Chapter 274: Elder Xuan Performs Consistently: It's All This Old Man's Fault!
Finally, the Ice Empress from Douluo II realized that something was wrong.
She suddenly opened her eyes and once again saw an adorable girl with emerald-green twin tails.
But this time, she no longer thought she was still half-asleep.
Raising both of her scorpion claws, she angrily shouted,
"Who are you?! How dare you impersonate this empress! Are you challenging me?"
"I'm warning you, change back into your original appearance immediately, or don't blame this empress for being merciless!"
Hearing the Douluo II Ice Empress's threat, the Ice Empress paid no attention to it and simply reached out with her hand toward her.
"How dare you!"
The Douluo II Ice Empress shouted angrily and tried to resist.
But faced with an Ice Empress who already possessed god-level strength, she had absolutely no ability to fight back.
As expected, the Douluo II Ice Empress was effortlessly caught in the Ice Empress's hand and treated like a toy.
"Ahhh! This is the greatest humiliation of my life!"
Being played with like a toy left the Douluo II Ice Empress both furious and helpless.
This outsider was simply too powerful.
She wasn't even her opponent.
Just then...
Snow Empress and the Douluo II Snow Empress also arrived.
Already on the verge of tears, the Douluo II Ice Empress saw the two women appear, and her already less-than-brilliant mind completely shut down.
"W-What is going on?"
"Why are there two Xue'er?"
After sensing them carefully, she found that aside from the difference in the strength of their auras, the two were almost completely identical.
Seeing the Ice Empress playing with an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Snow Empress smiled helplessly.
"Bing'er, don't bully your sister like that."
Hearing those words, the Ice Empress released the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion in her hand.
"Alright, Big Scorpion. I won't tease you anymore."
After escaping the Ice Empress's grasp, the Douluo II Ice Empress immediately looked toward the two Snow Empresses in the distance.
"Xue'er, what's going on?"
"Why are there two of you?"
"And what's with this impostor beside me?"
The Douluo II Ice Empress pointed one of her massive scorpion claws at the Ice Empress.
"Big Scorpion, you still dare point your claws at me?"
"Believe it or not, I'll pick you up and play with you like a toy again."
The Ice Empress deliberately threatened her.
Hearing that, the Douluo II Ice Empress immediately withdrew her giant scorpion claws.
However, the way she looked at Ice Empress was still filled with resistance.
"Bing'er, let me explain."
"It's like this..."
The Douluo II Snow Empress stepped forward and began explaining the origins of Ice Empress and Snow Empress to the Douluo II Ice Empress.
"What?!"
"I actually fell for some stinky man?!"
The Douluo II Ice Empress shouted, waving her enormous scorpion claws up and down, clearly unwilling to believe such a thing.
At that moment, the Ice Empress flicked her forehead without hesitation.
"What do you mean you fell for some stinky man?"
"That's my husband."
"You should call him brother-in-law, Big Scorpion. Got it?"
Rubbing her aching forehead with her scorpion claws, the Douluo II Ice Empress pouted pitifully.
"I know..."
"Just don't hit me whenever you feel like it."
Ice Empress immediately retorted,
"That's because you deserved it."
"Ah Yuan is the best person in this world."
"I won't allow you to call him a stinky man."
Just as the Ice Empress was busy educating the Douluo II Ice Empress...
Inside the Star Dou Great Forest.
"One by one, all my companions have fallen..."
"I'm the only one left..."
"Elder Xuan, where exactly are you?!"
A graceful and gentle-looking woman covered in blood cried out unwillingly.
Her name was Zhang Lexuan, the senior sister of Shrek Academy's Inner Court.
This time, she had entered the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her eighth soul ring.
Eleven other Inner Court members had accompanied her.
By chance, they had encountered a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
However, because Elder Xuan had become separated from the group, they were forced to face the hundred-thousand-year soul beast on their own.
After a fierce battle, the hundred-thousand-year soul beast was already gravely wounded.
But they had paid a tremendous price for it.
Of the Shrek Academy members who had entered the forest with her, every single one had died at the hands of that hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Only Zhang Lexuan remained alive.
Just then...
The heavily injured hundred-thousand-year soul beast let out a furious roar before launching another fierce assault.
Seeing this, Zhang Lexuan no longer had the luxury of worrying about Elder Xuan's whereabouts.
Only by killing this hundred-thousand-year soul beast could she safely leave the forest alive.
At that very moment...
A spatial rift suddenly appeared above Zhang Lexuan and the hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Two breathtakingly beautiful women stepped out from within it.
One wore a golden dress, her exquisite appearance resembling that of an angel.
The other was clad in a light purple gown, her eyes filled with domineering authority, like an empress.
The two peerless women who had descended upon the world of The Unrivaled Tang Sect were none other than Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
Looking at Zhang Lexuan and the hundred-thousand-year soul beast below, Bibi Dong said,
"A Moon Martial Soul... and a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. It seems this young woman is a member of Shrek Academy."
After recognizing Zhang Lexuan's identity, Bibi Dong immediately summoned her spirit soul companion.
"Zi Ji, you're a soul beast."
"You should persuade that hundred-thousand-year soul beast to leave."
As soon as Bibi Dong finished speaking, a charming woman dressed in purple appeared.
She was Bibi Dong's spirit soul companion—
The Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi Ji.
"Leave it to me."
Zi Ji also understood the state of the current world.
The soul beast race harbored deep hatred toward humanity.
If they wanted to convince this hundred-thousand-year soul beast to retreat, she would have to intervene personally.
Zi Ji released a trace of her bloodline pressure before transmitting a few words through her divine sense.
Immediately, reverence appeared in the hundred-thousand-year soul beast's eyes.
It then turned around and prepared to leave, intending to recover from its injuries elsewhere.
Watching the hundred-thousand-year soul beast escape unharmed, Zhang Lexuan's heart was filled with anguish.
That hundred-thousand-year soul beast was responsible for killing every one of her companions.
Now, just as she was about to kill it...
It had been released by these mysterious experts who had suddenly appeared.
"Little Lexuan, I've finally found you."
Just then, a scruffy old man appeared beside Zhang Lexuan.
It was none other than Elder Xuan, the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.
"Senior Xuan!"
"We encountered a hundred-thousand-year soul beast."
"Everyone... everyone died because of it."
"I'm the only survivor."
"Where were you just now?!"
Zhang Lexuan cried bitterly.
If Elder Xuan hadn't suddenly disappeared, they would never have suffered such a tragedy.
"Lexuan... this was my negligence."
"After we return, I will personally confess my mistakes to the elders of the Sea God Pavilion and to Elder Mu."
"Whatever punishment they decide upon, I will accept it."
Elder Xuan's face was filled with guilt.
He never should have gotten greedy and run off to catch those large chickens in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Now...
Eleven Inner Court disciples had died because of him.
He was a sinner of Shrek Academy.
Thinking of this, Elder Xuan fixed his gaze upon the departing hundred-thousand-year soul beast, releasing an overwhelming pressure of soul power.
"You damned beast!"
"You dared slaughter Shrek Academy's disciples!"
"I'll grind your bones to dust this very instant!"
With a furious roar, Elder Xuan thrust out his palm with all his might toward the retreating hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
"Old fool."
"Are you pretending I don't exist?"
Seeing this, Zi Ji let out a cold snort.
Purple-black soul power gathered around her before condensing into a gigantic palm.
The enormous purple palm slammed into Elder Xuan, sending him flying before he could even attack.
He crashed face-first into the ground in an utterly undignified heap.
End of Chapter
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