Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

The prerequisite for all this is to defeat and devour the original body.

"Well, I'm a little curious about what that 'Blood Kite' looks like..."

Ji Lingyun muttered this in her heart, then she exhaled softly. Her eyes locked onto Bai Yuan's position from a few kilometers away, with a playful expression on her face.

"No matter what, this kind of thing is also a test for you. If you want to achieve... that thing, you must experience life and death a few times."

"You said before that you wanted me to see how far I could go... Now let me see how far you can go without any external help."

……

It's too late, but it's soon.

On the long street.

The white kite and the white tiger have already arrived in front of the "blood kite".

At this moment, the dice surface of the [Linglong Dice] has been fixed in Bai Yuan's palm, and the side located above the palm just fell on the word "Seal".

(Is this actually the case…)

Bai Yuan's heart moved.

In fact, what she wanted most was the word "destruction".

She believed that in Cangwu County, the word "destroy" was most effective. Whether it was the half-dead living dead or those strange and evil spirits, all were equal before the "destroy" spell that could rip apart space. Unless the opponent was a powerful being who mastered the "Laws of Space," it would be difficult to escape unscathed.

The second is "life".

Well, that's right.

In Bai Yuan's opinion, the things within Cangwu County had already died once, or even more than once. Using the "death" technique against them would likely be futile and would not have the same effect as when used outside.

On the contrary, "life" might have an unexpected effect. For example, it could restore the "blood kite" in front of him and the sneaky monsters around him to their last moments of life, that is, turning into red and pink skeletons and scattering into ash.

At the very least, it will allow Bai Yuan and Bai Hu to recover some strength, providing some additional protection for rescuing Ye Shuang'er and escaping from here.

but……

(The "seal" technique is also acceptable.)

(After all, this is not the time to be picky…)

Thoughts withdrawn.

At the moment the dice surface appeared.

With Bai Yuan's palm as the center, countless transparent silk threads emerged and shot out to the surroundings like thousands of raindrops.

The silver threads of the Blood Kite, though somewhat eerie, hadn't yet reached the level of "laws." At this moment, as the "Seal" technique unfolded, she, the masked paper figures around her, and the streets and houses that seemed to be alive were all frozen for a moment.

At this time, the seriously injured White Tiger became the fastest creature in the field, carrying Bai Yuan to the flower bridge for sending off the bride.

Bai Yuan took a deep breath, clenched [Qingfeng Huasha] in his palm, and swung it towards him!

The green light suddenly increased!

When the sword fell, the silver thread that the "Blood Kite" used to connect to Ye Shuang'er was instantly cut off.

The white tiger immediately opened its bloody mouth and swallowed Ye Shuang'er, who was also in a frozen state, in one gulp.

Meanwhile, Bai Yuan suddenly stepped onto the tiger's back and leaped up. The azure light on the blade of [Qingfeng Huasha] surged again, like a desolate crescent moon, piercing straight at "Blood Yuan"! Before the latter could even react, the sword pierced her body!

boom--! !

Blue flames burst out!!

Theoretically, Bai Yuan should actually throw the [Linglong Dice] again and use the "Mie" spell to actually kill the "Blood Kite".

But the chance of throwing out "Extinction" is limited.

Therefore, she could only settle for the second best and instead gathered her own spiritual power in one place, and with the help of the [Clear Wind to Dispel Evil] blessed by the blue flame, she launched the long-awaited attack on the "Blood Kite".

The moment the blue flames erupted, Blood Kite's body expanded like a popped balloon, shattering in the blink of an eye. The scattered pieces of flesh flew in all directions like bullets. For a moment, Bai Yuan thought Blood Kite was smiling at him, but in a fleeting moment, the image vanished without a trace.

"……Um?"

Illusion?

Bai Yuan frowned slightly.

But in this situation, there was no time for her to think too much.

The "Blood Kite" in front of him had been completely destroyed, with no trace of its body left.

While the "seal" spell had not yet lost its effect, Bai Yuan immediately called over Bai Hu and took off with difficulty again. Using the remaining half of his wings and his sturdy limbs, he half flew and half ran past the wedding procession and flew away from the red and white evil spirits.

Just when the distance between the two sides continued to widen and they were about to escape.

Bai Yuan suddenly felt his vision blurry.

When he turned around, he found that the road in front of him suddenly disappeared. While running, he and Baihu stepped directly into the void, and then their center of gravity lost support and continued to fall towards the abyss below.

During this process, the White Tiger roared furiously, but because of the severe injuries it had sustained earlier, it had already been exhausted from forcing itself to fight until now. Now it could do nothing but roar.

Moreover, black air was emanating from its throat, as if it was something that the "Blood Kite" had placed on Ye Shuang'er.

Bai Yuan turned over and looked up, only to see the entire sky turn blood red. Countless distorted human faces emerged from the clouds, emitting shrill howls.

"..."

In a trance.

Bai Yuan felt a throbbing in his temple.

At that moment, she felt as if a key had been swiped through her mind, ripping open a corner of the seal on a memory from twenty years ago that she had forgotten—or perhaps hadn't inherited. Countless images began to flash through her mind.

seem……

Twenty years ago, the "Blood Kite" also witnessed such a scene.

Before Bai Yuan could think further.

She and Baihu fell to the bottom of the abyss together. That wasn't an abyss at all, it was clearly a pitch-black coffin. It looked exactly like the coffin carried by the funeral procession Bai Yuan had seen earlier!

Faintly, one could hear a laugh that sounded like the Blood Kite, coming from all directions, like the whispers of a ghost or god: "I told you, you can't escape!"

this moment.

Bai Yuan opened his arms and, without any resistance, allowed himself to fall into the coffin. His eyes brightened, and a flash of inspiration crossed his mind: "So... that's how it is."

Chapter 144: Can reconciliation be possible?

boom--!

With this loud noise, the pitch-black coffin lid suddenly closed.

At the same time, Bai Yuan and Bai Hu's bodies fell to the bottom of the abyss.

Among them, Bai Yuan staggered slightly, then stood firm again, and then immediately looked around and prepared to defend against the enemy.

The white tiger slammed its massive body onto the hard ground—or rather, the "coffin"—with a thud, sending up a cloud of dust. It then opened its bloody mouth again and spat out Ye Shuang'er's body, which it had just swallowed.

Just now when it was in mid-air, black air came out of Baihu's throat.

And now.

As it "spitted out", thick circles of black air were seen lingering around Ye Shuang'er. She fell to the ground, and her whole body seemed to be wrapped in a "cocoon". The clothes she was wearing had already developed fine cracks, and even the surface of her body was covered with black lines, like broken porcelain, which seemed to be about to explode in the next moment.

"Meditation!"

Bai Yuan suddenly took a step forward, swung his sword to chop the black air in front of him, then squatted down next to Ye Shuang'er, put his two fingers together to form a sword, and pointed it at her forehead.

Along with this action.

A ray of green flame burst out from Bai Yuan's fingertips and penetrated into the little girl's forehead.

The little girl's pale face was revealed, though it looked slightly gray. The rest of her body was still enveloped in a thick, pitch-black aura that showed no sign of dissipating any time soon.

"...Let's do it this way for now. I'll ask Ji Lingyun for help later."

Bai Yuan let out a light breath.

She could probably sense the nature of these dark auras. They weren't simply yin energy, but a kind of "death energy."

The "death" in the word "death".

That's right.

Within Cangwu County, a "force of law" exists, identical to the "death" symbol in the Exquisite Dice. However, this force is less concentrated, instead dispersed throughout every corner of this dead city. Without careful observation, it's difficult to detect. Unwittingly, it invades the body, ultimately reducing one to a state of neither life nor death.

——Rumor has it that if you stay in Cangwu County for more than two hours, you will become a "living dead" who is neither dead nor alive. The root cause of this saying should be this.

Bai Yuan was not sure whether the "life" technique could dissolve this "dead energy".

But the "blue flame" of Youhuo Diting can indeed eliminate these things.

Therefore, after Bai Yuan took this approach to temporarily stabilize Ye Shuang'er's condition, he did the same thing again, leaving a "green flame" on Baihu's forehead.

Because it swallowed Ye Shuang'er into its mouth, this ancient ferocious beast was the first to be hit when the dark aura erupted and suffered severe erosion.

But compared to the little girl.

The White Tiger's resistance to "death energy" is higher.

On the one hand, because it possesses the physique of an ancient ferocious beast, the same dose of "death energy" acting on a human being might be enough to turn the whole person into a "living dead", but it would still be a little far from enough to corrode it into that state.

Meanwhile, the remaining power left within the White Tiger by Ji Lingyun was now unleashed as the black energy spread. The external manifestation of this was the tea leaf mark on its forehead, located between the Chinese character for "king," which lit up at that moment, dispelling some of the black energy.

The combination of these two factors allowed this guy's condition to stabilize quickly.

Then, Bai Yuan grabbed a handful of pills from the storage bag and threw them into its mouth.

Since entering [Cangwu County], this ferocious beast has been exerting its strength frequently, suffering the most damage and the most serious injuries. In the end, it took her away with its scarred body and even a broken bone wing. Now it is indeed reaching its limit.

Unfortunately, the [Nine-Turn Rejuvenating Dew] was gone, and the Pure Lotus Pond Water she had brought back from the "Yuankong Secret Realm" was almost gone. Furthermore, the "Life" formula of the [Exquisite Dice] couldn't be used casually. Therefore, Bai Yuan could only use these conventional elixirs to help Bai Hu recover from his injuries.

Do it all.

Bai Yuan patted Hu's head and told him to lie down and rest for a while.

"Woo..."

The white tiger growled from its throat and began to heal itself. As it gasped for breath, a deep, thunderous roar echoed from its belly.

Here.

Bai Yuan slowly stood up, held the [Qingfeng Huasha] in his hand, and swung the sword in all directions.

Little blue fireflies emerged from the surrounding coffins, dispelling the darkness.

Just now, when Bai Yuan was fighting against the thousands of silver threads of "Blood Kite", she had already inserted [Chi Xiao] on the street outside, so at this time, she only had the not-so-easy-to-use [Qing Feng Hua Sha] in her hand.

Fortunately, the sword seemed to understand the current situation was not good, so even though it was held by Bai Yuan in her royal sister form, not her lolita form, it didn't hesitate. It simply hummed softly in her palm, the cyan light on the blade reflecting the light of the "Blue Flame" in a dazzling display of colors.

This "black coffin" itself seems to be a kind of magic weapon, containing some rules between spatial layers.

and so.

When seen from outside, it is about the same size as the white tiger's body;

But when Bai Yuan and Bai Hu were locked up, they found that this place was like a real abyss, dark and lonely. When they looked up, they could not see the end of the place in front, behind, left, and right.

"……anyone there?"

Bai Yuan spoke casually, her voice echoing in the air. "I know you're here, and you have plans for me. So hurry up and come out. Stop hiding."

"..."

No one answered.

Bai Yuan was not in a hurry. He just stood there with his sword in hand, waiting patiently for a while.

suddenly.

There was a faint flicker of light in the sight.

However, inside this pitch-black coffin, smooth mirrors appeared. The mirrors reflected the green fireflies she had just spread out, dividing them into countless copies, like thousands of stars spread all around.

Bai Yuan frowned slightly.

Before she could say anything else, familiar figures appeared where the stars were, standing in different positions.

Those figures all resembled Bai Yuan. Some were covered in wounds, some were bleeding from all seven orifices, some were pierced by thousands of arrows, and some had their stomachs ripped open... Some of the mirrors even showed the figures of people other than Bai Yuan, acting as "executioners."

Although these "people" behind were just black silhouettes, Bai Yuan felt that they looked very familiar.