Witch, don't do anything reckless!

The moment Li Chuqiu wrapped her arms around her waist, Liu Xu trembled violently and almost fell from the air.

She had never been so intimate with a man before. The hot, large hands around her waist and the close masculine scent made her breath catch in her throat and her mind unsettled.

But the Blood Demon was hot on her heels. Liu Xu didn't have time to think too much. She glared at Li Chuqiu with cold eyes, gritted her teeth, and sped into the mountains.

"Hey, hey, be gentle..."

Li Chuqiu really didn't do it on purpose. When this woman suddenly lifted him into the air, he instinctively grabbed her. It was a matter of safety.

...But you know what, even through the fabric of her clothes, Li Chuqiu could feel the flat, resilient waist of this Deputy Commander Liu, as well as the amazing curve of her hips as she descended from her waist.

It's clear that she exercises regularly.

At this moment, Li Chuqiu, who was holding on tightly, was almost hanging on Liu Xu's body, with her head positioned just below Liu Xu's neck. With a slight downward movement of her head, she could feel the hidden curves of Liu Xu's body beneath her tight-fitting dress.

A faint, pleasant fragrance lingered in the air; this Deputy Commander Liu possessed a unique and delightful scent.

Before Li Chuqiu could even quietly appreciate and savor it, she felt the delicate hand gripping her collar suddenly tighten, almost strangling her neck and making it hard for her to breathe.

"Shut up!"

Liu Xu spoke coldly, her tone seemingly tinged with annoyance.

His figure transformed into a fleeting shadow, disappearing from the mountain pass into the narrow path nestled among the mountains, heading deeper into the valley.

The blood demons pursued relentlessly from behind, and the dense black mist spread rapidly at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, they were about to catch up with the two.

This Blood Demon's strength was already above Liu Xu's, and with the addition of a "burden," his speed was severely hampered.

Liu Xu held her sword in one hand and unleashed a burst of sword energy, scattering the approaching black mist behind her. But the black mist, which had just dispersed, gathered again from all directions and closed in once more.

At this moment, Liu Xu's expression grew increasingly solemn, and a hint of pain appeared on her pale face.

She had just fought the blood demon and suffered serious injuries, and her spiritual energy was also severely depleted. Escaping from the blood demon's grasp was now highly unlikely.

The willow catkins leaped and fell into the valley below.

He turned his head, his voice icy and tinged with a hint of gritted teeth: "Let go?"

Li Chuqiu looked up and met a pair of cold, angry eyes staring at him.

Li Chuqiu coughed lightly, reluctantly releasing her grip, and casually changed the subject: "What should we do now?"

Liu Xu, not bothering to argue with Li Chuqiu, looked up at the approaching black mist and said in a deep voice, "You, stop him for me!"

Li Chuqiu: "?"

Dear Vice Commander Liu, what nonsense are you spouting?

He's a powerful demon of the fourth realm, and you expect me, an ordinary person who can't cultivate, to stop him?

Are you sure you haven't had your brain damaged by that blood demon?!

Seeing Li Chuqiu's puzzled expression, Liu Xu's heart sank. Her voice was cold and anxious: "Just hold him off for a moment... I need some time!"

"quick!"

"Otherwise, we'd both die here today!"

After saying this, Liu Xu quickly sat cross-legged on the ground and closed her eyes.

The next second, it seemed as if some kind of energy began to circulate around her, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered around her at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Li Chuqiu suddenly looked up, and the black mist in front of her was already approaching.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took out a Qi Condensation Pill from his pocket and put it in his mouth. He drew his sword, touched the ground with his toes, and leaped into the air. The horizontal sword in his hand gleamed with a dazzling light as he headed straight for the Blood Demon in the black mist.

"Insects, you're asking for death!"

The Blood Demon grinned maliciously.

He had already seen through this young man; he was not a cultivator at all. Although his martial arts were somewhat strange, they were nothing but ants before his true form.

He roared at Li Chuqiu, the deafening sound seemingly capable of shaking one's mind.

At that moment, Li Chuqiu felt a sharp, splitting pain in his head. It was as if something had struck his head heavily, causing him to tremble all over and freeze in place as he drew his sword.

At the same time, a cloud of black mist rushed towards Li Chuqiu with lightning speed. Li Chuqiu instinctively raised his sword to try to stop the black mist.

"Snap!"

The moment the black mist touched him, a noticeable crack appeared on the horizontal sword specially made by the Tianxuan Division in his hand. This crack spread and expanded at a visible speed until…

The blade shattered, breaking into pieces!

The black mist instantly pierced through Li Chuqiu's body, sending him flying dozens of meters before he crashed heavily into the cliff face of the valley behind him.

"puff!"

Li Chuqiu coughed up a mouthful of blood and was seriously injured on the spot, losing his fighting ability.

The gap is too big...

No matter how hard he tries, it's like throwing an egg against a rock.

There is absolutely no chance of winning!

With overwhelming strength, no amount of genius can help.

Li Chuqiu struggled to lift his head and looked at the willow catkins not far away... He had done all he could; he couldn't stop them.

Now it's all up to her!

If she didn't have any trump cards, the two of them would probably have committed suicide here today.

At this moment, the Blood Demon's eyes were filled with a sinister grin.

"You destroyed my clone, so today I will drain your blood to pave the way for my own path."

The Blood Demon lunged at Li Chuqiu, about to deliver the fatal blow, when it suddenly sensed something, abruptly stopped, and turned to look in the distance.

In my line of sight, Liu Xu was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her eyes tightly closed, making a strange hand gesture.

An invisible aura surrounded her, and as her gestures changed, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around her was continuously pouring into her body at an extremely terrifying speed.

Meanwhile, Liu Xu, who had been severely injured and whose spiritual energy was greatly depleted, was also experiencing a rapid increase in her internal energy at a visible rate.

Fifth Realm, Middle Grade...

Fifth Realm, High Grade...

Peak of the Fifth Realm...

……

The Blood Demon's pupils suddenly contracted.

Forbidden technique?!

This girl is actually using forbidden techniques to forcibly increase her strength level?!

How could she know such forbidden techniques?

The Blood Demon was instantly horrified. He no longer cared about killing Li Chuqiu, turned around and roared as he pounced on Liu Xu.

We must stop her immediately...

We can't let her continue like this!

A sense of fear welled up in the Blood Demon's heart. He was enveloped in black mist and increased his speed to the maximum.

Just as it was about to reach Liu Xu, Liu Xu suddenly stopped gesturing and opened her eyes.

An unprecedented chill emanated from her eyes, as if the temperature in the world had suddenly dropped, plunging from the sweltering summer into the dead of winter!

The air currents surrounding Liu Xu dissipated, replaced by an undisguised and ever-expanding surge of powerful spiritual energy!

"The Fourth Realm?!"

The Blood Demon's eyes widened in horror, its roar echoing across the heavens and earth as it tried to tear Liu Xu apart in an instant.

But the next second, a blinding white light appeared.

The exquisite glass pagoda appeared above Liu Xu's head, radiating light and frantically devouring the surrounding black mist.

The blood demon, upon first contact, let out a bloodcurdling scream. He recoiled in horror, staring at the willow catkins in his line of sight.

She was slowly getting up, staring at him coldly.

At this moment, the willow catkins underwent a complete transformation.

She waved her hand gently, and the silver sword fell into her palm.

Immediately, his figure vanished from the spot.

The Blood Demon's pupils constricted sharply, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart.

The fear instantly instilled a sense of dread in him, and he retreated almost instinctively.

"what!"

A sword aura swept across, cleaving through the black mist.

The Blood Demon let out a scream, and blood splattered everywhere.

The black mist dissipated, revealing Qin Yan's狰狞 (zhengning, meaning ferocious) and terrified face once more. His face was deathly pale, his body flushed crimson, and he stared intently at Liu Xu: "You, how do you know such forbidden techniques?!"

Liu Xu didn't speak; her response was the approaching sword energy.

Extremely fast!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Blood Demon turned and ran without looking back...

He doesn't want to die!

This girl has already raised her strength to the fourth realm using forbidden techniques. Once their realms are equalized, he will have no advantage against her.

This girl's sword is terrifying; he felt he could be killed instantly with a single strike at any moment!

After twenty years of arduous training, and finally about to return to his peak, the Blood Demon did not want to die here, much less take any risks.

So he got scared and wanted to run away!

But Liu Xu didn't give him that chance.

Her aura surged to its peak, and her sword energy crisscrossed, densely blocking the Blood Demon's retreat.

"Ah...don't force me!"

A scream rang out, followed by the furious voice of the Blood Demon.

But then, the glass tower floated up to the top of the blood demon's head and suppressed him!

Having entered the fourth realm, Liu Xu's spiritual power seemed to be endless, and she activated the demonic power on the Blood Demon.

The Blood Demon struggled frantically and viciously, but it was powerless and could only watch helplessly as the life force within its body was being ruthlessly drained.

"Aaaaah... you little brat, I'll never forgive you!"

The Blood Demon's furious roar echoed through the mountains as he charged wildly, spreading a terrifying aura as he made a final, desperate struggle.

Until, Qin Yan's body suddenly stiffened on the spot, no longer moving.

Then, a cloud of black mist surged from his body, rushing wildly into the distance. But before it could move, it was sucked into the glass tower.

"Ahhh..."

A piercing scream rang out until finally, the black mist was completely absorbed, and the scream abruptly stopped.

The world was silent!

It seems like everything is over!

Liu Xu stood still, a strange look appearing in her beautiful eyes.

Before she could even catch her breath, she suddenly heard a voice behind her: "Be careful... he might still have a clone or remnant soul hiding!"

Liu Xu was startled, then suddenly remembered something. Twenty years ago, this Blood Demon seemed to have escaped death by burning its essence blood.

Realizing this, Liu Xu immediately took out her Spirit Mirror, infused it with spiritual power, and the mirror surface instantly emitted a dazzling light. As the mirror scanned the surroundings, it quickly discovered a weak, remnant soul mist within Qin Yan's body!

The black mist clearly hadn't expected to be discovered and instantly tried to flee frantically.

But just as it emerged from Qin Yan's body, it was instantly cleaved apart by a sword aura.

"Ah... I am not reconciled, ah..."

The roar was filled with deep resentment, and eventually vanished without a trace.

Dissipate completely.

Qin Yan, who was standing still, collapsed with a thud.

There was no sound.

His consciousness had been completely devoured by the Blood Demon. Now that the Blood Demon was dead, he was left with only a body.

Liu Xu sheathed her sword, then put the glazed pagoda into her palm and hid it in her sleeve. She turned around, looked at Li Chuqiu who was sitting against the cliff not far away, and stepped closer.

She stopped right in front of him, stared at him, and hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Li Chuqiu felt a little uneasy under her gaze... The Blood Demon was dealt with, but this woman wasn't planning to deal with him as well.

To silence them, perhaps?

But Liu Xu didn't say anything, only stared at him with cold eyes for a moment.

He turned around, about to leave.

But at that moment, her expression changed slightly, and her delicate body trembled.

The next second, her aura dissipated visibly, and in the blink of an eye, the aura that had initially reached the fourth realm plummeted to the peak of the fifth realm... the upper grade of the fifth realm...

Finally, all her life force vanished, she lost her balance, collapsed to the ground, her face pale, her hands lightly supporting her weight, her delicate body trembling slightly.

A hint of pain appeared on that exquisitely beautiful face.

This scene startled Li Chuqiu, but she quickly realized something: "Are you alright?"

Liu Xu did not answer Li Chuqiu's question. Instead, she forcibly used a forbidden technique to raise her cultivation level by one.

However, the price of using forbidden techniques is obviously severe!

This forbidden technique is one of the top secret skills of the Celestial Master's Mansion. She had learned it by accident, and her master had strictly forbidden her from using it.

But today, facing the threat of this blood demon, at this critical moment of life and death, she had no choice but to use it for the first time.

Although she had anticipated it, she still underestimated the aftereffects of this forbidden technique.

His internal energy was completely drained, and even his cultivation level dropped to the sixth realm.

Even worse... the injuries she had previously suppressed by her cultivation level had relapsed, and the severe injuries she sustained in the fierce battle with the Blood Demon had returned, causing her to tremble all over in pain.

At this moment, she had no strength left, and was not even as strong as an ordinary, weak woman.

Li Chuqiu had obviously noticed this as well... She seemed to be seriously injured?

It seems like I can't move yet?

Just as he was about to say something, he seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up alertly.

At this moment, Liu Xu, who was extremely weak and enduring her injuries, suddenly turned around to look...

She seems to have forgotten something?!

...Is she here today to capture a powerful demon?!

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A low, arrogant laugh suddenly echoed from the valley, reverberating continuously.

Soon, a figure in white quietly appeared in their line of sight, looking smugly at Liu Xu, who was in a weakened state.

"I never expected this! I never expected to get such a bargain!!"

Upon seeing the figure in white, Liu Xu's eyes instantly turned icy. This demon was none other than the powerful demon she had been chasing all day from within the city!

"The direct descendant of the Celestial Master's Mansion truly lives up to its reputation; I am filled with admiration!"

A strange glint flashed in the white-clad figure's eyes as he stared at Liu Xu: "I thought I wouldn't escape your grasp today, but unexpectedly, this blood demon has done me a great favor!"

"This is simply a godsend!"

Liu Xu stared coldly at him: "Who exactly are you?!"

"I am Feng Wuhen!"

The figure in white slowly approached Liu Xu, her smile growing wider, and the burning passion in her eyes undisguised.

"I had long heard of the reputation of the direct descendant of the Celestial Master's Mansion. Today, I have finally seen her. She is indeed stunningly beautiful and beyond compare."

"I wonder if Miss Liu is as aloof and captivating, pure and immaculate as the rumors suggest?"

"Today, I'd like to have a taste..."

"..."