice harder in the next life. Maybe then you could win it back.
As the thought fell.
Her five fingers suddenly tightened.
Bang.
A dull explosion rang out in midair.
Xuan Shian's head burst apart with a boom. Red and white matter splattered in every direction, only to be blocked outside the white robes by the currents of wind and fire.
A sixteenth-tier Great Demon and a great general of the Southern Immortal Palace had fallen here.
Her gaze lowered as the text on the panel flashed rapidly.
[Killed a Chessmaster Realm creature. Obtained 8,453,200 years of Dao Cultivation] [Current Dao Cultivation: 74,938,853 years]
Even Jiang Yuechu, who had seen great storms and towering waves, could