Chapter 197 Who’s the Winner?

The company heard her and was greatly shocked. No one knew the origins of Hua Qiyue’s divine herbs. Yet she had been so powerful. She must have a mysterious Master to back her up.

“You’re using secret art against him? Let’s do it together!” Yun Shimo stood resolutely beside Hua Qiyue.

The others quietly retreated. At this moment, the person Hua Qiyue yearned for the most was Yun Shimo. Both of them were awesome talents—a perfect couple. Although Ji Feng and the others were unhappy with this fact, they also felt helpless.

In the forest, Huangfu Shenglin was so anxious that he was bathing in cold sweat. He heard a series of explosions and hideous screams from everywhere. The situation outside must be getting more and more horrific.

“Left and Right Custodians, are you two going against me? Release me… at once!” Huangfu Shenglin ordered coldly. These two custodians were Qi Artists ceded to him by his father the Emperor. He did not expect them to have tricked him. And he could not buy them over!

“Your Royal Highness, the situation’s too dangerous now. We may not win even if we fight!” After the two custodians stared at each other, the Right Custodian said finally.

“One more person is of course better than one fewer… droplets can form an ocean. Quick… we mustn’t let anything happen to Qiyue!”

“Your Royal Highness, there are so many beauties in Changjing Kingdom. You’ll have innumerable wives and concubines. I’m sure some of them will be prettier than Hua Qiyue.”

The face of the Left Custodian was expressionless.

They thought that Huangfu Shenglin was lusting only after her beauty. They did not know Huangfu Shenglin had genuine feelings for Hua Qiyue.

“What nonsense! Left and Right Custodians, I will settle scores with you一in the future!” When he realized that they would not release him, Huangfu Shenglin could only remark hatefully.

The Left and Right Custodians stared at each other, their faces totally expressionless. They no longer answered Huangfu Shenglin.

Once they were back in the palace, the Changlong Emperor would protect them. They did not at all fear a mere Crown Prince.

Outside the forest.

Hua Qiyue and Yun Shimo were fighting shoulder to shoulder. Hua Qiyue only made Yun Shimo transfer his anima energy from his body to hers.

The 10 Soul Puppets of the Venerated Supreme Devil had already slain Hua Qiyue’s 10 Soul Puppets. They were silent and immobile, awaiting their owner’s orders.

The Venerated Supreme Devil had realized how powerful Hua Qiyue and Yun Shimo were. He lifted a Soul Puppet to act as his scapegoat.

Anyway, if Hua Qiyue’s moves proved more powerful than her Spirit Summoning Art, it would be the Soul Puppet who got injured, not him.

“Qiyue, are you sure you can do it? Let me try instead!” Yun Shimo was frowning. He knew that Hua Qiyue had mastered many secret arts. She had not excuted all of them. After all, the more powerful they were, the greater the risks.

“Too… too late. This secret art was left on my mind by my Master. Outsiders can’t learn it,” Hua Qiyue said. For the past few days, she had asked many secret arts from Tianpi.

However, she could only execute two of them. Her level was too low. Furthermore, some of them would require powerful bloodline successors to execute.

Hua Qiyue gazed at the Venerated Supreme Devil opposite her. He was really true to his word, waiting calmly for her to execute her secret art.

Hua Qiyue knew that the Venerated Supreme Devil was extremely confident. He believed that she could not hurt him.

Besides, she had a secret art from 10,000 years ago. The Venerated Supreme Devil simply wanted to witness the art’s powers.

Hua Qiyue scribbled a rune on her palm and imprinted it fiercely on the earth. She injected all her spiritual energy into it. “The Demon Corpse Revival Formation!”

It was a summoning art. If she was lucky, she could summon the 10 Great Demon Corpses from antiquity to fight her enemy. If she failed, she would detonate and die!

“Damn that lass… ” In the gourd, Tianpi was so anxious that he was bathing in cold sweat. But since he had no way out of the green jade gourd, he could only panic.

One could only summon using this secret art at the Great Completeness of Round Sun. Otherwise, there was normally only a 5% chance of success.

The chance of success was minuscule. If she failed, Hua Qiyue would die!

But Hua Qiyue did not care. If she did not execute this final trump card, they would all die.

Either way, it would be death. So why not try?

The moment Hua Qiyue’s voice faded, sands and pebbles began to fly under the heavens. Dark clouds began to loom instantly, covering the sky and the sun.

One move of this secret art could make the heavens and earth change complexion. It must be a very powerful secret art.

The Venerated Supreme Devil saw this scene and knitted his brows slightly.

It seemed that he had underestimated Hua Qiyue.

However, he was still at the Great Completeness of Round Sun. Both Hua Qiyue and Yun Shimo were heavily injured. They had not much anima energy left in their bodies.

After summoning this move, Hua Qiyue could no longer recover her energy as fast. The Devil did not think Yun Shimo and the others worth bothering.

After all, an Artist one realm higher was so much more powerful.

Yun Shimo had transferred all his spiritual energy to Hua Qiyue. He quickly ingested a few more pills. But he had had too many. The rate of his recovery had slowed.

A dusky darkness had covered the heavens and the earth. One could only make out the indistinct outlines of the Venerated Supreme Devil before them.

The hearts of Ouyang Youche and the others were shaking with trepidation. They, too, have sustained grave injuries. They could only rely on Yun Shimo’s pills to recover.

But if Hua Qiyue’s move failed, everyone would surely die!

Everyone was pinning their hopes on this final move. They were at the verge of death. Everyone was feeling extremely tense.

The earth began to shake. Hua Qiyue sat down on her bum. Her legs were weak. She had already initiated the summon. She did not need to inject any more spiritual energy.

But if her summon failed, Hua Qiyue would surely detonate and die.

Anyway, she was already prepared for death.

Yun Shimo was gripping her hand tightly, squatting down and fixing his strange, anxious eyes ahead.

The moment that dictated history had begun.

The earth began to jolt, turning and tossing. The Venerated Supreme Devil was at its center. With a loud crash, deep fissures began to crack on the ground.

Whiz, whiz, whiz…

Dozens of black shadows darted out from underground. Immediately, the oppression from the heavens and earth began to intensified.

“I’ve succeeded!” Hua Qiyue cried out with joy. If she could not summon the demon corpses, she would surely have died. Since she had witnessed these demon corpses creep out from the earth, Hua Qiyue felt her fears allayed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, staring nervously at the 10 great demon corpses.

Hua Qiyue’s face was ashen. Although she had managed to summon them, she had exerted much spiritual energy. Given the fact that she was injured, and that such secret arts would make one incur more internal injuries, she had no energy left to even move.

“Qiyue, take this now!”

Yun Shimo slipped another revitalizing pill into her lips, making her take it.

Hua Qiyue swallowed the pill. She felt a coolness spread across her body. Although her spiritual energy had not revived as quickly as in the past, a pill was still better than none.

Thump, thump, thump—the rhythm of her heartbeat had gone all awry. For some reason, she was feeling very nervous. Despite having summoned the 10 demon corpses, her body was still breaking out in cold sweat.

A sense of unease was gradually diffusing.

“What? These are… ”

Some of the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed. The sun was slightly brighter than before, enough for one to discern the 10 demon corpses in the front.

“You stinking lass, you’ve really summoned the 10 great demon corpses?” The Venerated Supreme Devil’s facial expression changed. He had read about the legend of the Demon Corpse Revival Formation. It was a forbidden art, lost for tens of thousands of years. He did not expect any living person to know it.

Besides, Hua Qiyue’s Qi Art was not really high. The Venerated Supreme Devil did not believe that she could summon such superior beings. But he was wrong. He had underestimated her!

The Venerated Supreme Devil’s face was exceptionally solemn. For the first time, he immensely regretted giving Hua Qiyue a chance.

The 10 Demon Corpses were the demon corpses of tenth-level demonic beasts who had died 50,000 years ago. Although they only had a 500-year lifespan, these demonic beasts had already mastered human speech. They took on human forms and could not bear to part from the world of mortals.

Before they died, these 10 Demonic Beasts gathered and came up with this Demon Corpse Revival Formation. Each time this formation was activated, whether successfully or unsuccessfully, they could suck up the spellcaster’s blood and essence!

After they had sucked up enough blood and essence, they would be resurrected.

Therefore, the Demon Corpse Revival Formation must not be activated unless it was absolutely necessary to do so. After all, if these demon corpses were revived, it would mean a great ordeal for the world of men.

“Humph, lowborn humans, die!”

One of the demon corpses opened its mouth. The oppression from their bodies were immense. They must have been demon corpses at the Great Completeness of Holy God, turning the Venerated Supreme Devil’s face pale, shivering.

“Damn! How could she have activated this forbidden formation from 10,000 years ago?” The Venerated Supreme Devil cursed angrily. He dared not meet these demon corpses complacently.

He directed the 10 Soul Puppets to fight against the 10 demon corpses. He, on the other hand, tried to escape.

Unfortunately, these demon corpses were too powerful. They managed to break the 10 Soul Puppets apart in one strike.

“Hey hey hey, where are you going? Haha, a human at the Great Completeness of Round Sun. Your blood and essence’s good enough. Let us feast on them!” One of the demon corpses snickered, stretching out its arm to grab the Venerated Supreme Devil.

The Venerated Supreme Devil felt a powerful sucking force pulling him back. His body was sucked back to the demon corpse’s front.

Amid sounds of wild laughter, the palm prints of the 10 demon corpses all struck out on the Venerated Supreme Devil’s body. In the twinkling of an eye, the man had been desiccated. He was now a pile of white bones.

The scene flabbergasted every living person there.

The aura of death and horror immediately permeated. Hua Qiyue could not help but shudder in terror.

A forbidden art!

Following that, they would come after Hua Qiyue’s blood and essence. Although they would only take half, but still…

A person with half her blood and essence sucked away would be a half-dead corpse herself!

“Qiyue!” Yun Shimo’s face was turning black. He had not expected Hua Qiyue to have summoned such demon corpses.

Beads of cold sweat trickled down Hua Qiyue’s forehead. The green jade gourd at her waist started to glow with a gentle green light. An aura of of primitive simplicity started to permeate.

The little hare squatting by the side started to gaze at the green jade gourd, stunned.

At this moment, the 10 demon corpses turned around, walking toward Hua Qiyue.

“Hey, it’s a young girl. How dare you summon me!”

The demon corpses said, much displeased. They were holding Qi Artists at Hua Qiyue’s level in contempt.

After all, she was at the medium level of Moon Eclipse. Her powers were far inferior to someone at the Great Completeness of Round Sun.

“Let me take her place instead!” Yun Shimo stood up. The demon corpses’ eyes lit up. “Oh, here’s someone from the Great Completeness of Moon Eclipse. Still, much better than that one at the medium level of Moon Eclipse.”

“Yun Shimo, this isn’t right… you ought to preserve your energy!” Hua Qiyue said in a whisper.

“Humph, stinking lass, afraid we’ll go back on our word? There’s a principle for everything. If I suck all of you dry, I’ll have no chance to resurrect myself!”

One of the demon corpses sneered. It whizzed over to Hua Qiyue’s front and tried to grab her.