Perish Together

Nie Xuan looked at his severed hand, blood dripping steadily.

"As expected of my son, you are very strong."

He spoke as if praising him, but Nie Xuan's eyes were filled with resentment.

"Show me your full strength!"

Nie Chengwen lightly flicked his bone claws, scattering drops of blood.

His figure blurred as he launched another attack.

"You still delude yourself into thinking you can defeat me with what I taught you?"

Nie Xuan sneered, manifesting similar bone claws on his hands.

From his severed stump, sharp claw blades also extended, cold and razor-sharp.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the vast, empty hall.

Two figures clashed rapidly!

The powerful qi shattered the mirror-smooth floor, sending webs of cracks spreading outward.

Dark spiritual energy surged around Nie Chengwen!

Beams of light coiled around him like serpents, sealing off Nie Xuan's movements.

Whoosh!

A pair of massive black wings sprouted from Nie Xuan's back.

Purple flames, as if rising from hell itself, instantly dispersed the dark spiritual energy enveloping Nie Chengwen.

The two powerful spiritual energies vibrated in the air!

The two figures clashed rapidly throughout the hall!

Purple flames swept across!

Black vortexes surged!

Under the impact of their immense spiritual power, the entire hall teetered on the verge of collapse, with rubble tumbling down.

Thud!

Finally, Nie Chengwen's body smashed violently against the wall.

After hitting the ground, he coughed up mouthfuls of blood, his entire demeanor growing noticeably sluggish.

By now, his body was covered in crisscrossing wounds, blood gushing freely.

It was clear now that his power level was far below Nie Xuan's!

He had thought they would be evenly matched, but he had still underestimated Nie Xuan's strength.

Nie Xuan strode over. After the brutal battle, he wasn't in much better shape.

Four claw marks marred his aged face, nearly slicing it open.

Nie Xuan's eyes were sinister as he said in a deep voice, "If you had a few more hundred years, I definitely wouldn't be your match. It's a pity you were too impatient."

Nie Chengwen didn't speak.

Slowly, black vein-like patterns identical to Nie Xuan's appeared on his face, making him look terrifying and bizarre.

Even his bone claws were wreathed in a layer of black light.

On the ground, surging dark spiritual energy blanketed the entire hall like a tidal wave.

"You, you..."

Nie Xuan's expression shifted slightly as he instantly realized Nie Chengwen's intention.

He wanted to lock him down!

Without a second thought, Nie Xuan spread his purple wings, flapping them to take to the air and flee.

"Can you escape?!"

A cold voice rang out from below.

Nie Xuan looked down, only to find that Nie Chengwen had also spread wings from his back and his large hand was tightly gripping his ankle.

"Let go!"

Nie Xuan roared viciously, swinging his bone claws down and piercing straight through Nie Chengwen's lungs.

Blood trickled from the corner of Nie Chengwen's mouth, but the expression on his face grew even colder.

Then, he crushed a silver metal sphere in his hand.

Silver light flickered.

This was world spiritual energy!

Nie Xuan's face changed slightly; he understood.

Nie Chengwen was using world spiritual energy to store something!

"Let me show you a little gadget I developed in the secular world!"

Nie Chengwen said indifferently, "Let's go to hell together!"

He detonated a specially made oval-shaped metal sphere!

In that instant!

The entire Profound Domain was lit up, as bright as day.

A terrifyingly massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

In a flash, a radius of dozens of miles in the Profound Domain was engulfed in flames...

"Cough! Cough!"

Nie Xuan opened his mouth, coughing up mouthfuls of blood as he stood up from the scorched ruins.

His hunched body looked even more broken.

His body was now completely charred black, pierced and battered beyond recognition.

But even so, he was still alive!

"Hahaha, fool! My body died hundreds of years ago!"

Nie Xuan let out a chilling laugh.

This was followed by another violent fit of coughing.

The powerful impact had made it impossible for his physical body to sustain itself any longer.

Clearly, Nie Chengwen's attack wasn't entirely ineffective against him.

A vortex appeared.

Mo Gu's figure stepped out from the vortex.

"Your Highness!"

Mo Gu bowed respectfully.

Because he possessed world spiritual energy, he had escaped from this world at the very first moment.

"How well was it preserved?"

Nie Xuan asked, staring at Mo Gu with burning eyes.

Mo Gu shook his head and sighed, "Not even a bone remains."

Although he had chosen to protect Nie Chengwen's corpse at the very first moment.

The timeframe was simply too short; he didn't even have time to act.

"Gone!!"

Nie Xuan trembled all over with anger.

Nie Chengwen possessed his bloodline, making him even more effective than the third-generation Nie Qinglan.

To think that in the end, he couldn't even preserve the corpse.

"Given the current situation, there's only one last resort!"

A ruthless gleam appeared in Nie Xuan's eyes.

Even Mo Gu's face began to turn pale.

"Spread the word: Nie Xuan, the master of the Hundred Ghosts Sect, has perished together with Nie Chengwen."

Nie Xuan narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of madness.

What he lacked most right now was time!

Although the method was excessively vicious, it was his last way out!

"Yes..."

Mo Gu seemed to understand Nie Xuan's plan, his voice trembling.

This would destroy the entire Profound Domain!

...

Jiangbei City.

A villa.

Nie Qinglan groggily opened her eyes, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Feeling any better?"

An Yi spoke up, asking softly.

"An Yi!"

Nie Qinglan fully woke up. Seeing An Yi, a hint of joy appeared on her face.

"Thank goodness you're alright. You girl, you've been unconscious for four or five days."

An Yi also let out a slight sigh of relief.

When he treated her, it had already been very late, and the snake venom had seeped deep into her bloodline.

He had to call over Zhang Fan so they could treat her together.

On the other side, Zhang Fan said indifferently, "The snake venom has been completely cleared out. There's nothing major to worry about. I'm better at this kind of treatment than you."

An Yi scoffed, "Not necessarily."

Zhang Fan shrugged, too lazy to argue with him.

His system was the Poison Doctor System.

A system centered around the path of medicine!

In his eyes, what made An Yi truly formidable was his Soul-Locking Acupuncture Technique. As for the rest, he really didn't think An Yi was that strong.

"Alright, come on, have some porridge first."

Shen Muxuan carefully helped Nie Qinglan sit up, took a spoon, blew on it gently, and offered it to her.

Nie Qinglan felt a bit bashful and quickly said, "I... I can do it myself."

Seeing that Nie Qinglan's body had mostly recovered, An Yi finally felt truly at ease.

Patter!

Tears slid down Nie Qinglan's cheeks and dripped onto the back of her hand.

An Yi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Nie Qinglan shook her head, but no matter how she wiped, the tears wouldn't stop. Her voice choked with sobs as she said, "I... I don't know why, but my heart hurts so much."