Chapter 589: Mortal?

Chapter 589: Mortal?

The dark orb rolled on the ground. Hui eyed the blood splatter again. He swallowed.

Well, uh my apologies, senior! I really thought you were an enemy. Howd you get this far out, if you really were a mortal? Ah! Such tenacity! Although its too late, let this small cultivator admire your inner strength.

No, no. Maybe all is not lost. I still have the phoenix fire. Maybe I can rebuild his body his soul shouldnt have dispersed yet, right? Yes, yes. A small mistake, one easily fixed. Ahhh, how bold Ive become since my stint as a reaper! How inured to taking human life! I need to readjust my mental state. Return to my usual stable demeanor! This world has tainted me, truly tainted me!

Waving his hand, Hui called out to the dark orb. It floated up out of the gore, then abruptly stopped. Hui frowned at it. He waved his hand again, calling harder this time. The orb trembled, but stayed locked in place.

Huh? Is there some kind of spatial lock on the orb? Hui stepped toward the blood splatter.

Just as he was about to step onto it, the blood splatter moved. Coming to life, it crawled toward itself, forming a puddle in the center of the clearing. The puddle congealed together, then reformed into the hunter, still holding the orb.

The hunter looked up at Hui, their eyes flashing with a vicious light that hadnt been there before. He smirked slowly, shifting his weight onto one leg and popping his hip out in an unusually feminine pose for a hunter.

So you saw through my blood clone, the man said, in a high-pitched feminine voice. The hunter waved the orb back and forth temptingly. Incredible. No one else has ever seen through it.

Mmm. I understand why, Elder Sister. Truly, it is an impressive death-faking technique! Hui praised her, nodding. Im learning so much today. So many new techniques to consider!

Ah! So it was a blood clone. I dont know what a blood clone is but I think I understand what happened now! In fact, Elder Sister likely prevented this clone from having a qi signature by

Would it mean anything to you if I did? the hunter asked, tilting his head.

Hui nodded. Ive been to the Eight Tiers Palace before.

Surprising, for a frog in the well to know of the outside world! The hunter laughed, then nodded. In that case, why dont I tell you? I represent the Sixth Tier. The Blood Tier. Before we joined the Eight Tiers Palace and the Eastern Alliance, we were a legendary sect of demonic healers.

Demonic healers hmm. I bet I could learn a lot from them.

Ah! Not not that Im planning to join the Eight Tiers Palace, no, no. Hui shook his head. He offered her his palm and nodded at the orb. Will you hand my children over? Or will we fight?

The hunter looked at the orb. Tilting it, he held it up to the sun. A single beam of pale sunlight struck the dark orb and illuminated it, turning the dark crystal translucent. Within, two tiny forms could barely be seen, like the stripes of paint inside a marble: white-haired Bai Xingxue, and dark-haired Li Weiqi. Both laid asleep, seemingly unharmed and unperturbed.

Huis heart twinged. Anger welled up inside him. His shoulders straightened, and his fists clenched. He stared down the hunter, barely repressing the urge to dash for it. Thats what she wants. Shes provoking me right now.

The hunter laughed. He tucked the orb away. His body shifted, changing into a flat-chested woman with long bangs and a tight-tied ponytail. A dot of red makeup colored each of her cheeks. She was attractive, but in the way avant-garde models are attractive. She lifted her hand and pointed at Hui with fingernails the color of bloodnot painted, but colored that way, the same way pill cultivators hair and nails changed color from exposure to pills. This Shue Yinyue will fight.

Then this Weiheng Hui will defend, Hui returned gently, cupping his hands to her.

With a laugh, Shue Yinyue darted at him.