Chapter 88: The Confrontation at the Blazing Stone Palace

Shuoming – Blazing Stone Palace.

With the arrival of a purple beam of light, a girl with purple-black long hair appeared before the towering palace gates.

However, the Blazing Stone Palace, which should have opened its gates to welcome its master’s return, remained utterly still. Against the backdrop of the surrounding black crystal giant trees, it seemed so tranquil—the final calm before the storm.

Yet the black-haired girl clearly had no intention of entering. Instead, she stood there, quietly surveying her surroundings.

After arriving on the surface, it was easier for her to enhance her perception. After all, the outskirts of Shuoming were surrounded by a special gas that could interfere with the power of Shadow Extinction.

Seizing this brief moment of peace, she infiltrated the planet with her power, sensing the auras of her subordinates and making some preparations. She wondered if the invading Abyssal Lord felt so confident of victory that he didn’t even come out to stop her.

But then again, given her current state, who would take her seriously? Heh.

After sensing, the girl let out a slight sigh of relief. It seemed that her only remaining Heavenly Prison Beast had not been killed by the enemy, but was restrained together with her other subordinates.

Although these prison beasts were emotionless beings, she had spent so much time with them day and night that she had developed some feelings for them, especially the Heavenly Prison Beast Juanluan, which she had raised by herself. She hadn’t even brought it on this expedition.

She surmised that the enemy planned to kill her first and then gain control of Juanluan. After all, a Heavenly Prison Beast was no small asset.

More importantly, the girl had already used special methods to find out who this invading guy was.

‘If it’s him…’

After roughly identifying the enemy’s identity, a general battle plan quickly took shape in her mind. Let’s first see how long he can endure.

But the girl didn’t just stand there idly. Instead, she raised the purple crystal longsword in her right hand and assumed a standard alert stance. Then, slowly and cautiously, she began walking toward the Blazing Stone Palace.

Only… her pace might have been a bit too slow.

…

Ten minutes passed. The girl estimated that she had covered a distance of ten meters! Only 990 meters left to the main hall’s gate!

Such sluggish speed made the guy inside the palace, who had been preparing for a majestic entrance, lose his patience completely.

Suddenly, a violent and icy power erupted from within the Blazing Stone Palace! Countless gray-blue lights burst out from every window of the hall.

‘Bloom!!’

With a deafening explosion, the entire Blazing Stone Palace was engulfed by this eerie energy, both cold and scorching. It then turned into dust, leaving behind only a dark, profound abyss.

Ah, her home was gone just like that.

But it seemed this guy was still the same as before…

If that was the case…

The girl gazed thoughtfully at the ‘lawless maniac’ floating in midair, the one who had demolished her palace.

—

Above the abyss,

a man with spread silver-gray metallic wings, dressed in white, with gray long hair, slowly descended from the explosion’s aftermath and hovered less than fifty meters in front of the girl. His gray-blue eyes, twisted with displeasure, glared fiercely at the purple-haired girl below.

Seeing her still calm demeanor and the mockery hidden in her brow,

a powder keg ignited inside him.

The wild, cold gray-black Shadow Extinction Force burst forth without restraint, instantly sweeping across Shuoming. Tens of thousands of prison beasts trembled involuntarily under this pressure—a fear born of instinct.

Countless gray giant ice spikes condensed around the man, aimed at the girl below, who was gradually becoming more relaxed.

(In an unknown foreign language:)

‘Ming, you are as detestable as ever! Even in this situation, you dare mock me!’ the man’s angry voice echoed through the sky. The purple clouds above were shattered and scattered by his furious roar.

He had been waiting in the palace for her arrival, but this damned Ming seemed completely unwilling to cooperate. She was even taking the opportunity to recover from her injuries. He thought that, as a being of the same level, she wouldn’t be so slow, so he decided to wait and prepare a suitable ‘welcome’ ceremony. Moreover, sitting on her throne and waiting for her to fight her way back would also dampen the spirit of this woman who had humiliated him multiple times—that scene would be quite interesting. But he never expected her to be so sluggish! In fact, she probably never intended to come in at all!

‘This guy really loves these grandiose yet useless displays,’

Unhurriedly, she shook her head and planted her purple crystal longsword into the ground. She looked up at the already furious Abyssal Lord.

‘Heh, I say, Jie, aren’t you as foolish as ever? There was never a rule that I had to go inside. You’re the one who’s always bound by that strange etiquette.’

‘Besides, don’t call me by that code name. My name now is Xi Yue.’

As her words fell, a powerful purple-black Shadow Extinction Force burst forth from Xi Yue’s body, matching Jie’s gray-blue aura.

Name? Hearing Xi Yue’s words, the man named Jie couldn’t help but put on a mocking expression. He didn’t care about the insult in her words, as he seemed to have found something more interesting. He then burst into laughter.

‘Hahaha! Xi Yue? A name? You actually learned from those trash in the Origin Star Universe and gave yourself a name?! Aren’t you ashamed?’

Jie’s mocking words didn’t bother Xi Yue much. She tilted her head and casually asked,

‘Aren’t those strange rituals of yours also learned from those trash? Besides, isn’t it because of that that you were repelled by the Feather Emperor?’

‘You! B*tch! I was only repelled, not defeated! Unlike you, who was beaten half to death by the Dragon Emperor!’ Jie retorted.

‘My opponent was the Dragon Emperor! What about you? Two against one, fighting an incomplete Feather Emperor? And you dare compare yourself to me?’

Xi Yue’s tone remained as emotionless as ever, but her words pierced Jie’s pride like a blade, making his expression grow darker. He didn’t respond to her taunts.

Suddenly, the entire land fell into an eerie silence. Watching the girl who remained composed from start to finish—though in danger, she still dared to mock him—did she not know how to beg for mercy?

Gazing at her familiar, domineering expression, the long-sealed memories resurfaced in Jie’s mind. In those memories, he was kneeling on the ground in disgrace. The girl who had just become an Abyssal Lord, holding the purple sword named Annihilator, stood before him with contempt, looking down at him as if he were trash, with that arrogant, world-dominating gaze.

That immense humiliation was still unforgettable. That’s why, when he learned that Xi Yue had returned to the Outer Domain severely wounded, and even her famous Annihilator had broken, he was so excited—because it meant his chance for revenge and power enhancement had come. Although he didn’t understand why Ming, who had always stayed peacefully in her territory, suddenly attacked the Origin Star Universe, that didn’t matter.

He could clearly sense that Ming’s power was less than three-tenths of its original. What was there to fear?

One—

‘Hahahaha!’

A wild laugh suddenly burst from Jie’s mouth, breaking the temporary silence. He covered his face, leaving only one bloodshot eye staring at Xi Yue on the ground.

‘As expected of you, Ming! Still so calm at a time like this. I wonder if you can keep that expression when I devour you later. But don’t worry, no one else will interfere, because I will personally torture you to death!!!’

With that, gray-blue Shadow Extinction Force enveloped his whole body. The next moment, Jie roared, covered in terrifying gray metallic armor, and charged downward with countless gray-blue ice spikes, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth. This momentum instantly suppressed Xi Yue’s purple-black aura.

However, facing such a grand attack, Xi Yue only looked at the gray figure in the center of the assault with a slightly dissatisfied expression. Then, a massive amount of purple-black energy gathered around her, forming a mighty purple dragon. Slowly, she raised her longsword, pointing it at the incoming enemy.

‘Sigh, I told you not to call me Ming… I hate that name.’

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