Chapter 717 - 716: Gu Yuexi Resigned to Her Fate? The Soul-Eroding Nail Reappears

"Gu Yuexi, the three days are up."

A girl in white stood outside the pavilion.

She stared intently at Gu Yuexi, who sat by the window.

Her eyes were filled with unconcealed greed.

"Have you remembered the complete inheritance of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi?"

"No."

Gu Yuexi replied faintly.

Her gaze was calm, showing no emotion.

’There were indeed no memories of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi in her mind.’

’Even if there were, she would never hand them over to the enemies who had captured her.’

The girl in white froze for a moment.

The smile on her face vanished instantly.

Her gaze gradually turned vicious.

"Since you’re courting death, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

The girl in white waved her sleeve.

She opened the pavilion’s Defense Barrier.

In a single step,

she was standing before Gu Yuexi.

She reached out with her right hand, her five fingers forming a claw.

It shot toward Gu Yuexi’s head.

She was preparing to forcibly use the Soul Searching Technique.

...to rip the inheritance of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi from the depths of Gu Yuexi’s soul.

Gu Yuexi sat on the stool,

unmoving,

as if she had already accepted her fate.

The girl in white didn’t think much of it.

She merely assumed Gu Yuexi knew she was no match and had given up resisting.

After all,

her Realm was the Void Refining Sixth Layer,

while Gu Yuexi had just stepped into the Profound Understanding Realm.

There was a gap of two full Grand Realms between them.

Even if Gu Yuexi wanted to fight back, she stood absolutely no chance.

Just as the girl in white’s hand was about to touch Gu Yuexi’s hair,

Gu Yuexi’s eyes snapped open.

She stared intently at the girl in white.

A cold glint flashed in her eyes.

The girl in white froze.

In that moment of stunned hesitation,

Gu Yuexi’s right hand shot out like lightning.

In her hand was a Soul-Eroding Nail, black as ink, which she thrust viciously at the girl’s chest.

The distance was too close!

The girl in white was caught completely off guard.

She only had time to deploy a thin protective Barrier.

PFFT!

Half of the Soul-Eroding Nail sank deep into the girl’s chest.

"Damn it!"

The girl in white never expected Gu Yuexi would dare to fight back.

And even manage to wound her.

Humiliation instantly turned to rage.

She furiously channeled the Divine Power in her body and slapped viciously at Gu Yuexi.

With a deafening BANG,

the immense force blasted Gu Yuexi into a cloud of dust.

However, the girl in white felt no joy.

Instead, her brow furrowed.

"Something’s wrong!!!"

"It’s a clone!!!"

Although she hadn’t used her full strength in that palm strike,

it was more than enough to obliterate the soul of a Profound Understanding Realm Cultivator.

But when that Gu Yuexi was shattered,

she hadn’t felt the slightest trace of a soul.

The moment the girl in white realized this,

she suddenly felt a piercing gust of wind from behind.

An icy killing intent locked onto her firmly!

The girl in white quickly sidestepped,

simultaneously summoning her protective Magical Treasure

to block the attack.

But she was a step too slow.

The real Gu Yuexi had already appeared behind her.

She held a second Soul-Eroding Nail in her hand

and ruthlessly plunged it into the girl’s thigh.

"AHHH!!!"

The girl in white cried out in pain.

A piercing shriek escaped her lips.

She staggered back a few steps.

With two Soul-Eroding Nails embedded in her body,

she could clearly feel

that the circulation of her Divine Power had become sluggish.

It was as if something was blocking it.

"Gu Yuexi, I’m going to kill you!!!"

The girl in white was utterly enraged.

She held back no longer.

She summoned a longsword Magical Treasure that glinted with a cold light

and thrust it viciously toward Gu Yuexi.

This time,

the girl in white was certain.

’The person before me is definitely Gu Yuexi’s true body.’

As long as this sword strike hit Gu Yuexi,

even if it didn’t kill her, she would be grievously wounded.

She would no longer have any ability to resist!

To ensure a successful strike,

the girl in white even used her absolute power

to suppress the Space around Gu Yuexi,

rendering Gu Yuexi unable to move!

Gu Yuexi struggled desperately.

The Spiritual Power within her circulated frantically,

but no matter what, she couldn’t break free from the girl’s spatial lock.

The gap in their Realms was too vast,

so vast that no technique could possibly overcome it.

But...

there wasn’t the slightest trace of fear in her eyes.

From beginning to end, there was only supreme calm,

as if she wasn’t the one about to be killed.

SCHLICK!

The girl in white’s longsword pierced Gu Yuexi’s chest without any resistance.

Blood instantly gushed out,

staining Gu Yuexi’s white dress red.

"Hmph!"

The girl in white snorted coldly.

A triumphant smile appeared on her face.

"As long as you’re still breathing, I can use the Soul Searching Technique."

"Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s inheritance will be mine in the end!"

The girl in white said,

as she reached out with her right hand again,

reaching for Gu Yuexi’s head.

She prepared to perform the soul search

before Gu Yuexi was completely dead.

Wounded by the Divine Sword,

Gu Yuexi felt excruciating pain in her chest.

Her body was still locked by the spatial restraint, unable to move.

It seemed she could only watch helplessly

as the girl in white prepared to use the Soul Searching Technique on her.

However,

just as the girl in white’s right hand was once again about to touch Gu Yuexi’s hair,

the girl suddenly felt

an extremely faint aura from above her head.

This aura,

before someone of her Void Refinement Realm, was weaker than even an ant.

But it brought with it an intense sense of mortal danger!

The girl’s heart skipped a beat, and she was forced to stop.

She jerked her head up to look.

There, she saw an Azure Flame Flying Lion, its body wreathed in faint flames.

It held a third Soul-Eroding Nail in its mouth.

It leaped down fiercely from the rafters,

plunging the Soul-Eroding Nail toward the crown of her head with all its might!

Only then did the girl in white remember.

When they captured Gu Yuexi, she had indeed been contracted to an Azure Flame Flying Lion.

But this Azure Flame Flying Lion was too ordinary.

It wasn’t even worthy of being a gatekeeper for them.

Over time,

they had simply forgotten all about it.

After all,

who would ever care about an ant on the side of the road?

And yet,

it was this very ant, the one nobody cared about,

that at the most critical moment,

delivered a fatal blow!

The girl in white’s face paled in horror.

She subconsciously tried to pull out the Divine Sword embedded in Gu Yuexi’s chest.

With just a casual swing,

the Divine Sword could easily slice the weak Azure Flame Flying Lion in two!

However,

the girl in white tugged hard,

but it didn’t budge.

Only then did she discover with a shock

that her Divine Sword

was being held in a death grip by Gu Yuexi’s two hands!

Gu Yuexi was using her own body and all her strength to forcibly hold the Divine Sword in place!

"Let go!"

The girl in white grew frantic, shrieking

while trying with all her might to pull the Divine Sword back.

But Gu Yuexi’s gaze was resolute.

Blood flowed continuously from her chest,

soaking her hands,

yet she showed no intention of letting go.

Even with the Divine Sword piercing her body,

she had to hold the girl in white down

to buy time for the Azure Flame Flying Lion.

A trace of fear flashed through the girl in white’s heart.

She had never imagined

that she would be pushed into such a corner by a mere Profound Understanding Realm Cultivator.

At this moment,

she didn’t dare to keep trying to pull out the sword.

She had no choice but to let go, take out another Magical Treasure, and prepare to kill the Azure Flame Flying Lion first.

But.

It was too late.

The Azure Flame Flying Lion’s desperate strike

finally landed.

THUNK.

The third Soul-Eroding Nail accurately pierced the Baihui acupoint on the top of the girl’s head.

It sank deep, to the very marrow!

The girl in white felt her entire body go numb.

Her Divine Power, already sluggish,

was now like a river encountering sludge.

It was slowly grinding to a halt.

Once her Divine Power stopped circulating completely,

the girl in white would be unable to mobilize any of it.

At that point, the only difference between her and a common mortal

would be her formidable Void Refining Realm body.

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