Was it you that night?
Chapter 260 - 258: Come Without Return, Vanish into Smoke

Chapter 260: Chapter 258: Come Without Return, Vanish into Smoke

Shen Qinghe remained unhurried and even chuckled, "So this is the power of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, not very impressive."

As soon as her words ended, the sword’s momentum suddenly intensified, the sword winds weaving into a net trapping Nan Sheng within its bone-chilling sword net.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Nan Sheng quickly summoned a protective magic artifact to block. While she was scrambling, Xuantian Daozun’s Divine Hammer in his hands suddenly enlarged infinitely and smashed down on Shen Qinghe’s head.

He thought he had the situation under control, but when the hammer swung down, it hadn’t even gotten close to Shen Qinghe before it met a transparent barrier.

Nan Sheng then tried to launch a sneak attack from behind Shen Qinghe. Her Thousand Shadows Divine Sword stabbed towards Shen Qinghe’s back, only to find it was also stopped by the same transparent barrier.

She immediately realized it was the work of Shen Qinghe’s Life-bound Magic Treasure.

The Ancient Divine Artifact was a shape-shifting magic tool capable of emulating anything under heaven and earth. Now it had also become transparent. Yet she and Xuantian Daozun were unwilling to let the opportunity to kill Shen Qinghe slip by. They both exerted their full strength, aiming for a lethal blow on Shen Qinghe.

Under their combined full-powered attack, the barrier suddenly shattered. They thought they had destroyed Shen Qinghe’s Life-bound Magic Treasure, but the next moment, the artifact broke into several small swords that targeted their vital points.

Because they were colorless, tasteless, and formless, it was not until they pierced Nan Sheng and Xuantian Daozun’s bodies that they realized their bodies had been stabbed into a hornet’s nest.

Xuantian Daozun and Nan Sheng’s Protective Gang Qi could still block some of it, but the other cultivators and demon cultivators weren’t so lucky. They were pierced through in an instant, disappearing into ash in the blink of an eye.

Grievously injured, Nan Sheng saw the tide turning and thought to flee, but Shen Qinghe was shadowing her closely, "Nan Sheng, where do you think you’re going?"

Xuantian Daozun was also gravely wounded. Seeing Shen Qinghe blocking Nan Sheng’s escape, he thought it was his chance to flee amidst the chaos, but his body was also pierced in an instant.

He looked down at his abdomen, only to find that the transparent sword, after being stained with his blood, revealed its true form.

It swelled inside his body, eventually splitting his body in two...

Nan Sheng had just reached Xuantian Daozun’s side when she saw his body being cleaved apart, watching him turn to dust and fade away.

She had brought a thousand of her demon cultivators and cultivators, but at that moment, she stood alone.

She looked at Shen Qinghe in horror, "How, how is this possible?"

Had Shen Qinghe really killed everyone she brought by herself?

Shen Qinghe looked down upon Nan Sheng from her lofty position, her lips parting indifferently, "It’s time to settle our scores."

She was about to strike Nan Sheng with her sword when suddenly a voice rang out, "Hold on!"

Shen Qinghe followed the voice and saw a beautiful young woman who bore a resemblance to Nan Sheng. If there were no surprises, this woman should be Nan Sheng’s mother—Nan Lan.

"Would you honor me by sparing Shengsheng? Fairy Qinghe surely doesn’t want Sky Pole Sect to be enemies with the Demon Realm. If Fairy Qinghe kills Shengsheng today, the grudge between the Demon Realm and Sky Pole Sect will be set..."

Before Nan Lan could finish, Shen Qinghe suddenly thrust her sword through Nan Sheng’s body, eliciting a scream of agony.

Even Nan Lan, with all her experience, was shocked by Shen Qinghe’s thrust. She rushed to Nan Sheng’s side instantly and saw that Nan Sheng’s cultivation base was visibly regressing at a rapid pace and she had plummeted to the Divinity Transformation Stage in the blink of an eye.

She hurriedly fetched an Elixir and stuffed it into Nan Sheng’s mouth, but Nan Sheng still trembled with pain.

Nan Lan glared at Shen Qinghe furiously, "Shen Qinghe, how dare you treat my daughter like this?!"

"Everyone says Nan Sheng is a World-Ending Catastrophe; today she came to cause trouble for the Sky Pole Sect. Without asking for reasons, I was simply eliminating a threat from the cultivation world, with a clear conscience," Shen Qinghe looked down her nose at Nan Lan, "Furthermore, the Sky Pole Sect fears no one. Today it was the Demon Clan that infringed; killing Nan Sheng wouldn’t be too much, but I showed great mercy by sparing her life. If the Demon Realm dares to intrude again, I will flatten the Demon Realm!!"

Nan Lan’s face turned ashen.

Ever since she became the Demon Queen, hasn’t everyone acted according to her mood? How dare Shen Qinghe show her such disrespect?

Shen Qinghe looked down at Nan Lan with cold eyes: "If you’re not convinced, you can fight me. But from what I see, you’re nothing more than the same sort as Nan Sheng, rising to power through beauty. In terms of strength, you really are——"

"Shen Qinghe, shut up!!" Nan Lan bellowed, losing her composure.

The next moment, her expression stiffened as something shaped like a sword was pressed against her vital spot—that was Shen Qinghe’s Life-bound Magic Treasure.

"Who gave you the courage to run wild in front of Sky Pole Sect?" While Shen Qinghe spoke, the sword tip pierced Nan Lan’s skin.

Nan Lan felt a bone-chilling coldness spreading from her body to her unique meridians, even feeling her cultivation base receding.

At that moment, she experienced the fear of being dominated by death and hastily put on a smiling face, "It’s this queen’s fault for not teaching her daughter properly, Fairy Qinghe, please forgive my offence..."

"There’s a saying, like mother, like daughter; it’s good to know how to bend or stretch," Shen Qinghe said sarcastically with a curl of her lip.

Nan Lan felt humiliated, yet she had to admit that Shen Qinghe truly had the capabilities.

Nan Sheng brought over a thousand people, all of whom died under Shen Qinghe’s sword. This woman had the arrogance to match her capabilities.

It was their mother-daughter duo that miscalculated the situation, leading to their current predicament.

"Fairy Qinghe, enemies are easy to make and hard to dispel. This time it’s Shengsheng’s fault, and she has been punished. If this queen falls at Sky Pole Sect, the Demon Realm certainly won’t let it go—why make the situation uglier than it needs to be?" Nan Lan’s voice was a bit shaky.

Shen Qinghe’s Life-bound Magic Treasure was quite sinister; after her body was pierced by the sword, she had the illusion that her primordial soul was also stabbed, causing such pain that her soul trembled.

Not only was Shen Qinghe sinister, but even her Life-bound Magic Treasure was too.

Shen Qinghe cracked a smile and withdrew her sword: "Scram!!"

As if granted a great pardon, Nan Lan scooped up Nan Sheng and disappeared without a trace.

Shen Qinghe lifted the Barrier, and from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a cultivator escaping, but she didn’t chase after him.

She deliberately left a survivor to carry the message, wanting everyone in The Four Seas and Eight Wilds to know that the Sky Pole Sect is not to be trifled with. If anyone invades, they’ll meet the same fate as those who did today.

Zuo An wept as he looked at Shen Qinghe: "If Wuya were still here, seeing you achieve so much, he would be overjoyed."

The others echoed the sentiment, their eyes filled with awe when they looked at Shen Qinghe.

Xiao Chen was finally able to see Shen Qinghe, and his feelings were complicated. She had progressed too quickly; today, she managed to handle two Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators with ease.

Looking across the entire cultivation world, who could be her match?

The most terrifying part was that no one knew just how far Shen Qinghe could go if she continued to cultivate.

Falling for such a powerful woman was truly asking for hardship.