Chapter 233

Chapter 233: Wait, Is She Crazy?

Thus, an overwhelming power crossed the bounds of time and space and fell upon Li Shuang.

For a heartbeat, Li Shuang froze. Her soul wavered, and a flaw opened.

The woman cried out in delight: “Today is your death day.”

She burned her entire Spirit Body and launched her strongest strike. After this attack, this avatar would scatter. It did not matter. Rou Shan was still here. He would bring the Supreme Ice Spiritual Root back to her.

Black dragons rushed with the spear’s force, snarling as they tore toward Li Shuang.

A strange light flashed in Li Shuang’s eyes. She lifted the Black Abyss Sword and seemed to give it only a casual sweep.

The woman’s heart leaped with joy. She thought: [She gave up.] But in the next instant, a wave of extreme cold rolled out.

The woman’s eyes went wide with fear. Before her, a Frost Giant Dragon appeared in the air. It looked just like the phantom that had merged with Li Shuang earlier, yet somehow its power had surged even higher.

Under the terrifying Dragon Breath, all the Black Flood Dragons froze at once, then were swallowed in a blink. The Blackscale Spear shattered.

Then it was the turn of the woman’s soul, already at its limit.

Her last flicker of awareness was the great dragon giving her a mocking smile. [What is this.]

Unwilling to accept it, she stared hard at Li Shuang, as if to carve the face into her mind forever. She knew it was useless. Who showed their true face in the Myriad Arts City. In the vast Soul Prison, finding one person was nearly impossible.

The Supreme Ice Spiritual Root was likely not fated to be hers.

With a bitter mix of anger and grief, the girl’s figure faded away completely.

In the Central Continent, inside a palace, a woman suddenly spat out blood. She expressionlessly drew out the Blackscale Spear. The Phantom Stage of her life bound treasure had been shattered, and the wound even reached the true spear. Its power had fallen by one third. She had to find a way to restore it quickly.

She had lost an avatar. She had lost part of the spear’s power. And Rou Shan most likely would not live.

She had lost completely.

A Tribulation Crossing Stage expert had lost to a Golden Core Stage cultivator. It was a shame beyond belief.

She whispered: “Li. I will remember that name.”

If that girl stayed hidden, fine. If she dared to show herself, this hatred would not end until one of them died.

In Gluttony Hell, the instant the woman’s Spirit Body faded, Rou Shan’s face changed and he turned to flee.

Li Shuang said softly: “Li Li.”

Li Li answered with joy: “Leave him to me.”

The Black Abyss Sword flashed like lightning, wrapped in bitter frost, and stabbed through Rou Shan’s back. He still tried to run, but his body froze into an ice statue and could no longer move.

Li Li shouted: “Hiya.”

Controlling Black Abyss, she chopped down hard. The ice statue shattered. Rou Shan’s body broke apart with it.

Five people had entered Gluttony Hell. Now only Li Shuang remained.

A voice sounded behind her, clapping as it said: “Good, good. Wonderful.”

She turned to see the Human Skin Skeleton applauding. When he clapped, the other Skeletons clapped with him, making the place lively. When he stopped, they stopped too.

Li Shuang glanced at the other Skeletons, thoughtful.

Smiling with narrowed eyes, the Human Skin Skeleton said: “You noticed it? These Skeletons are all my babies.”

As he spoke, he peeled off a layer of human skin as if it was nothing, then pulled out a bone. He tossed the bone, and it instantly grew into a Skeleton.

He said with a grin: “Bone-Soldier Transmutation. Fun, right?”

Li Shuang said nothing and watched him quietly.

He was not annoyed. Looking at her with interest, he said: “You have entered the Langya Secret Realm, and you passed the true trial.”

Li Shuang looked up and asked: “How do you know?”

He chuckled and said: “It wasn’t hard to guess. You once got a key. The key turned into a mark on your palm. When you swung your sword just now, did your palm feel hot?”

Li Shuang frowned.

He smiled and said: “Don’t look at me like that. I have no bad intent toward you for now. Even if I did, rules bind me. I cannot attack you. I only remembered that I once owned such a key, and my heart stirred.”

Li Shuang questioned: “You also held this key?”

The Human Skin Skeleton sighed and said: “You think I started out like this? I was once a great genius. Wherever I went, crowds followed. When I roamed the Langya Secret Realm, I also got such a key. Then I joined the true trial.”

Li Shuang listened, absorbed, but he fell silent. He looked at her and said: “The mark on your palm belongs to a Frost Giant Dragon. When you awakened your Supreme Spiritual Root and called forth the ancient dragon’s Phantom Stage, it echoed with her. For reasons unknown, she helped you.”

Otherwise, even if Li Shuang survived, it would not have been so easy.

Li Shuang herself had wondered why her strength had surged. Now she understood and felt enlightened.

He said: “But don’t think that Frost Giant Dragon values you greatly. She was likely curious and lent a hand on a whim. On the day of the true trial, she will not hold back.” A haunted look crossed his face as he remembered something.

Li Shuang did not mind. She said calmly: “She helped me once. I owe her a favor. When we meet, I will repay her.”

He gave her a strange look and said: “Do you know what kind of being that is? A Peak Tribulation Crossing dragon. You will repay her? What right do you have?”

Li Shuang said seriously: “Not now, but maybe in the future.”

He was about to mock her, then he remembered she had a Supreme Spiritual Root and fell silent. If it was a Supreme Spiritual Root, reaching the Frost Giant Dragon’s realm might not be impossible.

What a pity. He, in this life, was cut off from the Great Dao.

He sighed and said: “All right. You can choose to leave Gluttony Hell now. You should get a lot of Soul Points as a reward.”

Li Shuang spoke up suddenly: “Wait.” She said: “They said after the last dish, we can choose to leave Gluttony Hell.”

He nodded and said: “True.”

Li Shuang blinked and asked: “Then what if I choose not to leave?”

The Human Skin Skeleton froze, speechless, and thought: [Wait, is she serious?] [No, is she crazy?]