The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

Lin Piaopiao wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at the entrance of the cultivation room with schadenfreude. She had just heard extremely tragic screams from inside, and now an hour had passed. Even if Ying Li had great abilities, it was impossible for him to fight twenty-five evil beasts with his bare hands.

Turning her head to look at Jiang Yunlou and Xiao Xun, whose faces were full of worry, Lin Piaopiao curled her lips and said, "She was killed by the evil beast because she was not strong enough. What does it have to do with us? If anyone dares to gossip, I, Lin Piaopiao, will make them pay the price!" After speaking, she glanced at the crowd of people standing behind her watching the show.

People's expressions changed slightly; they were all wary of Lin Piaopiao. The Lin family of Yeling City was full of experts, and Lin Piaopiao's older sister, Lin Xiangxiang, had already entered the Bixia Palace's soul register. Destroying either side would be a piece of cake. Even if the other party was Ying Li from Yeling City's number one family, without any children with soul registers at this stage, wouldn't he be at their mercy?

Jiang Yunlou's expression softened slightly. He would be more than happy to find a reason to eliminate Ying Li. This Ying Li, whose demonic arts he had somehow cultivated, had knocked him down in an instant at the gates of Qingyue Manor. If word got out, his reputation would be ruined. He couldn't be happier to have the opportunity to kill Ying Li.

But the next moment, his body froze. He could hear very light footsteps coming from the entrance of the cultivation room, and a woman covered in blood slowly walked out of the entrance.

Although she was covered in blood, apart from the wound on her left arm, the woman had almost no other injuries. Judging from her appearance, her eyes were clear and her cheeks were slightly flushed. She did not look like someone who was seriously injured. Could it be that Ying Li had killed all twenty-five evil beasts in front of her?!

Impossible. Jiang Yunlou had no other answer that could convince himself except to deny it.

Lin Piaopiao and Xiao Xun were even more astonished. How could that be? Those were twenty-five evil beasts. Although they weren't at the first-tier level, they were all high-level evil beasts for soul cultivators. She and Xiao Xun had a hard time fighting against just a few of them, and Ying Li had managed to survive all twenty-five of them?! Judging from the other party's appearance, not only was he not in any danger, but he also seemed quite smug.

"Soul Cultivation Stage 8!" Xiao Xun exclaimed. In the past ten days or so, he, Lin Piaopiao, and Jiang Yunlou had all broken through to the next stage. Lin Piaopiao was at the seventh stage of Soul Cultivation, while he and Jiang Yunlou were at the eighth stage. But he never expected that Ying Li would break through three stages in just over ten days! Moreover, the spiritual power of this eighth-stage Soul Cultivation was clearly above that of him and Jiang Yunlou!

"How are you still alive, you piece of trash?!" Lin Piaopiao exclaimed in surprise. She had never encountered anything like this before, where she could survive being attacked by twenty-five evil beasts!

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. Oh, and I should thank you, Piaopiao. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to obtain these seventeen evil beast cores so easily," Ying Li said coldly, his indifferent eyes sweeping over Lin Piaopiao, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"You!" Lin Piaopiao looked at the seventeen golden-yellow evil beast inner cores in the other party's hand, and thinking of the various benefits of cultivating inner cores, she couldn't help but feel so envious that she was consumed by rage!

Even after all that, she still couldn't die, and the other party even managed to reap such benefits. Lin Piaopiao gritted her teeth and looked up at Ying Li, "A piece of trash is a piece of trash. He's so arrogant over such a small favor. He's really never seen the world!"

"Oh?" Ying Li asked in return, his spiritual power erupting instantly, his whip flashing wildly in his hand. In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of Lin Piaopiao. "Crack!"

"Ouch!" Lin Piaopiao was caught off guard and struck hard in the chest with a whip. The burning pain shot through her, and she quickly dodged. She hadn't expected Ying Li to attack her without warning. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. "Jiang Yunlou, Xiao Xun, what are you waiting for?! If she gets away today, how will we have a chance to deal with this piece of trash!"

Having said that, she unleashed her spiritual power, launching a devastating attack on Ying Li. Jiang Yunlou and Xiao Xun had no choice but to follow behind Lin Piaopiao, also charging towards Ying Li! Two eighth-level Soul Cultivators and one seventh-level Soul Cultivator—could they possibly be unable to defeat Ying Li, who had survived the jaws of an evil beast?! They simply refused to believe it!

With spirit gathered in hand, the three swords, accompanied by gusts of wind, struck Ying Li with devastating force. Ying Li's eyes flashed as he fixed his gaze on Jiang Yunlou. His right hand, gathering spirit into a whip, aimed at Xiao Xun. His spiritual power surged, and a thick spiritual barrier materialized out of thin air in the direction from which Lin Piaopiao's attack had come!

"Ugh!"

"Crack!"

"Card wipe!"

Jiang Yunlou felt his spiritual energy tighten all over his body, as if his flesh was about to be torn apart. A heart-wrenching pain shot through his chest. "Pfft!" A mouthful of blood spurted out suddenly. This time, the force was even more intense than before, and his white robe was covered in bloodstains. Jiang Yunlou staggered against the mountain wall, barely managing to steady his breathing. He tested his spiritual energy and found that he was no longer capable of fighting Ying Li.

Could this be?! Jiang Yunlou suddenly looked up at the woman at the center of the spiritual energy. The woman's eyes were clear and bright, and a faint crimson hue appeared and disappeared at the corners of her eyebrows. "Deep Pupil!" Jiang Yunlou's face turned deathly pale. Ying Li had actually mastered the Deep Pupil! The entire Spirit Realm Continent trembled at the mention of the Deep Pupil. Countless people admired its power, yet no one dared to try it. The name of the Seven-Day Death-Taking Pupil was renowned, but few had risked their lives to achieve it. And now, Ying Li had actually mastered the Deep Pupil? How could this be? Ying Li, who was originally considered a waste, was now so terrifying and astonishing!

"Ugh!" Another scream rang out as Jiang Yunlou clutched her chest, staring in utter shock at Xiao Xun's rapid descent. If Ying Li's ability to defeat her after mastering the Deep Eyes was already the limit of her current spiritual power, let alone the fact that Ying Li had killed twenty-five spirit beasts in the cultivation room, then logically, Xiao Xun, with her stronger spiritual power, should have had some advantage. Yet, even Xiao Xun had been brutally defeated. Just what level was Ying Li at?!

Xiao Xun, panting heavily, sat up from the ground and glanced at Jiang Yunlou beside him. The other man also wore a shocked expression. He had just tried his best to turn the tide of the battle, but Ying Li had easily resolved the crisis, and he couldn't even withstand a single light blow. Now, only Lin Piaopiao was left to fight him, and he had a bad feeling.

"Piaopiao, be careful!" Jiang Yunlou shouted worriedly, but his voice was drowned out by the burst of spiritual energy, and Lin Piaopiao, who was in the middle of the battle, couldn't hear him at all!

As expected, Lin Piaopiao immediately fell into a disadvantageous position without the help of Jiang Yunlou and Xiao Xun. Without any other interference, Ying Li withdrew his Deep Eyes, and the speed of his spirit whip suddenly increased by more than two times, the whip falling like raindrops towards Lin Piaopiao not far away.

"Ugh!" Lin Piaopiao's expression changed as she was struck on the thigh by the spirit whip. A burning pain shot through her, and her legs went weak, almost causing her to fall to the ground. She gritted her teeth and stomped her feet hard, taking a few steps backward to dodge the attack. Then, in the next second, the overwhelming whips suddenly became even faster!

"Pfft!" Lin Piaopiao couldn't dodge in time and was no match for Ying Li. She suddenly knelt down, her body covered in whip marks. Her pink silk robe was torn open by the sharp whip, revealing her fair skin.

Lin Piaopiao's face was deathly pale, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. At this moment, all her spiritual power had dissipated, and she was no different from an ordinary person.

Ying Li put away his whip and walked up to Lin Piaopiao, looking at her coldly, "How does it feel to be defeated by a piece of trash?"

Lin Piaopiao looked up at Ying Li, spat out a mouthful of saliva, and said viciously, "Hmph! You were just lucky. You thought you could beat me? It was just that I underestimated you. If I had another chance, I would definitely chop you into mincemeat!"

Ying Li sneered, gathering spiritual energy in his hand to form a sharp, icy blue sword in his right hand. "You have no chance!" With that, he raised his hand and brought the sword down, aiming it at Lin Piaopiao's right hand!

"Ugh!"

In the blink of an eye, Lin Piaopiao's fair and jade-like right hand was suddenly separated from her body, and blood gushed out. The right hand that had hit Ying Li and snatched his things countless times over the past ten years rolled in the ground and became a dead object in the blink of an eye!

Lin Piaopiao's face was ashen, and her heart-wrenching screams pierced the entire summit of Qingyue Mountain. Her eyes were bloodshot as she roared, "Ying Li, you piece of trash, you bitch, your Ying family, your grandfather, you all deserve to die! One day, I will come back for revenge! I will drink your blood and eat your flesh! You piece of trash, how dare you defeat me! How dare you!"

"Piaopiao, shut up!" Jiang Yunlou shouted, suppressing his pain and resentment. He dragged himself to Ying Li and said respectfully, "Li'er, it was all our fault. Piaopiao snatched the brocade pouch and that's how the evil beast was released. I'm glad you're alright. Piaopiao and I were young and ignorant before. Now, I, Jiang Yunlou, apologize to you. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive us."

Jiang Yunlou's words were earnest, causing Ying Li's expression to change. However, she quickly regained her composure. She had almost forgotten that Jiang Yunlou was always a fence-sitter, always siding with the strong. Thinking of this, Ying Li chuckled, "Yes, but I was young then, and you bullied me relentlessly. If it weren't Lin Piaopiao who fell today, but me, Ying Li, you would probably only kick me while I'm down. Now that the power has reversed and the tables have turned, you finally think of apologizing to me? Jiang Yunlou, don't you think that's incredibly hypocritical?"

Jiang Yunlou gritted his teeth, and faced with Ying Li's interrogation, he had no choice but to endure it. "Then what exactly do you want? If you kill Piaopiao and hurt us, do you think you can explain yourself to the three great families when you return to Yeling City?!"

"I'll stop if you want me to, but I want Lin Piaopiao to kneel down and apologize to me!" Ying Li said coldly, his eyes filled with an undeniable, indifferent killing intent.

"Don't even think about it!" Lin Piaopiao endured the pain of her severed hand and looked at Ying Li, saying, "Unless I die, you won't be able to humiliate me in the slightest!"

"Is that so?" Ying Li's right hand swirled with spiritual energy, and the Spirit-Breaking Sword appeared from his right hand, its tip aimed at Lin Piaopiao's left hand, its sharpness radiating outwards. "I won't kill you. Severing your hands should be more painful than killing you."

Ying Li suddenly raised his right hand, and Lin Piaopiao was terrified and her heart was filled with anxiety!

"I'm sorry, I was wrong! I shouldn't have bullied you, I'm sorry! It's all my fault, I'm useless! I'm the useless one!" Lin Piaopiao's voice suddenly rang out in the crowd.

Ying Li's spirit sword disappeared, and she coldly looked at Lin Piaopiao, who was kneeling and begging for mercy, before suddenly turning away.

Hmph, people like that don't deserve her help anymore!