Jiang Ke’er lay at the entrance of the Dragon Vein Cave, one eye pressed against the scope, like a seasoned assassin.
She looked serious, muttering to herself.
“Target distance – can’t tell.”
“Wind speed – don’t know.”
“Wind direction – can’t figure it out.”
“Angle correction – can’t calculate.”
“Forget it, fire!”
After all, her class wasn’t Assassin or Archer; Jiang Ke’er wouldn’t know such professional things, but she wouldn’t misdirect the general location.
A talisman paper flew lightly from the box, with no recoil at all, making Jiang Ke’er doubt its power.
In the melee, not even a single cultivator noticed this small talisman paper flying close to the ground.
“Boom—”
Moments later, a small mushroom cloud exploded in the crowd.
The shockwave blew cultivators within dozens of meters away, and several cultivators in the central area were instantly blown to smithereens.
Jiang Ke’er stared blankly at the 800 villain points she suddenly gained… The entire fox immediately became excited!
Eight hundred per shot, I’m rich!
And such explosive talismans were the most abundant items in the box!
However, she didn’t dare to hold the trigger too wildly; that would easily attract the attention of the venerable elders in the sky.
She just lay on the ground, occasionally firing a sneak attack at the most densely packed areas of rogue cultivators.
From time to time, she’d also give the Dragon Clan Saintess some buffs.
With this ebb and flow, Qiao Xiaoxian’s pressure significantly decreased, while the cultivator camp became somewhat disorganized—
“Ah! Those bastards from Lingyun Daoist Temple! Throwing talismans to blow up teammates at a time like this!”
“You killed my brother, bah, I’ll fight you!”
Many cultivators saw the talisman explosion.
Although the scene was chaotic and they couldn’t see where the talisman came from, such explosive talismans were Lingyun Daoist Temple’s specialty.
The truth instantly became clear – Lingyun Daoist Temple must have already started slaughtering their teammates, wanting to hog the demon dragon for themselves.
These people from Lingyun Daoist Temple have serious issues with their conduct! Not only did they steal the Wuji Sect’s treasure, but they also selfishly attacked their teammates, truly a cancerous growth that only knows how to fight internally!
“Bah! You dare to blow me up? I’m not fighting the dragon anymore, I don’t care about my life, today I’ll take on your Lingyun Daoist Temple!”
Rogue cultivators didn’t have the discipline of the three great sects.
The rogue cultivators who could come here were desperadoes, and they had long disliked the three great sects.
They knew it would be difficult to gain anything from the three great sects today and didn’t want to work for free.
The people from Lingyun Daoist Temple further ignited their fury.
Fortune favors the bold; let’s deal with the three great sects first, and the demon dragon can wait!
“Enough!” The Venerable of Lingyun Daoist Temple’s face was ashen.
“The demon dragon hasn’t even made a move, and you’re already fighting among yourselves.”
He focused his gaze on the ground, gathering spiritual energy in his eyes, beginning to search for the scoundrel who caused the chaos.
However, Jiang Ke’er had been watching the movements in the sky.
Seeing that the situation had already begun to turn chaotic, she had long since slipped back into the Dragon Vein Cavern.
Although firing felt great, she knew she absolutely couldn’t be greedy for output.
Once her identity was exposed and her location found, all her grand plans would be ruined!
“This is all I can do. As for that Saintess, the rest is up to you.”
Qiao Xiaoxian was already covered in wounds.
But the power from the dragon vein beneath her feet continuously healed her injuries and replenished her excessively depleted spiritual energy.
Therefore, her condition was actually much better than it appeared.
“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—”
Thunder clouds gathered in the sky.
Qiao Xiaoxian braced herself, letting out a slight sigh of relief, “Finally, it’s here.”
Fortunately, that little fox demon kept stirring up trouble; otherwise, if the cultivators had united, she definitely couldn’t have lasted this long.
Even if she had, she would have been completely exhausted and surely died.
Qiao Xiaoxian’s feet left the ground.
The power of this entire gold-attribute dragon vein had already merged into her body; she no longer needed to stand on the ground.
Now, she would face the heavenly tribulation lightning in her best state.
After enduring the tribulation lightning, the divine power of the Great Dao would descend.
At that time, no one would be able to stop her from becoming the first demon race Tribulation Immortal in thousands of years!
“Oh no!”
Seeing the furious thunderclouds in the sky, the cultivators hurriedly moved away from Qiao Xiaoxian, and even the three Venerables had to turn and flee.
When heavenly tribulation descends, friendly fire can easily occur, and the higher the cultivation of nearby cultivators, the higher the chance of being affected.
The world suddenly fell silent.
Accompanying this eerie calm, a beam of light poured down onto Qiao Xiaoxian’s crown!
Qiao Xiaoxian let out a muffled groan, her body stretching out, fully embracing this bolt of tribulation lightning.
Blue light illuminated the heavens and earth.
The Nine Palaces Tribulation Lightning wasn’t ordinary lightning; its temperature wasn’t high.
It ravaged not her flesh, but her divine soul and cultivation.
Generally speaking, tribulation lightning only lasts 1-3 seconds.
After this very brief period, the divine power of the Great Dao would descend.
But it had already been five seconds.
Qiao Xiaoxian looked at the sky, puzzled.
She could feel her hard-earned cultivation being dissolved by the tribulation lightning, and even her meridians began to melt little by little.
Ten seconds.
Qiao Xiaoxian clearly felt her cultivation had fallen to the early stage of the Eight Trigrams realm.
If not for her solid foundation and combat ability far exceeding cultivators of the same realm, she probably wouldn’t even have an eighth-tier left.
Fifteen seconds.
Qiao Xiaoxian’s realm had dropped to the Six Harmonies Qi realm.
.She stared at the sky, her gaze unfocused, a self-mocking smile on her lips.
She understood.
Even the supreme Great Dao was unwilling to allow the demon race to exist.
Thirty seconds.
Qiao Xiaoxian’s meridian cultivation had been completely refined; the next step was her divine soul.
However, at this moment, the lightning pillar thinned, and the lightning dissipated without a trace.
Qiao Xiaoxian opened her eyes, looking at the sky with ecstasy.
The tribulation clouds were dispersing, revealing the midday sun.
The divine light of the Great Dao, like another brilliant sun, descended from the sky, slowly drifting towards her.
She succeeded!
It didn’t matter if all her cultivation was refined; as long as the divine light of the Great Dao descended, she would directly become a Nine Palaces Tribulation Immortal!
“My people, all of you from the Dragon Clan, I…”
Qiao Xiaoxian’s eyes were filled with tears, “I did it! The Dragon Clan is saved!”
She could no longer hide the wild joy in her heart; the pain she had suppressed for too long was finally released at this moment.
She knelt on the ground, extending her hand to welcome the divine light of the Great Dao that represented hope.
But the divine light stopped.
Above the sea of clouds, a pure white figure stood there.
“Evil heretics are unworthy of the Great Dao’s favor. I shall reclaim the divine light.”
Qiao Xiaoxian’s joy froze on her face.
She stared at the sky in disbelief, pushing off with her feet, leaping with all her might, trying to touch the divine light of the Great Dao that was so close…
But now she had lost all her cultivation, her meridians utterly destroyed, she was even weaker than a mortal.
She could only watch as the divine light of the Great Dao gradually moved away, to a place she could no longer touch.
The three Venerables had already cried out in alarm, ready to flee, but unexpectedly, such a dramatic reversal occurred at the end of the script, and they couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Hahahahaha, evil heretic, unworthy of the Great Dao’s favor, Qiao Xiaoxian, even the heavens want to destroy you!” mocked the Wuji Sect Venerable.
“Everyone, now that Qiao Xiaoxian has lost all her cultivation, we can discuss distributing her body parts,” suggested the Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable.
Qiao Xiaoxian felt all strength leave her body.
She was utterly disheartened, unable to muster any thought of resistance.
She pulled out the dagger hidden on her leg and aimed it at her heart.
But at this moment, she heard a childish curse in her ear:
“Evil heretics? You can go screw yourselves!”
This rage, Jiang Ke’er could no longer suppress!
From transmigrating to now, even though she had been powerless and endured countless hardships and pain, she had never been as angry as she was at this moment.
She had always believed that no matter how unfriendly humans were, there were always some good people, still retaining the most basic empathy in their hearts, retaining a humanity distinct from beasts.
No matter how bad humans were, at least Heaven was fair.
But what kind of messed-up thing was this?!
It had been three days since she transmigrated.
She had walked through the streets and alleys of Wulei City, listening to the words of those cultivators—not a single person didn’t want to kill Qiao Xiaoxian, to strip her skin, pull out her tendons, dig out her dragon heart, and eat her dragon liver.
To kill Qiao Xiaoxian, they found ten thousand excuses to make their bestial actions seem legitimate, to set their minds at ease.
Cursing her as an evil heretic, deserving to die.
Alright then, I’m an evil heretic too.
But I don’t want to die.
“Silly dragon, hurry and chase!”
Jiang Ke’er sprayed every auxiliary talisman she could use onto Qiao Xiaoxian.
Qiao Xiaoxian felt some strength return, gritting her silver teeth, saying nothing, and rushed straight after the gradually receding divine light of the Great Dao!
The three Venerables hurriedly tried to stop her, but unfortunately, a torrent of countless explosive talismans and spells, overwhelming in their number, blocked their path.
“True Martial Myriad Talisman Box!” the Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable roared, “Such a rate of talisman release can only be from my Lingyun Daoist Temple’s True Martial Myriad Talisman Box! Thief, get out here!”
Jiang Ke’er wasn’t going to come out.
The duration of her eighth-grade invisibility talisman hadn’t expired yet; even the Eight Trigrams realm Venerables couldn’t see her.
She instantly unleashed almost all the offensive talismans in the True Martial Myriad Talisman Box, not only to obstruct those Eight Trigrams realm Venerables but also to hinder the white-robed man in the sky.
So what if he’s an immortal?
Sooner or later, I’ll kill your horse too!
The white-robed man frowned slightly.
Jiang Ke’er’s invisibility talisman was meaningless before him; he saw through her identity at a glance.
He wasn’t planning to bother with Jiang Ke’er and intended to kill Qiao Xiaoxian directly, but suddenly, as if he realized something, he whipped his head around and stared intently at Jiang Ke’er.
In an instant, the white-robed man’s immortal composure vanished.
His face contorted, and his voice even cracked in shock: “Fox demon?! This is impossible!”
In his astonishment, he even forgot about Qiao Xiaoxian, who was gradually approaching the divine light of the Great Dao.
He suddenly snapped out of it, but a divine light descended from the sky, enveloping him and forcefully dragging him away.
Before leaving, he gave Jiang Ke’er a deep look, imprinting her appearance firmly in his memory.
And at the same time, Qiao Xiaoxian also grasped the divine light of the Great Dao.
The divine light merged into her body.
“It’s useless,” the white-robed man sneered.
“Even if you get the divine light of the Great Dao, it’s useless. Without the permission of the Tribulation Immortal Palace, you’ll never ascend to the Ninth-Grade Tribulation Immortal realm… Now that your cultivation is completely lost, you will still die later.”
The white-robed man’s figure dissipated.
This time, he completely left this Divine Land.
However, as he left, he was clearly somewhat agitated.
Jiang Ke’er etched the white-robed man’s reaction into her mind but temporarily pushed it aside, as she wasn’t out of danger yet.
Qiao Xiaoxian had exhausted her strength and fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Jiang Ke’er, meanwhile, quietly approached Kuang Yuanwei, the captain of the demon-hunting squad, gave him another big gift, then returned to the entrance of the Dragon Vein Lair and revealed herself.
“Now it’s time to discuss the distribution of this demon dragon.”
Seeing that the outcome hadn’t changed much, the three Venerables finally breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at each other warily.
The demon dragon had been dealt with; now it was time to deal with their fellow cultivators.
“Venerable Fox Slayer! Venerable Fox Slayer!”
Just as Venerable Fox Slayer was pondering what price would be appropriate, he heard Jiang Ke’er’s anxious shouts from the ground.
“What is it?” he asked impatiently.
“Venerable Fox Slayer, I’ve been poisoned! I’m dying! Captain Kuang Yuanwei has the antidote, but he won’t give it to me,” Jiang Ke’er’s voice was full of grievance.
Her eyes were red, even tearful, “He’s your subordinate, so he should obey your command, right? Tell him to hand over the antidote, or you’ll lose a cute little fox-mud!”
Venerable Fox Slayer felt a headache coming on.
The other two Venerables also looked at him with strange expressions, making him even more embarrassed.
“Ahem, this is a new fox demon I captured,” Venerable Demon Slayer coughed, then looked at Jiang Ke’er, “The venom of the Cold Spirit Point-nosed Viper cannot be cured in North Juluzhou. The antidote would lose its potency in this cold climate.”
“I don’t believe you!”
Jiang Ke’er sobbed, “He said that as long as I obeyed, he would help me detoxify… He must have the antidote, there must be some special way to transport the antidote to North Juluzhou.”
“I lied to you,” Kuang Yuanwei reluctantly admitted the truth, “I don’t have the antidote either.”
“I, don’t, believe, you!” Jiang Ke’er seemed to remain firmly convinced that Kuang Yuanwei had the antidote.
She loudly declared, “If you’re so brave, why don’t you pour out everything in your Qiankun bag and let me see? You’re a coward! You have no guts! You have the antidote but won’t give it to me! You men are all big scumbags!”
“How dare you be so rude!” Venerable Fox Slayer reprimanded, “The contents of a Qiankun bag concern a cultivator’s wealth and secrets. Moreover, Kuang Yuanwei is the captain of Xiao Kingdom’s demon-hunting squad; his Qiankun bag might contain some confidential Xiao Kingdom secrets… Don’t be so unreasonable!”
Facing the Venerable’s might, Jiang Ke’er remained unafraid and angrily retorted: “Oh, so you two are in cahoots, right? You just want to see me suffer from the cold poison… Esteemed seniors of the Wuji Sect and Lingyun Daoist Temple, please judge this matter for this humble girl! If you can save this humble girl’s life and spare me from the suffering of the cold poison, this humble girl will follow you from now on!”
The three Venerables were stunned.
The Wuji Sect Venerable and the Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable both fell into thought.
“This humble girl is a fox demon personally certified by Venerable Fox Slayer and the white-robed immortal! Naturally charming, an excellent cauldron material! Even the immortal in the sky drooled over me, aren’t you two interested?”
Jiang Ke’er pouted, “You two aren’t perhaps old and infirm, willing but unable, are you?”
The faces of the Wuji Sect Venerable and the Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable instantly flushed red, feeling a bit awkward, but they had to admit Jiang Ke’er’s words made a lot of sense.
That was a fox demon! In a sense, her value was even higher than that of the Dragon Clan Saintess!
Today was truly a double blessing!
Jiang Ke’er’s palms were sweaty.
She had now put everything on the line, even personally jumping out to set the pace… If the plan didn’t go smoothly, the outcome would likely be worse than death.
“As you wish. Kuang Yuanwei, why don’t you quickly pour out the contents of your Qiankun bag?” the Wuji Sect Venerable sternly demanded.
“Why waste words with him?”
The Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable instantly appeared beside Kuang Yuanwei, snatched his Qiankun bag, and loudly dumped everything out.
“Clatter~”
First was a small fiery red bead, which surprised the Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable.
“It seems to be… the Great Light Temple’s Profound Fire Divine Bead?!”
Before he could pick up the bead, there was another thud, and a small box fell from the Qiankun bag onto the ground.
“True Martial Myriad Talisman Box?! Damn it! So it was you!”
The Lingyun Daoist Temple Venerable instantly reacted, connecting all the dots.
Well, the truth had finally come out!
No wonder Venerable Fox Slayer was so nervous and wouldn’t let others check Kuang Yuanwei’s Qiankun bag.
It turns out he was hiding evidence!
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