The woman in the flowing blue palace dress was hurled out of the void her body pierced clean through by the black chains. Her expression twisted between shock and fury the disbelief plain in her eyes.
"Tsk tsk" Hun Miesheng's voice was calm yet mocking "merely a four star Dou Sheng and you still dared to posture and play tricks in front of me" He stepped closer the shadow of his presence pressing down on her "your Half Emperor level soul power is indeed formidable but your physical body is far too weak to match it"
As he spoke the black chains coiled tighter their surface glowing with dark light. Blood red runes slid along the links and sank into the woman's body like venomous serpents. The runes pulsed and the chains shivered with an unearthly rhythm.
"Soul extraction"
A low sound left his lips and the woman's body trembled violently. She tried to summon her soul power but before she could act his hand was already clamped around her throat. The pressure was irresistible her breath choked off and the strength in her limbs fading rapidly.
A faint translucent silhouette began to tear free from her flesh the shadowy outline of her soul being forced from its vessel.
Her gaze flickered with a decision made in that instant. A deep unyielding resolve filled her eyes. Without hesitation her body erupted into a violent explosion of energy. The blast was so sudden that even Hun Miesheng had no time to mount a perfect defense.
All he could do was turn and shield Xiao Yixian within his arms as the wave of destruction swept outward like a storm breaking from the heavens.
The blast ripped through the ground and air alike. A great swath of the Wan Du Valley was leveled to rubble the earth split and stone shattered. The air was filled with dust and fragments of shattered terrain.
When the blast faded the veil of One Yuan Heavy Water surrounding him dispersed like a dissolving mist. He lifted his eyes to the sky.
Above him in the distance a vast dark door hung suspended in the void its surface like an ancient gate to an unknown realm. Drifting toward it was a tiny flower of blue soul light its petals shaped like the most delicate blossom and glowing with a dim strange radiance.
"So the true body is a Biyu Youhua"
His eyes hardened his body vanishing from his place. In the next moment he appeared directly behind the drifting soul flower. But even with his speed he knew it was already too late to seize it intact.
His hand shifted into a fist douqi surging and condensing into a single devastating strike. His fist fell upon the blue flower.
A shrill cry pierced the air the sound tearing across the valley. The Biyu Youhua slipped through the dark gate vanishing from sight.
The gate before him began to close with slow inevitability. Hun Miesheng's brow furrowed as he swept a hand through his storage ring. A thriving seventh grade medicinal plant appeared in his grasp its leaves and stem filled with vigorous life force. Without pause he hurled it into the narrowing gap of the void gate.
In the next instant his pupils contracted sharply.
The verdant herb shriveled instantly its vibrant green fading into withered brown before crumbling into dust and disappearing into nothing. All its life force was erased without a trace as if devoured by an unseen abyss.
The aura that seeped from the gate was thick and heavy with the essence of death so pure it seemed to press against the skin.
"So this is the meaning of a place that only the dead may enter"
The gate faded away into the emptiness leaving nothing behind. Hun Miesheng shook his head.
He stepped forward his feet finding purchase in the very air. With a wave of his hand the surrounding land for hundreds of li burst into flames. Great seas of fire rolled across the valley consuming the lingering toxic mists until no trace remained.
He tore open the fabric of space and returned to the capital of the Medusa Empire carrying Xiao Yixian with him.
Inside the grand palace he looked down at the woman in his arms.
"So it is true" he thought to himself "when a contract is formed and fate is devoured by it the blessing of the heavens is lost"
His gaze softened at her pale and weary face.
"Come out"
His soul power surged into her spiritual sea forming into the shape of a massive hand. It seized a tiny black petaled flower with nine leaves the soul body of the Nine Colored Nether Soul Flower.
"Please release me" the voice of the flower spirit quivered "if you let me go I can…"
Before it could finish Hun Miesheng flicked a small sphere of violet black flame from his fingers. The chaotic fire consumed the flower spirit utterly leaving not even ash.
"Wake"
His finger pressed lightly against the center of her brow. Waves of soul power spread gently into her mind.
In the depths of utter darkness Xiao Yixian sat curled in a corner her eyes shut tight. A soft purple light surrounded her like a protective shell warding off the twisted poisonous spirits clawing at her from every side.
"Wake"
Again his voice echoed through her mind calling to her from beyond the darkness.
Her body trembled and slowly her eyes opened. The first sight to meet them was a face she knew too well a face with a dangerous beauty and an almost devilish smile gazing down at her.
"I… am I dead" she whispered her voice faint with confusion.
A finger flicked her forehead with a sharp sound.
"Ow that hurt" she protested rubbing her brow her lips pouting in a look of wounded innocence.
"Do you think you are dead now"
"No"
Her eyes reddened her voice catching as she threw herself into his arms.
Hun Miesheng sighed faintly spreading his hands. Another one using his clothes to wipe away tears.
Time passed and at last she raised her head. Her delicate face was still wan but her gaze had cleared.
"I must look terrible" she said touching the silver strands that fell over her shoulder imagining the ghastly sight she must have been under the flower's control.
Her lips were pale her body trembling so faintly she could barely stay upright. "I must have killed many people" she murmured.
"It will pass" he thought silently. To him the silver hair suited her. On his home world there had been many who adored women with white hair.
He let out a low chuckle his fingers gliding through her hair before slipping around her waist.
"No one would dare to call you ugly" he said softly into her ear his tone carrying that same dangerous charm. "When the day comes that you have killed more people than I have then I will marry you and make you truly mine"
Her mind went blank her cheeks blazing red. The words echoed in her head as her heart pounded.
By the time she recovered her senses he had already turned and walked away his laughter trailing behind him.
"Marry me" she whispered to herself pressing her hot face into the bedding "I do not want that… I really do not… you cannot just do whatever you want just because you are handsome"
But his words kept repeating in her mind without end.
"Is this… a promise"
Hun Miesheng stepped out into the hall stretching his arms. He had already circulated the chaotic purple qi through her meridians several cycles. Her injuries were no longer serious. The poison origin left behind by the flower would be a boon to someone with her Calamity Poison Body.
Her cultivation was now stable at the level of three star Dou Zong and with the poison origin her progress would rival even that of Queen Medusa herself.
"Another beautiful elder sister for brother"
The voice was bright and teasing. A girl in a violet dress appeared beside him her expression puffed up with mock indignation.
"Children should not worry about such things" he replied casting her a sidelong glance.
"I am not a child" Zi Yan said lifting her chin defiantly.
He gave her a once over and had to admit she was not as little as before. He coughed lightly and brushed the thought aside.
"Go and bring Hei Qing"
"Are we going to"
"It is time to settle matters with the Taixu Ancient Dragon clan" his eyes fixed on the distant sky.
A day later Hun Miesheng left the Medusa Empire with Zi Yan Queen Medusa the Ghost Elder and the Heavenly Flame Elder.
The Chu Yun Kingdom was absorbed its royal house announcing to the world that it was now a vassal of the Medusa Empire. The empire itself was governed by the former Mittel clan and the snake people under Soul Hall's watch with Ya Fei assisting. There would be no problems.
Xiao Yixian remained in Soul Hall her strength still far from the level needed to face the Taixu Ancient Dragons whose core forces were made up of Dou Zun.
Thus Hun Miesheng took only the four.
"Hall Master are you sure this few will be enough" Hei Qing asked doubt in his voice.
"With me is that not enough" Hun Miesheng crossed his arms smiling faintly.
(End of Chapter)
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