Six years later
"No! Don't come any closer, don't!"
In the dark forest, a man covered in blood was fleeing desperately.
His eyes were bloodshot as he kept looking back over his shoulder.
Several shadows flashed through the darkness, followed by a dagger glinting with cold light!
"Ah!"
The man cried out and fell straight to the ground, staring fearfully at the shadows in the darkness.
"I... I'm Purple-Robed Bishop Miles of Spirit Hall. You... who are you people? If you dare kill me, Spirit Hall won't let you off!"
Myers kept shouting in all directions, but received no response.
In the darkness, the white-haired woman at the lead sneered, took something from her robes, and tossed it before Myers.
Myers's eyes widened instantly at the sight.
"Th-This is the Pope Token! You... you're from Spirit Hall. Then why are you hunting me down?!"
"Because you are unworthy of being part of Spirit Hall."
With a sharp shout, a jet-black blade light suddenly burst from the darkness.
There was no sound of a blade cutting flesh, not even the sound of wind.
Before Myers could react, both his legs had been severed in an instant.
Intense pain immediately flooded his mind.
"Ah! You... who are you?!" Myers howled with all his strength.
Just then, dozens of black-robed figures emerged from the darkness.
Myers's eyes widened as he stared at everything before him in terror.
He was only a Purple-Robed Bishop with the cultivation of a Soul King, yet every one of these people had an aura no weaker than that of a Soul Saint! There was even the aura of a Soul Douluo among them!
"Purple-Robed Bishop Myers of the Gengxin City Spirit Hall Branch."
As an ethereal female voice rang out, the figure hidden deepest within the darkness slowly stepped forward.
The white-haired woman casually tossed out an account book.
With trembling hands, Myers picked it up and looked through it. The shock nearly made his heart stop.
Everything recorded within was every shameful thing Myers had done over the years.
Embezzlement, bribery, oppressing blacksmiths, and more—each crime was written neatly in black ink.
The more Myers read, the more terrified he became. In the end, his body shook so violently that he could no longer hold the book, and it fell to the ground with a slap.
As the pages turned, he clearly saw the black words gradually gathering together until a single word appeared on every page.
"Die!"
"No!"
Myers clutched his head and sobbed like a child as a warm stream ran down his trousers.
His expression gradually turned deranged. "I... I'm a Purple-Robed Bishop of Spirit Hall, a Purple-Robed Bishop! Spirit Hall is the strongest power on the continent. You can't treat me like this!"
"Purple-Robed Bishop? Hmph! Is that so impressive?"
The white-haired woman gave a soft laugh and stepped forward, her body seeming to peel out of the darkness like a ghost.
She slowly removed her hood. At the same time, a sliver of moonlight squeezed through the dense branches, stingily illuminating half her face.
It was a face that could be called flawless. Though its coldness made one feel as though they had fallen into an ice pit, if one looked directly into those scarlet, viscous eyes like blood, one could clearly feel...
That indifference!
As though she possessed no emotions and no warmth, yet more terrifying than any ferocious gaze!
"Greetings, Saintess!"
Loud voices rang out.
The dozens of experts at Soul Saint rank and above all dropped to one knee and bowed to the woman.
"Saint... Saintess?"
Myers jolted awake upon hearing that title.
The Spirit Hall... Saintess!
What kind of figure was she?!
The Spirit Hall Saintess stood on equal footing with the Crown Princes of the two great empires in terms of status on the continent! In terms of strength, she was one of the true elites of the younger generation—calling her the strongest would not be an exaggeration!
Such a person had actually personally come to kill him!
"Myers, you should feel fortunate, because what you betrayed was the continent, not Spirit Hall."
Bing Jiu spoke coldly. In the next moment, three soul rings slowly rose around her.
One purple! Two black! Such a soul ring configuration should not have existed in this world!
The next moment, the second black soul ring shone brilliantly.
Second Soul Skill—Fallen Sky-Devil Sword!
Immediately afterward, a dark longsword appeared in Bing Jiu's hand.
The blade was two feet long and double-edged. One side was covered in hooked, barb-like teeth, while the other was a sharp edge that gleamed with cold light beneath the night sky.
Even more terrifyingly, there was a scarlet eye on the blade, watching its enemy!
"Today! In the name of the Divine Punishment Saintess of Spirit Hall, I grant Purple-Robed Bishop Myers of Spirit Hall... annihilation!"
The instant her words fell, the Fallen Angel Sword pierced straight through Myers's body.
Before he could react, Bing Jiu stepped forward swiftly and kicked the hilt of the Fallen Angel Sword.
The next moment, Myers's entire body was split in half from bottom to top!
The Fallen Angel Sword flew through the air and landed steadily in the woman's hand.
A torrential rain of blood fell from the sky, but strangely, the blood seemed afraid of Bing Jiu and the sword in her hand. Not a single drop landed on them.
Bing Jiu slowly sheathed her sword, her cool voice ringing out.
"Target: the Gengxin City Spirit Hall Branch. Before the sun rises, I want to see the corpses of everyone on the list!"
"Yes!"
The dozens of bishop-level Soul Saints immediately moved out at the command, their powerful auras racing toward Gengxin City.
This night was destined to be a long one, at least for some people.
"Tuoba Xi."
Bing Jiu turned to look at the most burly man among them.
That was right. He was Tuoba Xi, the sect master of the Holy Dragon Sect, one of Spirit Hall's subordinate powers, and an eighty-ninth-rank Soul Douluo.
Among the sect masters of Spirit Hall's subordinate powers, he alone was the most steady and capable. Of course, more importantly, he was utterly loyal.
Thus, only he possessed the honor of attending Bing Jiu at her side.
Bing Jiu pointed at Myers's corpse on the ground. "Take that thing with us. I wish to personally visit Master Lou Gao and bring the entire Gengxin City under Spirit Hall's control."
Tuoba Xi immediately accepted the order. "Yes!"
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