Heaven and earth were heartless to begin with; had they known love, heaven would long since have withered, and earth long since grown old

As the young woman's voice rang out.

Scorpion Woman's movements halted, but she did not turn around.

The Heavenly Screen reflected her figure.

She withdrew the terrifying power in her hand.

Instead, she stepped a little closer.

Then she raised her leg.

Scorpion Woman had not abandoned her attack; she had switched to a more direct method.

Squelch!

"Urgh... Aaaah!!!"

Squelch!

A great mouthful of blood spurted from Yu Yuanzhen's mouth.

His eyes widened, and he tried to wrap his hands around Scorpion Woman's long leg, only to discover that no matter how hard he tried.

He could no longer lift his hands.

"Wh... why..."

Yu Yuanzhen tried to say something.

"Because the time has come to collect a blood debt."

Scorpion Woman spoke.

Her expression remained cold. "Oh, besides the name Scorpion Woman, I have a surname. My surname is Long."

Boom!

Those final words.

Entered Yu Yuanzhen's ears.

Making his already bulging eyes widen even further.

"Urgh!-"

Yu Yuanzhen's head tilted to one side, and he breathed his last.

At the final step of his life.

This old dragon seemed to understand that the woman before him.

Had come not only for the Underworld, but for another purpose as well: revenge...

"Father!" Outside the Heavenly Screen.

Yu Xiaogang crumpled to the ground.

He was dumbstruck.

His eyes seemed to turn utterly hollow.

At the scene within the Heavenly Screen.

In the square.

A smile appeared on Scorpion Woman's lips.

Then she slowly turned around and looked at the young woman who had urgently called out to stop her.

Dugu Yan.

The Heavenly Screen reflected Dugu Yan's figure.

Clearly, she was the one who had spoken earlier.

She had come to save Yu Tianheng.

Yet her shout just now did not seem to have stopped Scorpion Woman.

"Little sister, what did you just say? I didn't hear you."

Scorpion Woman looked at Dugu Yan in the distance.

Her tone was mocking.

The corners of her lips rose slightly.

But to Dugu Yan, the curve of Scorpion Woman's lips was even more terrifying than a demon's smile.

"A demon."

"You're a demon!"

Dugu Yan's heart spasmed.

Her delicate body seemed to have been stripped of all its strength.

She ran up to Yu Tianheng.

Dropping to the ground, she lifted him up.

By now, the skin all over Yu Tianheng's body had turned black.

"This boy is beyond saving! The poison has penetrated too deeply and begun eating away at his flesh."

"This little girl treats that boy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan well. Even now, she dares to appear before Scorpion Woman."

"The Underworld's methods are too cruel. Are these really not Fallen Ones!?"

Watching the images on the Heavenly Screen.

Even Bibi Dong, ruthless as her methods were, darkened her gaze at the sight and remained silent for a long time.

Meanwhile, among the Lower Four Sects.

They saw the leader of one of the Upper Three Sects killed.

It had all happened too suddenly.

It gave them the sense of a chicken being killed to warn the monkeys.

They only felt their hearts grow heavier.

"He isn't dead yet, little sister. Why are you so heartbroken?"

Scorpion Woman watched Dugu Yan as though enjoying a show.

Dugu Yan cradled her beloved in her arms.

Overcome with grief, she said, "Scorpion Woman, you killed my beloved. Do you not have the slightest feeling in your heart!?"

"Feeling?"

Hearing that word.

Everyone outside the Heavenly Screen looked utterly bewildered.

At the Clear Sky Sect.

Blazing Sun Douluo said, "Is this little girl out of her mind? Talking about feelings with a murderous fiend!?"

Beside him, Sect Master Tang Xiao looked solemn, his brow furrowed ever since Scorpion Woman had killed Yu Yuanzhen.

It had never relaxed.

At the center of the battlefield.

Scorpion Woman heard the word "feeling."

She laughed, throwing her head back toward the sky.

Her reaction made Dugu Yan deeply uncomfortable. "What are you laughing at!?"

At last.

Scorpion Woman stopped.

Then she fixed the young woman before her with an even more resolute gaze.

And slowly spoke.

"Heaven and earth were heartless to begin with."

"Had they known love."

"Heaven would long since have withered."

"And earth long since grown old-"

Boom!

"What!?" Dugu Yan heard those words.

Then she felt the resolve and resentment pouring from the other woman's eyes after she said them.

She froze where she stood.

That sense of shock.

She felt as though an immobilization spell had been cast upon her body.

Tap.

Killing intent spilled from Scorpion Woman's gaze.

She walked toward Dugu Yan, step by step.

Dugu Yan watched the woman approaching her.

Only at this moment.

Did she discover that, before someone truly powerful.

She did not even have the courage to face her.

Yu Tianheng's fate was unknown.

Her grandfather was not beside her.

Teacher Qin Ming was not there either.

She had no one to rely on.

Dugu Yan clutched the front of her clothes tightly, her whole body tense to the extreme.

She even retreated despite herself.

"It's you?"

Suddenly.

When only about two meters separated Scorpion Woman and Dugu Yan.

Scorpion Woman stopped and took a careful look at the young woman before her.

She sensed a somewhat familiar presence from the girl.

"Is your Martial Soul the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor?"

Faced with Scorpion Woman's question.

Dugu Yan did not answer.

More precisely, she did not know how to answer. Her mind was utterly blank.

She was immersed only in the pain of losing Tian Heng.

"Leave. I won't kill you."

Suddenly.

Scorpion Woman spoke.

Saying something that surprised everyone.

"Why would this woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions suddenly show mercy?"

Ma Hongjun was getting closer and closer to the Thunder Mountain Range.

He would arrive in another two hours.

At that moment, he looked at the Heavenly Screen.

His face was full of confusion.

Beside him, however, Tang San gritted his teeth. "She's only trying to deceive Dugu Yan. This person is most likely a Soul Beast! Those not of our race are bound to harbor different hearts!"

"That damned Scorpion King killed Yu Tianheng and Teacher's father. I will avenge them!"

"The people of the Underworld have already earned their deaths!"

Having said that.

He narrowed his eyes.

Revealing a trace of killing intent.

And continued toward his destination.

At Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong was also taken aback by the sight. "She won't kill her?"

She was puzzled too.

Judging by her earlier conduct.

This Scorpion Woman did not seem like someone softhearted or merciful.

Bibi Dong thoroughly approved of that, and even admired her for it.

But looking at the scene now displayed on the Heavenly Screen.

A young girl, whose strength was only at the Soul Ancestor level.

Yet this ruthless Scorpion Woman had actually said she would not kill her.

For a moment, Bibi Dong could not quite make sense of the situation.

At the foot of the Thunder Mountain Range.

"What's going on, Old Ghost?"

Yue Guan shielded his eyes from the blazing sun with one hand.

Looking at the scene appearing high above on the Heavenly Screen.

This Scorpion Woman had actually stopped?

"Scorpion Woman has stopped killing. Could this little girl have some connection to this person from the Underworld?"

Gui Mei spoke.

He wore a ghost mask.

But inwardly, he was somewhat puzzled.

The two fell into thought.

Naturally, they would not think Scorpion Woman had shown them great mercy.

They had all witnessed that bloody scene just now, when Scorpion Woman instantly killed Yu Yuanzhen, whose combat strength had reached level 97.

Every one of them had seen it.

With a single stomp, she had crushed Yu Yuanzhen to death-that old dragon who was a level 95 Super Douluo, whose combat strength at its peak had even reached level 97.

Such a bloody sight.

Even Gui Mei, who had slaughtered people like scything through hemp.

Had been left dumbstruck.

Yue Guan pondered for a moment. "Old Ghost, since the biggest trouble is over, why don't we charge up there now and clean up what remains?"