CHAPTER 264: CHAPTER 116: THAT STUNNING GLANCE—THE VIOLET-EYED LORD

Soul Stone Sculpture, a unique Dark Skill of Dark Element Demon Summoners on the continent.

It seals the soul of a living being in the form of a stone sculpture, preventing reincarnation, and the soul remains eternally unceasing. As long as the Caster does not die, the Soul Stone Sculpture will exist forever, shaped like stone yet clearly feeling everything in the outside world.

Better dead than alive, such a Forbidden Technique is absolutely prohibited from being performed on the continent.

Towards Dark Element Forbidden Techniques, if someone is discovered using them, they would be executed by soul erasure. However, Fa Xiaoyi, who had fallen into a semi-mad state, completely disregarded this ban.

What a pervert, do you think you’re Madam Dusa, with a special wax museum? Yue Jinghua spat disdainfully and immediately initiated her Small Cloud Trace Steps.

Wanting to petrify her, one would first have to catch up to her Cloud Trace Steps.

Yue Jinghua was quite confident in her movement technique and quickly sent several Dark Beasts back to Mo Xi’s Sea of Consciousness to prevent them from getting hurt.

You would petrify only if you made eye contact with the Beautiful Snake Ge’er; although she did not know what made Dark Skills different from ordinary petrification, it was better to find out the depth and reality of the situation first without knowing the opponent’s capabilities.

A great portion of Yanpo Forest was affected by the shadow of Dark Element Evil Qi, shrouded in a thick fog; although Yue Jinghua did not fear Evil Qi like typical Dark Practitioners, her vision and footing were inevitably disturbed.

Within the Dark Curse, Ge’er opened her soul-captivating eyes.

The Snake Demon’s eyes are huge and golden, with a pupil as small as a needlepoint. Suddenly, it seemed as if something alive leaped out from her eyes, firing two streams of golden Petrification Demon Light.

Any vegetation touched by the Petrification Demon Light instantly stiffened, lost its vitality, and turned to stone.

At the moment of petrification, the hair of the Beautiful Snake Ge’er, with nearly a hundred little snakes in her snake hair, writhed frantically, emitting a sharp, piercing scream, and the stone instantly turned into dust.

"Whoosh," two more streaks of Petrification Demon Light came racing, narrowly missing the heels of Yue Jinghua who shockingly discovered that the reaction and speed of this Dark Element Snake Demon from Dark Hell were astonishingly fast.

Its speed was almost on par with that of the Dan Demon in Dan Demon Tomb; Yue Jinghua was secretly shocked—could it be that this Snake Demon from Dark Hell was also a being of Near Saint-grade?

The almost instantaneous Petrification Demon Light was hard to defend against, and in that split second, numerous more demon lights were fired in quick succession.

Yue Jinghua narrowly evaded them, breaking out in a cold sweat; another beam of Demon Light approached from behind, and her Lianyun Great Sword instinctively blocked it.

"Clank," the exceedingly hard sword vibrated with a buzzing noise, causing numbness in her hand.

Stealing a glance to check, Yue Jinghua saw that the sword was undamaged and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Stop running, Ge’er is a Near Saint-grade existence of the Dark Element, with your Cultivation, even after decades more, you will not be its opponent," seeing Yue Jinghua’s panic and evasive maneuvers, Fa Xiaoyi let out a smug laugh.

Yue Jinghua, that stubborn and infuriating woman who makes one’s teeth itch with hate, only in such a situation can one see a different side of her.

Seeing her out of breath with a flushed face, Fa Xiaoyi felt a sense of excitement he had never experienced before. This feeling, he had never found in anyone else.

He was like a predatory raptor waiting to pounce on its delicious prey, filled with desire for Yue Jinghua.

Another burst of Petrification Demon Light, and Fa Xiaoyi soon realized that the sword in Yue Jinghua’s hands was moving faster and faster, as if she was adapting to the attacks by the Demon Light, accurately predicting Ge’er’s strikes multiple times.

Moreover, the sharp cries emitted by Ge’er’s snake hair little snakes, an invisible sonic attack, seemed to have no effect on her at all.

Why is this?

Why did it not work on her?

Fa Xiaoyi glanced at the sky; in half an hour, it would be fully daylight. Once sunlight entered the Yanpo Forest, the Dark Power would gradually dissipate.

This would be disadvantageous to both him and Gore.

There was an uneasy premonition in his heart, as if some unknown threat was steadily drawing closer.

Fa Xiaoyi furrowed his brows, his fingers forming an odd seal, and a surge of pitch-black Dark Power burst forth, "Dark Swamp."

The Evil Qi that permeated every part of the forest abruptly halted, and just at that moment, Yue Jinghua, who was nimbly dodging Snake Woman Ge’er’s attacks using her Cloud Trace Steps, suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet give way, plunging downwards into a muddy swamp that had appeared there.

"Damn," Yue Jinghua reacted swiftly, flicking her wrist and plunging the Lianyun Great Sword into the nearest firm ground, stabilizing her falling body just in time.

Beneath her feet was a muddy swamp, while above, dark clouds seemed to be rolling in. Raising her head, she saw Snake Woman Ge’er bearing down on her.

As she looked up, she met Snake Woman Ge’er’s eyes directly.

The eerie serpent’s pupils contracted, and it felt as though a myriad of troops were trampling through her mind, causing severe pain.

Following the immense pain, Yue Jinghua felt as if her Divine Sense was instantly extracted, leaving her mind in chaos and her body rapidly losing consciousness.

"This is bad," Yue Jinghua felt that control over her body was slipping away continuously, the hand gripping the Lianyun Great Sword was gradually becoming numb.

It was as if her soul was being drained by those golden Demon Eyes, slowly floating upwards.

If this continued... her vision was getting blurry; right at the moment her soul was about to drift away.

"Counterattack with a Spiritual Attack," Qing Pu’s slightly anxious reminder echoed in her mind.

Yue Jinghua suddenly caught sight of the Nanhuang Ring in her hand. If she could instantaneously unleash both Divine Stab and Devil’s Eye, maybe she could turn the tide of battle.

Realizing this, Yue Jinghua summoned her spirit, concentrating her last bit of consciousness, she fiercely grabbed Gore’s long hair with her left hand and cursed fiercely: "Snake Demon, if we don’t both perish together, I can’t return home."

The beautiful Snake Woman Gore winced in pain, their eyes glaring into each other’s — a stare down.

Gore had never seen such a human before. She dared to glower back?

Feeling deeply humiliated as if she had received a great insult, Snake Woman Ge’er glared back at Yue Jinghua fiercely. It was then that the audacious human’s eyes suddenly shone with a bright light.

Gore’s eyes were in severe pain as she let out a tragic scream.

"Gore!" Fa Xiaoyi shouted loudly; at that moment, Gore was knocked back by a powerful blast of Dark Power.

A man in white appeared like an apparition, his hand movements fast and fierce. After temporarily forcing back Gore, the man bent down and with an agile move, scooped Yue Jinghua up around the waist and lifted her out.

His movements were very gentle, as if handling a fragile piece of porcelain.

Having used up her last bit of spiritual power and almost fainting for the second time, Yue Jinghua felt herself fall into a solid embrace, her face tickled by the touch of hair and a faint scent of freshness.

In that moment, her mind suddenly cleared, and a moist male voice came as a gentle breeze, with a hint of mockery: "Why is it that every time I meet you, you are always in such a sorry state."