Hongluan looked at Yan Hongluo with worship, her peach blossom eyes seemingly twinkling with stars.
So domineering.
This was her master indeed.
"This is a true villain..." Gu Qing thought to himself.
That's right, according to system detection, Yan Hongluo was a major villain.
While Yaoyao and Hongluan were female leads.
Although he didn't know why Yan Hongluo, a villain, was together with two female leads, she was indeed a villain.
Additionally, Lin Xuan had truly kicked an iron plate this time.
Yan Hongluo telling Lin Xuan to kneel and offer his treasures was absolutely not empty talk—in Yan Hongluo's view, that was simply how things should be.
In a world where the strong ruled supreme, the weak were like ants.
Sometimes living was more terrible than death—death could be a form of liberation.
"Yaoyao..."
Lin Xuan felt ten thousand horses galloping through his heart when he heard Yan Hongluo's words.
A rage rushed straight to the top of his head.
Both being at the Divine Fire realm, and he even possessed an External Avatar—how dare Yan Hongluo tell him to kneel, offer treasures, and then kill him!?
Yan Hongluo was simply an unreasonable madman.
His trading套路 that had always worked before had no effect on Yan Hongluo whatsoever—instead, it backfired.
Of course, Lin Xuan also knew that now wasn't the time to completely fall out with Yan Hongluo.
Eliminating Gu Qing was the priority.
The urgent matter was to call Yaoyao out first.
With Yaoyao's innocent and kind nature, she definitely wouldn't allow Yan Hongluo to collude with Gu Qing.
"It seems you didn't take my words seriously."
"You're the first person who dares to treat my words as wind past your ears. I will make you taste the pain of ten thousand demons devouring your heart, never to be reborn."
Yan Hongluo smiled coldly, a long whip appearing in her hand.
"Wait..."
However, before Lin Xuan could finish speaking, the long whip had already descended with world-destroying power.
Under this whip, even time and space seemed to solidify.
Lin Xuan felt an incomparable pressure—not only could he not dodge, he could barely even move.
Yan Hongluo's strength was even greater than he had imagined.
Lin Xuan's pupils contracted as he watched the whip approaching from afar. It seemed slow, but was actually faster than time itself.
Even as he tried to activate his External Avatar, the thought had barely formed when the whip had already landed.
With a boom, Lin Xuan was directly sent flying by a single lash.
"Power of the Great Dao?"
A look of surprise appeared in Yan Hongluo's eyes.
Without that power of the Great Dao blocking it, Lin Xuan's physical body would have already been destroyed by her whip.
However, power of the Great Dao could only be condensed by Immortal Emperor-level enlightened beings. Did this mean Lin Xuan had an Imm Emperor protecting him?
If so, things would be troublesome.
"Yan Hongluo, you madwoman! If you don't want to trade, fine, but why would you try to kill me?"
Lin Xuan seethed with hatred. He and Yaoyao had a deep sibling bond, and he had even saved Yaoyao—which meant he had saved Yan Hongluo too.
After all, the two were symbiotic—one prospered with prosperity, one suffered with loss.
Yet Yan Hongluo not only wasn't grateful, but colluded with Gu Qing to put him to death.
She was simply an inhuman she-demon.
Gu Qing was also dumbfounded—Yan Hongluo's strength had exceeded his expectations.
Gu Qing subconsciously used his Dao Eye to take another look at Yan Hongluo, and she sensed it, glaring back at him.
But he had already seen what he should and shouldn't see.
Yan Hongluo was indeed an Immortal Emperor's remnant soul, but her remnant soul was much more complete than He Ni's.
Probably even if a Heavenly God realm expert came, they wouldn't be a match for Yan Hongluo.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing felt incredibly fortunate.
Fortunately, before coming, he and Zhi Meng hadn't directly come knocking.
Otherwise, he would have been in danger.
And fortunately, Hongluan, this little demon, had fallen for his handsome and charming appearance and interesting soul.
Thinking this, Gu Qing withdrew his thoughts and looked at Lin Xuan.
"Let me tell you why."
Once Lin Xuan's power of the Great Dao appeared, Yan Hongluo would likely overthink—or rather, make up stories in her head—and become wary of Lin Xuan, not daring to act.
Then she would be intimidated by Lin Xuan's various bluffs and threats, and the villain would be stripped clean of everything.
He knew this plot all too well.
But others didn't know—how could he not know Lin Xuan's background?
This power of the Great Dao was definitely given to Lin Xuan by the system.
Before his voice faded, Gu Qing had already reached out to grab Lin Xuan.
His Star-Seizing Hand blotted out the sky, revealing immortal and indestructible divine dao laws, like a perfect universe world, suppressing Lin Xuan.
With the enhancement of the Calamity Black Dragon, he was at the peak of the Divine Fire realm.
And he could use any divine ability and secret technique he had learned.
Of course, if he used the innate divine abilities and secret techniques that came with the Calamity Black Dragon, the power would be even greater.
"Divine Fire realm peak..."
Everyone present was dumbfounded, their hearts racing.
They never expected that Gu Qing, who in their eyes was only at the Venerable realm, was actually at the Divine Fire realm.
Wasn't Gu Qing a prodigy in his early thirties?
How had Gu Qing cultivated to the Divine Fire realm?
The thought flashed by as Lin Xuan solemnly gazed at the Star-Seizing Hand.
Even though the Star-Seizing Hand hadn't arrived yet, its incomparable majestic power had already suppressed him to the point he couldn't move.
All of this told Lin Xuan that Gu Qing was absolutely a genuine Divine Fire realm—with no watered-down cultivation.
Thinking this, Lin Xuan took out his Immortal Cauldron and smashed it over.
With a boom, the Immortal Cauldron smashed into the Star-Seizing Hand, which paused for a moment before firmly grasping the cauldron.
Gu Qing directly put the Immortal Cauldron into his Primordial Ruyi Pagoda, then continued using the Star-Seizing Hand.
He wanted to see exactly how many treasures Lin Xuan had.
Thinking he could use the same methods against him as against Zhi Meng—Lin Xuan was really overthinking things.
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