"..."
Beneath the veil.
A look of unmistakable astonishment flickered in the woman's eyes.
It seemed she never expected this girl from the Human Race before her would dare to use such a tone... and speak such words.
Then.
An uncontrollable surge of fury erupted.
"I hope your tongue remains just as sharp when you're begging for mercy later."
As soon as she finished speaking.
She no longer held back.
She indifferently raised her slender hand, her fingers flying as she formed hand seals to cast a spell.
Billowing purple energy instantly poured out from the Demon Palace and flooded into her body.
Compared to those Loose Cultivator demons who could only rely on crude methods like dao chess pieces.
As a direct descendant backed by the profound heritage of the Southern Immortal Palace, her methods were naturally far beyond the ordinary.
She activated the hand seal in her grasp.
"Phoenix's Arrival!"
This was a genuine supreme spiritual technique.
When the Shao music is played nine times, the phoenixes come to pay court.
The melody was high-pitched, clear, and resonant.
The harmonious cries of the phoenixes were clanging and sonorous; hearing them was heartening, clearing all darkness. Their sound possessed the power to leap across the Nine Provinces and spread to the Four Seas.
In an instant, the purple Qi transformed into waves of sound filling the sky, with terrifying pressure bearing down on the Figure in Black.
"..."
Jiang Yuechu's muscles tensed as she was about to move.
Suddenly, an azure figure cut in without warning, standing firmly in front of her.
With a wave of his wide sleeve.
Sword Qi crisscrossed, forcibly shattering the sky-filling cries of the Phoenix.
Fairy Bihai's movements faltered. She narrowed her long, thin eyes and stared intently at the middle-aged man in azure.
"Get out of my way!"
"My apologies, I cannot."
"What do you mean by this? Is the Jieqing Sect intending to become an enemy of my Southern Immortal Palace?"
True Lord Linghan stood with his hands down, his lips curling into an undisguised sneer. "Others call you 'Little Palace Mistress' out of respect, but do you really think you're the master of the Southern Immortal Palace?"
"If your father were standing here today, he might be able to say those words. As for you... are you even worthy of representing the Southern Immortal Palace?"
"..."
Although what he said was the truth.
Fairy Bihai could not bear to hear it!
She laughed out of extreme anger, her eyes brimming with killing intent.
"Good... good... very good."
"I will certainly report everything that happened today to my father..."
True Lord Linghan shook his head, too lazy to waste any more words.
If it weren't for your father wanting to use the Jieqing Sect to get rid of that disgraceful burden, Immortal Lord Guanlan.
Would the Jieqing Sect really be so bored as to come and congratulate a demon on his birthday?
Seeing that the man before her was unmoved and determined to block her path.
Fairy Bihai gnashed her teeth in resentment.
Suddenly.
She abruptly turned her head to look behind her.
Two other young Disciples of the Jieqing Sect had appeared at some point, standing to the left and right behind Immortal Lord Guanlan.
The Sword Qi was bone-chilling, and the killing intent was awe-inspiring.
"..."
She seemed to realize something and felt a strange sense of sadness.
Her most relied-upon support...
...was now betraying her.
Recalling what she had just said, she felt it was all becoming rather pointless.
"Heh..."
She gave a bitter laugh.
Suddenly, she shouted sharply at the demons filling the villa, "What are you all standing around for?! Protect my husband! I shall reward you handsomely afterward!"
After saying that.
Fairy Bihai let out an angry roar, her previous calm and composed demeanor gone.
Eight dao chess pieces manifested from the purple mist.
Two white.
Four green.
Two blue.
Eight phantoms roared as they charged downward in unison.
This Little Palace Mistress of the Southern Immortal Palace had not only attained eight dao chess pieces but also possessed two spirit grade dao chess pieces.
The purple Qi was vast, its pressure as deep as an abyss.
Facing such a terrifying display.
True Lord Linghan's expression remained indifferent as he slowly raised a hand.
Billowing azure-blue mist whistled out from his sleeve, instantly tearing through the sky-filling purple clouds.
A massive central palace, cast entirely from green jade, boomed into existence in the sky.
The palace halls were cold and somber, unlike ordinary palaces.
It looked more like an inverted Sword Tomb.
Thousands of strands of Sword Qi materialized, weaving through the azure-blue mist.
Nine dao chess pieces swept out from the Sword Qi to meet the eight phantoms.
The entire Guanlan Villa fell into complete chaos.
...
The Human Cultivators present watched this scene in stunned silence.
Their expressions shifted uncertainly.
They didn't know why the Jieqing Sect had suddenly changed its attitude.
If it was because they couldn't stand seeing Cultivators like them being bullied by demons.
Then why didn't they act when Jiang Yuechu was being harassed by the Black Water Immortal Lord earlier?
But if it wasn't that...
For a moment, everyone was hesitant, standing in place and not daring to move.
High in the sky.
The purple Qi and the azure-blue Sword Qi collided with a boom.
Fairy Bihai stared at True Lord Linghan ahead.
Beneath her veil, her expression was no longer calm and lazy.
Nine dao chess pieces.
Although there was only a one-piece difference between them.
At this Realm, a difference of a single piece was a vast chasm.
Moreover, the opponent was by no means an ordinary Loose Cultivator, but one who hailed from the Nine Great Dao Sects like the Jieqing Sect.
His foundation in the Dao of the Sword.
...was not much weaker than hers.
And she knew better than anyone exactly what kind of person her husband was.
Without her full support along the way, with his inferior background as a common Carp Spirit, he wouldn't have even touched the threshold of the Chess Player Realm if he practiced until death.
He merely possessed the Realm of six dao chess pieces.
His methods were crude and unbearable, with no foundation to speak of.
Against two Disciples carefully nurtured by the Jieqing Sect.
How could he have even the slightest chance of winning?
In likely less than ten rounds, his head would be severed by those two azure blades.
At this thought.
She grew increasingly anxious.
What to do... what to do...
This was the husband she had personally chosen!
No matter how inferior his background or how pathetic his strength... even if he wanted to lord it over her.
How could she just stand by and watch him die!!!
Suddenly.
She thought of something.
She abruptly turned her head and shouted downward, "You fool! Has your Chess Player Realm cultivation gone to the dogs?! Kill this woman, and I shall reward you handsomely afterward!"
Black Water Immortal Lord, whose head was being pinned down firmly by Jiang Yuechu's single hand, shuddered violently.
Just now, he had been suppressed by this Human Race girl with one hand.
For a moment, he was completely dazed.
His mind was filled only with thoughts of how to break free from that slender, fair hand.
But he had forgotten.
That he was a grand Great Demon of the Chess Player Realm!
In this Yunmeng Township, a battle between Chess Players was a contest of foundations!
Who would act like an uncivilized beast, competing only in Physical Body strength?!
"Roar—!"
Black Water Immortal Lord let out an earth-shaking roar.
On his massive body, every black scale stood on end as violent demonic power erupted from within him.
A Water Mansion Demon Palace, emitting a strong, foul stench, boomed into existence above his head.
Amidst the churning waves.
Five dao chess pieces, emitting a ghastly white radiance, emerged from the depths of the Demon Palace.
Though they were all Common-grade.
He still had the cultivation of five dao chess pieces.
The five dao chess pieces did not sweep out to face the enemy as they usually would.
Instead, as the Water Mansion Demon Palace trembled, they transformed into five streaks of cold light.
All of them surged backward.
All of them flooded into the massive Catfish Demon body.
With a boom.
The huge head that had been pinned down firmly by a single hand.
Accompanied by the piercing sound of bones popping, it actually managed to push itself up, bit by bit.
Hmm?
Jiang Yuechu was slightly taken aback.
Feeling the resisting force beneath her hand increase several-fold, she didn't rush to increase her strength to pin him down again.
Instead, she fell into thought.
Although she had stepped into the Chess Master Realm.
She truly knew very little about the application of methods at this Realm.
Previously, when she condensed her dao chess pieces, she only treated them as having gained a powerful fighter.
Now, having watched the battle between the two in the sky and witnessing Black Water Immortal Lord's desperate counterattack.
A suspicion faintly formed in her mind.
dao chess pieces weren't just for sending out as external objects... it seemed they could also directly augment oneself?
Black Water Immortal Lord's eyes were blood-red. Using the brief burst from the five dao chess pieces entering his body, he finally forced the hand open an inch.
He laughed wildly, his mouth full of jagged fangs. "Now... what do you have to fight me with?"
Hearing this.
Jiang Yuechu silently increased the strength in her hand and slapped him back down again.
"What are you shouting for? Don't interrupt my train of thought..."