frightfiction Chapter 1497 Perfect Merit
Chapter 1497 Perfect Merit
When Qu Yimian took out the spirit sword that she had sealed to try to threaten him, she found that Gu Xia not only did not hesitate at all, but her eyes lit up.
"???"
Qu Yimian's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately sensed something was wrong, so she tried to pull her hand back.
A shard of ice suddenly pierced through the air and went straight through her palm.
"what--"
The excruciating pain forced her to reflexively release her grip, causing the spirit sword to fall. The annihilation sword, which had appeared out of nowhere, swept it away with lightning speed.
By the time Qu Yimian reacted and threw out her magic weapon to try and knock him down, it was too late.
Gu Xia reached out and caught it, then clicked her tongue and looked at her, "You really do learn from your mistakes."
Qu Yimian was trembling all over, feeling as if she had been greatly humiliated. Her eyes were fixed on the direction of the Returning Snow Sword and the Annihilation Light Sword as if they were poisoned.
Those two damned sword spirits!
But at this moment, she had lost all the leverage she could use as a threat.
As expected, Gu Xia became completely unrestrained after saying that.
A terrifying pressure emanated from her, and this time, the ground beneath everyone's feet trembled uncontrollably. Qu Yimian shivered and finally realized that this was not an illusion, but rather that the surrounding temperature was dropping rapidly.
The surrounding spiritual energy kept gathering around Gu Xia, and she was acutely aware of it.
She might not be able to withstand this sword strike.
No, absolutely not!
On the brink of life and death, Qu Yimian struggled against the oppressive force emanating from above. She gasped for breath, her voice urgent, "No, you can't kill me, Gu Xia!"
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have schemed against you step by step." She even tried to bring up the past and begged against her will, "Forgive and forget. For the sake of our past as fellow disciples, please let me go this time. I promise I will never appear in front of you again."
"Look, these people... and your senior brother, they're all still alive, aren't they?"
Qu Yimian spoke incoherently, pointing into the distance as she spoke, "And if you agree, I can make these demons stop right now, and then you can do whatever you want with them."
"???"
It shocked all the demons for a hundred years.
They all turned their heads in unison, their fierce gazes fixed on her, and one of them even spat out a curse without any mercy, "Pah!"
"You bitch, you can die all you want, but you still want to drag us down with you?"
"Why should we stop just because you say so? And let these brats do whatever they want with us? Who do you think you are, daring to spout nonsense here!"
Even though they had a grudge against each other, even if Qu Yimian died, his disciples might not let them go.
But that's not the reason this woman tried to make them scapegoats.
Besides, everyone should have dreams; you never know when you might find a chance to escape.
The Great Demons all harbor this secret thought, which is why they are able to persist in fighting their direct disciples.
It's much better than doing nothing and just waiting to die.
Therefore, the moment Qu Yimian uttered those words, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest. These great demons, whose hands were already stained with countless amounts of blood, immediately looked over with fierce expressions.
If they weren't so busy, they probably would have swarmed him and torn him to pieces right now.
Although they were hesitant before because of the pure demonic energy emanating from her, the past is the past, and the present is the present. Demons are inherently unpredictable, and it is perfectly normal for them to turn their backs on people once their lives are threatened.
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Even the most trusted disciples were taken aback by this situation, and they almost burst out laughing after hearing it.
Together with the talisman cultivators, the sword cultivators, their sword energy amplified by the attack talismans, forced the suddenly agitated demons back.
Xu Xingmu turned around, sword in hand, his handsome face covered with frost. "We're all still alive because we're lucky. What does that have to do with you?"
"What 'forgive and forget' nonsense! Why didn't you think of that when you were yelling at us to fight? And—"
The young man's tone was merciless, "What do you mean by 'we were once from the same school'? Let me say it again, my junior sister is just a junior sister of our Taiyi Sect. Stop trying to make yourself look good!"
These words are utterly devastating, practically saying they're taking Gu Xia away and that they're done with the date.
Ye Suian laughed as well, "I thought you were some big shot after disappearing for so long? It seems... these demons aren't that obedient to you after all."
He drew out his words slightly, his meaning ambiguous, "And don't say that your junior sister didn't give you a chance before; it was clearly your own fault for not seizing it."
"What? You're allowed to hunt down and kill my junior sister, but my junior sister isn't allowed to kill you? What kind of logic is that?"
Enraged and embarrassed, Qu Yimian interrupted Ye Suian, "Shut up!"
"Gu Xia is still alive, isn't she? She clearly prepared a backup plan beforehand, which is why she fooled all of us."
Otherwise, how could she have ended up in such a miserable state?
"Wow--"
Everyone was stunned by Qu Yimian's shamelessness.
Upon hearing this, Sang Wan peeked out and couldn't help but roll her eyes at her. "Come on, what do you mean by lying? Gu Xia's is called strategy. Do you even know what strategy means?"
"You're just bad at the game. Don't try to fool me. What good person doesn't keep a few trump cards up their sleeve when they fight? If you're not as good as someone else, just admit it. Don't make so many excuses for your incompetence."
The group chatted back and forth, their words sounding as if they were laced with poison.
Qu Yimian felt a burning sensation on her face, as if a sore spot had been hit, and her expression became extremely ferocious.
Seeing her like this, Sang Wan was startled and immediately retreated to a safe area. "What's wrong with her? Is she about to die of anger?"
"Don't worry." Gu Lanyi stepped over the corpse of the demon she had just killed and replied casually, "If she really gets so angry that she dies, then you'll have accomplished your mission."
After all, as Gu Xia said, Qu Yimian is now burdened with karmic obstacles, and countless people in the cultivation world have died because of her. If she were to be killed, it would truly be considered an unparalleled act of merit.
"..."
Sang Wan gave him a thumbs up and exclaimed sincerely, "It has to be you!"
His sarcastic and sarcastic remarks could probably drive someone crazy.
But it doesn't matter, even if Qu Yimian isn't dead, she's already half-dead from anger.
As for Gu Xia... Gu Xia completely ignored her pleas for mercy.
Just kidding, she's not some saint. Why should she let the other person go just because Qu Yimian begged for mercy?
Besides, she knew the principle of letting a tiger return to the mountain.
If Qu Yimian really does stop causing trouble as she says, then Gu Xia's name might as well be written backwards.
Rather than letting this trouble go, it's better to just kill him and be done with it.
Moreover, this war in the cultivation world can only be completely ended with bloodshed.
She looked into Qu Yimian's eyes without any emotion, "Actually... my senior brother was right about something."
"If you hadn't caused any more trouble the time we killed you, in a sense we would have been even."
At that time, she did not use the phoenix blood essence to undergo rebirth, nor did she know about the tragic past buried in her dusty memories.
If it weren't for the mess that Qu Yimian caused later, she might never have known everything.
"A murdered person should be as quiet as if they were dead, but you have to pop up and continue to disgust me..."
Gu Xia chuckled lightly, her voice devoid of any warmth. "Then don't blame me for killing you again."
Qu Yimian deceived everyone once by dying, and she also deceived herself once by revealing her own identity.
After the two sides cancel each other out, new grievances arise.
Qu Yimian moved her body with difficulty and understood the meaning behind Gu Xia's words. It was clear that Gu Xia was not going to let her go.
She coughed up a mouthful of blood, her eyes flashing with extreme resentment.
"But you have already become the number one in the world!" Among the younger generation, Gu Xia is undoubtedly the strongest. In comparison, I am just a pitiful loser.
Qu Yimian felt increasingly resentful, her voice hoarse, "I have nothing left, why are you still clinging to me?"
The once bright sky above the secret realm began to subtly change, but no one noticed it for the time being.
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