Chapter 647 - 654: Gong Ye’s Despair

But when she turned around, all she saw was a figure descending from the sky. It came bearing a completely irresistible pressure, bearing down on her.

Li Qingya reacted in a flash. She threw out all her poison powder and immediately tried to summon her monsters.

But because of the Array, the monsters could no longer reach her instantly.

With no cannon fodder to take the fall and the poison proving useless against Song Wanning, Li Qingya knew she was finished.

She tried to fight back, but in the blink of an eye, the avatar’s large hand was already slamming down toward her head.

The moment the large hand covered the crown of her head, she was completely paralyzed.

Li Qingya was horrified. "Gong Ye, save me—"

At this moment, only Gong Ye could save her.

But Gong Ye merely shot her a frigid glance. He was surprised that Song Wanning had an avatar and paid Li Qingya no mind at all.

"You’re reaping what you sow. You deserved to die from the start."

Gong Ye’s expression was no longer as composed as it was at the beginning; it had been instantly replaced by madness.

He had realized how uncannily powerful Song Wanning was, and it only made him more unwilling to accept his fate.

He was now fighting against his own destiny.

Seeing that Gong Ye had abandoned her, Li Qingya was filled with despair.

She struggled desperately, but she couldn’t even break free from the avatar’s grasp. She was a complete joke.

In that moment, she realized Song Wanning’s strength was far greater than it appeared.

Her power far surpassed her apparent level of Cultivation.

Gong Ye had clearly known but had deliberately kept it from her, watching as she walked into a death trap.

At this thought, Li Qingya’s heart filled with nothing but endless resentment.

She had intended to use Gong Ye, but it turned out she was the one who had been thoroughly used.

’I’m the biggest fool!’

But it was too late for regrets.

’Song Wanning left me for last on purpose. This was all deliberate.’

The light in Li Qingya’s eyes began to crumble, replaced by a flash of madness.

’Fine! If I’m going to die, I’ll just self-destruct!’

’I’m dead either way.’

’But I’ll have to take someone down with me!’

Li Qingya’s heart was filled with utter despair. Yet, just as the thought arose, a surge of power violently flooded her Sea of Consciousness.

In an instant, she lost consciousness.

"You dare perform a Soul Search?"

Gong Ye was instantly enraged. But he was tied up fighting Song Wanning’s main body and could only roar helplessly from the side.

"You should worry about yourself first."

Song Wanning’s main body scoffed, increasing her Spiritual Power output as she re-engaged Gong Ye in a fierce struggle.

Gong Ye’s face flushed red with rage. He wished he could tear the woman before him to shreds with his bare hands.

His gaze grew increasingly dangerous, like that of a rabid beast.

At this point, all other thoughts had vanished from his mind. He wanted only one thing: to kill Song Wanning.

Even if it meant being shattered to pieces, even if it meant mutual destruction, he had to kill Song Wanning!

While he was unleashing his fury, the avatar had already finished searching Li Qingya’s Divine Soul.

As the avatar watched fragments of memory showing Song Que instructing her, its expression grew increasingly grim.

So Song Que had begun raising monsters all that time ago. He had even started cultivating Li Qingya when she was only a few years old.

If it weren’t for Song Que, perhaps Li Qingya would have never walked this path.

The avatar sighed internally. Having gathered the information it needed, it gave Li Qingya a quick end.

Li Qingya’s expression stiffened, and then her entire body plummeted from the sky.

Her Divine Soul had already shattered and dissipated into nothing.

THUD—

Li Qingya was dead.

Gong Ye’s expression flickered, a hint of emotion showing through. It wasn’t for Li Qingya, however, but for himself.

He didn’t believe Song Wanning’s words, but Li Qingya’s end seemed to be a premonition of his own.

"Song Wanning—"

Gong Ye stared at Song Wanning, his teeth clenched. The hatred in his heart was boundless. For the first time, he felt such fear and loathing for another person.

"Gong Ye."

Song Wanning stood shoulder to shoulder with her avatar, staring at him coldly.

"Today, you will die."

"There is no other possibility!"

Gong Ye had escaped many times before.

Back then, her strength was insufficient, so she had been forced to let him go time and again.

But now, she would not allow him to flee again.

He could block the Three Lives Mirror’s tracking. She absolutely could not let such a great threat escape again.

Therefore, even if it cost her half her life, she had to kill him here today!

"Hahaha—"

Hearing her words, Gong Ye burst into wild laughter. He laughed so hard that his eyes began to sting.

’How can I accept this?’

’Why am I the one being abandoned?’

’The identity I was always so proud of... why has it made me an invader in the end?’

Gong Ye couldn’t accept it.

He couldn’t accept it!

His eyes were once again consumed by endless savagery as he attacked Song Wanning like a man possessed.

Song Wanning’s expression remained serene. While her avatar charged forward, she summoned the Blood Lotus.

The Red Blood Lotus was no longer as timid as before, floating quietly in mid-air.

Song Wanning’s expression sharpened as she also summoned the Twin Blood Lotus from within her.

The three Blood Lotuses merged in an instant, and a bloody aura immediately blasted outward in all directions.

At the same time, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and the Divine Nether Profound Fire shot out, hurtling toward Gong Ye.

The bloody aura instantly transformed into a blood explosion that directly impacted the very core of Gong Ye’s body.

It was impossible to evade.

There was nowhere to hide.

The two Abnormal Fires swiftly surrounded Gong Ye and, with the avatar’s help, latched directly onto his flesh.

"AHHH—"

Assailed by several types of pain at once, Gong Ye couldn’t help but scream in agony. The next instant, Song Wanning’s fists and feet arrived as promised, colliding with him in a rapid flurry.

The avatar moved like a shadow, coordinating perfectly with its main body, giving Gong Ye no chance to react.

Fists and feet rained down upon his body.

The blood explosion was already causing bloody gashes to appear on his flesh, and he couldn’t muster his demonic power. It kept failing him at critical moments, preventing him from launching even a single complete attack.

This was Song Wanning’s plan.

’To finish off Gong Ye once and for all, I have to shatter his composure and give him no room to think.’

And as it turned out, a man as proud as him simply couldn’t accept reality. He was practically half-mad already.

’Now that I have the upper hand, does Gong Ye really think he can turn this around?’

’In his dreams!’

Song Wanning’s eyes narrowed, and she launched an even more frenzied assault.

’So what if his true form is a flood dragon?’

’My body was reforged by the Immortal Washing Pool. I’m not inferior in the slightest.’

BOOM—

BOOM—

Gong Ye was sent flying backward like a broken ragdoll.

BAM—

He crashed heavily to the ground, instantly forced back into his true form—that of a flood dragon.

The veins on his body bulged and writhed frantically, like countless small snakes trying to burst out from under his skin.

They looked as if they could burst open at any moment.

He spat out mouthfuls of blood. The karmic fire burning all over him was so excruciating that his entire body convulsed, thrashing about wildly.

"Song Wanning, I’m going to kill you!"

The endless pain only drove Gong Ye deeper into madness.

He suddenly snapped his flood dragon eyes wide, his blood-red pupils burning with a man-eating hunger.