Miss Loser is too enchanting
Chapter 144: Trial (1)_1

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: Trial (1)_1

"You think you can escape by getting into the air?" Niu Yan looked at Dugu Qianye and said, "Die!"

After Niu Yan finished speaking, he once again caused the dark clouds to collide, and this time the lightning that struck down was as thick as a bucket, and there was also rain falling. The Fire Dragon that Dugu Qianye had condensed with Phantom Power was hit by the lightning, reduced to tiny sparks, and then completely extinguished by the rain.

This lightning-based Phantom Technique was indeed domineering! And having reached the level of the Phantom Emperor, Niu Yan could actually guide the changes of the heavens and earth, combining them with his Phantom Technique! This was something she had never encountered before. Temporarily unable to think of a way to break it, Dugu Qianye directed Xiaohuo to fly towards the sea to avoid the control range of the dark clouds.

Seeing Dugu Qianye leave, Niu Yan immediately followed in pursuit, and the two of them gradually moved away from Holy Spirit Island, flying towards the deep reaches of the Phantom Sea.

"You can’t escape!" said Niu Yan.

Dugu Qianye stopped, turned around to look at the approaching Niu Yan, and said, "Who said I’m trying to flee. If I really wanted to run away, do you think you could catch up?"

It was then that Niu Yan realized something was amiss. With the speed of the Phoenix, if she wanted to escape, he certainly wouldn’t be able to catch her. Yet she had been maintaining a certain distance ahead of him. She was clearly luring him on purpose. Could it be that she had set a trap?

"You’re doing this on purpose?!"

"So what if I am!" Dugu Qianye gave a wicked smile. On Holy Spirit Island, she dared not use her ice or water-based Phantom Techniques for fear of being seen by Shi Nan, which would reveal her true abilities. But out here, she had nothing to fear.

"Even here, you’re going to die!"

Niu Yan once again manipulated the dark clouds to cover the sky, and with a thunderous boom, thick lightning struck down again. However, Dugu Qianye did not try to avoid it this time. Instead, before the lightning struck, she condensed a huge block of ice to cover herself and Xiaohuo from above. The lightning hit the ice and had no effect.

"Dual-element Phantom Technique!" Niu Yan was stunned when he saw Dugu Qianye use an ice-based Phantom Technique. Indeed, Dugu Qianye was a formidable opponent, what a pity.

While Niu Yan was still in shock, Dugu Qianye took the opportunity to condense Phantom Power into a steel blade and shot it towards him at high speed. The sense of danger snapped Niu Yan to his senses, and he swiftly dodged. Taking advantage of his evasion, Dugu Qianye conjured vines to bind him, then, with the steel blade in the lead and the Fire Dragon following, both attacked Niu Yan.

Seeing the attacks drawing nearer and nearer, Niu Yan struggled and broke free from the vines that had bound him. The vines fell, dissolved into Phantom Power, and vanished before they hit the sea. Niu Yan built a wall of fire in front of himself; the steel blade melted upon meeting the fire wall, and as Dugu Qianye’s Fire Dragon drew close, Niu Yan’s fire wall gradually extinguished. Niu Yan had not anticipated that despite his higher level, his flames were no match for hers. He took out a Holy Artifact, hoping to fend off Dugu Qianye’s onslaught, but the Fire Dragon swallowed it whole and melted it. Dugu Qianye’s Fire Dragon was infused with a strand of Phoenix Golden Flame. As the Fire Dragon approached, Niu Yan felt the searing heat of the Golden Fire, his instincts telling him that this was very dangerous; if he didn’t defend against it, he might very well lose his life. He took out several Holy Artifacts in succession, but they could not withstand the Fire Dragon’s onslaught. Turning to flee, he was swallowed whole by the Fire Dragon and burned to nothing.

"Oh no!" Watching Niu Yan turn into ash and scatter, Dugu Qianye suddenly cried out.

"What’s wrong, sister?" Xiaohuo was startled by Dugu Qianye’s shout.

"I forgot to keep his Space Ring," Dugu Qianye said with a pained expression.

Phew! Xiaohuo couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat, flying back and saying, "It’s just a ring, you can refine a lot of them in a while!"

"Xiaohuo, what I’m heartbroken over isn’t the ring itself, but what’s inside it! Think about it, as the Young Master of Wind Temple, he must have quite a few nice things, right? Just now, seeing him take out those Holy Artifacts without even blinking an eye, it’s clear he has lots of treasures. If we had gotten his Space Ring, all those items would have been ours," Dugu Qianye, sitting on Xiaohuo’s back and recovering his spiritual energy, lectured Xiaohuo, "Look, to support you and your big family, we need resources. If we add more members in the future, our expenses will be even greater. Some things we might not use, but we can sell them, and selling them means money. We can’t waste any resources, understand? We must be frugal! Frugality is a virtue!"

After pondering, Xiaohuo realized that Dugu Qianye made a lot of sense and from then on remembered to remove the opponent’s Space Ring before incinerating their remains!

"But won’t we get in trouble for killing their Young Hall Master?" Xiaohuo asked.

"Hmm, trouble is definitely coming, but I want trouble. This morning, Fen Jian told me that the Divine Temple punishes people from outside with a separate trip to a small island, but he doesn’t know where it is," Dugu Qianye said, "I want to check it out, to see if Grandfather Youwu might be there."

"Just for that reason, huh?" Xiaohuo said.

"Of course, that’s just one reason. If we didn’t kill him, he would have killed us today. Xiaohuo, showing mercy to an enemy is cruelty to oneself. Understand?"

"Yeah, I got it. Just like you said before, we have to be as merciless and pitiless as the dead of winter towards our enemies, not sparing a single one!" Xiaohuo nodded, saying earnestly.

"Pfft, I didn’t say that, the ancients did," Dugu Qianye was amused by Xiaohuo.

At the moment Niu Yan vanished, inside the shrine of Rain Hall, a white jade stone "snap!" shattered into powder. The guarding disciple, hearing the noise, ran in and saw Niu Yan’s Life Token turned into dust and shouted, "No good! Something’s happened!" before tumbling and scrambling out. Soon, the people of Rain Hall all gathered in the shrine. Even Yu Batian, the closed-off Hall Master of Rain Hall, came out. Looking at the Life Token now dust, he smashed a piece of the rockery in the courtyard with a palm. If a person died, the Life Token would break. If the body was intact, there would only be fine cracks in the Life Token, and if the body was cut into pieces, the Life Token would break apart similarly. Niu Yan’s Life Token turning into powder meant he had been completely obliterated, not even ash remained.

"What happened?" Yu Batian asked, his bone-chilling aura enough to freeze someone to death. Niu Yan was his most beloved disciple; he had taught him cultivation techniques, given him treasures, and even allowed him to call him by his name. He never thought that someone would completely annihilate him today, leaving nothing left!

"Re-returning Hall Master, this morning after the Young Hall Master returned from outside, he was dragged by Master Niu to seek revenge on Baili Xie. The Young Hall Master had arranged to meet Baili Xie by the sea for a battle, possibly, it might have been Baili Xie..." a disciple stammered in reply.

"What a Baili Xie!" Yu Batian roared, "Who is she?"

"She is this year’s champion of the four great Empire’s competition. The Hall Master invited some students to visit Holy Sea City," the student replied, then recounted the grudge between Baili Xie and Niu Yuan.

"Baili Xie! I will have blood for blood!" Yu Batian declared, then turned and flew out of the city.

The people by the seaside didn’t leave after Niu Yan and Dugu Qianye had departed, and although they couldn’t see the two fighting, the sky was alternately covered with dark clouds and lit up with fire, keeping everyone’s hearts tightly clenched.