The Sinful Dragon Enters Her Body, Qi Yueli Is About to Succumb to Demonic Corruption

"Wicked villain!"

"How dare you raise sinful dragons here!"

The clear, cold voice carried a bone-chilling air.

The black-robed figure's laughter stopped abruptly!

"Who?!"

He spun around. A woman he had never seen before stood at the entrance, dressed in white.

"You got here so quickly... Just who are you?"

Qi Yueli stared coldly at the two Sinful Dragon Pearls in the black-robed man's hand.

At the black-robed man's feet lay the scarred man who had been on the ground moments ago. Claw marks pierced his chest, and the blood flowing from them was still steaming... Clearly, he had just been killed.

The long serpent that had been halfway to becoming a dragon was nowhere to be seen.

"And who are you? What are you trying to accomplish by raising dragons with human sacrifices beneath Nine Geese Mountain?"

"Hahaha!"

"What am I trying to accomplish? You'll find out soon enough!"

The black-robed man gripped the pitch-black dragon pearls, two fierce lights shining from beneath his dark robes.

"A First Grade martial artist is just the best nourishment for my dragons!"

As he spoke, true essence surged through the black-robed man, releasing a terrifying aura.

"Half-Step Grandmaster."

Qi Yueli murmured.

"Huh?"

The black-robed man sounded surprised. "Your composure is unexpected. You don't seem afraid at all."

"Why should I fear a mere Half-Step Grandmaster?"

Qi Yueli stepped forward, her true essence gathering into golden lotuses.

"Interesting."

The black-robed figure murmured. Black light burst from the dragon pearls in his hand, forming two dragon phantoms, one large and one small.

"My dragons, your food has come right to your door..."

Gu Yuan had to admit that he was feeling a little frustrated.

He had finally found a clear landmark, only to discover that the center of the maze lay in the direction he had come from.

He had gone the wrong way...

Crack!

After swiftly dealing with several Heavenly Calamity Sect assassins lying in ambush, he felt much better.

I still have to go back. What a hassle.

I wonder how the others are doing?

The maze is full of traps, and these assassins know the terrain. They have every advantage of timing and terrain. Things don't look good for the Mystic Shadow Guard...

There's no need to worry about Brother Shangguan and Brother Dong, though. As Third Grade martial artists, they can protect themselves.

The Lu siblings must have plenty of tricks up their sleeves too. They should be more than capable of protecting themselves.

I need to hurry and take out the boss... The terrain beneath the maze is complicated. I wonder if I can still use the terrain kill I used before... If not, I'll have to think of something else...

With that thought, Gu Yuan raced toward the center of the maze.

Meanwhile.

Somewhere in the maze, Lu Ling strolled along at her leisure, her hands behind her back.

It was no exaggeration to call such a dark, lightless environment a paradise for gu worms.

Before long, she had found many members of the Mystic Shadow Guard and rescued them from the assassins.

Considering how many Mystic Shadow Guards I've saved, Brother Gu will surely be grateful to me, right?

"Hee-hee."

"I'm amazing!"

"A little centipede~ grew up in the dark~ bit a little white bunny~ what a big surprise~ add a little chili and a little poison too~ every bite tastes so good I dance for joy~ la la la la la..."

Lu Ling hummed the little song as she bounded along, light on her feet, following the direction marked by her gu worms.

Boom!

At the center of the maze.

Two sinful dragons, one large and one small, exploded with a roar, smashed into a fine mist by a single punch.

The black-robed man froze where he stood, his voice filled with disbelief:

"A First Grade martial artist couldn't possibly withstand my dragons' attacks!"

"You're not First Grade!!!"

"Who are you?"

"Noisy!" Qi Yueli said no more. Her terrifying true essence slammed toward the black-robed man like a raging storm and surging waves.

The black-robed man trembled uncontrollably, his true essence completely suppressed.

It was the pressure of a higher cultivation realm. He could not resist it at all.

"You're a martial arts grandmaster!"

Bang!

The true essence swallowed the black-robed man whole.

The shockwaves spread in every direction, kicking up thick clouds of dust.

Huh?

Qi Yueli frowned.

"That was close..."

A low chuckle came from the dust.

"In all the world, the only ones who could have taken that blow head-on are probably the three others in the same realm as you."

"Am I right?"

"Your Majesty, empress of Great Qi!"

Qi Yueli's pupils contracted slightly.

"Hahahahaha!"

"To think the mighty empress would deign to visit an obscure little place like mine. What a surprise... and a pleasant one at that!"

The dust cleared completely, revealing the black-robed figure standing before Qi Yueli without a scratch.

"Your Majesty, you must be wondering how a full-powered strike from someone in the Grandmaster Realm failed to hurt me in the slightest, aren't you?"

Qi Yueli's expression grew grave, her gaze fixed on the two pitch-black dragon pearls.

"Hahahahaha!"

"As expected of the empress. Your senses are keen indeed."

"These are the Sinful Dragon Pearls I painstakingly nurtured. They have absorbed all the evil miasma in the world, and true essence cannot penetrate them."

"Thanks to that strike of yours, my dragons are now utterly perfect!"

As he spoke, black light burst from the pitch-black dragon pearls, and the two sinful dragons appeared once more.

They were much larger, and their auras were stronger than before!

"No matter how strong an ant becomes, it is still only an ant."

Qi Yueli drew back the true essence she had released and wrapped it around her body.

"Even without using true essence, I can still kill you!"

The next moment.

Qi Yueli flashed up to the black-robed man at a speed the naked eye could scarcely follow.

Boom!

She threw a punch, sending the black-robed man and the two sinful dragons flying backward and embedding them deep in the stone wall.

Blood gushed down.

With just one strike, the black-robed man had already been gravely injured.

She gave him no chance to catch his breath.

Qi Yueli's next kick was already upon him.

Beneath the black robe.

A pair of gaunt eyes lit up with a different kind of gleam.

There was no resentment, no fear.

Only excitement!

The black-robed man raised one of the pitch-black dragon pearls in front of him.

Crack!

The dragon pearl shattered.

Endless evil miasma poured out, enveloping Qi Yueli at an incredible speed and burrowing into her body.

Thump!

Qi Yueli's heart suddenly stopped!

She froze in midair, soul phantoms rippling out from her body.

"Hahahahaha!"

"I wore out my iron shoes searching for it in vain, only to find it without any effort at all!"

"You're as confident as you used to be, so confident that you think no one in heaven or earth can hurt you."

"Even when facing sinful dragons of unknown origin, you're still so reckless. You haven't changed at all!"

Qi Yueli felt an evil force corroding her entire body. The true essence within her fell into disorder, gradually slipping out of her control.

"You... Who are you?"

The black-robed man laughed, loudly.

"You'll find out, but not now. You'll find out when you die..."

"This is the evil miasma of all living beings. It will slowly eat away at your mind until it devours the last shred of your reason. Then you'll become the cruelest, most bloodthirsty demon in the world!"

"And everyone under heaven will join forces to kill you!!!"

Qi Yueli bit the corner of her lip, struggling to stay conscious.

Is this what he meant by succumbing to demonic corruption...?

She had thought she could prevent all of it.

She had never expected to fall onto the demonic path all the same.

Gu Yuan... Can none of this really be changed?

Qi Yueli grew increasingly lost.

Some unseen force seemed to have brought her to this point.

Demonic corruption, death, destruction...

Is this the destined ending?

Qi Yueli's mind grew more and more muddled, until she could no longer tell reality from illusion.

In a daze, she saw a familiar figure standing at the entrance, his eyes full of surprise and concern.

"Gu Yuan..."

"Is that you...?"