Chapter 312

Chapter 312: Is She a Devil?

Ye Zhao Zhao gritted her teeth and pushed herself up, then said coldly: “Li Shuang, I still underestimated you. Then how about my next move? Can you block it?”

She raised her sword across her chest as she and Long Yan released a terrifying aura together.

The next moment, Long Yan merged into Ye Zhao Zhao’s body, and her aura surged higher.

Gasps rose from the stands as people whispered: “The Sword Spirit and the Sword Cultivator are making their souls compatible? Isn’t that only possible at the Unity of Heaven and Man?”

Others muttered: “That Fang Qing Yu is a Tyrant Blade Sect disciple, yet she practices sword arts. And she can raise a Sword Spirit, even reach such perfect timing with it!”

Ye Zhao Zhao fixed her eyes on Li Shuang and mocked: “Aren’t you and your Sword Spirit of Purple Affinity? Can you two do this?”

Her words ended as her sword flashed out. The Dragon Roar Sword shrieked, dark lines rising faintly along the blade. Ye Zhao Zhao moved like the wind and appeared before Li Shuang again.

Li Shuang glanced at her with calm eyes and said: “Three years and you managed to push your swordsmanship this far. You did work hard. But it’s still far too short.”

She drew a circle with her blade and tapped the Dragon Roar Sword right on its spine.

In an instant, the lines on the Dragon Roar Sword shattered wildly, and the grand move that looked so fierce collapsed into nothing.

“You two wastes want me and Li Li to merge our souls?” Li Shuang’s brows stayed cool as her voice held a faint mockery.

Ye Zhao Zhao was flung backward. Her sword hand trembled.

She had used everything.

But why, no matter how hard she tried, did Li Shuang handle it like it weighed nothing?

She could not even touch the bottom of Li Shuang’s strength, much less defeat her.

On the Cangyuan Sect arena, Yan Fan had not yet taken the stage. He was not watching his own ring; his gaze kept drifting toward Li Shuang’s side. His expression shifted again and again.

This Fang Qing Yu’s strength was quite good.

At least, Yan Fan admitted to himself that if he were on the stage, he would not be this relaxed.

But Li Shuang took it all so lightly.

[Just how strong is Li Shuang?] he wondered, staring at the Black Abyss Sword in her hand.

When Black Abyss left its sheath earlier, it shone with boundless clear light, and there was even a faint heat like the sun.

For some reason, the scene felt more and more familiar. He dug through his memories, but could not place it at once.

His eyes grew solemn. [Looks like I’m not the only one who improved over these three years. Fang Qing Yu. Li Shuang. They both had their own strokes of luck. This tournament will be harder than I thought. But no matter what, I will take the final victory.]

On the platform, Ye Zhao Zhao’s expression kept changing.

The System spoke, impatient now: “Host, stop fighting. Trigger the Devilizing Crystal Dust. Whether you can beat Li Shuang was never the main point.”

That was true.

Ye Zhao Zhao wanted to win only out of stubborn pride.

Long Yan only wanted to prove he was in no way worse than Li Li.

But now, Li Shuang’s strength had far surpassed their expectations. The image of knocking Li Shuang to the ground was already a fantasy.

Unwillingness flashed across Ye Zhao Zhao’s face, but she still clenched her teeth. [If I can’t defeat her, then I’ll make her fall at the moment she’s most proud.]

Li Shuang walked toward her and slowly raised her sword.

Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes flickered as her fingers moved the slightest bit.

The Black Abyss Sword descended, but its ten thousand beams of clear light suddenly flipped into a column of roaring demonic energy.

“Demonic energy!”

“Where did that demonic energy come from?”

“It’s Li Shuang! It’s spilling off her body!”

“Heavens, what is going on? Is Li Shuang on the Devil Path?”

“This cold and heavy aura is so strong. Her hands must be stained with many lives!”

Up on the high dais, the Sect Masters of the ten sects could not help changing expression.

The Sect Master of Flowing Moon Sect shouted: “I said Li Shuang had a problem! Look at how pure that demonic energy is. She didn’t fall today or yesterday!”

Yan Zhong He laughed, his tone icy: “Three years ago, Li Shuang slandered my daughter Fang Qing Yu in public, saying she was resurrected by Ye Zhao Zhao. She insisted Qing Yu’s sudden growth was unnatural and that she was a devil. I wondered why she would invent such a crazy rumor. Turns out she herself is the devil!”

On the stage, demonic energy kept leaking uncontrollably from Li Shuang.

The crowd grew louder and louder.

Meng Yi Fei’s face changed as he said: “Impossible! Li Shuang cannot be Devil Path. Someone is framing her.”

“Framing? Your disciple is releasing demonic energy herself. How could that be fake?” Yan Zhong He sneered at Meng Yi Fei: “Sect Master Meng, you always preach about eradicating devils and defending the Dao. Now that your own sect’s disciple is exposed as a devil, you want to secretly shield her?”

Meng Yi Fei’s voice turned cold: “I said Li Shuang cannot be a devil. Someone must have used some trick to set her up. If you do not believe me, I will take her back to the Sword Sect and have her ascend the Heart-Inquiry Platform again. That will prove her innocence.”

“Heart-Inquiry Platform?” The Sect Master of Flowing Moon Sect laughed and said: “That is your Sword Sect’s secret ground. Who knows if Sect Master Meng will use methods to turn black into white? Since she has revealed demonic energy in public, the fact that she is Devil Path is beyond dispute. We should execute her on the spot to set things straight.”

“Absolutely not!” Meng Yi Fei flared in anger and said: “If you want to touch Li Shuang, first ask if my sword agrees.”

“Sect Master Meng, now you’re being unreasonable,” Yan Zhong He said with open mockery: “If you shield the Devil Path in public, how can the Sword Sect call itself one of the upper six sects?”

As they argued, Yun Qing Yu’s eyes shifted and she said coldly: “Because of this sudden incident, all ring matches are paused. Restrain Li Shuang first. We will question her in private.”

The Cangyuan Sect moved quickly to carry out Yun Qing Yu’s order.

All the arenas stopped.

Everyone stared at Li Shuang, who still leaked demonic energy, and their eyes showed disbelief.

A flash of joy crossed Ye Zhao Zhao’s gaze as she shouted: “Fellow Daoist Li, you once smeared me as Devil Path for no reason. Now it seems you are the one who fell to the devil!”

Li Shuang looked at her and said evenly: “Is that so?”

She waited.

She waited for more and more people to expose themselves.

“Eradicate devils and defend the Dao is everyone’s duty!” Ye Zhao Zhao cried: “With the Devil Path before us, we don’t need to follow any rules. Let’s destroy Li Shuang together!”

The Tyrant Blade Sect disciples charged without hesitation.

The Sword Sect disciples’ faces changed.

“Junior Sister Li cannot be Devil Clan!” Jiang Rong Yi decided at once and shouted: “The higher-ups have not given a final word. All Sword Sect disciples, protect Li Shuang!”

The Sword Sect disciples stood in front of Li Shuang without hesitation and shielded her tightly behind them.