Chapter 379 - 362: Little Junior Sister, How Did You End Up Conquering a City Along the Way?

Chapter 379: Chapter 362: Little Junior Sister, How Did You End Up Conquering a City Along the Way?

Finish him while he’s weak!

Su Ling’er wasted no words and charged straight at him!

...

Meanwhile, Ghost Nether had just caught his breath. He looked up to see a Foundation Establishment cultivator, wreathed in black energy with blood-red eyes, charging at him like her life meant nothing.

In that instant, his heart seized.

’Another one?! Another damn Evil Cultivator? You’re not going to charge me and self-destruct too, are you?’

Although the aura of this female cultivator before him was only at the Peak of Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, far weaker than the two madmen from before.

But! Ghost Nether was now severely traumatized. If he took another self-detonation now, he truly wouldn’t be able to protect himself.

Ghost Nether had no choice but to retreat pathetically, putting distance between them.

’What is wrong with you people?! Those two lunatics before were just like this! They didn’t say a word, just grabbed on and blew up! Are you all in a group suicide mission? Is it worth it, throwing your lives away just to cause me this little bit of trouble?! Huh?!’

Even though he was at the Core Formation Stage, and she was only at Foundation Establishment, the power of the previous two had left him genuinely afraid.

Ghost Nether didn’t dare let Su Ling’er get close. He could only pull back while mustering his remaining Magical Power for a ranged bombardment, trying to buy time to recover from his injuries.

He still had one last trump card.

But he didn’t dare use it.

’If I use it, it means I’ll be nothing but cultivation fodder for Master in the future, with no hope of ever turning things around.’

A vicious glint flashed in Ghost Nether’s eyes. He formed a hand seal and swiped fiercely at the empty air!

...

「In a dark alley in Anhe City」

Several surviving Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Cultivators were huddled in a corner, shivering in fear.

"That was terrifying... Those two madmen..."

"Good thing we ran fast..."

However, before the words had even faded.

They suddenly felt the blood and qi in their bodies begin to churn violently!

"No... Elder! Don’t!!"

"I can still be useful! I don’t want to die!"

"POP! POP! POP!"

They had no chance to resist. With a series of dull pops, the bodies of these Evil Cultivators, scattered throughout the city, instantly burst apart, turning into clouds of blood mist!

This blood mist was drawn toward the center of the battlefield, rapidly converging on Ghost Nether!

「Anhe City · Center of the Ruins」

"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"

A series of explosive cracks echoed through the air—the sound of Su Ling’er’s fists hammering against the Spiritual Power Shield!

In mid-air, Su Ling’er had transformed into a black hurricane, unleashing a frenzied assault on Ghost Nether Elder!

Every punch she threw was wrapped in a torrent of baleful black energy; every kick she landed seemed to carry the weight of a mountain.

"Just die!!"

Her long hair whipping wildly, Su Ling’er looked like a demon possessed. She poured all her rage, all her lingering fear, and all her grievances into the torrential storm of her attacks.

And across from her, the great Ghost Nether Elder, a Core Formation Stage cultivator, was actually being beaten back, struggling to defend himself in mid-air!

"You crazy bitch! Get away from me!!"

Ghost Nether roared as he erected layer after layer of white bone shields.

And so, an utterly absurd scene unfolded on the battlefield.

A Mid-stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator was overwhelming and pummeling a Core Formation Stage old demon!

But although Su Ling’er appeared to be relentlessly on the offensive, seemingly having the upper hand, her opponent was still a Core Formation grand cultivator, even if he was severely injured. Her fierce-looking attacks weren’t actually causing much damage.

’If that old demon is allowed to absorb it, the consequences will be unimaginable!’

The red light in Su Ling’er’s eyes flared. She pushed the Sword Refining Skill and the demonic technique within her to their absolute limits.

’I have to steal it!’

She spread her arms, her entire body transforming into a black vortex, and began to frantically intercept the incoming clouds of blood mist!

"You dare?!" Ghost Nether raged, desperately activating his own technique to fight for it.

For a moment, the human and the demon were locked in a tug-of-war in mid-air.

But in the end, Ghost Nether was an old Core Formation Stage demon. Even gravely injured, his foundation remained. About seventy percent of the blood mist filling the sky was forcefully inhaled by him, and his originally weakened aura began to rapidly recover and climb.

Meanwhile, Su Ling’er had managed to intercept a full thirty percent! As this thirty percent entered her body, it instantly shattered the barrier within her.

BOOM!

Su Ling’er’s aura surged. Although her foundation was shallow and unrefined, her aura unstable, she had, in the end, broken through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment!

...

And down below, in the part of the ruins where the Mirage Gauze had failed...

The surviving townspeople looked up, watching the scene unfold.

All they saw was that Su Ling’er had returned!

The immortal lady in black was willing to become a demon herself to fight a Core Formation old demon with her Foundation Establishment body! Not only was she not pushed back, but she fought with increasing ferocity, even forcing the previously arrogant old demon into a steady retreat! (On the surface, at least; in reality, she wasn’t causing much damage.)

"That’s Miss Su!!"

Someone in the crowd recognized her.

’What about those two benefactors who "self-destructed" earlier?’

’Weren’t they a beggar and a cook?’

’What were their names again...’

’This...’

But one thing they remembered with perfect clarity! Those two had bravely self-destructed with the enemy to save them, and both seemed to be connected to Miss Su!

And with the bloody, demon-like actions of their previous saviors as a precedent, even a demonic-looking Su Ling’er now became their last straw, their only hope for survival.

Those who had once selfishly harmed others for their own gain... now, at the brink of life and death, knelt on the ground before the god-like savior Su Ling’er and began to pray:

’As long as she wins... As long as we can live... From now on, if she tells us to go east, we’ll never go west!’

’From now on, in Anhe City, we will recognize only Miss Su!’

It seemed as though some ineffable connection between the city and the Daqian Dynasty had been completely severed.

...

Just then.

A system notification that sent the Anhe City players’ blood boiling rang out!

[Ding! All hidden conditions have been met]

[Server-Wide Announcement: Regional Ownership Change]

[Server-Wide Announcement: Congratulations to the Guixi Sect for successfully conquering Anhe City...]

[Anhe City has officially seceded from the jurisdiction of the ’Daqian Dynasty’!]

[Current Controlling Faction]: Guixi Sect

[Current City Lord]: Su Ling’er

[Regional Traits Changed]:

[Outlaw Territory]: Anhe City no longer needs to pay annual tribute to the Daqian Dynasty! The Contribution Store no longer requires an additional 35% tax.

[Guixi Sect Buffs Acquired]

[Spiritual Qi Recovery]: As long as Anhe City stands, all Guixi Sect members receive a 1% boost to cultivation speed/EXP gain!

[Grotto-Heaven Abode]: As long as Anhe City stands, the Spirit Stone output rate of the Spirit Stone Vein is increased by an additional 1%!

[System Prompt: As a player sect has now successfully occupied a mortal city within the vicinity of the Daqian Dynasty, the ’Daqian Dynasty Region · Sect Power Rankings’ has been unlocked!]

[Current Real-Time Rankings are as follows]:

NO.1 [Guixi Sect]

Cities Owned: 1

Evaluation: Far ahead of the pack! A singular legend for all eternity! The paragon of all sects!

NO.2 [Dawa Sect]

Cities Owned: 0

NO.2 [Android Sect]

Cities Owned: 0

NO.2 [Apple Sect]

Cities Owned: 0

NO.2 [Wangzai Xiaoqiao Sect]

Cities Owned: 0

NO.2 [Plant Transformation Sect]...

...

「Meanwhile.」

「Abyssal Rift」

"Giddy-up! Giddy-up!"

Lin Qingfeng was riding his beloved little scooter... no, wait, he was zipping around on the back of a newly spawned [Alien Queen] that he’d fed quite a few monsters to, having the time of his life.

Suddenly, a system pop-up was plastered right across his face.

[Sect Announcement: Congratulations! Your sect, ’Guixi Sect,’ has successfully conquered ’Anhe City’...]

[Guixi Sect Buffs]

"SCREEE—!!!"

Lin Qingfeng yanked hard on a tentacle, and the Alien Queen let out a shriek, its claws digging two deep furrows into the ground as it screeched to a halt.

He saw the announcement and was completely stunned.

’Wait...’

’Little Junior Sister, I just sent you to recruit a Storyteller named Mu Ling into the sect... How did you end up conquering the entire city for me along the way?! And you actually succeeded?’

’So you were just keeping quiet this whole time, planning to give me a city as a surprise?’

’Alright, alright, alright! I’m heading over right now to see what’s going on!’