Seeing the Mars Star Lord raise his right hand and gather a ball of cold, spectral blue flame, Ning Xiang cried urgently, "Wait!"
The Mars Star Lord paused. "Have you any last words?"
Ning Xiang took two steps back. "Actually, I don't want to die yet. I'm still young, and I haven't even finished enjoying the three thousand beauties my father took in for me."
"That is not for you to decide."
As the Mars Star Lord spoke, the flame in his palm grew larger and larger. Then he thrust it toward Ning Xiang.
Would Ning Xiang sit back and wait for death?
Of course not.
She still wanted to put up a fight.
Ning Xiang had no time to wonder why the Mars Star Lord's flames were so cold when he clearly held dominion over fire.
Instinctively, she summoned her Golden Crow Brightflame. The scorching fire swallowed the Mars Star Lord's flames without leaving a trace.
"Golden Crow Brightflame?"
The Mars Star Lord's expression darkened. Something flashed through his eyes that Ning Xiang could not decipher-though she had no time to interpret his emotions anyway.
"Only one person in this world could subdue the Golden Crow Brightflame, but she has already perished."
Ning Xiang said impatiently, "I don't want to play guessing games with you. Just tell me-who was she? The cultivation partner you killed to attain the Dao? Your enemy? Or the unattainable love of your life?"
The Mars Star Lord fell silent. His gaze settled on the tassel of the Azure Sea Sword in Ning Xiang's hand. With a flick of his hand, a blade of air severed the tassel, which flew into his grasp.
"No wonder I was fooled by the ghostly aura on you that day at Nether Rain Crossing. So it was a trick