CHAPTER 647: CHAPTER 631: A LITTLE SELF-AWARENESS OF BEING A VILLAIN

Void floats.

A dark shadow slowly emerged, gesturing towards Qin Liuxi and said with a roguish tone, "Junior brother, we meet again."

Qin Liuxi tapped her toe and flicked her hand, ready to throw a talisman.

Sha Yuanzi dodged nimbly, chuckling lightly, "Hey, using the same trick again is outdated. Brother, we should first communicate our feelings properly."

"I’ll communicate with your brain-damaged self, who is your junior brother?" Qin Liuxi coldly snorted, "Besides, what does it matter if it’s the same trick? As long as it works."

What does that mean?

Sha Yuanzi looked down and saw a paper effigy between his legs, waving its claws and bursting into flames.

Damn!

Why does this guy always like playing this trick, roasting a bird?

Sha Yuanzi hopped away, frantically trying to put out the fire and winced from the pain, but he failed to notice the glint in Qin Liuxi’s eyes and the subtle movement of her fingertips.

Qin Liuxi wouldn’t wait for him to be ready again for combat. The Vajra Bell she tricked out of Master Tai Cheng hadn’t been used yet. She shook the bell in her hand, chanting the Golden Light Divine Spell, "Light of heaven, light of earth, light of the sun, moon, and stars, light that illuminates all directions, the bell thunders with lightning, the five qi vigorously suppress the souls, decree."

Ding.

It was clearly a crisp bell sound, but for Sha Yuanzi, it sounded like a deep drum booming next to his ear, the vibrato piercing his eardrum, striking deep into his soul, causing dizziness and blurred vision.

He immediately recited a spell to seal his ears, and with a wicked smile said, "Junior brother, you don’t think I came unprepared this time, do you?"

He raised both hands, summoning the Five Directions Array Flag and called forth the Five Directions Little Ghosts, encircling Qin Liuxi.

"Playing with ghosts, huh." Qin Liuxi sneered, "Who said I can’t summon ghosts?"

She lit a talisman, flicked her fingers to fold a gold ingot and burned it, chanting a spell, summoning the familiar Black Impermanence.

"Sir." Black Impermanence, wearing a long black hat, bowed respectfully to Qin Liuxi.

Qin Liuxi nodded nonchalantly, "Mr. Hei, good timing, I’ll borrow your mourning stick."

Black Impermanence immediately handed over his weapon, glancing at Sha Yuanzi, his ghostly gaze deep. This child was full of sin yet wrapped in some golden light, what could be the reason?

Sha Yuanzi looked dumbfounded at the friendly interaction between Black Impermanence and Qin Liuxi and took a step back.

Does she own the Underworld? Sure, summoning ghosts, but summoning Black Impermanence, isn’t that like bronze challenging a king?

And, just using the mourning stick like that?

Originally intimidated by the arrival of Black Impermanence, the Five Directions Little Ghosts were too scared to move. Once Qin Liuxi took the mourning stick from him, they knelt down begging for mercy.

Sha Yuanzi was furious: Don’t these Evil Ghosts have any pride left? They just surrendered without a fight?

Start over.

However, the ghosts were crying and repenting, they didn’t want to assist the tyrant; they were forced.

Sha Yuanzi: "!"

Usually, his offerings were as good as feeding dogs!

The ghosts covered their faces, thinking what’s the use of integrity when even Mr. Hei has been summoned? Could they afford to provoke such a person?

Qin Liuxi, however, didn’t take these confessions to heart, raised the mourning stick with bells, and agilely twirled, "Watch me perform ghost-beating."

Ding dong, ding dong.

The bell sound was crisp, but to the ghosts, it was like a lethal enchantment, especially when the mourning stick hit them, whip marks appeared on their soul bodies, sizzling, causing their soul bodies to waver.

The ghosts wanted to escape, but seeing Black Impermanence playing with the soul-locking chain next to them, none dared to move.

"Sir, please stop, Mr. Hei, we are willing to line up for reincarnation and will never do evil again."

Black Impermanence remained unmoved, not letting these impudent ghosts have their way; who would dare to make a sound?

He eyed the restless Sha Yuanzi, finding him more and more peculiar, wondering if he should call the senior judge to review this person’s deeds and misdeeds across his lifetimes.

Sha Yuanzi was calculating his chances of winning; would fleeing now make him look incompetent?

Qin Liuxi, having had enough, threw the mourning stick back to Black Impermanence and said, "It’s enough, take them away."

Black Impermanence responded with a chuckle and then glanced at Sha Yuanzi, "And this one?"

Sha Yuanzi’s hair stood on end, his expression tense.

Being targeted by a Heavenly Master might allow some room to hide, but being marked by an Underworld Ghost Messenger, especially a high-ranking ghost official, was truly a nightmare.

Qin Liuxi’s eyes flickered slightly as he said, "You need not bother with this."

Upon hearing that, Black Impermanence cheerfully led the ghosts away.

Crisis averted.

Sha Yuanzi felt somewhat awkward; how were they supposed to keep fighting?

It was as though he had dropped his pants, only for the other party to throw cold water over him, extinguishing everything.

"Well, brother, since we’re all family, can we have a good talk?" Sha Yuanzi said dryly.

Qin Liuxi responded, "Do you not have a bit of self-awareness?"

"What?"

"The self-awareness of a villain." Qin Liuxi pulled out her Qilin dagger and attacked. A confrontation between hero and villain, fight rather than talk about life?

Sha Yuanzi didn’t expect her to resume fighting; unable to dodge in time, his arm was slashed by the strange dagger, and he quickly moved to push himself away.

"Well done, without fighting, who would know who’s strongest, it is right to compare and compete." He looked at the bubbling wound on his arm, wickedly licked it with his tongue, and with a mantra gesture, passed a hand over it.

The wound stopped bubbling.

Then, he took out a Nine Yin Soul Devouring Banner, fondly touched the ghost banner, and said, "Let you experience the power of my Nine Yin Soul Devouring Banner."

Qin Liuxi’s face turned steel blue, "You actually know this Forbidden Technique, did you personally refine this ghost banner?"

The Nine Yin Soul Devouring Banner had already been destroyed in a cult she had smashed, that certain deceptive person had nearly successfully refined this banner; narrowly missing success due to her interference.

But now, this black-robed jerk obviously possessed one that had been completed.

Was it his work, or someone else’s?

Qin Liuxi thought of her old nemesis, who relentlessly pursued the Dao of Immortality with extreme methods. Could it be he who crafted this?

The thought of the ghost banner forged with ninety-nine baby souls made Qin Liuxi’s eyes grow even darker, her pitch-black eyes seemingly bottomless.

Sha Yuanzi felt a chill for a moment.

He subconsciously looked at the ghost banner in his hand; it seemed that ever since this item appeared, Qin Liuxi’s entire aura had shifted.

Turning sharply cold and bone-piercing.

Colder than the ghost banner in his hand by several degrees.

"Is there something wrong with my method of refinement?"

"The problem is huge; if you made it, then you are unworthy of being human." Qin Liuxi lunged forward to attack again, throwing a Five Thunders Talisman with her other hand.

Sha Yuanzi kept retreating, dodging the Five Thunders Talisman, but unexpectedly, she launched another immediately.

"Snagged Five Thunders Talismans must be free, right?" Sha Yuanzi looked at his tattered black robe, nonchalantly summoned the ghost banner, and urgently chanted a spell, "Baby spirits, baby spirits, unknown by name, I grant you Five Ghosts, to my altar come, all babies cry together, capturing their true souls, by my command!"