CH 95

Villainous Master (17)

During the journey, Ning Jing Yu overcame five obstacles and defeated six enemies. Despite the battles becoming increasingly lengthy, she remained undefeated.

During the fights, Ning Jing Yu continued to block Song Xu Yi’s senses, but after the battles, she revealed the gruesome corpses on the ground.

The corpses were all dried up, resembling lifeless husks, while Ning Jing Yu’s beauty only became more radiant, almost blinding to behold.

Even after being attacked by numerous demons, Ning Jing Yu emerged unscathed. Song Xu Yi pondered what kind of formidable power the previous Demon Lord possessed to have inflicted such severe injuries on Ning Jing Yu, forcing her to retreat for so many years.

The dried-up corpses further confirmed Song Xu Yi’s suspicion that Ning Jing Yu could no longer suppress her demonic aura. It was likely that she had absorbed the demonic aura of these corpses to increase her own power.

As various thoughts raced through her mind, Song Xu Yi felt increasingly conflicted, but she concealed her true feelings from Ning Jing Yu, continuing to act oblivious.

As they journeyed on, the blood-red sky grew weaker, and a faint light appeared on the horizon. The surrounding area became more spacious, and the scent of blood grew stronger.

Song Xu Yi had no idea what lay ahead, but she knew they were about to leave this place.

Before entering the formation, the Demon Lord had warned that “Seventy demon heads of the Black Water Pool have gathered here,” and throughout their journey, Song Xu Yi had been counting the number of demon beasts and cultivators.

Apart from the demons outside, the two had already faced 69 Black Water Pool demons, leaving only one more to deal with before they could reach the exit.

However, Song Xu Yi was not overconfident as she knew the strongest demon would be guarding the final checkpoint, and there could be more traps and schemes awaiting them after they left.

As the stench of blood grew stronger in the air, they came across the last wave of demons. It was a massive blood pool with a deep red color that almost appeared black, emanating a pungent smell of blood.

“Stay away from it,” Ning Jing Yu cautioned Song Xu Yi, eyeing the blood pool. “You are a spirit body, and even a drop of demon blood from this pool can penetrate your spiritual roots.”

Suddenly, a strange voice with a yin-yang tone interrupted, “Oh, Immortal Ning really cares for your little disciple; it’s quite enviable!”

To their surprise, the final wave of demons was much smaller than the previous ones. Only the current Demon Lord and a peculiar-looking demon with ancient totems painted on his face and horns were present.

It was unclear what the Demon Lord did, but her face regained its beautiful appearance, radiating dazzling brilliance. She looked at Ning Jing Yu and smiled seductively.

“Immortal Ning, you can still change your mind,” the Demon Lord gazed at Ning Jing Yu with silky eyes, her soft voice penetrating to the bones. “If you return to the demon world, I will hand over the position of Demon Lord, and we can share the prosperity of the Three Realms…”

Ning Jing Yu, however, seemed to not have heard her voice, her expression unchanged.

“It seems that Immortal Ning does not want to return to our world,” the Demon Lord’s smile gradually disappeared, looking at Ning Jing Yu with the familiar hatred that Song Xu Yi recognized, a token suddenly appeared in her hand –

The token depicted a black dragon that Song Xu Yi had seen before, emitting a faint demonic energy.

Ning Jing Yu narrowed her eyes and looked at the Demon Lord seriously for the first time.

“Let’s escape!”

Before Ning Jing Yu could speak, the timid demon next to the Demon Lord trembled and knelt down, crying and holding onto the Demon Lord’s clothes. “I’m really scared! My illusions can’t trap Ning Jing Yu at all! I tried once a hundred years ago, and her heart was full of hatred. Her will was as strong as steel. I was almost destroyed by her that time, and I still haven’t recovered…”

“A mighty dream demon, how can you be so cowardly!”

The Demon Lord seemed surprised that the dream demon was so fearful of Ning Jing Yu, and angrily scolded him. She drew her sword and pressed it against the weeping dream demon’s neck, gritting her teeth. “Do you think she won’t kill you in the future if you don’t act now? Now is our only chance!”

“Besides, you may not necessarily be unable to trap her this time.”

The Demon Lord’s gaze quickly scanned Song Xu Yi beside her, then turned to Ning Jing Yu, raising the wooden plaque in her hand. “Immortal Ning, you must recognize the demonic energy on this wooden plaque, right?”

“Today, as long as you can come out of the dream demon’s illusion, I will tell you where Ning Kui is!”

Song Xu Yi frowned, feeling that this matter was not so simple. Just as she was about to speak to stop it, Ning Jing Yu’s gaze swept over the wooden plaque and then glanced at the blood pool behind the Demon Lord. She spoke in a cold voice, “Alright!”

“Master-“

Song Xu Yi grabbed Ning Jing Yu’s sleeve, but before she could persuade her, Ning Jing Yu interrupted her, “I know what you want to say.”

“But Ning Kui is like a thorn in my heart. I won’t be at peace until Ning Kui is dead.”

“Xu Yi,” Ning Jing Yu smiled and brushed Song Xu Yi’s hair, shedding her usual coldness and distance. Her eyes revealed a bit of obvious tenderness and longing, “Only when Ning Kui is dead can I completely abandon everything and live with you the way we agreed before.”

“I really like those days.”

When a usually aloof and seemingly indifferent person suddenly becomes gentle, like a lotus blooming on top of a snow mountain, they become even more precious because of their rarity, making people stunned and wanting to cherish them carefully, unable to generate any thoughts of refusal.

Watching Ning Jing Yu like this, the words that Song Xu Yi wanted to say were stuck in her throat and she could not say them. She took a deep breath and could only whisper, “Then, master, please be careful…”

Song Xu Yi wanted to say something else, but the Demon Lord next to them saw their situation and the jealousy in her eyes was almost overflowing. She sneered and interrupted Song Xu Yi, “Does Immortal Ning feel afraid and want to delay time?”

“Master, I want to watch you!” Seeing Ning Jing Yu set up a protective formation around herself, fearing that Ning Jing Yu would once again block her vision and hearing, Song Xu Yi quickly spoke up, “Otherwise, I won’t feel at ease…”

Ning Jing Yu was taken aback, but ultimately granted Song Xu Yi’s wish and did not block her vision, only warning her, “The Demon Lord is very cunning, don’t fall into her trap.”

Song Xu Yi nodded repeatedly, watching as Ning Jing Yu stood before the two menacing Dream Demons. The Dream Demon released a strange gray smoke that engulfed Ning Jing Yu’s entire being…

Almost in the instant that the Dream Demon swallowed Ning Jing Yu, the Demon Lord suddenly produced a small bottle from her hand. From the bottle, she took out a lock of black hair that fell to the ground. Song Xu Yi watched in horror as the lock of hair transformed into her own likeness, then took the Demon Lord’s Divine Slayer Sword and entered the smoke…

The Divine Slayer Sword was a legendary divine weapon, and if it pierced someone’s heart, not even the Great Immortal Luo could save them.

“That’s a lock of hair from your own body. I had to go through a lot of trouble to obtain it from someone else,” said the Demon Lord. She seemed eager to see Ning Jing Yu lose her composure, and attempted to break through the protective formation around Song Xu Yi that Ning Jing Yu had placed. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could only hover about five steps away from Song Xu Yi, looking at her resentfully. “Guess what, can the Ning Jing Yu in the illusion recognize this puppet with your aura? What would it feel like to be stabbed in the chest by your closest disciple?”

“Tsk tsk, it’s a pity I can’t witness that scene myself!”

Song Xu Yi remained silent, only staring at the changing gray mist.

She couldn’t say she wasn’t worried, but Ning Jing Yu was incredibly talented, and Song Xu Yi didn’t think she would be tricked by a mere puppet.

“Do you know who Ning Kui is?”

Seeing that Song Xu Yi didn’t speak, the Demon Lord changed the subject: “You don’t know? Your master is not an Immortal. Her father Ning Kui’s true identity is a demon dragon. In order to hide the fact that she has demon blood, Ning Jing Yu wanted to kill Ning Kui and keep this secret from everyone…”

Song Xu Yi’s eyes flickered, and she secretly took out a recording stone to capture the Demon Lord’s appearance, but she pretended to look shocked and said to the Demon Lord, “It’s impossible. How could my master have demon blood?”

“Your master really doesn’t dare to tell you the truth,” the Demon Lord saw Song Xu Yi’s shocked expression and her smile became brighter, “Your master is a monster, half-demon and half-immortal. Do you think she took you in with good intentions? She just wanted to use you as a furnace when your cultivation reached its peak!”

“Don’t try to deceive me,” Song Xu Yi widened her eyes, looked hesitant, and retorted, “How do you know all this?”

“Of course, Ning Kui told me,” the Demon Lord said.

“You’re definitely lying!” Song Xu Yi took a deep breath and continued to argue, “If what you said is true, how could Ning Kui, who is being chased by my master like a stray dog, dare to contact you in the Demon Realm?”

“Ning Kui naturally has his own way,” as if remembering something, the Demon Lord’s eyes curved with complexity, “I didn’t expect Ning Kui to look like this now. If he didn’t contact me first, I wouldn’t even recognize him!”

What did Ning Kui become?

However, the Demon Lord was very vigilant and didn’t say anything more after this sentence. She looked at Song Xu Yi with a deliberately sympathetic gaze and said, “I didn’t believe these things when I first heard them either, but they are all facts…”

Song Xu Yi pursed her lips and lowered her head, putting away the stone.

She had obtained some clues and had no intention of dealing with the Demon Lord any further. However, the Demon Lord’s expression became even more insane when she saw that Song Xu Yi did not react.

“Do you know what this blood pool is? It’s the heart of the Black Water Pool formation, and the rolling blood inside contains corrosive demonic energy. Your master is lucky, so I set up two deadly traps for her. When she comes out of the formation, I’ll push her into the blood pool–“

“Who let her think she was above everyone else? It’s just a pity for her unique and beautiful body, which will fall into the blood pool and be completely destroyed—”

“At that time, do you want to jump into the blood pool and accompany her?”

……

Song Xu Yi didn’t want to bother with her: the Demon Lord was too confident! Countless demons have died under Ning Jing Yu’s hands, how could Ning Jing Yu be defeated by a dream demon?

However, to Song Xu Yi’s surprise, not long after, accompanied by a scream, the dream demon who was setting up the formation suddenly let out a painful cry, fell forward, and died spitting blood!

What happened?

Song Xu Yi widened her eyes and looked towards the rolling black mist—

The dream demon died, the hovering gray mist dissipated, and after seeing the scene in the mist, Song Xu Yi was almost about to burst into tears–the fake Song Xu Yi’s sword had stabbed into Ning Jing Yu’s chest, and Ning Jing Yu held onto the sword, blood dripping down. She clenched the fake Song Xu Yi’s throat with one hand, lowered her eyes as if pondering something, but hesitated to make a move.

“Master!” Song Xu Yi shouted loudly!

This shout seemed to awaken Ning Jing Yu. Ning Jing Yu turned her head and looked at Song Xu Yi, tightened her fingers, and the fake Song Xu Yi lightly fell down and turned back into a strand of long hair. Song Xu Yi was surprised at the intense affection Ning Jing Yu had towards her when she looked at her. Almost instantly, the Demon Lord beside her swung her sword—

The sword carrying immense spiritual power fell on Ning Jing Yu, and Ning Jing Yu’s body fell into the blood pool like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

The Demon Lord seemed to have not expected to actually hit Ning Jing Yu. She was stunned in place, Song Xu Yi widened her eyes, and watched Ning Jing Yu fall into the blood pool, her whole body submerged in blood…

Her heart felt like it was suddenly being squeezed, and she suddenly couldn’t breathe—

Almost at the same moment that Ning Jing Yu fell into the blood pool, something seemed to suddenly break in her mind, and the long-lost system came online again. Song Xu Yi’s eyes lit up, and before she could say “System, can you find a way to save my master?”, the system had already breathed a long sigh of relief—

“Xu Yi, you don’t know how difficult these days have been for me! Fortunately, the villain has finally died!”