Yan Ruxue felt a chill run down her spine, goosebumps erupting all over her skin as she unexpectedly met Yan Jiaojiao's smiling face.
"You..."
Yan Ruxue wanted to ask how she ended up here, but the words caught in her throat, refusing to form a complete sentence.
Yan Jiaojiao's gaze was terrifying!
She was like a ferocious beast baring its fangs, having waited for this moment for so long, now ready to pounce and tear her prey to shreds at any moment.
Yan Ruxue could clearly feel that she was the prey...
No! Yan Ruxue tried to suppress the fear in her heart. She refused to believe Yan Jiaojiao could handle the mo si. She had clearly released it, and with so many demonic beasts here, even a few of them would be too much for Yan Jiaojiao to handle.
Yan Jiaojiao couldn't possibly be that powerful.
The more Yan Ruxue thought about it, the more confident she felt.
She took a deep breath, a semblance of calm returning to her face. "Yan Jiaojiao, you don't need to try and scare me. The mo si has already entered your body, hasn't it? It's time we settled our score, don't you think?"
Yan Jiaojiao almost wanted to roll her eyes and kill Yan Ruxue with them.
She had seen foolish people before, but never anyone as foolish as this.
"I say... did the person who gave you the mo si not tell you that mo si has a fatal weakness?"
Yan Ruxue froze.
That bad premonition surged back, and Yan Ruxue felt as though something was spiraling out of her control. However, she refused to admit it, retorting stubbornly, "What mo si are you talking about? I have no idea what mo si is."
Yan Jiaojiao chuckled, staring at Yan Ruxue as if she were a clown. "Is that so? The mo si is in your hair."
Yan Ruxue flinched, instinctively reaching to touch her hair. But remembering the nature of mo si, she withdrew her hand and forced a calm demeanor. "I know you're lying."
"Yan Jiaojiao, this is pointless. Now that we are both trapped here and neither of us can leave, there's no need to make things so ugly, is there? I'm still willing to acknowledge you as my elder sister. As long as you obediently hand over your secret magical artifacts, I'll plead with father to let you return to our Yan family."
"With your current power, the Yan family will surely reach greater heights with you. Everyone will respect you."
Yan Jiaojiao's smile vanished instantly. She looked at Yan Ruxue with disgust. "Alright, stop acting. Did you think I wouldn't see? You just released another mo si."
"However..."
Yan Jiaojiao raised her hand, and the mo si floated in her palm. It seemed to be restrained, but not entirely.
"How can this be?"
Yan Ruxue hadn't expected the mo si to be so docile in Yan Jiaojiao's hand. Her eyes widened, filled with terror as she looked at Yan Jiaojiao. "How can you control mo si?"
Mo si belonged to the demon race. Apart from demons, no one could control it at will. Furthermore, this thing had no intelligence of its own. If someone were to truly provoke the mo si, even the demon race might find it troublesome.
"It's none of your business how I can control it. The point is, you lost. I didn't intend for you to die so easily."
Yan Jiaojiao was like a dull knife cutting flesh. She could have delivered a fatal blow to Yan Ruxue earlier, but instead, she chose to torment her slowly, watching Yan Ruxue tremble, her face pale, as if she might faint at any moment. Yan Jiaojiao gave a mischievous smile. "But now that it's come to this, I don't intend to keep someone who might stab me in the back at any moment."
Yan Jiaojiao's face darkened, her imposing aura becoming quite frightening. "I've been too lenient with you."
That's why these people have been able to cause trouble until now.
If it were the Yan Jiaojiao of a thousand years ago, she would have killed them upon their first encounter.
But back then, she was weak and alone, unable to deal with so many people at once. Hence, she could only endure and endure.
The situation was different now.
She had become powerful, and Yan Ruxue had conveniently fallen into her trap...
This was the perfect opportunity to kill Yan Ruxue and exact her revenge.
"Yan Ruxue, don't think I don't know that you were instrumental in the theft of my Yan Jiaojiao's benevolent bones."
"There isn't a single good person in your Yan family. To think you'd do such a thing, I don't mind being a cleaner and washing away all the filth!"
Yan Ruxue's eyes widened in horror. Before she could even kneel and beg for mercy, the mo si, obedient as a pet in Yan Jiaojiao's hand, shot towards her face. Yan Ruxue immediately produced her defensive weapon, but the mo si was specifically designed to counter such defenses. With a hiss, it burrowed into her nasal cavity.
Yan Ruxue let out a desperate scream.
"Ahhhhhh!"
The demonic beasts, alerted by her screams, began to converge on their location.
Xiao Hei, who had been watching the entire scene unfold, gritted his teeth as he saw Yan Jiaojiao make no attempt to evade the approaching demonic beasts.
What was this woman doing!
Was she waiting to become food for these demonic beasts?
Although the Demon Emperor, Dongfang Cangwu, was extremely reluctant to bark like a dog, the situation had escalated to this point. If he didn't warn this woman to leave quickly, he might not be able to escape himself.
Thus, Yan Jiaojiao heard Xiao Hei let out a series of urgent barks.
Yan Jiaojiao's eyes instantly lit up with a spring breeze.
"Xiao Hei, don't worry."
Dongfang Cangwu wished he could rush over and bite this woman to death.
What did she mean 'don't worry'! This woman was trying to exhaust him to death!
She always put herself in dangerous situations, and in the end, who was left to do all the exhausting work? It was always him!
Dongfang Cangwu silently shed a tear of self-pity. He, who was once the supreme Demon Emperor, had now been reduced to this woman's thug and bodyguard, unable to escape.
He felt so angry just thinking about it!
Yan Jiaojiao couldn't understand Xiao Hei's inner turmoil.
The fact that she dared to stay, dared to tangle with Yan Ruxue for so long, clearly meant she had confidence.
Putting Xiao Hei aside, Yan Jiaojiao herself possessed a pressão that was not limited by cultivation methods when it came to beast races.
Demonic beasts, spirit beasts, weren't they all essentially beast races?
Yan Jiaojiao closed her eyes. When she opened them again, a flash of red light flickered between her eyes, and a powerful, invisible pressure spread outwards. The demonic beasts, which had been so agitated moments ago, suddenly showed confusion in their eyes. The next moment, they all lined up and lay down, becoming as quiet as small hills.
Xiao Hei, who had already prepared himself to be bedridden for half a month after this fight: "???"
What was going on?
Yan Jiaojiao was in a good mood after verifying her hypothesis. She walked lightly to Xiao Hei, picked him up, and her gaze fell on Yan Ruxue, who was still struggling not far away.
Yan Ruxue carried many life-saving pills, but unfortunately, the destructive power of mo si was astonishing.
Before long, she was completely "consumed" by the mo si.
From that day on, Yan Ruxue ceased to exist in this world.
Yan Jiaojiao lowered her gaze and silently recited in her heart, "You can rest in peace."
All the Yan family members who participated in the plot to steal Yan Jiaojiao's benevolent bones had met their retribution.