"Alas!"
A deep sigh rang out from the lake. Then, amid the hazy mist, a figure walked out of its waters.
Rain veiled everything around her.
Hazy and indistinct, her features could not be seen clearly at all. All that could be discerned was her breathtaking beauty.
That beauty had already surpassed anything words in this world could describe, drawing people under its spell before they knew it.
In the drizzle, the woman stood above the lake, her slender jade feet touching its surface. Holding that battered paper umbrella, she lightly pointed a finger into the void.
Then light swirled, and a water mirror suddenly appeared in the void. Ripples spread across it as it began replaying the scenes on Chang'an Street.
The woman's gaze was calm as she watched those images. Only after viewing them all did she turn her attention to that tall, straight figure.
Looking directly into his eyes, into those depths like an abyss, she heard his final threat and smiled faintly.
A playful smile curved across her face.
She murmured softly.
"Blood Rain Demon Venerable? Interesting indeed. A human actually dares threaten my Drizzle Forbidden Land. Truly, the ignorant know no fear!"
"Do you really think lighting a Life Lamp will let you oppose the entire Underworld Race?"
"So what if you have a five-leaf dharma body? You are still far too weak!"
She sighed softly and raised her head, looking toward the sky of endless drizzle, her eyes like colored glass.
And with that glance of hers-
Rumble!
The utterly silent Drizzle Forbidden Land suddenly underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
Peals of rolling thunder rang out, and the beautiful ink wash painting instantly became a hell on earth.
Dark clouds churned. Raindrops like ink fell from the sky, each black drop giving off a foul