Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Life and Death in a Single Thought

Ye Zhao Zhao was closing in on Li Shuang when she saw the red dot for Li Shuang on the map suddenly speed up.

Her expression changed a little.

[Prey already in my hands, and Li Shuang still dares to run?] Back on the snowy mountain, that useless Long Yan failed to kill Li Shuang, which caused all the chaos that followed.

This time, she would not repeat that mistake.

[Li Shuang must die.]

As long as Li Shuang died, her fate, her talent, and her newly awakened Sword Spirit would become Ye Zhao Zhao’s. She would replace Li Shuang and become the true Heaven’s Proud Daughter.

She could already picture Li Shuang’s final look, desperate and shocked. Excitement made Ye Zhao Zhao tremble.

[Maybe Heaven wants me to end this with my own hands and finish our grudge.]

Ye Zhao Zhao didn’t want to wait anymore. She took a deep breath and said: “System, unseal my cultivation!”

If she returned to Nascent Soul Stage strength, she would catch Li Shuang in a few breaths and kill her in an instant.

This had nothing to do with talent anymore. Li Shuang was only at Qi Refining Stage.

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul.

She and Li Shuang were two Major Tiers apart. Even the brightest genius was nothing but a paper tiger in front of a gap like this.

Her power unlocked in a flash.

Ye Zhao Zhao’s speed jumped to something terrifying.

Li Shuang felt a crushing pressure at once. Beads of sweat rose on her forehead.

[No. Something is off.]

In the Langya Secret Realm, even Demonic Beasts never went beyond Peak of Foundation Establishment.

But the pressure she sensed now was far beyond Peak of Foundation Establishment. It wasn’t even what Golden Core Stage could produce.

She herself had once stayed at Nascent Soul Stage for a long time, so she reacted quickly.

[This pressure… someone with Nascent Soul Stage is hunting me! That’s unheard of!]

The Langya Secret Realm had existed for many years, and no Cultivator had ever broken the realm’s limits.

Worse, the person coming carried a flood of malice she knew all too well.

The one chasing her was…

Ye Zhao Zhao?!

Li Shuang’s eyes tightened.

If it were anyone else, they might not be here to kill her. After all, the Demon Clan had just stirred things up, and the six sects’ Disciples were supposed to stand together.

But if Ye Zhao Zhao had suddenly regained Nascent Soul Stage, Li Shuang knew very well: she was here to kill her.

Her gaze sharpened.

Alone, she could not face Ye Zhao Zhao at Nascent Soul Stage.

But she also didn’t believe Ye Zhao Zhao could hold that realm for long. Otherwise, with how strong her killing intent was, she would have already struck her down.

Right now, there was only one thing to do.

[Stall for time.] If she could stall long enough, she might live.

Thinking fast, Li Shuang headed toward the distant roars of beasts.

After opening the Heaven and Earth Furnace, her next plan had been to hunt the Demon Clan.

Now that Ye Zhao Zhao had appeared, she would simply lure trouble in another direction.

But Ye Zhao Zhao was too fast. Li Shuang had no time to draw her all the way to where the Demon Clan gathered.

In only a few blinks, Ye Zhao Zhao’s voice sounded behind her: “Senior Sister Li, where are you going? Why don’t we travel together.”

A chill ran through her tone. In her eyes, Li Shuang was already a dead person, so there was no need to pretend.

Li Shuang didn’t answer. She fled even faster, and something quietly slipped from her sleeve.

Ye Zhao Zhao gave a cold laugh.

[Sharp as ever. But…]

[Too late.]

In front of absolute strength, everything else was useless.

She flashed to Li Shuang’s front, lifted her palm, and struck at the crown of Li Shuang’s head.

The blow fell hard.

A hint of joy flashed in Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes. She couldn’t wait to see Li Shuang’s panic.

The next moment, sand exploded everywhere, and Ye Zhao Zhao’s face changed.

[Where is Li Shuang? What is going on? Where did that big living person go? Did I blast her into dust?]

She waited, excited, but soon her look cooled.

[No. If Li Shuang were dead, the System would respond at once. Her cultivation, talent, and fate should flow to me. But… nothing.]

She spoke, unwilling to accept it: “System, where is Li Shuang? Isn’t she dead? Why is there no feedback?”

The System’s cold voice answered: “The System does not make mistakes. If there is no feedback, there is only one reason: Li Shuang is still alive.”

Ye Zhao Zhao’s face darkened.

She looked at the map. The red dot for Li Shuang had also vanished for no reason.

Yet the System said Li Shuang lived.

[How is that possible?]

The voice came again, indifferent: “She likely entered a strange space. She cannot stay there forever and must come out sooner or later. Suggestion to Host: wait here. Also, reminder to Host: this time you used a full five breaths of your unsealed power. You have only… four breaths of Nascent Soul Stage left.”

Her face changed again.

She had never thought she would burn through most of her unsealed time without even scratching Li Shuang.

Only four breaths remained.

That meant only one last chance.

[Curse it. Is this what a Heavenly Dao heroine is like? Li Shuang is really hard to kill.]

Her expression shifted a few times, then she simply sat down right where she was.

The System had said Li Shuang had entered some strange space.

[What space could keep her forever?] She would lie in wait. When Li Shuang came out, that would be the moment she fell.

Legacy Space.

Li Shuang bowed neatly to Su Mu and said: “Many thanks, Senior.”

At the last life and death moment, she had entered the Legacy Space and dodged the fatal strike.

Su Mu smiled and said: “This is also because you worked hard and truly stepped into the Emotionless Path. With the Inheritance Jade Slip fully unlocked, I could change its form, turning it into a grain of sand. As long as it doesn’t move on its own, no one will notice anything.”

Right now, one grain of sand in the vast desert was the Inheritance Jade Slip in disguise.

This Senior Su Mu’s skill at making an Illusory Domain was top tier. Hidden in the blowing sands, the jade slip left no trace at all.

At this moment, the Legacy Space had changed again. It was no longer a blank white. When Li Shuang looked up, she saw a simple bamboo house.

In front of it lay a small lake. Su Mu held a bamboo rod and fished at ease.