Ye Huohuo felt her strength growing incessantly, suddenly possessing an impulse to disdain everything. It seemed even deities were beneath her notice; she felt her power could shake the heavens and earth, summon winds and call rain.
However, this immense strength came with a price: her soul felt as though it was being consumed by flames. The more powerful she became, the more fiercely her soul burned.
At this moment, Ye Huohuo only wished to find the person who dared to deceive her using her parents' likeness. She wanted to grip him in her palm and crush him into powder.
She was unaware that her soul currently appeared with disheveled black hair, crimson eyes, and had long since departed her physical body, chasing after a faint, elusive scent.
She wasn't afraid of it being a trap, for now, she could tear any trap to shreds. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Soon, she saw a ritual altar. It was the same black-robed figure she had seen before, his hands as thin as withered bones, constantly forming hand seals in the air. His shadow had detached from his body, and everything that had happened was orchestrated by his shadow.
Now, that shadow was slowly merging back with his body.
Suddenly, a cold laugh echoed from the air, "Giving up so soon? Are you sure your mission is complete?"
The black-robed figure was greatly startled. He hadn't expected Ye Huohuo's soul to be able to travel so far from her body and find him so quickly.
However, this person was no stranger to adversity. Without panicking, he reacted with incredible speed, controlling his shadow to directly lunge towards the direction of the voice.
Although it appeared to be merely a shadow, the physical damage it inflicted was real, a fact already confirmed in the Li Corporation's building. Even more potent was its damage to the soul.
The black-robed figure had previously defeated Ye Huohuo's soul. Had Master Ba Ge, the senior disciple, not arrived in time, Ye Huohuo might have been scattered into oblivion then.
Now, he was one hundred percent confident in using the shadow against Ye Huohuo's soul, so he was not alarmed.
But to his surprise, as the shadow lunged towards the sound, it passed through empty air. There was nothing there.
Instead, a light chuckle came from behind the black-robed figure, "Wrong, I'm over here!"
Immediately, a powerful force surged towards the black-robed figure. Without the slightest hesitation, it carved a crack in the ground wherever it passed.
The black-robed figure was greatly alarmed. He frantically somersaulted backward several times, narrowly dodging fatal blows. However, a deep gash was opened across his back.
The wound was deep enough to reach the bone, and blood instantly gushed out. Despite being clad in black, the blood dripping from the hem of his robe betrayed his injury.
The blood flowed in a continuous stream. The black-robed figure urgently sealed several major acupoints on his body to stop the bleeding. However, the wound was too deep and severe. He could only slow the bleeding, but the blood loss remained significant. If it continued like this, he would be dead within half an hour.
The black-robed figure wore a large black mask that completely concealed his face. Perhaps because it was nighttime, he did not wear sunglasses like he had during the day.
Although his features were hidden, his eyes were visible, filled with terror at this moment.
"How... how did you become so powerful?"
He was unaware that Ye Huohuo's strength had been sealed. The current Ye Huohuo, with her seals fully unleashed, was more than a match for him, let alone several others.
Ye Huohuo's soul materialized in the air, clad in white, her long black hair flowing as if by an unseen wind. Her eyes glowed with a red light, her lips were vividly red, making her complexion appear even paler, and her teeth seemed eerily white.
"There's still much you don't know, but you won't get the chance to learn it. Today is your death anniversary. How dare you challenge my limits time and time again!"
Ye Huohuo clearly had no intention of wasting words with him. With a sweep of her hand, five cold glints shot towards the black-robed figure's chest.
If they struck him, they would directly rip a gaping hole in his chest and tear out his heart.
The black-robed figure's heart lurched. Instinctively, he raised his arms to block his chest with both hands, while simultaneously controlling his shadow to stab at the back of Ye Huohuo's soul.
He reasoned that even if his shadow's strike didn't hit Ye Huohuo, the moment she dodged, he could use this opportunity to escape with the Divine Movement Talisman.
But all his calculations were thrown off when Ye Huohuo didn't dodge at all. Without even a moment's hesitation, she lunged with her claws directly towards his chest.
Fortunately, he managed to block with his hands. However, both his hands were pierced by Ye Huohuo's fingernails, and the tips of her nails dug into his chest, less than a centimeter from his heart.
The black-robed figure was horrified. Abandoning his hands, he forcefully pushed outward, managing to wrench his body free from Ye Huohuo's fingertips.
At the same moment, his shadow pierced into Ye Huohuo's soul.
However, the moment the shadow entered, it vanished like a clay ox entering the sea, disappearing into Ye Huohuo's soul.
The black-robed figure could no longer concern himself with whether his shadow could be retrieved. His sole priority was to escape and preserve his life.
But his hands were still impaled by Ye Huohuo's fingers and held captive, preventing him from fleeing.
Ye Huohuo let out a cold laugh. "You are quite capable, a shame you dared to oppose me. I cannot let you live."
If it were the usual Ye Huohuo, though she hated evil, she wouldn't be so murderous. But now, with her seals fully unleashed, her killing intent had also multiplied exponentially. Her actions were ruthless and left no room for mercy.
This was also one of the reasons her master, Xuan Ji Zi, had sealed her strength. After all, accumulating too much karma from killing would further worsen her luck.
As Ye Huohuo spoke, she reached out with her other hand towards the black-robed figure.
She had initially planned to hold his hands with one and shatter the crown of his head with the other, ending his life with a single strike.
But to her surprise, when she brought her palm down, it met empty air.
Her opponent was indeed a formidable foe, severing his own hands to save his life, and using his blood to perform a blood escape technique.
Ye Huohuo saw a spray of blood mist rise, instantly obscuring her vision. She waved her sleeve, and as the mist dispersed, the black-robed figure had vanished without a trace.
Ye Huohuo's soul hovered in the air, raising her hands to look at the two severed hands held in her grip. The red light in her eyes flickered. "Want to escape? It's not that easy. You're injured, and I can sense your blood essence. Today, even if you flee to the underworld, I will drag you out!"
But just as she was about to pursue, her soul body suddenly trembled, with a faint sensation of dissipating.
What was happening? She sensed her body being possessed!
Today, she had truly encountered someone who wasn't afraid of death, daring to enter her Sea of Consciousness to possess her!
She could no longer pursue the black-robed figure. After all, compared to his life, her inability to return to her body was far more critical. What use would killing the black-robed figure be if she herself perished?
Moreover, the black-robed figure, without hands and his shadow gone, was effectively a cripple even if he survived. So, she decided to let him go for now!
Thus, she immediately turned back.
What she never expected was that upon returning to the outside of her body, she discovered it was her second senior brother, Qin Chu, inside her Sea of Consciousness.
Although Ye Huohuo's soul, stimulated by the recent events and with her seals fully unleashed, was in an emotional state of frenzy, he was still her second senior brother. Even in her confusion, she remembered not to harm him.
She had intended to return to her Sea of Consciousness and expel Qin Chu, but she hadn't anticipated that the entrance to her Sea of Consciousness had been tampered with by someone, sealing it off.
"Second Senior Brother? What's happening?" Ye Huohuo became anxious. After the recent battle, her soul was burning even more fiercely. If she couldn't return to her body, she would be burned to ashes outside.
Ye Huohuo's body slowly opened its eyes. Li Mohan, A Cheng, and the Lu Qing family on the side couldn't see Ye Huohuo's soul, but Qin Chu could.
However, since he was now inside Ye Huohuo's body, every movement he made appeared to others as if Ye Huohuo was doing it, and every word he spoke seemed to come from Ye Huohuo.
"Why did you go out? I don't know what's happening. Now you can't get in, and I can't get out!"
Li Mohan and the others looked at Ye Huohuo's (actually Qin Chu's soul's) body strangely.
"Who are you talking to? What do you mean 'can't get in, can't get out'?" Li Mohan asked.
Qin Chu ignored Li Mohan entirely. "Your seals are fully open, and your soul is about to burn away. You must return to your physical body quickly, otherwise..."