Chapter 450: Wrong Direction Full Throttle (4/10, Autumn Subscription)

You Sisi screamed wildly in her heart, but her body was pinned in place by the flame's wind pressure, able only to watch helplessly as the Fire Blade slashed across her face.

Then with a boom, it exploded, and the Fire Blade vanished like an illusion.

In the instant of You Sisi's shock, the flame wind pressure that had been pinning her down closed in from all sides, merging into a deadly fire tornado—just as it was about to scorch her, it collided with itself and scattered, dissipating into the air.

*Snap. *

Frozen in place, drenched in cold sweat, as though she had just walked back from the gates of hell, You Sisi suddenly felt a sting on her forehead.

Once she came back to herself, she realized it was Fang Yue who had lightly flicked her forehead.

"One move, and it's over. I'm heading off first."

One move… over?

That was… one move?

You Sisi's mind was still buzzing.

The image of those towering flames sweeping in just now seemed seared into her soul—she couldn't forget it no matter how hard she tried.

Beneath those flames, she couldn't even mount a counterattack—she could only wait for death!

Postnatal First-rate Realm?

That guy was actually only at the Postnatal First-rate Realm??

You Sisi found it unbelievable, feeling her entire perception of the world had been shattered.

In Qingsi County she swept all before her, invincible among her peers, puffed up with pride to the extreme—besides those above the Xiantian Realm, she looked down on everyone else.

Yet she never expected… that among Postnatal First-rate Realm cultivators, there existed a monster like Fang Yue!

That overwhelming, absolute strength left her unable to find a single excuse to deny her defeat.

"How… could this be…"

You Sisi's spirit was dazed; only after a long while did she slowly come back to herself.

"Lord You?"

Qiu Xin asked cautiously.

"I'm fine… let's head back."

Taking a deep breath, You Sisi had gradually calmed down.

She glanced back at Fang Yue's retreating figure as he entered the inn, then led her people away.

"That one blade that still haunts me, I'll remember it!"

"There's always a sky beyond the sky, a person beyond the person—I let my ego run wild!"

"Just you wait, Yese Liming! The moment I break through from the Postnatal Realm to the Xiantian Realm, I'll come challenge you again!"

"Be proud—you have every right to be proud! Because you're the first man I've ever admitted I absolutely cannot defeat among my peers!"

Clenching her fists tight, You Sisi quickened her pace and walked to the front of the group.

She wanted to get back to Qingsi fast, to start cultivating immediately!

The title of Invincible Among Peers had made her strength stagnate for far too long!

The time had come—the time to take the next step!

But just as she was striding forward, the Grey-Clad Qing Guards behind her suddenly broke into an uproar.

You Sisi, who had been immersed in the urgent desire to raise her strength, immediately frowned in displeasure and glared over.

But the next instant, she froze.

Because she saw the Grey-Clad Qing Guard named Qiu Xin, helpless and terrified, staring at the people scattering around him—while the whites of his eyes were gradually turning pitch-black, with black blood dripping down bit by bit!

Qiu Xin—when had he been possessed by a Gui Yi?!

Impossible! We're inside Qingsi County! Most of these Grey-Clad Qing Guards handle internal matters within the county and rarely go out!

When was he possessed? Why is it suddenly acting up now?

For a moment, thoughts flashed through You Sisi's mind like a memory reel—suddenly she recalled what Black Crow had said, and that during the Qingluan Lou incident, Qiu Xin had also been a Grey-Clad Qing Guard fighting on the front line.

Her heart gave a sudden lurch, and an extremely ominous guess rose in You Sisi's mind.

"Things… shouldn't be heading in the worst direction I'm thinking of, right…"

Amid the others' cries of alarm, Qiu Xin's eyeballs burst open, and a fleshy tumor seemed to be squeezing out from within them.

But the next instant, a flash of white light streaked before everyone's eyes—the Thousand Silk Sword had already split into a thousand silken threads, piercing into Qiu Xin's eye sockets, and with a casual twist—

The Gui Yi inside Qiu Xin was strangled on the spot; his body stiffened, then thudded to the ground.

The Gui Yi Qiu Xin had become was not strong—in fact, it counted as an extremely weak existence even among Black Grade Initial Stage Gui Yi.

Even if You Sisi hadn't acted, once the Grey-Clad Qing Guards present calmed down and joined forces, they could have handled it.

But what You Sisi was thinking about was not just this single case of possession.

She scanned the crowd around her, her heart pounding wildly—at her own guess, an endless dread welled up inside her.

The sea of people pressing in around her due to the chaos was like darkness, gradually making her lose her way.

"Yese Liming… perhaps when we interrogated Black Crow, our entire judgment about the Fire Pattern Token was off in the wrong direction!"

"We're in serious trouble!!"

……

Inn.

"Ye Ge, you're back."

Jing Yan, who had been playing with Xiao Xuedou, gave a start and hurried over.

"Ye Ge, Ye Ge, how did the Qingluan Lou case go?"

Fang Yue found an empty table and sat down, first opening the small reward chest from killing 【Severed Dragon Head】.

The moment the small chest opened, golden light flashed, and the other villagers in the inn were drawn over one after another.

"Wow! A golden legend!"

Jing Yan hadn't yet seen what was inside. He squinted for a closer look and was instantly stunned.

"Holy crap! Gold! A whole little box of gold bars!"

Jing Yan, who had been jogging over, suddenly had his eyes light up and sprinted over madly.

Gold! Gold! Gold! It's gold!

With gold, I can do whatever I want at Qingluan Lou!!

The moment this thought popped up, he remembered that Qingluan Lou was already gone.

Dammit! I never even got to with the young ladies...

"Huh?! What is filling my eyes!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu caught the scent and came limping out of the room.

When she saw the little box of gold bars on the table, her eyes immediately went wide and fixed.

"G-g-g-g-gold bars!! Ye Ge, I want the gold bars! I want the gold bars! I want the gold bars! I want the gold bars!"

Too lazy to drag her leg along, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu hopped over toward Fang Yue one-legged, rooster-style.

"What are you doing! Both of you, stand aside, don't cause trouble!"

Fang Yue glared at the two of them, and only then did they calm down a little.

But with those little eyes and little hands, they both wished they could shove them into the little box, grab a handful of gold bars, and run.

Fang Yue weighed the value of this batch of gold bars, lost in thought.

He never expected that the reward for killing 【Broken Dragon Head】 would be this generous.

Such a small box of gold bars—I wonder how much it's worth!

But thinking of the number of murder cases in the hands of the Night Thief 【Broken Dragon Head】, and his deranged methods, a bounty this high is completely understandable.

In a certain sense, killing 【Broken Dragon Head】 and slaying the strange creature that wiped out a village is no different.

These are gold bars tinged with the smell of blood.

They are gold bars piled up from the countless lives in 【Broken Dragon Head】's hands!

(End of chapter)