Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Otherwise, once you fall into my hands, I will first seize the Profound Yin Qi within you, then throw you into my secret place where I raise the Joyful Apes, so that those 'little darlings' can have their fun for thousands of years..."

Whoosh!

Swoosh... Swoosh...

Amidst the blood-red dust and deathly silence, a series of cold laughs suddenly rang out from beyond the heavens.

The voice was unusually abrupt. Before the words had even finished, the woman in the black dress had just stepped out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood when more than twenty figures with auras as deep and vast as the ocean descended upon this ancient burial star.

"cough……"

Upon hearing this, Li Qingjue coughed up a mouthful of dark blood, which even contained fragments of internal organs.

Having just survived a bloody battle, her aura was extremely weak at this moment. Her sea of ​​consciousness was almost dry, her Dao Palace was dim, her four poles were about to crack, and her Immortal Platform was almost covered with cracks.

In the battle just now, she single-handedly fought against the encirclement and attack of hundreds of peerless geniuses from dozens of different powerful clans!

Among them are three Saint Kings, and the rest are all at the Saint Realm.

What happened today was clearly a premeditated and deadly attack.

Over the years, ever since she embarked on the ancient road, she has fought her way through countless bloody battles.

In every battle, victory is assured. He extracts the essence and life force of his opponents to refine himself, causing his physique to undergo repeated transformations, growing stronger with each battle, gradually instilling fear in many cultivators.

As a result, some people with ulterior motives secretly stirred up trouble, spreading rumors that she might possess a "demonic inheritance from the immortal realm".

Years have passed, and now this news has spread to many ancient regions along the Ancient Road of Myriad Races, attracting the attention of countless beings.

The hundred or so cultivators who had been slaughtered by Li Qingjue were just one of the more powerful groups surrounding him.

They laid an ambush here, setting up a deadly formation, determined to seize its destiny and annihilate this "anomaly" whose rapid rise had already unsettled many of the proud sons of the ancient road.

The bloody battle lasted for eight days and nights.

Li Qingjue concealed his divine secrets with a ghost mask, unleashing unparalleled killing techniques. Amidst the encirclement, he first beheaded three Saint Kings, breaking through the formation's core, and then engaged in a bloody battle.

In the end, the enemy was wiped out, but the enemy also paid an extremely heavy price.

tick...

At this very moment, amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, blood beads were still dripping from the hands of the woman in the black dress.

She struggled to raise her left hand, pulled out an ancient bronze ring, and clutched it in her blood-stained palm.

The ring had lost its luster, and the two beams of light that once shone within it were now reduced to just one.

One of them was from three years ago, when she first came to this "Golden Ancient Road" area where all ethnic groups converge.

Faced with an attack from a shameless alien Great Sage, they had no choice but to use...

Finally, she escaped danger, turned the tables on her powerful enemy, and extracted all the essence and blood of that Great Sage, further elevating the life level of her "mortal body"...

Today, more than twenty towering figures from beyond the heavens look down upon us.

Faced with such a desperate situation, it seems that she also has to use the last protective talisman left to her by her master?

But she quickly dismissed the thought as soon as it arose.

She clenched her teeth so tightly that she could even hear the grinding sound of her own teeth.

It cannot be used!

Absolutely not!

Master... the one who gave her a ray of alternative "dawn" during her lonely despair as a child.

The dearest teachers and mentors who pulled her out of the cold world and gave her a new life and a path to enlightenment have long since passed away.

Although she later unexpectedly encountered the other's "reincarnation" in the homeland of Beidou.

But she hasn't reached the pinnacle of this kind of thing yet, hasn't reached a certain level, so who can say for sure?

How can we be sure that it was our master?

Especially when they first met, the other person seemed to have no memory of the past...

This bronze ring was the only thing her brother left her, a protective item left to her by her master, and one of her last cherished memories.

It was her most precious possession. Today, the bronze mask that her master had "gifted" her had cracked, and she felt her heart was bleeding. How much more so if something were to happen to this bronze ring...

In her eyes, this thing was more important than her life!

Three years ago, when the clear light within the ring was automatically activated and then vanished, the pain in her heart far surpassed the physical trauma.

For her, it was not only her trump card for survival, but also a possible final "connection" with her master.

Although I have personally witnessed the wisp of remnant spirit that my master was attached to completely disappear, what if it happens?

What if each of these rays of light actually contains the lingering remnants of Master's will?

With such thoughts in her mind, even though she knew it was impossible, she was so stubborn that she couldn't even straighten herself out!

Now, she would rather die than use this last glimmer of light!

This was her unwavering belief, and also her steadfast adherence to the promise she made to her master in the past.

She wanted to rely on her own strength to continue down this arduous path to the summit, to reach the end, and to see the view from the highest point.

Struggling through the mortal world, waiting for my brother and master to return, even if the hope is slim...

But... her injuries are too severe right now, and her condition is too poor!

Attracted by the commotion of the battle, the twenty-odd people who descended again all possessed the cultivation level of a Saint King.

However, she herself had not yet reached that level, and her sea of ​​consciousness was on the verge of collapse, with her foundation on the verge of crumbling.

Given her current condition, let alone fighting the enemy, even maintaining the status quo and managing her own health would be extremely difficult.

"Am I going to die here...?"

At that moment, a lonely thought flashed through my mind.

But then, that thought was quickly burned away by an even stronger fire of resentment!

Do not……

She can't die!

She had not yet achieved enlightenment, nor had she seen her master and brother return. How could she possibly fall here?!

Should we really use the last ray of light within the ring?

But if she doesn't use any help, can she get out of this predicament on her own...?

My thoughts are wandering.

Li Qingjue struggled amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, trying to unleash his divine power to soar into the sky and confront those figures.

however.

The moment she moved her body violently, it aggravated her most serious internal injury, causing her to spit out another mouthful of blood and her vision to go black.

"Hahahaha... What? The battle just now exhausted all your strength, and now you don't even have the strength to answer a single question to us?"

Beyond the heavens, amidst the sight of these prodigies, one of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.

One of the alien prodigies with the body of an ape-beast smacked his lips and shook his head:

"If that's the case, it's truly a pity. I was thinking that after capturing this demon, I'd like to hear how her moans during bed scenes differ from those of other female human cultivators..."

"Hahaha, Brother Hu, you're really in high spirits! How about I join you then?"

"Wonderful, wonderful..."

The voices of the crowd echoed in all directions, but this was a dead star, and there were no extra people to listen to their clamor.

Li Qingjue ignored their voices and focused on connecting the blood sea patterns around him with his own energy.

This was something she had casually set up during the previous bloody battle, out of habit, and now it served as her last buffer against those people.

This is also one of the reasons why those people did not use ruthless methods against her the moment they arrived.

Those who dominated the ancient road and stirred up storms were all shrewd individuals from various ethnic groups; few were truly fools.

They had all heard about "that incident" three years ago. Even though the formation of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood was no longer an obstacle, everyone present was still wary of Li Qingjue's last resort!

Neither of them wanted to make the first move, so they engaged in a playful exchange, testing each other's limits.

However, this also gave Li Qingjue a brief respite.

"Huh...huh..."

She coughed up a mouthful of blood and sat down cross-legged, each breath bringing a burning pain to her chest.

With trembling right hand, she took out a jade bottle, poured out the last healing pill radiating rich life essence, and put it into her mouth.

Wow!

The elixir, refined from a small medicinal herb, immediately dissolved in her mouth.

The mild medicinal effects barely stabilized her condition, but her injuries were too severe, and her condition was unlikely to be reversed in the short term.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

Whoosh!

Swoosh... Swoosh...

But then, on the back of this ancient burial star, seven or eight equally powerful figures silently appeared and approached the vicinity of the mountain of corpses in an instant.

It turns out that not all of the people who appeared from beyond the sky were here. The reason they showed up so early was simply to draw the attention of the "demon."

The other group waited for an opportunity to strike, looking for a weakness in this sea of ​​blood formation. If they launched an attack now, they were confident they could break through in one fell swoop!

"kill!!"

At this moment, the mountain of corpses trembled, and the people from beyond the sky rushed in to attack.

Seeing this, Li Qingjue had no choice but to give up healing and struggled to get up again.

Almost simultaneously, the bronze ring she was holding in her left palm, with its invisible radiance, rippled slightly without warning!

In an instant, a gentle lingering sorrow, like a trickle, soothed the wounds inside and outside her body.

At that very moment, a voice that seemed to span eternity appeared in her ears, sighing:

"Foolish child, why do you do this..."

"Master???"

Upon hearing this, Li Qingjue was stunned, his heart churning with emotion.

But her joy lasted only a moment.

The next instant.

A strange sense of panic welled up inside her.

"No...no, Master, I...I could still hold on..."

Li Qingjue's mind was racing as he tried to communicate with the source of the voice and dissuade it from taking its next action.

Her black hair fell loose, and the wild dance of her strands carried a poignant beauty.

At this moment, almost instinctively, she used the last bit of strength and will she had just recovered to suddenly form a hand seal!

A complex ancient Dao pattern condensed in her palm, and then, carrying a dense sealing power, it struck the bronze ring instantly!

Yes, this seal was not used against enemies, but rather to block the bronze ring from contacting the outside world.

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Chapter 164 Heartbreaking Pain (Bonus Chapter of 5K Characters, Please Vote!)

hum...

The seal solidified, encasing the bronze ring perfectly.

Li Qingjue's heart pounded, his emotions filled with conflicting feelings.

She didn't want the last ray of clear light to be unleashed; she was afraid of it being unleashed!

They feared that this might be the last trace of their "Master" remaining in the world, and that it would completely disappear!

Even though her master had told her personally that she had sacrificed everything from the past, this backup plan would slowly fade away over time, and would eventually disappear in a hundred years at most...