Chapter 0194

Chapter 194: Live and Die with the Lady Saint

The saintess’s face changed completely, as she felt a wild, crushing force ripple across her chest, about to explode: “I will never forgive you!”

At the last second, she decisively threw aside Shang Guan Wu Gou, gathered her saint power, and tried to suppress the talisman on her chest. But it all happened too fast; even a saint could not fully erase that force.

There was a deafening blast as fire shot to the sky and smoke rolled everywhere, and the saintess was blown away, clutching her chest with both hands as tears leaked from her eyes. Even for a saint, that place was fragile; the pain almost made her faint.

She glared at Zhou Tong with fierce eyes, tears trembling at the corners as she hissed: “How dare you…”

Shang Guan Wu Gou was not scared. She took the pink garment from Zhou Tong’s hand and blinked her big round eyes: “So big!”

She held up the pink garment and said with bright curiosity: “It’s bigger than my head, and it smells nice, and it’s so soft.” Like a child with a new treasure, she hugged it, rubbing and sniffing it with delight.

Zhou Tong said with a calm smile: “This isn’t ordinary. It’s a half-saint grade close-fit treasure robe. You were frightened just now, so take it as compensation.”

“Thank you, big brother. Wu Gou likes it a lot,” she answered without ceremony, then put the undergarment on over her clothes like a long robe.

The saintess shook with fury, killing intent surging from her: “You deserve to die!”

Chu Ran shivered and warned: “Be careful, she’s about to erupt!” A saint in rage could make heaven and earth collapse. Mortals like them could not resist.

Zhou Tong stepped forward and said in a steady voice: “All of you fall back. I will deal with her.”

Everyone trembled at his tone. He did not look like he was bragging. Could he really handle a saint? That would be terrifying.

Zhang Chu Qiao recalled what Mountain Ghost had said and quickly waved everyone away: “Listen to junior brother. Don’t get in the way here.”

The saintess, Fire Xin’er, flared up like a falling star, her aura covering everyone for an indiscriminate strike: “No one leaves!”

Zhou Tong moved without holding back, his voice low and clear: “Time Stop, Myriad Phenomena Seal, Heavenly Sword, World Ending Lotus!” His linked attacks slammed into her.

“Time starts to flow,” he said as the saintess crashed into a mountain. The others took the chance to withdraw, leaving the field to the two of them.

Fire Xin’er burst from the rubble with power that erased the whole peak, then shot at Zhou Tong like lightning: “I will never forgive you!”

If others saw a saint like this, their legs would turn to jelly. But in front of Zhou Tong, this was only a small scene.

He muttered to himself as he drew out a cord: “I never thought I’d have to use this.”

It was the Life and Death Bond Lock, a life-saving holy item of the Celestial Masters Clan that he had taken from You Ye Lan. Once it linked two people, their lives were tied together: live together, die together. Normally it could not bind a saint, but with Zhou Tong’s spirit power, the impossible became possible.

“Go,” he intoned, and one end of the cord sank into the center of his brows. The other end snapped forward at extreme speed toward the saintess’s brow.

“What is this?” Fire Xin’er reached to cut the tip, but the light twisted midair and drilled into her brow.

“Ah!” She stumbled from the sky, a sharp sting in her brow as she stared at Zhou Tong: “What did you do to me?”

“Life and Death Bond Lock. You’ve never heard of it?” he replied.

She exhaled in relief, then sneered: “You really lost your mind, trying to bind a saint with this. With my spirit power I can break it anytime I want.”

She curled her lip and added with a teasing edge: “But I won’t do it yet. I want you to taste the trap you set for yourself.”

“Are you sure you can?” Zhou Tong’s calm look annoyed her even more.

“I’m warning you, don’t provoke me again,” she said coldly. “In a contest of spirit power, whoever is stronger takes control. I only need to use Mind Shock to make you wish you were dead.”

Zhou Tong smiled: “And how can you be sure you are the stronger one?”

“Enough slick talk. If you won’t believe it, then I’ll show you the hard truth,” Fire Xin’er snapped as her powerful spirit pressure poured down to crush him.

He snorted and measured himself: “Since you didn’t kill anyone just now, I’ll only use twenty percent… no, five percent.”

A more terrifying spirit force slammed back. At the instant they collided, even the Life and Death Bond Lock showed cracks, as if it could not bear the clash.

Fire Xin’er cried out in pain, her head splitting as her body shook, her strength suppressed to the limit: “How… how is this possible!”

Now she was truly shocked. Zhou Tong was not bluffing; in the realm of spirit, he crushed her.

Zhou Tong landed lightly and looked down at her: “Behaving now?”

“Not enough,” Fire Xin’er gritted her teeth through the stabbing pain and rallied again. She was still a saint and had spotted the cord’s flaw. If she kept attacking, the cord would snap, and it would not control her life or death at all.

“No matter who you are, you’ve angered me completely. You will pay,” she said as a blazing, sacred heat rose from her, making Zhou Tong’s heart stir.

[The Authority of Fire!] The Fire Charm Clan’s saintess actually held the Authority of Fire.

[Good. Very good.] Since ancient times, the Authority of Fire had always been part of the human race’s set of authorities.

“Skyfire, strike!” she called. A flaming greatsword hundreds of meters long appeared out of nothing, vaporizing all it passed. This was not ordinary fire, but Lawfire. Without a counter, it was an unbeatable weapon.

But Zhou Tong happened to have the counter.

“Tides, heed my command,” he said as the Authority of Water surged to life. Water and fire would not mix; the two authorities would clash here.