Chapter 729: The Emotional Silk is Severed, the Killing Scheme Begins

Chapter 729 -189: The Emotional Silk is Severed, the Killing Scheme Begins

This was a vast, ancient jungle that had never seen the light of day.

Layers of rotting leaves piled high, emitting a hot, humid stench that was enough to make one gag.

In the dead silence, two figures, one after the other, shattered a millennium of profound tranquility.

“HUFF… HUFF…”

Xia Qiu of Sword Heart Island was fleeing for his life.

His face was ashen. Large beads of sweat rolled into his eyes, the sting piercing him to the bone, but he didn’t dare blink, let alone look back. His steps were staggering; he was in a truly wretched state.

Behind him, there were no sounds of a hurried pursuit.

The Demoness of the Emotional Silk Sect, Hong Mei’er, followed leisurely behind him, as if taking a stroll.

Her bare feet tapped lightly on the fallen leaves, her red dress swaying in the wind. She looked like a beautiful ghoul toying with a dying rat.

An abyss of despair welled up in Xia Qiu’s heart.

He was already no match for her in speed…

What was more fatal was the hideous, piercing wound in his abdomen.

Not only was the wound refusing to heal, but a strange power was actively preventing his blood from clotting. He left a trail of dripping blood, which continuously drained his already meager stamina.

‘How long can I last?’

‘The time it takes for an incense stick to burn?’

‘Or maybe an hour?’

Xia Qiu, the great genius of Sword Heart Island, had never imagined he would be reduced to such a state…

“My dear, don’t run anymore. It’s not as if I’m going to eat you alive, am I?”

Hong Mei’er’s charming giggle echoed endlessly through the dark jungle. The sound moved with her, coming from the left one moment and the right the next, as if her apparitions were everywhere, disorienting him.

A look of grim determination flashed in the fleeing Xia Qiu’s eyes. ‘Since I can’t escape, I’ll fight to the death!’

He suddenly let out a soft laugh as his hands flew into a Dharma Seal. His body erupted in a blinding flash of fire. Using Sword Heart Island’s Flowing Fire Escape technique, his figure vanished on the spot, as if transforming into a heatwave.

Unseen by his pursuer, he hadn’t fled. Instead, he had circled back to face Hong Mei’er!

Hong Mei’er stopped. Her beautiful eyes shifted, and a mocking smile touched her lips. “This trick again? You’ve used Sword Heart Island’s Flowing Fire Escape three times now. Aren’t you tired of it?”

She didn’t even bother to search for his aura. Instead, she lazily lifted her jade-like right foot and, with what looked like a casual stomp, brought it down hard on the ground with immense force.

RUMBLE!

Like an earth dragon turning in its sleep, an Earth-Shaking tremor rocked the ground for a thousand feet in every direction.

An invisible ripple of Primordial Qi, carrying dead branches and rotting leaves, swept out in a circle from the sole of her foot!

The ripple was incomparably domineering. Wherever it passed, all concealment Techniques shattered and disintegrated!

Two figures were simultaneously forced out of hiding by the blast wave…

One was Xia Qiu, who had just used his escape art and circled back for a sneak attack.

The other was Chu Fan, who had silently crept up behind Hong Mei’er!

!!!

The playful look on Hong Mei’er’s face instantly froze.

She was greatly alarmed, clearly sensing the icy killing intent at her back.

Acting on instinct, she flicked her wrist. The incomparably vibrant red thread at her fingertip shot through the air with a SWISH, aiming straight for the throat of the person behind her.

This strand of Emotional Silk was as fast as lightning and fine as gossamer, yet it let out a sharp, Sky Splitting whistle.

Chu Fan’s expression remained perfectly calm. He shifted his body slightly, and the thread, sharp enough to cut gold and jade, barely grazed his temple.

Immediately after, his left hand formed a claw and shot out to the side, precisely catching the strange strand of Emotional Silk in his palm!

“TSSSSSS—!”

A piercing, grating sound suddenly erupted.

The moment it was caught, the Emotional Silk seemed to possess a Spirituality of its own. It struggled frantically, releasing an unnatural heat, like a venomous red serpent forged from molten rock, trying to burn through Chu Fan’s palm and burrow into his flesh!

Chu Fan just snorted and squeezed his hand.

With a sharp CRACK, the strand of Emotional Silk—incredibly tough and impervious to both fire and water—was crushed in his bare hand, dissipating into a cloud of red light that vanished without a trace.

“Lord Chu, I’ve missed you so much…”

Seeing this, Hong Mei’er’s pupils contracted.

Though she spoke words of affection, she used the recoil to shoot backward several dozen feet, instantly putting a safe distance between herself and the terrifying man.

Meanwhile, Xia Qiu saw Chu Fan descend like a Divine Weapon from the heavens, and a fierce hope ignited in his eyes. “Lord Chu, be careful!” he yelled. “This Demoness’s Emotional Silk is incredibly treacherous! It can be both soft and hard. An ordinary High-Grade Profound Weapon is like rotten mud before it!”

Xia Qiu spoke in a rush, afraid Chu Fan would be at a disadvantage. “The Emotional Silk isn’t just incomparably fast with extreme piercing power,” he added quickly. “What’s more terrifying is that its transformations are endless and it’s exceptionally vicious…”

“If it so much as scratches your skin, it will ignite the lust deep in your heart, and your mind and emotions will fall under her control!”

“Even someone with heaven-shaking Cultivation will be filled with affection for her and find it impossible to land a killing blow!”

“Annoying.” A cold glint flashed in Hong Mei’er’s eyes, and she flicked a finger.

With a SWISH, another strand of Emotional Silk shot out like a striking viper, heading straight for Xia Qiu.

The attack was unbelievably fast, crossing the two-hundred-foot distance in an instant!

Xia Qiu had no choice but to focus all his attention and throw himself into a clumsy roll, barely dodging the attack.

The Emotional Silk sank deep into the massive Stone behind him as easily as a knife cutting through butter.

Chu Fan paid no mind to Xia Qiu’s explanation, nor did he seem to care about Hong Mei’er’s sneak attack.

Expressionless, he walked toward Hong Mei’er. With each step he took, his aura intensified, and his oppressive presence grew heavier.

“If you missed me so much, why are you retreating?”

His voice was flat and emotionless, but his words struck Hong Mei’er’s heart like a heavy hammer.

Before his voice had even faded, Chu Fan’s figure blurred.

The next moment, a fierce gale erupted!

Like an arrow loosed from a bow, he tore through the air, charging at Hong Mei’er with the rumble of thunder and wind!

‘So fast!’

Hong Mei’er was shocked. ‘He’s several times faster than he was during the Profound Origin Secret Realm competition! Is this his true strength? He really has been hiding his Cultivation!’

During the Profound Origin Secret Realm competition, Chu Fan had rarely taken action.

She and other top experts like Ah Linglong had never faced him head-on. Although they knew his talent was exceptional, they hadn’t taken his current strength seriously.

But now, his ghostly speed, combined with the overwhelming physical power he’d used to crush her Emotional Silk barehanded, filled her heart with extreme apprehension!

Such speed was in no way inferior to that of a master at the peak of the Bright Heart Realm!