Chapter 2452: The Lady, Peach Blossom, and the a.s.sa.s.sin
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Even the G.o.ds might not be able to tell how vast the Infernal Court was. The cultivators could only look at a vast river of stars that stretched across the universe from afar. It had existed since ancient times and was like a river styx.
It was a river formed from countless stars.
The Infernal Court, of course, had boundaries. There were thousands of planets strewn about. The ten clans’ and the Fane of Destiny’s forces had dwindled. This place was ruled by dark forces and various large and small clans.
The Royal City of Hundred Clans was a very famous city at the border of the Infernal Court. It was a royal city built by 137 small clans. It was used to fight against the increasingly powerful forces of darkness. It was also used to negotiate with the Fane of Destiny and the ten great clans, it was used to fight for greater benefits.
Only by fighting together would one have the right to speak.
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In the Royal City of Hundred Clans, there were cultivators of all shapes and sizes everywhere. They wore different clothes, had different cultures, and even spoke different languages.
The coexistence of many clans created the prosperity of this place, but it also made it very difficult to manage it. It was precisely because of this that the cultivators of the Celestial Court could easily enter the city and inquire about the news of the Infernal Court.
The Ghostplane was built in the eastern city of the Royal City of Hundred Clans. It was a dense forest that covered an area of ten thousand acres. Spectral flames floated in the forest, but there was also endless laughter. It was a gloomy yet exciting place.
Peach Blossom was sitting under a building built from the bones of a giant beast, tasting the blood wine brewed by the?Sengens1?alone.
The wine brewed from fresh blood had a different taste.
The skeleton building was tied with red caltrops and wind chimes.
The cold wind blew, the wind chimes swayed, and the red caltrops fluttered.
It was very pleasant to hear, and also very beautiful!
But Peach Blossom was even more beautiful.
She looked like she was only twenty years old. She was young and beautiful, and her skin was even more delicate than a baby’s. Her eyes were bright and big, and there were three pink peach blossoms marking between her eyebrows, making her look very spiritual. She was as enchanting as a flower fairy.
She sat on the greenstone, and the blood wine in her cup was as sparkling as amber.
In the Ghostplane, many cultivators were looking at her from afar, their eyes drooping. After all, it was not every day that a beautiful woman like her could be seen.
No one dared to go up and drink with her, let alone think of holding her in their arms or pressing her under their bodies.
That was because there were already seventeen corpses floating in the pool in front of her.
Their blood dyed the pool red like wine in a cup.
Those corpses were all cultivators who had once dreamed of drinking with her.
Among them, there were extremely handsome men, powerful Saint Realm cultivators, and n.o.ble young masters. Without exception, no matter if they wanted to strike up a conversation or had a deeper purpose, they were all killed and fell into the pool.
The owner of the Ghostplane didn’t dare to approach her. She only hoped that this beautiful G.o.d of death would leave as soon as possible.
At this moment, another man walked towards the pool.
Excited laughter sounded in the Ghostplane as they prepared to watch the show.
They wanted to see how that man would be killed.
Since ancient times, countless men have died because of their beauty. It was like a moth that knew it would burn to death but still continued to plunge into the flames.
From this, it could be seen that their deaths were not unjustified.
That man was dressed in shabby clothes and held a rusty iron sword. He did not look old, and there was no aura of the Path emanating from his body.
He was no different from an ordinary human who had just learned how to cultivate the sword.
The cultivators who were watching from afar were very curious. How did such a poor human with low cultivation enter the Royal City of Hundred Clans? And how did he enter the Ghostplane?
It didn’t matter!
He was going to die soon anyway.
Ten steps, nine steps, eight steps...
Under everyone’s surprised, shocked, and curious gazes, he walked to the woman with three peach blossom petals between her eyebrows and sat down.
He sat on the same greenstone.
He casually picked up the wine cup on the greenstone and took a sip.
“I found her! I found her! I know who she is! She’s the number one emperor-level a.s.sa.s.sin of the Empyrean a.s.sa.s.sins and her name is Peach Blossom. Legend has it that there isn’t a cultivator under divinity that she can’t kill... How... How is this possible...”
The black-skinned cultivator who had just run over stared in shock at the man and woman sitting close to the pond. He lowered his head and stared at the information he had just found. He wasn’t sure if this woman was the same Peach Blossom!
According to the information, Peach Blossom wouldn’t allow any cultivator to enter within ten meters of her.
She wouldn’t allow a man to sit next to her and drink her wine.
“If you say that she is the Peach Blossom, then who is the man sitting next to her? Is it a peach blossom tree or a peach blossom leaf? Haha!”
“I think it’s a Love Tribulation!”
Many cultivators were laughing at her. They did not believe that the famous Peach Blossom would appear in the Royal City of Hundred Clans.
Peach Blossom was indeed the number one a.s.sa.s.sin below the divinity of the Empyrean a.s.sa.s.sins. Just like the rumors in the outside world, she believed that there was no cultivator below the divinity that she could not kill.
In fact, she should have transcended the Divine Tribulation long ago and stepped into the divinity.
However, she knew that once she transcended the Divine Tribulation, it would be the time of her death. Therefore, she had been suppressing her realm.
Why?
It was because she had already killed too many people and had a knot in her heart.
The reason why she had a knot in her heart was that she still had good thoughts in her heart. Every time she killed someone, her heart would resist and she would feel uncomfortable.
Every time she killed someone, there would be an additional knot in her heart.
Her inner demons would also become stronger.
However, after killing for thousands of years, she was already used to killing people.
Killing people was the most direct and fastest way to solve problems.
She sat there drinking and waiting for people. She hated it the most when people came over and looked at her with eyes that wanted to possess her.
If she didn’t kill them, would she have to waste time and reason with them?
She had never been a person who liked to reason. That would be a more painful thing than killing someone.
She hated everyone in the world. Perhaps if there was no one in the world, she would be free and quiet. She could think about whether she should learn calligraphy or embroidery next.
Of course, that was in the past.
She now had someone in her heart she didn’t hate, the only person in the world she didn’t hate. Despite the fact that this person had been against her for some time, she was secretly happy in her heart because she thought this was an interesting thing.
It was the man in cloth beside her.
He was also a killer.
His name was Le.
There was once when Peach Blossom was fighting with her inner demon and was injured severely. They were floating in the universe and could not move their bodies. The Saint Qi on their bodies kept spreading out, causing a peach blossom forest to grow around their bodies.
Perhaps she floated for a year, or perhaps for ten years...
Too Long.
Very Long.
She thought that she would die just like that.
She could be free from this.
Le entered the peach blossom forest at that time. He found her naked and motionless in the deepest part of the peach blossom forest.
Peach Blossom had always been very confident. Not only did she kill people, but she was also very confident about her appearance and figure.
More than 90% of the people she killed were men who coveted her beauty.
She knew men too well. Even if those men knew that she was the king of killers, let alone that she could not move now, there would still be countless men who were not afraid of death and would pounce on her.
But this time, she guessed wrong. She thought that Le would a.s.sault her, but he did not. Perhaps he was not interested in her, or perhaps the people chasing him were too strong, so he could only suppress his desire.
The cultivator chasing Le was Wu w.a.n.g of the Cha Realm, a Hundred-Shackle Realm Supreme Saint.
Wu w.a.n.g chased into the peach blossom forest, and Le hid.
Wu w.a.n.g obviously knew that Le was hiding nearby, but he could not ignore such a beautiful woman as Peach Blossom. Moreover, with his cultivation, he did not put Le, who had just broken through to the Supreme Saint Realm, in his eyes.
Wu w.a.n.g, who cultivated the evil cultivation method, only wanted to harvest Peach Blossom and let his cultivation base advance by leaps and bounds.
At that time, Peach Blossom’s heart was filled with extreme disgust. She wished she could die just like that.
She originally thought that Le would take this opportunity to escape. However, she did not expect that he would suddenly stand out and stand right next to her, facing Wu w.a.n.g directly.
That scene brought endless shock to Peach Blossom.
Le’s Back was the most straight back she had ever seen since she started cultivating. She could never forget it.
Of course, Le was no match for Wu w.a.n.g. However, his sword techniques were almost all moves that would lead to mutual destruction.
In the end, he fought until he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, temporarily scaring Wu w.a.n.g away.
Le immediately escaped with Peach Blossom. He hid in the universe and evaded Wu w.a.n.g’s pursuit for a whole three months.
In fact, the moment she remembered Le, Peach Blossom had already suppressed her inner demon. But she did not immediately kill Wu w.a.n.g. Because she wanted to see if Le was faking it and if he had other plans for her.
It was precisely for this reason that she met the most tenacious man on the planet during those three months. No matter how desperate she was forced to become, no matter how many injuries she sustained, no matter how dangerous the situation appeared to be, it did not appear to be able to overwhelm him.
He would always be able to make it through and bring her along to survive.
And he was also the most indifferent man in the world. It was as if he had no interest in her, this peerless beauty.
He saved her only because she was a weak woman who had no way of fighting back.
If it was a rabbit or a cat, perhaps he would have done the same.
In the end, Wu w.a.n.g died under Le’s sword. She did not have the chance to make a move in the end.
Le’s cultivation was improving too quickly.
Before she left, she asked Le, “Are we friends?”
“I only have one friend, but it’s not you,” he said.
When they met again, it was the day she accepted the mission to kill Zhang Ruochen on the?Supreme Saint Bounty List. From that day on, not only could they not be friends, but they also became enemies.
Le had been chasing her for a whole month, from the Celestial Court all the way to the Infernal Court, just to stop her from killing Zhang Ruochen.
During that time, they had also exchanged a few blows.
Actually, it was not really a battle, because every time, Le would be severely injured by her, and he would not be able to fight back at all.
She had thought that Le would definitely retreat in the face of difficulties.
However, every time, Le could catch up again.
Just like this time.
Peach Blossom looked at the wine cup in Le’s hand and said, “You’re the first person who dares to drink my wine.”
“I’m just thirsty. After all, to chase you, I’ve been flying in the universe for three days without sleep or rest.” said the man. After the man drank the wine, his pale face finally regained some color.
Peach blossom said, “You’re too slow! With your speed, you still want to stop me from going to the Infernal Court to kill people?”
“Didn’t I catch up?” said the man.
“If I don’t wait for you, can you catch up? Besides, so what if you could catch up? I can kill you with one strike. You can’t stop me,” said Peach Blossom.
The man shook his head and said, “You can’t kill me.”
“You’re only in the Neverwither Realm. How dare you say I can’t kill you?” said Peach Blossom furiously.
Peach Blossom was a little angry. She had to kill Zhang Ruochen on this trip to the Infernal Court. It wasn’t just because she had accepted the mission on the?Supreme Saint Bounty List. It was also because of the leader’s will.
However, the man in front of her had repeatedly tried to stop her because he had previously saved her.
Even though she wanted him to stop her, he shouldn’t have said that he couldn’t kill him.
Did he really think that he was immortal?
A man could do whatever he wanted because a woman liked him. This was something a woman couldn’t stand.
Crack
A sword light flashed on the surface of the pool.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Exclamations and jeers rang out in the Ghostplane.
That man still died at the hands of that beautiful killer, and he was no exception.
But soon, their laughter stopped.
They saw that the man was still sitting on the greenstone without moving. Although one of his arms had been cut off, he seemed to be unable to feel pain. He said, “See, I told you, you can’t kill me.”
CRACK!
The sword light flashed again.
His other arm was also cut off.
Peach Blossom raised her chin slightly and looked down at him. Her whole body was trembling.
Blood kept gus.h.i.+ng out of the man’s shoulders, she continued, “I think you’d better not be a killer, let alone be my enemy, because your heart has softened. You won’t kill me, but I will kill you. Don’t go to the Infernal Court again. Don’t kill Zhang Ruochen. If you kill him, you will die by my sword in the future. My Heart is colder than yours.”
Of course, Peach Blossom knew that she couldn’t kill Le now.
However, her stubbornness and pride as a first-cla.s.s powerhouse under the divinity made it impossible for her to admit defeat, let alone show her weak side.
Peach Blossom turned around and said, “I don’t want to take the risk to enter the Infernal Court to kill people, but Shadow Incense failed, so I have no choice but to go.”
“No, you have a choice. You can leave the organization and choose another way to live,” Le said.
Peach Blossom shook her head with a smile and said, “Leaving the organization, what awaits me is death. Besides, I can’t do anything else besides killing people. Can you leave the Fane of Death? Can you do anything else besides killing people?”
“If you’re willing to leave the organization and give up on killing Zhang Ruochen, I’ll leave the Fane of Death now. The universe is vast. There must be a place that can accommodate us,” said Le.
Peach Blossom’s heart trembled. “Us?”
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m talking about people like us,” Le said.
“Humph! Just wait to collect Zhang Ruozhen’s corpse!” said Peach Blossom.
Peach Blossom’s body turned into a rain of peach blossom petals, breaking through the night sky and flying off in an unknown direction.
In the air, the fragrance of peach blossoms still lingered.
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