Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 431 - 268: The Harem Is Still on Fire, Fighting Fiercely

Chapter 431: Chapter 268: The Harem Is Still on Fire, Fighting Fiercely

The opponent was the master of this domain, only she knew what this realm was divided into, what bizarre structure it possessed, hence she raised her hand without hesitation.

"Soul-Binding Spirit Lock!"

With a small grasp, the Fire Dragon Roll immediately shrunk to the size of a single person and burned up from the ground along the spatial rift, igniting the ground around Yan Yurou in the blink of an eye.

Only then did she realize that the opponent’s location was merely an area about thirty feet in length, width, and height, neatly segmented, but the girl merely closed her eyes and stepped through, appearing behind her in the next moment.

"Thoughts as Light as Fallen Flowers."

A lightweight bamboo leaf shot out.

The few dozen meters closed in an instant, and the thumb-sized bamboo leaf turned out to be half a meter long, yet before it could approach, it was turned to ash by the Scarlet Flames. But at that moment...

"How dare you!"

A turn of her head and a Flying Feather slash at her back!

She shouted fiercely, a sound terrifying in both its momentum and its volume, queenly in every aspect, for she sensed movement behind her. Indeed, Yan Yurou’s delicate hand had already touched her back, if it had been even slightly slower...

The consequences would be unimaginable.

Crack!

The Flying Feather pierced the red-clothed woman instantly, but what she tore apart was merely an illusion.

With raised eyebrows, she reached out swiftly, knowing this woman’s movements were elusive, but as long as she could keep up with the pace, the segmented area would be common to both.

Both figures flickered rapidly, now at the top left corner, then suddenly at the bottom right, Yan Yurou never expected that her "Great Sound, Rare Speech" would be figured out by Cen Yueyue in just a few minutes.

Don’t be fooled by the girl’s rash and unorthodox demeanor on ordinary days; once she gets serious, her combat intelligence is equally terrifying. She once said, after her last bout with Wu Mingsheng, she went home and diligently practiced for two years.

For ordinary people, "hard work" may or may not make a difference, as it doesn’t change much. But for a genius, how frightening can her diligence be?

"Don’t even think about escaping."

"Fire Illusion, arise!"

"Phoenix Feather Formation, appear!

"Glazed Flame Purge, slay!"

A series of spells surged from her hands as if they required no Spiritual Energy, and the Fire Illusion Array directly turned Yan Yurou’s detaching direction into crimson. The Array rose from beneath her feet, locking down the entire area.

Only then could she discern this completely segmented and utterly disrupted domain. In the brief probing before, she had roughly grasped the arrangement of these domains, and if she looked closely, she would find that the golden hairpins she had thrown out had already determined their approximate locations.

Putting it in modern terms, the bamboo forest she now found herself in was like a Rubik’s cube, which could be twisted and turned in Yan Yurou’s hands, altering the position, with each square sectioned off separately. The Magic Treasures Cen Yueyue threw out earlier were for positioning.

Then a streak of firelight confirmed the burning area, and in the end, she started using the process of elimination. When the bamboo leaf came towards her, she had guessed that the space where Cen Yueyue was must be safe, and therefore the place she would appear next had to be behind her.

"Southern Witch’s Scarlet Tide, Xu Huoyao, lock!"

The colors of the heavens and earth changed, the entire segmented spatial area was covered with crawling Gu Worms. The spells cast just now were not the true Li Fire, but her Gu Worms.

Yan Yurou’s eyes finally showed astonishment.

Xu Huoyao, Li Fire, with the colors of the two so similar, it was difficult for anyone to distinguish. From the very beginning, she fell into this trap, which also shows the difference between Cen Yueyue and Princess Liang Yu.

If Cen Yueyue were also rigid and inflexible, she would stand no chance before Yan Yurou. You can question her strength, but you cannot question the discernment of Sword Immortals and phoenixes.

That is the value behind the title of Southern Border Saintess, and the value recognized by both Li Fire and the Phoenix.

Li Fire overcomes all things; such a saying has always existed in the Southern Border. The Cultivation Techniques they practiced were completely suppressed by Li fire, no matter how powerful or impressive their Gu Worms, encountering Li Fire means being completely incinerated upon contact.

In the face of natural predators, the cultivators of the Southern Border both revered and feared this legendary Li Fire. It is a true Holy Artifact, yet also the perfect counter to their own existence; thus, many cultivators in the end chose to submit, in exchange for the power and legacy of Li Fire.

Every so many years, the phoenix always perched beneath the Wutong Tree of Millennium would actively select one among the Southern Border Disciples to inherit its might and protect the Southern Border.

And the young Cen Yueyue was honored with such recognition.

In an instant, the red Gu Worms crawled onto Yan Yurou’s body, wrapping her layers upon layers!

In just a quarter of an hour, the two had decided the victor, yet Cen Yueyue’s brows were locked tight, apathetic even in victory, for in such circumstances she actually closed her eyes.

Because that strange sensation had never dissipated.

Whoosh!

Zero-frame start.

A Fire Feather passed through layers of space, traveling through at least three divided regions, finally nailing into the ground with a muffled sound.

And right next to the Fire Feather, no more than half a meter away...

There was Yan Yurou, holding a Jade Flute, her face serene!

"Return thou must."

She softly uttered a light breath and set down the flute.

Great Sound, Rare Speech; great shapes without form, sharpness without cutting edge, pleasant sounds without pitch — in this very moment, Yan Yurou exhibited the peak of Taiyi True Man’s legacy.

All of that was no illusion; with Li Fire’s might, it was unlikely that any illusion could confound Cen Yueyue. It was a real person, except that not just one real Yan Yurou existed in this world.

Her eyes firmly fixed on the woman emitting Scarlet Flames all over, that slightly youthful face finally revealed a trace of solemnity. That last exchange had depleted over half of her Spiritual Energy, dissipating her illusionary forms, akin to dying once.

"Southern Border Saintess, truly not in name alone..."

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