Chapter 317

Chapter 317: The Last Obsession

The moment Long Yan’s true form showed, the demon-slaying thunder picked a new target and blasted down at him.

Long Yan cried out, staring at Li Shuang in despair as he rushed toward her: “Master, I was forced. Ye Zhao Zhao bewitched me, so I made those terrible mistakes. You know a Sword Spirit has no right to choose. Please, save me!”

Li Shuang’s face stayed cold. She didn’t spare him a glance as she guided the True Eye to keep chasing Ye Zhao Zhao.

Watching her back, Long Yan’s eyes dimmed. He tried to rush after her again, but the thunder struck.

The first strike shattered the Dragon Roar Sword.

The second strike scattered his soul.

In almost a blink, Long Yan turned into drifting points of light in the air. It was his final trace of spirit.

He stared blankly at Li Shuang’s back. For no clear reason, a flood of memories flashed in his mind.

He remembered contracting early with Li Shuang. After that, she took him adventuring everywhere. Together, they shook the whole Nanlan Continent.

In the end, Li Shuang received the Supreme Ancestor’s final legacy and ascended to the Immortal Realm.

On the day of her Ascension, everyone looked on with envy. Li Shuang held the Dragon Roar Sword and split the tribulation clouds with one swing, becoming an eternal legend.

The memories felt so real that Long Yan sank into them for a breath. [This is what my fate should have been. I could have climbed to the peak with her.]

But then a flood of regret rose from his heart. [One wrong step, then every step wrong. I ruined a winning hand with my own choices.]

His awareness scattered completely. Long Yan vanished from the world forever.

Next came Ye Zhao Zhao.

Yan Zhong He snapped, murderous intent in his eyes: “Meng Yi Fei, what is Li Shuang doing? Make her stop! Is she taking revenge and trying to kill Qing Yu?”

Meng Yi Fei gave a cold laugh: “Sect Master Yan, can’t you feel it? That eye’s power is bright and upright. If a person has no guilt, even bathed in that light they would only feel warm. Why is Fang Qing Yu this terrified? It proves she has a problem. And is she really Fang Qing Yu?” He raised his voice: “The Dragon Roar Sword belongs to Ye Zhao Zhao, and Long Yan is Ye Zhao Zhao’s Sword Spirit. Li Shuang has said all along that Fang Qing Yu is Ye Zhao Zhao. Before, few believed. How about now? Do you believe it?”

Yan Zhong He barked: “Absurd! Senior Ming, undo the Formation at once.”

Ming Yan agreed and called for the other Formation Masters to help withdraw the array.

But the others didn’t move.

Yun Qing Yu lifted a brow and said evenly: “What’s the rush? I’m curious about this Fang Qing Yu. Let’s see what she really is.”

Ming Yan’s face changed, and a scream rang out. He jerked his gaze to the Devil-Expelling Formation, despair flashing in his eyes.

In such a small space, Ye Zhao Zhao had nowhere to run. The golden light already covered her. There was no time to undo any Formation.

His heart shivered as he forced himself to think: [Your Excellency’s methods are beyond belief. Even if Li Shuang has some power, she might not uncover anything.] That small hope lasted only a breath.

Ye Zhao Zhao’s scream tore the air.

To most people, the golden light felt warm and pleasant. On Ye Zhao Zhao, it burned like bone-eating poison. Fang Qing Yu’s body melted bit by bit under the glow.

Thick, tar-black demonic aura, like tentacles, poured from her seven orifices.

Her cries rose higher and higher, until Fang Qing Yu’s body dissolved completely.

What remained on the field was Ye Zhao Zhao’s Spirit Soul Body.

The crowd exploded in shock: “Ye Zhao Zhao!” “So she really was inside Fang Qing Yu!” “With the Spirit Soul Body showing, there’s no doubt!”

Someone pointed in horror: “Look at her brow! Something is writhing there!” Another shouted: “Heavens, what is that?”

The World-Ending Thunder locked onto its target. Violet bolts slashed down toward Ye Zhao Zhao.

Shaking all over, she fled for her life. But how could she outrun lightning? The bolt fell and speared straight into her brow.

This time, Ye Zhao Zhao couldn’t even scream. She scattered in an instant.

It wasn’t over. As she vanished, a Devil Seed burst from her and formed a True Devil body.

Faces changed at once. In the air, the silhouettes of old monsters appeared, their grand voices echoing:

“That is… that thing?”

“There’s no mistake.”

“So the Nanlan Continent has it too!”

“Hurry. Destroy it!”

One after another, Tribulation Crossing Stage experts poured in power. The six array nodes refilled, and the thunder in the sky grew denser.

Thunder forged into thick pillars. A purple-gold storm, like heavenly punishment, crashed down.

The Devil Seed cursed in panic, [Damn it,] and ran. It met the same fate as Ye Zhao Zhao.

The first strike cracked the True Devil Body.

The second strike shattered its spirit form.

In a heartbeat, both Ye Zhao Zhao and the True Devil Body were split apart. Only drifting points of light remained.

Ye Zhao Zhao and the Devil Seed were destroyed. Those lights were their last obsession left in the world.

Without the Formation, that obsession would have faded at once. Inside the Formation, it lingered a while longer.

Ye Zhao Zhao looked at Li Shuang with a trace of hate. Li Shuang stood as calm as ever.

[Why her? She’s just lucky. If the System had found Li Shuang first, could she have resisted the temptation? Then the one scattered today would be her. I was only unlucky. Heaven is unfair. If Li Shuang stood where I stood, she would meet the same end.]

Carrying that final grudge, the points of light shot into Li Shuang’s body.

Meng Yi Fei’s expression changed at once. An Ancestor said mildly: “Do not worry. That is only a last obsession. If Li Shuang resolves it, her soul will grow stronger. If she cannot, at worst her soul will be weak for a day or two.”

Only then did Meng Yi Fei relax.

The instant the light sank in, an image rose within the Devil-Expelling Formation.

Yun Qing Yu raised a brow and said: “So this is Ye Zhao Zhao’s last obsession.”

Since it would not harm Li Shuang much, everyone watched with curiosity.

The scene in the air was the Sword Sect on Ye Zhao Zhao’s first day after crossing over.

A voice called softly by her ear: “Zhao Zhao, you’re awake.”

Li Shuang opened her eyes, stunned, and said hoarsely: “I… am Ye Zhao Zhao?”

The person laughed and asked: “If not, then who?”

Li Shuang rubbed her head as a fresh memory burst in: she was a drifting spirit from the modern world, and this was her first day in a new body. She would begin a cultivation journey in this new world.

Luo Ming Yue stared and blurted out: “In Ye Zhao Zhao’s obsession, Little Shuang became her? She wants Little Shuang to experience what she did?!”