Stranger Danger

Chapter 765: Dog Eat Dog

“If you want to die, then I shall grant you death.”

Murong Xianxian said the scariest thing in the calmest of voices. “If you want to live, then you simply need to kill her.”

She was referring to Mistress Yu Hua, of course.

“W-What?” Sun Sovereign and everyone else was surprised by this. They never imagined that that would be her request.

The request was both simple and troublesome. Mistress Yu Hua was a Disaster-class Stranger or the equivalent of a Trueman or Grandmaster. However, a Sex Spirit was pretty lousy in direct combat because they specialized in seducing humans. Although the five of them were seriously injured, killing Mistress Yu Hua would be a trivial matter especially since her trump card, the King Yan Slayer, was now useless.

The problem was that Mistress Yu Hua wasn’t just anyone. She was the beloved consort of master of the Zongtian Palace of the Grand Fiend Abode of Forgiveness, one of the Six Ghosts and Gods of Fengdu. If they killed her, it was extremely likely that they would earn his ire. That was why killing her would also land them in trouble.

There was another question. Why did Murong Xianxian want them to kill her when she could just kill her herself?

“Kill me? Hahaha… What a joke. I’m right here. I dare you to try and kill me.”

Mistress Yu Hua sneered when she heard this. Just as she did not dare to kill the group of five because of the consequences that would follow, she did not believe they would dare to kill her either.

“I want her dead because I hate her.” Murong Xianxian said frankly. “And I want you to do it because that is your rightful punishment!”

“You are invaders who showed up in the Demonbearer Abode without invitation, and you deserve a million deaths for your sin. I can consider letting you live, but you will have to suffer for it. Killing her and bearing the consequences that come after is the price I’ve chosen for you.”

“Alternatively, you could just kill us all. Why go through all this trouble?” Madman Chu frowned.

“It’s more interesting this way, isn’t it?” was Murong Xianxian’s response. She curled her lips into a smile that could topple nations, but the group only felt chilled at the sight of it.

“So? Have you made up your mind?” A few breaths later, Murong Xianxian asked again. “If you have, then get it done already. Otherwise, I might just change my mind.”

As soon as Murong Xianxian finished, Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows launched himself toward Mistress Yu Hua. No one knew when the woman had released the Trueman.

Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows did not hesitate because he had never been so close to death as the moment he was pinned down. The consequences of killing Mistress Yu Hua might be severe, but he was going to die now if he disobeyed the woman. In his opinion, the choice was obvious.

Seeing that their choice was made for them, Sun Sovereign and the others exchanged a look with each other before charging Mistress Yu Hua as well.

“I never liked that bitch anyway. Here I come!” Madman Chu barked out a laugh and leaped into the air. Then, he swung his saber straight down on Mistress Yu Hua’s head.

At the same time, Xu Xiu raised his spear with his right hand and dashed across the ground like the wind.

“Myriad Shadows! Sun Sovereign! Have you gone mad?!”

It wasn’t until the ghoul Mistress Yu Hua was riding on forced back Sakyamuni Myriad Shadows with a powerful punch that she realized that this wasn’t an act. They were actually going to kill her.

She panicked immediately. “Aren’t you afraid of Fengdu’s retribution?”

No one listened to her. They just kept attacking.

Three of them were Dark Way practitioners who killed without batting an eyelid. They were all selfish, ruthless bastards who would do almost anything to live and see another day. Sure, Fengdu’s retribution was scary, but their sects would bear the brunt of that. As for whether their decision would cost their sect greatly… they were about to die, dude. Who the fuck gave a fuck about the sect’s interest when they were a woman’s whim away from death?

As for Madman Chu and Xu Xiu, they had never been afraid of anything. Naturally, Mistress Yu Hua’s threat was like water off a duck’s back to them.

Seeing that her threats were useless, Mistress Yu Hua finally commanded her ghoul to escape. However, it had only taken a few steps when a saber beam flashed through its legs and severed them from the knee down. Then, a spear beam punctured the ghoul in the chest, and it collapsed with a groan.

Mistress Yu Hua flew out of her palace, but a smiling Buddha holding a prithvi mudra blocked her way. At the same time, a huge sun descended from above and filled the world with light.

“Ahhhhhh!”

Seeing that there was no way to run, Mistress Yu Hua let out a shrill, mournful scream. Blood poured out of her eyes, and her body grew blurry and indistinct like countless silhouettes stacked on top of each other.

The silhouettes spread out into the open and turned solid. Then, they transformed into countless charming and sexy women.

On the other hand, Mistress Yu Hua started aging at a rapid pace. Her smooth, flawless skin began sagging and wrinkling, and her hair slowly turned white.

The older Mistress Yu Hua looked, the more beautiful and attractive the women became.

Beautiful bones and pink skeletons, they were.

The women danced around Mistress Yu Hua while waving their long, colorful sleeves about. The dance was as exquisite as it was bewitching, and it caused invisible waves to ripple out to the surroundings. Even with the Truemen and Grandmaster’s mental fortitude, they could not help but be charmed by the dance. As a result, the attacks they launched at Mistress Yu Hua became so flawed that the woman was able to neutralize all of them.

It was why they were unable to kill Mistress Yu Hua immediately despite their superior numbers.

On the mountain, Murong Xianxian was watching the battle with an expressionless face. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking or even feeling right now.

No one noticed that her complexion had become so pale that it was almost transparent.

Suddenly, Murong Xianxian’s eyes glazed over a little. She wobbled imperceptibly.

Ye Qing immediately appeared beside her and supported her in a way that wouldn’t be found.

“I don’t understand why you kept them alive, big sis. Killing them would’ve been so much easier!”

Just as secretly, Ye Qing injected his true qi into Murong Xianxian’s body. It was only then he realized in horror that Murong Xianxian’s body was as devoid of energy as a dry lake. Not a single drop of energy could be found anywhere, and his true qi did not amount to even that. Not for someone like her.

Clearly, her act of killing one hundred thousand yin soldiers in one go hadn’t been easy as it seemed. It had cost her all of her strength.

It also meant that Murong Xianxian wasn’t toying with her victims of feeling merciful. She knew as well as him that killing everyone here would save them much trouble. She just couldn’t.

That was why she manipulated the group of five into attacking Mistress Yu Hua. To have the dogs kill each other so to speak.

As for why the group of five did not suspect Murong Xianxian, it was probably because they were intimidated by her display of power. Even if they suspected something, they didn’t dare to find out with their lives as the betting chip. If they were wrong, then they would die.

In comparison, killing Mistress Yu Hua was much simpler.