Chapter 1990: Yang Jian Kills Xuanji Holy Lord Again!

"Keep fighting!"

The Ruthless Empress continues to split her forces into several routes, starting to refine the reincarnation formation patterns in the Mountain Ding Realm.

This time the resistance has become stronger.

Because the surrounding starry skies have basically already been refined with the reincarnation formation patterns, and furthermore the Gu Clan and the Strange Clan have long since gathered, waiting for the Ruthless Empress to appear.

After discovering the Ruthless Empress's whereabouts, the Strange Clan members all sneered.

"Heh! The Ruthless Empress and Yang Jian really dare to show up."

"This time, if they can escape, I will directly eat ten catties of excrement!"

"This time, Ming has brought Gu artifact fragments; she can counterbalance Yang Jian."

"Yang Jian and the Ruthless Empress could escape our encirclement only because Yang Jian's human skin scroll can deduce moves. Now that we have Ming, Yang Jian is at the end of his rope."

Soon, an elder conveyed the news to the Xuanji Holy Lord.

The Xuanji Holy Lord immediately came out of her seclusion.

After these two months of seclusion, her cultivation has broken through to the Five-Star Dao Fruit Realm.

The Black Seal Elder responsible for protecting the Xuanji Holy Lord was overjoyed, saying, "Ming's talent is indeed not ordinary."

One must know that although Ming's cultivation has risen quickly, it is all solid groundwork, with a very firm foundation.

And not eating for the sake of raising cultivation makes the realm illusory.

The Black Seal Elder said, "Yang Jian and the Ruthless Empress have appeared again, wandering near our garrison. See if you can deduce Yang Jian's movements with the artifact in your hand."

The Xuanji Holy Lord nodded, "I'll give it a try."

With a thought, the black bracelets on her wrist instantly turned into hundreds of fragments.

Like shattered sand, they floated up and down.

Although these fragments are not the core, they can still be used for deduction, though they are somewhat inferior to the core of the human skin scroll.

The Xuanji Holy Lord's hand seal shifted, and she chanted silently.

Endless black light emanated from the fragments.

A profoundly mysterious aura surged forth, as if it were a power from the depths of the void.

The Xuanji Holy Lord saw a blurry image.

This is a vision of the future!

Here she saw the Ruthless Empress, Yang Jian, and the members of the Strange Clan.

Battle!

"What star is this?"

The Xuanji Holy Lord carefully compared it to the star map in her mind and immediately recognized it.

This is the Hanging Pot Star.

The star's appearance is that of a suspended wine pot, extremely strange.

The Xuanji Holy Lord continued to drive the fragments.

She felt a faint force, as if it were somehow connected to the core.

"Hmm?"

The Xuanji Holy Lord furrowed her brows slightly.

Perhaps she could communicate with Yang Jian, tell them this news, and let them prepare in advance.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

More black light emerged, drifting faintly.

After a moment.

"Buzz buzz buzz."

Yang Jian's side indeed felt something.

"What's the situation?"

He looked doubtful, his eyes turning crimson.

The human skin scroll deep in his eyes trembled slightly, as if sensing a force of the same origin.

He felt a faint excitement from the human skin scroll.

Yang Jian snorted coldly, "Could it be the Strange Clan activating the fragments? Trying to secretly mess with me? I'd like to see what you're up to—pure trickery!"

A thread of his divine sense sank into the world of the human skin scroll.

In the next instant.

He saw a blurry figure.

It was a woman, her curves hazy, extremely graceful.

Even as a mere illusion, she was peerlessly elegant.

"Yang Jian?"

A woman's voice came from the illusion.

Yang Jian blinked slightly, "Who are you?"

He never expected that the human skin scroll could also communicate with others.

The Xuanji Holy Lord said, "I am Ming."

"Ming!"

Yang Jian blinked slightly, "You're that freak of the Strange Clan? Heh, I didn't expect you could refine the fragments of the human skin scroll! Do you also want to win me over?"

"Last time, failing to kill you was truly regrettable. Today you dare to come see me—I see you're already courting death!"

His killing intent was immense.

Although he didn't know if he could kill Ming here, he would exhaust every means.

This Ming, he had already seen; his talent is extremely heaven-defying.

Once it grows up, it will surely be a great calamity for humanity.

This Ming actually dares to come looking for him; it's practically begging for a shorter life.

Just as Yang Jian was about to strike, the Xuanji Holy Lord lightly said, "One of our own."

Yang Jian's hand rose high, and he froze in place.

One of our own?

What does that mean?

Yang Jian frowned, "You'd better explain clearly."

The Xuanji Holy Lord said, "Tell the Ruthless Person Empress that the Strange Clan is preparing to set up a killing formation on Xuanhu Star to surround you. You can make preparations in advance."

Yang Jian coldly said, "Playing tricks with me?"

He still wanted to keep questioning, but the Xuanji Holy Lord's figure had already vanished.

"Damn it!"

Yang Jian stomped his foot into the void.

In the world of the Human Skin Scroll, he actually let Ming's phantom escape.

After thinking, he still prepared to go find the Ruthless Person Empress and the others.

Not long after.

He mysteriously found the Ruthless Person Empress; Yunxi, Yaoxi Empress, and others were also there. Yang Jian lowered his voice: "Ruthless Person Empress, guess what? I saw Ming in the Human Skin Scroll."

Yunxi's beautiful eyes flickered as she smiled and asked, "What did she say?"

Yang Jian said, "Ming told me to tell you that the Strange Clan will set up a killing formation on Xuanhu Star; she had us prepare in advance and lay an ambush here."

"I feel this is suspicious; perhaps it's a scheme within a scheme by the Strange Clan."

"And Ming also said something, claiming she is one of our own."

Upon hearing this, Yunxi, Yaoxi Empress, and the Ruthless Person Empress exchanged smiles.

"Yang Jian, Ming is indeed one of our own."

"She is also a disciple of Venerable Lord Lu."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky striking Yang Jian.

"What?"

"Damn! Is it real or fake?"

His head was buzzing.

How Ming managed to hide, and even under the nose of Old Ancestor Cangwu, she wasn't discovered.

This is too heaven-defying.

Yaoxi Empress said, "This is naturally all the master's doing."

"Good heavens!"

Yang Jian exclaimed in shock.

Is this Venerable Lord Lu's method?

Even Old Ancestor Cangwu, with a single strike, had all the top experts of the Strange Clan deceived.

Yang Jian suddenly asked, "Could it be that Ming is from the Strange Clan, turned by Venerable Lord Lu?"

Yaoxi Empress tilted her snow-white neck slightly, shook her head, "No. She is human."

Yang Jian was even more shocked.

In that case, Venerable Lord Lu's heaven-defying means far surpass Old Ancestor Cangwu.

Is this Venerable Lord Lu?

Terrifying indeed!

The Ruthless Person Empress explained, "In this life, Venerable Lord Lu has taken many disciples; he is cultivating them. Therefore, he often does not take action himself."

"I see."

Yang Jian suddenly understood.

Otherwise, Venerable Lord Lu would have come straight to the Threefold Heaven Gate and slapped Old Ancestor Cangwu to death; there wouldn't be all this fuss.

The Ruthless Person Empress also said, "You think Venerable Lord Lu just lies around all day, but he is actually secretly resisting many karmic ties; all this is not something we can speculate on."

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