Chapter 275: Time Retracing

At the edge of the battlefield.

Mu Lingxi hovered in mid-air, her beautiful eyes closed.

Her long hair, having come undone at some unknown moment, drifted backward, moving without wind.

The already pitch-black strands became even deeper, as if they were about to drip ink.

A strange power shrouded her body.

It made her appear at times real, at times illusory.

As if she existed in the past, and yet also as if she came from the future.

At a certain moment.

Her closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing a pair of pitch-black orbs.

Like two deep Abyss, they captured the soul.

As if they could even swallow light.

She looked at the Purple Crystal Fire Beast, her gaze icy and devoid of the slightest emotion.

A slender jade hand lifted gently and pressed into the air toward the Blue Crystal Fire Beast.

"Retrace!"

Her voice was still as crisp and pleasant as it was on ordinary days, but at this moment, it carried an added coldness that held the common people in contempt.

It contained not the slightest trace of emotion.

In an instant, it was as if time were flowing backward.

The Blue Crystal Fire Beast weakened rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it fell back to the state it was in before it absorbed the power of the Magma Giant Beast.

This bizarre scene caused a flash of confusion to cross the eyes of the Blue Crystal Fire Beast.

It seemed to be wondering why the power it had clearly just reclaimed from the Magma Giant Beast had suddenly vanished.

Wang Jianqiang was stunned for only a moment before he instantly snapped back to his senses.

Seizing the opportunity, he rushed forward and landed over a hundred punches on the Blue Crystal Fire Beast.

Having lost its power, it could no longer withstand Wang Jianqiang's attacks, and cracks spread rapidly across its body.

Then, it exploded with a boom.

A mass of deep blue flame flew out from the scattering fragments of blue crystal and fled into the distance.

Wang Jianqiang had been prepared.

He unleashed several bursts of Spiritual Power in succession, tightly imprisoning this mass of deep blue flame.

The power the Spirit Flame entity had accumulated over countless years had been exhausted along with the shattering of the Blue Crystal Fire Beast.

At this moment, it could no longer stir up any waves and was easily imprisoned by Wang Jianqiang.

With a wave of his palm, he put the Spirit Flame away.

His figure flickered, appearing beside Mu Lingxi, and he looked at her, reprimanding,

"Change back."

Mu Lingxi's icy eyes, which held not the slightest emotion, flickered.

Her figure trembled.

She detached from the Reincarnation True Body state, and her Three Lives Body reappeared.

She seemed to have consumed a great deal; the complexions of all three bodies were extremely pale, and their auras were weak.

Wang Jianqiang's gaze swept over Mu Lingxi's three bodies one by one, his expression darkening, "Do you know what the price of using that move just now is?"

Mu Lingxi smiled indifferently, "It's only ten years of lifespan. To obtain such a powerful Spirit Flame, it was worth it."

"Worth a damn."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "If the Spirit Flame collection fails, we can always come back later. Once lifespan is lost, it is difficult to make it up."

Mu Lingxi pouted, "You went to such great lengths this time; it would be too much of a loss to return empty-handed. It's only a loss of ten years of lifespan, not a hundred. If it can't be made up, then so be it."

Hearing Mu Lingxi's indifferent words, Wang Jianqiang felt a wave of helplessness.

He then looked at her sternly, "Although this technique defies the heavens, it requires sacrificing one's own lifespan to cast; the price is too high."

"In the future, unless you encounter a desperate situation, you must never use this technique, do you understand?"

Looking at Wang Jianqiang's serious expression, Mu Lingxi stuck out her tongue and stepped forward to hug Wang Jianqiang's arm, "Alright, alright, you're too long-winded, why are you like an old man?"

Wang Jianqiang glared at her, "Your Senior Brother is an old man, after all. Do you want your Senior Brother to change back to his original appearance?"

Mu Lingxi nodded earnestly, "Sure, after we go back, Senior Brother must change for me to see."

"It's nice to change things up occasionally."

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted, and he rubbed his chin.

That suggestion wasn't bad...

Immediately after, he came back to his senses and glared at Mu Lingxi, "Don't try to change the subject; did you hear what I said?"

"I heard it." The three Mu Lingxis simultaneously showed obedient expressions and nodded.

"Good, remember that."

Seeing this, Wang Jianqiang's expression softened, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "The ten years of lifespan you lost, Senior Brother will find a way to make it up to you later."

Upon hearing this, Mu Lingxi smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Senior Brother, Senior Brother is the best."

Wang Jianqiang nodded, satisfied, and his figure turned, flying toward an open space in the distance.

"Eh, it's you!"

Mu Lingxi, who had followed Wang Jianqiang to the open space, showed a look of surprise upon seeing Qingcheng.

Immediately after, she scanned Qingcheng up and down, then looked at Wang Jianqiang with a face full of admiration, "As expected of you, Senior Brother, to be able to find the energy to be so dashing while fighting such a powerful Spirit Flame."

Upon hearing Mu Lingxi's words, Qingcheng's face instantly turned bright red, "You witch, how dare you spout such nonsense."

Wang Jianqiang smiled and shook his head, "Lingxi, give her some clothes."

Mu Lingxi giggled and took out a dress specially made by Wang Jianqiang from her Space Ring.

Seeing the dress in Mu Lingxi's hand, Qingcheng's expression changed once again, "Witch, you actually want me to wear such an unbearable thing?"

"Do not think that just because I have fallen into your hands, you can humiliate me."

"Even if you kill me, I will absolutely not wear it."

"Oh? Is that so? Your attitude is so firm?" Mu Lingxi looked at her with a smile.

Qingcheng sneered and did not speak.

Wang Jianqiang covered his forehead.

He glanced at Mu Lingxi helplessly, "Get a more decent one."

"Oh."

Mu Lingxi nodded, put away the specially made dress in her hand, and took out a long dress instead.

Only then did Qingcheng take it, just about to stand up.

Seeming to have thought of something, she glared in shame and annoyance at Wang Jianqiang, who was looking her over with great interest, "Turn around."

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "What should have been seen, I have already seen; isn't the Fairy just deceiving herself?"

Qingcheng's expression stiffened.

She thought about it and realized he was right.

Seeming to have cast all caution to the wind, she snorted coldly and changed into the dress right in front of Wang Jianqiang.

Seeing that Qingcheng was dressed properly, Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted, "Fairy, you said earlier that you knew of the evil deeds I have committed?"

"I consider myself a fairly upright and kind person; my fellow sect members and friends can all testify to this for me. I wonder where you heard of these so-called evil deeds, Fairy?"