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Has the outcome been decided?

The audacious gamble left all those who understood the match in awe, especially the elders of the Ziyi Family, who nodded in satisfaction.

Though their girl had always been famous, she never had a notable battle victory to her name, unlike Zhang Zhiyun, whose strength was truly shocking when he single-handedly annihilated an army.

Now that Zhang Zhiyun had lost, and the girl had won the contest through her bold gamble, her status need not be put into words.

Meanwhile, some of the elders possessed by Ancient Demons watched Murong Ziyi’s body with greedy, sanguine pupils...

"Sorry..."

As the shadow of the serpent struck, in an instant, Bai Su turned pitch black and then rapidly disintegrated to ashes under the extreme icy wind, scattering around her.

"You are too formidable; I had to strike with lethal force, otherwise, the one to die... might have been me."

Murong Ziyi bowed slightly, breathing somewhat rapidly; her face no longer cold, with even her hands trembling. Clearly, the excitement of the recent gamble had yet to settle in her heart and body.

It was indeed an unforgettable duel, perhaps the closest she had ever been to death. Shouldn’t she... never forget this battle?

"Sorry..."

But in an instant, a cold voice also appeared behind her, making her freeze completely.

Then, a pitch-black hand pierced through her heart from her back!

In that moment, Murong Ziyi’s body started to turn pitch-black; evidently, this hand contained a fearsome deadly poison.

She stiffly turned her head, only to see a woman covered in ragged snake skin that was visibly shedding to reveal the pale jade-like flesh underneath – it was Bai Su.

"You..."

"Shedding skin... Something Serpent Demons undergo with every transformation, usually, the cunning ones maintain their old skin as a ruse to lure prey. Your experience in combat against Demons is indeed quite shallow. In the guild, no one would fall for this trick..."

"Is that so?" Murong Ziyi managed a bitter smile: "I thought... I was quite formidable."

"Indeed, you are formidable..." Bai Su nodded slightly: "By age, I’m older than even your ancestors, with tens of thousands of years of battling experience, yet I nearly died at your hands.

Your Human Race is really impressive. I wanted to keep you alive for questioning, as I had many things to ask, but that seems impossible now. "

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Murong Ziyi’s facial expression softened: "Then that’s not too... bad."

As she prepared to close her eyes and await death, Bai Su did not opt for mercy just because her opponent had surrendered. This girl was formidable; one moment of carelessness could be fatal. Such a threat could not be met with pity.

Just as she was about to inject the full dose of poison to finish her off, a streak of purple light flashed by.

Mysteriously, Murong Ziyi vanished from Bai Su’s grasp!

This startled Bai Su, who quickly retreated and scanned her surroundings, tense and ready to defend herself.

Could the opponent have another trick up her sleeve?

But as Murong Ziyi disappeared, she distinctly felt the Black Tortoise Barrier around her weakening.

What was happening?

Finally, above the Black Tortoise Barrier, she saw what she’d been hoping to see.

Murong Ziyi was still pitch-black, obviously out of fighting strength, and the person who had rescued her was a woman dressed in purple garments. She had seen this woman before; within Chen Qing’s team, she was the one selected by Heavenly Master Mansion as one of the four candidates: Lady Ziyue.

Bai Su narrowed her eyes at the figure.

She had heard of Zi Yue’s might; even young girls like Yunke’er, at just a few years of age, were able to display extremely frightening Spatial Art, which had deeply shocked her. Naturally, as the representative Sorcerer of Jiangnan, Zi Yue must possess even more unfathomable abilities.

But she had not expected it to be this absurd, to take a person away right before her eyes!

What kind of Spatial Art was this?

Did that mean the opponent could just as easily move her to a desired location?

If that was the case, how should one deal with such an enemy?

"Sorry, this child cannot die yet," Lady Ziyue said, looking at the other party. "You’ve won this round."

Bai Su, upon hearing this, remained vigilant but still bowed respectfully. "My thanks..."

Lady Ziyue gave her a deep look in response but said nothing and disappeared from the spot with Murong Ziyi.

The moment they returned to the Azure Dragon Hall, they were greeted by Zhang Xiaoyun’s cold voice, "Useless!"

Murong Ziyi, weak to the point of exhaustion, couldn’t be bothered to retort and instead looked up with difficulty at Lady Ziyue. "Thank you..."

"There’s no need to thank me..." Lady Ziyue said indifferently. "It was the Old Celestial Master who made the move to save you, and you were saved smoothly because Bai Su did not strike to kill."

"Not strike to kill?" Murong Ziyi felt a chill. What would count as striking to kill then?

"She could have injected you with all the poison immediately. Had she done so, no matter how fast I was, it would’ve been too late," Lady Ziyue stated honestly.

"Why would she show mercy?" Murong Ziyi asked with a bitter smile. "Just to throw my words back in my face?"

"I don’t think she is that frivolous," Lady Ziyue replied coldly. "She’s different from you; she’s a Demon that has fought her way through the void.

If she had such a boasting nature, she would have died countless times by now.

The reason she didn’t strike to kill is probably that she couldn’t bear to. "

"Couldn’t bear to?" Murong Ziyi was stunned.

"Haven’t you noticed yet? That person has an inexplicable fondness for outstanding and young members of the Human Race. She often seems reluctant to destroy them; otherwise, in the previous trials, many more would have died by her hand."

"Is that so?" Murong Ziyi was somewhat startled, feeling an inexplicable complexity within her heart.

A Demon who had survived battles in outer space actually showing pity for humans... How ironic.

"In your plans, the Four Saints Sorcerers must all be indispensable, right?" Lady Ziyue no longer conversed with Murong Ziyi but glanced at the White Tiger Sorcerer who was also saved and whom nearly all spectators thought was dead, but in fact, it was Lady Ziyue who had intervened.

"What now?" Zhang Xiaoyun asked with a sly grin. "Are you afraid that Chen Ying will die?"

"Don’t be so full of yourself," Lady Ziyue said coldly as she looked at them. "You haven’t won a single match yet. Are you so certain you can defeat Chen Qing?"

At these words, Zhang Xiaoyun’s face turned grim. "Princess, are you provoking me?"

"I’m just stating the obvious," said Lady Ziyue, looking around the Azure Dragon Hall. "There’s a Barrier of Azure Dragon Sorcery here, isn’t there? Choosing such a place to fight the Azure Dragon Sorcerer, is it not very normal to have concerns?"

"Please be assured, Princess," Zhang Xiaoyun said ominously. "I’m not like those two useless ones. I absolutely will not lose this match."

"You’d better not!" The Old Celestial Master finally spoke, his usually calm tone now severe. "If you lose, you should know the consequences!"

At these words, a gleam of light flashed deep within Lady Ziyue’s eyes.

The outcome of this trial definitely had implications for their future plans.

"Princess, do you have any doubts?"

Lady Ziyue’s fleeting gleam did not escape the Old Celestial Master.

"You claim I am the Princess of the Blood Demon, so why can I not recover all of my memories?" Lady Ziyue murmured. "Why does the plan seem to withhold information from me?"

"It is precisely because you have not fully recovered your memories that we have reservations," the Old Celestial Master replied with a smile. "Otherwise, it is quite possible that you might tip off Chen Qing."

"So little trust in this Princess?" she asked.

"We trust the Princess," Zhang Xiaoyun stated flatly. "It’s just you we do not trust."

"Is that so?" Lady Ziyue said no more and closed her eyes in contemplation.

According to them, her Reincarnator memories belonged to someone else: they were the memories obtained when the Princess of the Blood Demon parasitized the Reincarnator.

But due to some reason, the memories of her being the Blood Demon’s Princess were sealed, and she had always believed she was the Reincarnator.

Whether that was true or false...

She did not quite believe it, but...

Lady Ziyue sensed something within her body. Since the Old Celestial Master had unlocked the seal, she finally saw it—at the very depths of her heart, that blood-red worm!