Stranger Danger

Chapter 764: Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Destroying the Yin Soldiers

“Is that all you got? How terribly disappointing!”

Mistress Yu Hua shook her head with disdain before curling her lips at Murong Xianxian. “It’s your turn now, sister.”

As she said this, the ghost gods waved their banners, and the rest of the yin soldiers inside the yellow river charged toward her like an avalanche.

“You’re disappointed? You know not the world beyond your well, frog.”

While looking at the yin soldiers and ghost gods charging toward her, Murong Xianxian summoned a single bead of water and flicked it away.

The water bead slowly spread wider and wider until suddenly, it transformed into a raging flood. Caught completely off guard, the swarm of yin soldiers were instantly overwhelmed and scattered by it.

This was just the beginning though. A forest appeared at the east, a stele emerged from the west, and a volcano rose from the south.

A hundred different flowers bloomed inside the magnificent forest, ten thousand swords erected from the tall stele, and lava poured from the violent volcano.

Together with the northern flood, they surrounded the yin soldiers from all sides and pinned them inside their yellow river like some sort of seal. The next moment, the plants shot themselves forward like spears, the stele fired their ten thousand swords, the flood continued to fling the yin soldiers about like helpless children, and the lava consumed it all.

Having lost its army, the yellow river disappeared to reveal ten banners. It was none other than the infamous King Yan Slayer.

Normally, the banners would be glowing with power and spirituality, but as it was, it was perfectly dim and mundane.

Mistress Yu Hua was unharmed, but her eyes were widened like saucers, and her smile had completely frozen on her face. She could not believe what was happening.

This was a hundred thousand yin soldiers and ghost gods, not a hundred thousand ants. Hells, even a hundred thousand ants would’ve cost some time to annihilate. However, her army was gone in just the blink of an eye.

Just how was this possible?

Mistress Yu Hua wasn’t the only one who was stunned. Sun Sovereign, Madman Chu and the others were flabbergasted. Ye Qing was wide-eyed with shock as well.

When Murong Xianxian had revealed herself, he had wondered how she could possibly turn the tables against Mistress Yu Hua. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that Murong Xianxian would annihilate the army of one hundred thousand strong in one go. It came as such a shock that it was less pleasant surprise and more stupefied disbelief.

As it turned out, the Eastern Yi Wood Garden, the Western Geng Metal Pavilion, the Southern Li Fire Tower, and the Northern Gui Water Palace weren’t just treasure storage buildings. They were powerful Strange Artifacts as well.

If just the four of them combined could produce such power, then what if Murong Xianxian obtained the Central Wu Earth Hall as well? Just what kind of power would they produce?

“It’s your turn now.”

Everyone thought that Murong Xianxian would finish the job, but instead, she ignored the stupefied Mistress Yu Hua and looked at Sun Sovereign’s group.

The forest, the stele, the lake and the volcano had sealed off every direction, so there was nowhere to run even if they wanted to. The group of five exchanged wordless glances with each other before Sun Sovereign let out a helpless, dejected sigh. He spoke up, “What… do you desire, miss?”

He could not remember the last time he had been this helpless, this humiliated, this humbled since he became the Sun Sovereign. Then, he tasted it not once, but twice in a single day. First, it was Mistress Yu Hua forcing him into submission with a hundred thousand yin soldiers. Then, it was this mysterious woman annihilating that one hundred thousand yin soldiers with a combination of metal, wood, water and fire. It reminded him when he was still mundane, when he was weak and completely helpless.

“Do you wish to live or die?” Murong Xianxian asked indifferently.

“It’s not like you would dare to kill us,” Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows interrupted before Sun Sovereign could react.

As Laughing Buddha mentioned earlier, with so many eyes and mouths in the vicinity, killing them would only result in endless trouble. In his opinion, Murong Xianxian’s threat was moot because she could not possibly dare to kill them.

As soon as he finished, a streak of red shot straight toward Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows. Caught off guard, he hurriedly scattered into multiple shadows and attempted to flee.

“Argh!”

The red light descended on a patch of shadow and nailed it to the ground, eliciting a bloodcurdling scream from it. Shockingly, not only did the rest of the shadows freeze in their tracks, they were slowly drawn back to the nailed shadow as if pulled by invisible strings. It wasn’t long before they merged back into Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows once more.

Right now, Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows was nailed through the chest by a red peachwood nail. Black qi was leaking out of his entire body, and he was flailing wildly from the sheer pain he was suffering. But despite his desperate struggles, he was unable to break free from the peachwood nail’s bindings. On the contrary, he was growing weaker over time until all he could do was scream until he was hoarse.

“Miss!” Sun Sovereign and the others cried out. They tried to save Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows, bt the peachwood nail’s light doubled in intensity as soon as they moved a muscle. At the same time, Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows’ yang god began diminishing twice as fast as before.

It was a threat. If they tried to save him, then Murong Xianxian would end his life instantly.

Left with no choice, Sun Sovereign and the others mastered themselves and stared at Murong Xianxian. “Can you please forgive and release him, miss?”

They were begging On Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows’ behalf not because they cared about him, but because they were grasshoppers bound to the same rope. If even one of them died, then the rest of them would follow like dominos.

It looked like their cry for mercy worked, because the red light surrounding the peachwood nail dimmed, and Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows’ screams grew fainter.

“Thank you, miss!”

Sun Sovereign let out a clear sigh of relief. The fact that Murong Xianxian did not kill Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows meant that there was still room for negotiation.

“I did not kill him not because I’m afraid of the consequences of his death, but because I do not wish to stain my hand with his filthy life.”

Murong Xianxian’s voice was cold and devoid of emotion as she stared at Sun Sovereign. “That Sex Spirit might be afraid of the factions you represent, but I’m not. After all, I’m alone without anyone or anything to tie me down. So what if I killed all of you? You don’t even know who I am, do you?”

Everyone’s heart skipped a beat. No one could say anything.

It was the truth. If she was a strong warrior with a powerful faction behind her back, then they would not have feared her. After all, as a representative of her faction, she couldn’t act without taking her faction’s interest into consideration. That would’ve given them a lot of leeway that they could exploit.

However, this did not apply to powerful warriors with no one and nothing to call to their name. People like that weren’t bogged down by anything, and because they weren’t bogged down by anything, they could and would do whatever the hell they wanted.

It was one thing if you could kill such people and end the threat they represented, but if you failed, then they would be a thorn in your side forever and ever, and generally speaking, the only way the situation could be resolved was if one side perished. That was why you never wanted to provoke or annoy this type of person, ever!

Worse still, it was exactly as the woman said. They had no idea who she was, which meant that she had the option to go into hiding after killing them. With her strength, it was unlikely anyone could suss her out of her hiding spot, not to mention that the world was a wide, wide place. How could their faction take revenge for them if they couldn’t even find their killer?

They would’ve died for nothing.

That was why no one said anything. There was simply nothing to say.

“My question remains the same. Do you wish to live or die?” Murong Xianxian repeated after receiving no answer.

“Of course I wish to live! I’m not done living yet!”

This time, it was Madman Chu who spoke up. His face was fearless as he stared at Murong Xianxian with a challenging look. “But if I die, then so be it! Such is my way of living!”

Unlike Sun Sovereign or Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows, whose courage only seemed to dwindle with age, Madman Chu was a lot more accepting of death. If he could live, then of course he wanted to live. But if that option did not exist, then so be it. Nothing and no one could scare him.