The old rogue was frozen to the spot.

Xia Zhi had removed her hat, revealing her stunning face. Her facial features were mesmerizing and beautiful like the masterpieces of heaven.

Her eyebrows were dark as ink, her bright eyes were clear, her skin was fair and creamy, and her body was slender and straight. She was like a lotus flower in the hazy mist. Her beauty made everyone else dim in comparison.

Her face is as beautiful as a painting!

The old rogue marveled in his heart. In his opinion, the girl’s beauty did not belong in this world and could even bring disaster to a nation.

“Goodness gracious, is this a fairy from the immortal world...” the old rogue murmured.

When Xia Zhi swept a glance over him, the detached indifference in her clear crescent moon-shaped eyes made the old rogue freeze with terror.

By the time he came back to his senses, Xia Zhi was no longer nearby.

“That girl...why...why doesn’t she look like a person of this world?” The old rogue frowned, as though he had encountered a huge problem.

……

Fierce fighting continued unabated on the dao altar.

Bai Lingxi repeatedly coughed up blood. Her white clothes were already covered with bloodstains, but she persisted.

However, she couldn’t stop everyone by herself.

“Lin Xun, I just want to take your head, please allow me!” Shang Jia glowed a golden hue as he executed a wide sweep of his spear.

Boom!

Bai Lingxi rushed forward to block the blow, but then she had to deal with the attacks of several enemies. She coughed up another mouthful of blood, and her face went pale almost to the point of transparent.

“Quickly run! Do you want to die!?”

Just as Lin Xun withdrew his spirit sense from the Nameless Pagoda, his eyes became bloodshot with anger at the sight.

He frantically tried to activate the Nameless Pagoda, but it was still no use. His injury was too bad for him to continue.

“Since we are friends I can’t just watch you die,” Bai Lingxi said feebly, but her voice was filled with determination.

“Hmph! How can you be so stupid to help that kid at this time?! Let me tell you, he will definitely die today!”

Wielding his sword up, Mu Jianting charged towards her with a ruthless expression on his face. He hated Lin Xun to the bone so he felt a rush of indescribable delight when he anticipated seeing Lin Xun die.

At that critical juncture, Lin Xun desperately activated the Pulao Roar. Golden ripples spread outwards, barely blocking Mu Jianting’s killing attack, but he tottered side to side from the impact, repeatedly coughing up blood and almost losing his balance.

“Can you not withstand anymore?”

Li Qinghuan came speeding over from the other side, but he was very cautious and careful. He retreated as soon as his strike missed, but every one of his attacks was extremely vicious.

“He’s mine!”

Shang Jia bellowed, golden light surging all over him. He swung his giant halberd upwards, obscuring the sky and full of murderous intent.

“Die!”

On the other side, Mu Jianting was also charging over!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xun was surrounded. There was nowhere for him to dodge or nowhere to hide!

Bai Lingxi was also entangled in a battle, unable to break out regardless of how hard she fought back. She started to panic. She had never felt so weak and powerless in her life.

Unable to move, Lin Xun could only barely bring the Broken Blade up to block some of the attacks, but he still suffered from the impact, which exacerbated his injury and deepened his bloody wounds.

“Get lost!” Bai Lingxi fought desperately, dashing from left to right, but she still couldn’t break out of the encirclement. On the contrary, she was repeatedly wounded because of her impatience to escape.

Shua!

Mu Jianting brought his pine rune dao sword slashing down, aiming for Lin Xun’s chest.

“I’m going to send you on your way!” A callous smile spread across Li Qinghuan’s lips. He was certain that Lin Xun would die on the spot from that strike.

Shang Jia and the others also approached in fast attacks, putting Lin Xun in a deadly situation.

However, Lin Xun remained terribly calm, clutching onto a small jade bottle. It was the Dao Immeasurable Bottle.

He had always been worried that the peerless geniuses would possess frightening trump cards so he hadn’t brought out this treasure until now. But, in this moment of life and death, he couldn’t care about anything else.

“What are you doing? Are you worried that I am no match for them? I’m not what I used to be. Go and rest.” Following a clear and pleasant voice, a black umbrella sprang open and covered Lin Xun like it was isolating him from the world.

Then, Xia Zhi appeared on the battlefield with a purple spear in her hand, making multiple leisurely stabbing thrusts in all directions.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Following a series of deafening collisions, the attacks coming from all directions were destroyed and disintegrated into a shower of light.

As for Mu Jianting and Li Qinghuan, who were charging in that direction, they seemed to have been struck by lightning as they shook violently before frantically stumbling backwards.

The sudden change happened fast, but it ended even faster.

On the battlefield, Lin Xun was still covered by a shield-like black umbrella. It blotted out the sky as if eternal darkness had enveloped the universe.

In front of him was a girl dressed in a black cloak and a hat concealing her face. Only her fair and delicate chin and her smooth and soft skin peeked out from under the wide brim of her hat, which made her look even more beautiful contrasted with the black cloak.

She stood barefooted with a purple spear in her grip. Even if she was standing alone, she radiated an invincible aura as if she could fend off the attacks in all directions.

Who is she?

Mu Jianting’s and the others’ faces darkened, anger rolling through them. They were seconds away from getting rid of Lin Xun, but the girl appeared out of nowhere and ruined their plan.

Even the experts who encircled Bai Lingxi not far away were bewildered to see such a unique and mysterious girl appear at this moment.

“Move away!” Mu Jianting raged. He almost went mad with anger knowing that the perfect opportunity to kill Demon God Lin was ruined.

Boom!

He attacked without any hesitation. His pine rune sword erupted with endless sword intent and unfathomable powers.

Facing this blow, Xia Zhi simply raised her head, revealing her beautiful crescent moon-shaped eyes under the brim of the hat, but those eyes were filled with a detached indifference and devoid of emotions.

“Huh?”

Mu Jianting went stiff as her gaze ran over him. He felt as if a sharp knife was pressing against his throat. All the anger and bitterness in his heart were replaced by shock and fear.

What kind of gaze is that?

It is as mysterious and unfathomable as eternal night, but also resembles an eye floating up from the abyss of hell, able to trap a person’s spirit in it and drown it completely.

Mu Jianting sensed imminent danger. His expression dramatically changed and every fiber of him commanded him to run.

But it was too late.

Pu!

Everyone’s vision blurred as the girl vanished before their eyes. When she reappeared, she was standing right in front of Mu Jianting.

However, the mysterious purple spear in her hand had already pierced into Mu Jianting’s chest and lifted him into the air. Blood was gushing down onto the ground like a waterfall.

Everyone fell deathly silent. Li Qinghuan and the others broke out in cold sweat.

Before they could see anything, the girl had stabbed Mu Jianting with the purple spear in her hand!

She moved too fast. No one could react. They barely caught a glimpse of what happened.

A girl who appeared out of nowhere killed a peerless genius from the Jade Emptiness Temple in the most unimaginable way.

It was too unbelievable.

Everyone stopped dead, fear flooding them.

In the distance, Lin Xun finally relaxed and sat down on the ground. He quickly swallowed a strand of root and leaf of the white ginseng and refined it with all his strength.

But he was still shaken from watching Xia Zhi’s battle.

He knew that Xia Zhi had inherited the mantle of the Dark Night Queen, and she practiced a rare and mysterious art called the Nine Cycles of Obliteration.

Every transformation cycle was akin to reincarnation. All the powers she had cultivated in the past would be transformed into a kind of potential, and it forced her body, bones and talents to transform.

Xia Zhi had only undergone the third obliteration, but she had already grown so strong. Her powers truly defied the heavens!

“It seems like I have indeed underestimated her. This girl is still the same as before. Her fighting method is simple and direct, but her power is deadly...” Lin Xun murmured.

Without thinking too much, he sent a voice transmission to Xia Zhi, asking her to save Bai Lingxi.

But Xia Zhi’s reaction was a little strange. She swept a glance over Bai Lingxi, and her dark brows wrinkled imperceptibly.

Mu Jianting’s body was skewered on her spear, dripping with blood and making a splashing sound as it hit the ground.

Xia Zhi flicked the purple spear and threw his body away like trash, before she said to Lin Xun, “I’ll save her after I finish dealing with those guys.”

Lin Xun was taken aback, but Xia Zhi had already launched into action before he recovered from the shock.

Clang!

The ten-foot-long purple spear was simple and unassuming, radiating a feeling of age and history.

Xia Zhi’s bearing instantly changed. Her body seemed to be bathed in eternal night, and wherever she stepped, light faded and everything turned into darkness. She exuded a cold and indifferent aura as her black cloak swayed with her movements. She was like a divine god emerging from the darkness, full of spine-chilling powers.

“Attack together!” Li Qinghuan and the others simultaneously decided to join forces as soon as they sensed the deadly danger.

The girl’s aura was too mysterious and frightening. Although it was restrained, that only made them more afraid. They felt more uneasy when they faced her than when they fought against Lin Xun.

However, it was futile even after joining forces.

Next, Xia Zhi proved to Lin Xun how wrong he was to underestimate her strength.

Pu!

Her figure was as ethereal and mysterious as a shadow. With a flash, she was already in front of Li Qinghuan. The purple spear flew out of her hand and aimed for his throat in the most simple and direct way.

During this process, Li Qinghuan brought out his secret treasures, activated a superb dao art, and pushed his strength to the limit to fight back.

But the purple spear still pierced through everything in an unstoppable manner!

Li Qinghuan’s scalp went numb, and he almost exploded with disbelief. Who is this girl? How can she possess such powers?

Without any hesitation, he turned around to flee.

Pu!

However, he couldn’t run. The purple spear punctured his skin, skewered his back and shot a jet of blood into the air.

“You...” Li Qinghuan’s eyes bulged wide open. Even before he died, he refused to believe that he would lose so badly!