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The claws of the metal paper figures could damage the cypress walls, but Su Qing’s gray mist was useless against them. The figures seemed completely unaffected by it.

Ye Yuefeng saw this and burst out laughing. ”You think just because you destroyed my other puppets, you can destroy these too? Heh, these are no ordinary puppets. You damn girl, since you destroyed my puppets, you’ll pay for it with your life today.”

Ye Yuefeng had never been one to go easy on a beautiful woman. In his eyes, only his own strength mattered. Anyone who harmed his precious puppets became his sworn enemy. Even though the woman before him was stunningly beautiful, it did nothing to quell the killing intent in his heart.

However, Ye Yuefeng’s words had no effect on Su Qing. Even if she couldn’t destroy these metal paper figures, it didn’t mean he could harm her. This was her Domain. Trying to hurt her within her own Domain was nothing but a fool’s dream.

’The gray mist can’t harm these metal paper figures... so what about the gray liquid?’

As the thought occurred to her, she drew a few drops of gray liquid from the Bagua Pool and let them trickle down the cypress walls onto the metal paper figures.

SIZZLE!

The faint sound of corroding metal made Ye Yuefeng’s expression change instantly. He disregarded everything else and hastily recalled the metal paper figures with a wave of his hand. When he saw the small, pitted craters on their bodies, he glared at Su Qing. ”You damn girl, you’ve got some nerve! How dare you harm my puppets again.”

Su Qing gave a faint smile. ”You’re already trying to kill me. Is there anything I wouldn’t dare to do? Are you an idiot? Did you really think I would just stand here and wait for you to take my life? Of course I’m going to destroy your weapons and come for your life.”

Su Qing’s words made Ye Yuefeng’s chest heave with fury. In all his years, no one had ever dared to speak to him with such outrageous insolence. Even his enemies wouldn’t be so brazen as to declare they were coming for his life.

Ye Yuefeng was so furious he began to laugh. He chuckled twice, then gritted his teeth. ”Damn girl, since you’re so eager to die, I will grant you your wish.”

With that, Ye Yuefeng took out a string of bells and shook them a few times while chanting an incantation. Su Qing’s vision blurred as countless ghostly figures flickered before her eyes. Skull-like heads materialized and vanished within the apparitions. Shrill screams, cries, and laughter blended into a cacophony, creating a ghastly, demonic world. An ordinary person would surely be unable to withstand such a terrifying sight, but to Su Qing, it was nothing. The zombies she’d seen in the apocalypse were far more horrifying.

Because this was her Domain, Su Qing could sense it was merely an Illusion Realm. The zombies from the apocalypse, on the other hand, had been very, very real.

’This must be what Jin Zhiwei saw before he died,’ Su Qing suddenly realized. ’He was probably frightened to death by a similar scene. It seems the techniques of this Japanese Onmyoji and Master Xiangcheng have some things in common.’

”AAAAHHH...” A few terrified screams erupted from the corner of the courtyard. It was the other Japanese men.

Su Qing was speechless. ’This Onmyoji’s Illusion Realm is an indiscriminate attack? He doesn’t even spare his own men.’

However, Su Qing needed to keep those Japanese men alive for now; she still had questions for them. So, with a wave of her hand, several whips lashed out, precisely striking the men and knocking them unconscious.

The ghostly Illusion Realm pressed in on Su Qing, circling around her. Horrifying faces drew so close they almost touched her own, making her curl her lip in disgust.

’How ugly!’

Seeing Su Qing only stand there and flick her whip, Ye Yuefeng laughed smugly. ”Damn girl, my ghostly figures are intangible. Your little tricks are useless against them. Now, prepare to die!”

Su Qing smiled faintly. ”Is that so? Is this the best you can do?”

Seeing that Su Qing seemed completely unaffected by his ghostly figures and was even in the mood to chat, a bad feeling bloomed in Ye Yuefeng’s heart. Before he could process it, he heard Su Qing say with a laugh, ”Since you’re an Onmyoji from Japan, you should know that yin and yang have always been irreconcilable, shouldn’t you?”

”What did you say?!” The bad feeling in Ye Yuefeng’s heart intensified. Before he could say another word, he felt a powerful wave of life force erupt from Su Qing. The instant his ghostly figures touched it, they let out wretched screams. Before Ye Yuefeng could even react, the immense life force enveloped the figures and completely annihilated them.

SPIT! The string of bells in Ye Yuefeng’s hand snapped and fell to the ground. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed, his face pale. He stared at Su Qing in disbelief, muttering, ”Impossible... Impossible... How is this possible?”

’It’s the middle of the night, when yin energy is at its peak. How could such a powerful life force appear? My ghostly figures should have used this opportune moment to their advantage and annihilated this girl. How is this possible?’

What Ye Yuefeng didn’t know was that Su Qing possessed a Wood Ability, and the greatest strength of the Wood Element is its immense vitality. Furthermore, Su Qing’s Wood Ability had already reached the Sixth Rank. Dealing with an Illusion Realm like his was a trivial matter; in fact, she hadn’t even used her full power.

Su Qing dismissed the cypress walls. The whip in her hand flickered, transforming into a longsword forged from condensed, dry branches. She gripped the hilt and advanced on Ye Yuefeng step by step.

Watching Su Qing approach, Ye Yuefeng subconsciously stumbled back a few steps. He had already used his most powerful technique, yet he hadn’t harmed the girl in the slightest. On the contrary, he was the one who had been grievously wounded. Ye Yuefeng knew he was no match for the young woman before him.

’How could Hua Country have such a powerful practitioner? Why have I never heard of her before?’

”Just who are you?” Ye Yuefeng demanded, his voice laced with indignation.

”I told you,” Su Qing said, a smile playing on her lips. ”I’m the one who came to take you out.” In Ye Yuefeng’s eyes, it was the smile of a demon.

Ye Yuefeng stared at the Dry Branch Blade in Su Qing’s hand and drew in a sharp, cold breath. He couldn’t accept it. After decades of arduous cultivation, he was actually inferior to a teenage girl.

But the facts were undeniable. He had to admit defeat.

”We are both practitioners. I have lost today, and I accept it. I wonder if you might see fit to spare my life,” Ye Yuefeng asked, clinging to a sliver of hope.

”If our positions were reversed today, would you spare me?” Su Qing asked, raising an eyebrow.

”Of course.” Ye Yuefeng nodded eagerly. ”We are fellow practitioners. Today was just a spar. It doesn’t need to be a matter of life and death, does it?”

Su Qing just smiled. ”You Japanese... so full of lies. Utterly shameless.”