Gu Wanlan's figure was indeed very fast.
Dressed in white, she carried a resolution to die, her Sword Intent charging forward with indomitable will.
But someone was faster than her.
A slender palm pressed down on her shoulder.
The white-clad figure, who had been rushing out, was unable to move forward for an instant.
Gu Wanlan turned her head abruptly.
A flash of astonishment crossed her bloodshot eyes.
What met her gaze was the calm face of the young girl.
"Let go!"
Jiang Yuechu did not let go; she only looked at her indifferently.
"If you go, what else can you do besides throwing away another life?"
"My Master... has only one last chance for Lamp Lighting left... Am I supposed to just watch him die?"
Jiang Yuechu was silent for a moment.
Although she didn't know what the 'Lamp Lighting chance' meant, seeing the other's worried expression... she could probably guess its meaning.
The so-called Commander-in-Chief of the Demon Suppression Division was nothing more than a title she had heard a few times to her.
Logically speaking.
Life and death in this world are determined by fate.
If someone is willing to die for a great cause, that is their choice. Others should only watch, whether with admiration or sorrow; there is no reason to interfere.
But Jiang Yuechu suddenly felt a bit irritable.
This irritability came without any reason.
Perhaps it was because along this journey, she had seen too many corpses under broken walls.
She had seen too much of the commoners' despair as they struggled to survive in the mouths of demons.
Now, she had finally found a 'tall person' who could handle things.
Yet he was to die so tragically... it truly did not sit well with her.
Jiang Yuechu frowned slightly.
Since it wasn't good, she would change it.
Moreover... Jiang Yuechu's gaze pierced through the sky full of fire and light, looking deep into the valley.
A Great Demon Saint... the previous few Mountain Gazing Realm Demon Sovereigns had contributed nearly two hundred thousand years of Dao Cultivation to her.
If she could kill this big fellow in the Lamp Lighting Realm... what kind of staggering wealth would that be?
At this thought, the irritability weighing on her heart dissipated slightly.
Jiang Yuechu released the hand she had on Gu Wanlan's shoulder.
"Step back."
"I..."
"This Princess orders you to step back!"
Gu Wanlan was startled and wanted to say more.
She only saw that figure in black clothes already passing by her side.
"Your Highness..."
Lü Qinghou, who had caught up from behind, looked utterly bewildered.
What's going on?
Why did Junior Sister Gu stop... but Her Highness is continuing to dive in?!
Could it be... *hiss*—
An utterly absurd thought occurred to him.
It shocked the Left Demon Suppression Envoy into taking a cold breath.
Yes!
He admitted it.
This Highness was indeed an unreasonable Prodigy.
With those thunderous methods just now, one person and one halberd had flattened four Mountain Gazing Great Demons in an instant.
This level of strength was enough to compete for the top spot among all Mountain Gazing Realms in the Great Tang.
One could even say.
Looking at the whole world.
As long as she didn't encounter anyone above Lamp Lighting, Her Highness could walk horizontally across this world.
But... that's a Lamp Lighting Realm!
No matter how good you are at fighting in the same realm, what's the damn use!
No!
He absolutely couldn't let Her Highness be so reckless!
Lü Qinghou snapped back to his senses and wanted to continue the pursuit.
But the golden rainbow was simply too fast.
In the blink of an eye.
She had already crossed layers of air waves and landed in the center of the valley.
"Shit..."
...Sword Qi traverses thirty thousand miles, a single sword light chills nineteen provinces.
White Jade Tower had not felt this way for a long time.
With his heart fire burning his body.
Surging True Yuan dissipated in all directions, and the long sword in his hand let out a joyful, vibrating hum.
Clang—!!!
Another head-on clash.
Purple fire and white light exploded.
Huiyue Great Sage let out a muffled groan, his figure retreating violently for a hundred yards.
The fierce fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don't value their lives.
White Jade Tower's style of completely abandoning defense, attacking without guarding, and only seeking mutual destruction made him feel it was very troublesome.
"Old dog! How much longer can you hold this breath?!"
Huiyue Great Sage shrieked, his hands forming seals. The sky full of purple fire transformed into a thousand-foot giant python, opening its bloody maw, intending to swallow that white light in one gulp.
White Jade Tower laughed loudly, his black hair dancing wildly.
"Long enough to kill you!"
Though the words were spoken boldly.
The accounts still had to be calculated carefully.
In the current situation, even if he lit his heart lamp and his Qi was temporarily peerless.
Wanting to completely suppress and kill the Great Demon Saint before him was no different from a fool's dream.
As long as the lamp oil was not exhausted, it was an immortal body.
No matter how heavy the injury, no matter how tragic the defeat, with just a thought, one could reverse the heavens and earth.
He, White Jade Tower, had only this one last chance.
After this time, the oil would be gone and the lamp would go out; dust to dust, earth to earth.
And that Demon Saint opposite him—who knew how many unlit heart lamps he still had hidden?
This was a game destined to be lost.
The iron sword in White Jade Tower's hand trembled slightly, Sword Qi like a rainbow, forcing back the purple fire.
A self-deprecating smile curved his lips, but his eyes became increasingly clear.
But even so... with this current body, to be able to consume one more Lamp Lighting chance from this beast was worth it for the Great Tang and for those juniors who were still growing.
"Whew..."
Taking a deep breath, White Jade Tower called out softly.
"Huiyue."
"In my life, even after entering the Lamp Lighting Realm, I never truly created any martial arts techniques."
"Only this single sword strike, I have pondered for hundreds of years."
Behind him, the Void Realm suddenly twisted.
There was only a patch of nothingness.
And within that nothingness, thousands of sword hums suddenly played in unison.
"Now... watch closely!"
As the words fell.
The sword struck.
In an instant, White Jade Tower's figure became blurred.
As the saying goes, myriad transformations have no beginning or end.
Fourteen Swords of Myriad Transformations.
It can transform into all things; seeing flowers, it is infinitely graceful; seeing the sea, it is boundlessly surging.
It can transcend beyond the sword, with no self and no other.
Huiyue Great Sage's expression froze, feeling as if bursts of cold light were stabbing his entire body.
Nowhere to evade.
Nowhere to hide.
Because this heaven and earth... were all swords!
Huiyue Great Sage shrieked, the purple fire around him surging frantically.
However.
*Pfft*—
A soft sound.
Following that was the continuous sound of shattering.
Huiyue Great Sage's proud Demon Saint body, under the strangulation of the omnipresent Sword Intent, instantly disintegrated.
Flesh melted, and bones turned to powder.
In just a flick of a finger.
He actually transformed directly into a cloud of tragic, beautiful blood mist, dissipating between heaven and earth!
Silence.
Only White Jade Tower stood holding his sword, his Qi that had just recovered to its Peak now decaying at a terrifying speed.
"Heh..."
White Jade Tower looked at that miserable remnant body, a flash of satisfaction in his eyes.
However.
The next instant.
Boom—!!!
The purple fire that had already dimmed suddenly erupted upon the remnant body.
Flesh wriggled, and bones regenerated.
In the blink of an eye.
Huiyue Great Sage, who should have been dead, actually stood in the Void Realm once more, completely intact.
Even his ceremonial robes were restored to their original state.
Only on that bewitching face was a look of lingering fear.
"White Jade Tower!!!"
Shit, shit, shit!!!
This old dog... how could this old dog be strong to this extent?!
Huiyue Great Sage was terrified in his heart, cold sweat drenching his back.
If this old thing had held a few more Lamp Lighting chances in his hand... the one who died today.
Would have been him, Huiyue!
At this thought, the killing intent in Huiyue Great Sage's eyes became even more rampant.
"Good, good, good..."