"Bai Shengyi!"
Yun Youyue's voice cracked.
"How are you here?"
Shock, apprehension, and suspicion flashed across Yun Youyue's eyes, finally coalescing into a streak of celestial blue flame reflected in her pupils.
"Divine Flame!"
Yun Youyue was no stranger to this fire. It was with the Ten Directions Dark Fire and Dragon Chasing Star Fire in his hands that Bai Shengyi had snatched her Earth Inclining Crimson Fire on the battle stage.
"The same trick, do you intend to try it a second time?" After a moment of panic, Yun Youyue quickly calmed down. She even felt a touch of smugness, sneering, "Do you think I still have no way to deal with your divine flame?"
The flame pierced through the vast darkness, drawing a long ribbon of celestial blue, appearing feather-light yet carrying the power to incinerate everything.
Wherever the flame passed, any solid object transformed into the purest essence in heaven and earth – spiritual energy.
However, this unstoppable advance halted abruptly at Yun Youyue's robes.
A drop of water floated from Yun Youyue's forehead, and a shimmering barrier gradually formed around the droplet, protecting her within.
"Didn't expect this, did you? After leaving the Divine Revelation Academy, I not only advanced to become a seventh-tier Artifact Refiner and obtained the legendary Netherworld Cold Water, but I also gained..."
Yun Youyue wore a malicious and provocative smile, waved her hand, and a long sword wreathed in blazing flames shot out, flying towards Bai Shengyi!
"Blazing Sun Crimson Fire!"
"This is a top-tier refining fire!"
Yun Youyue was undoubtedly proud. The Blazing Sun Crimson Fire was known as the "Gaze of the Gods," always submitting only to those with great fortune. The Netherworld Cold Water, on the other hand, was hailed as the "Nemesis of Divine Flames," specifically designed to counter them.
Yet, she possessed both.
She proudly raised her chin, looking coldly at Bai Shengyi, thinking inwardly, "I am the Child of Destiny. Bai Shengyi, even if you have some small opportunities, what right do you have to contend with me?"
The Blazing Sun Crimson Fire blazed fiercely, dazzling and brilliant like the sun in the sky. In its grand radiance, the Ten Directions Dark Fire was completely eclipsed.
"Daughter, dodge quickly!"
Bai Qingjiang hadn't seen his daughter for many years. Just as he recovered from the shock of being rescued, he saw the red flame surge over the blue flame towards Bai Shengyi, his eyes nearly bursting with rage.
He formed a hand seal with his left hand, gripping the Penglai thread, spat a mouthful of blood into the air, and gritted his teeth, drawing a talisman in mid-air. However, the talisman only managed to block the red fire for a single moment.
"Ayi—"
The flames were blocked by the ice and snow!
Bai Shengyi’s lips curved, her brows slightly raised, "Yun Youyue, why don't you learn your lesson? Still so arrogant!"
As she spoke, clear waters rippled, and her long sword swept across, striking Yun Youyue's Netherworld Cold Water protective barrier with an unstoppable might!
"Crack!"
Yun Youyue was startled. Her barrier had shattered?
How was this possible!
Bai Shengyi was only in the Nascent Soul stage, and she had already reached the Soul Transformation stage. How could Bai Shengyi break her defense?
Yun Youyue had completely forgotten that her Soul Transformation stage wasn't achieved through her own cultivation. Instead, after escaping the Divine Revelation Academy, she stumbled upon a secret realm and obtained two high-grade breakthrough pills and one high-grade spirit nurturing pill, forcefully elevating herself to the mid-stage Soul Transformation.
To put it bluntly, she had achieved it by popping pills – impressive on the surface but lacking substance!
"You're courting death!" After the surprise, a surge of anger welled up within Yun Youyue.
Envy and rage intertwined, burning her with extreme unwillingness. She raised her hand and set up a new protective barrier, preparing to attack Bai Shengyi.
However, she failed to notice a brush, which pierced directly through her proud Blazing Sun Crimson Fire, coursing through the darkness!
Time was vast, and even the gaze of gods would bow!
Bai Shengyi was worried that her progress in collecting the divine flames needed for the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Brush was too slow. She hadn't expected Yun Youyue to deliver herself, which was sheer luck!
If not for the fear that smiling too widely might alert Yun Youyue, Bai Shengyi genuinely wanted to laugh to the heavens.
"Little Reincarnation, suppress it for me!"
With a soft shout, the body of the brush heavily struck the long sword, emitting a dull thud, like a whisper in the long expanse of time.
The Reincarnation Brush fully immersed itself in the Blazing Sun Crimson Fire, yet the flames began to shrink bit by bit!
"Bai Shengyi! What did you—"
Before Yun Youyue could finish the word "ghost," she saw Bai Shengyi's long sword already before her. Her brow twitched, and she hurriedly shut her mouth and retreated consecutively.
The more she retreated, the more Bai Shengyi pressed forward.
The rhythm was completely controlled by Bai Shengyi!
"I don't know how you escaped the Divine Revelation Academy, but I must say, Yun Youyue, you are truly self-important!"
The light, taunting remark, like the celestial blue flame, burned Yun Youyue's heart!
"You're the self-important one!" Yun Youyue retorted, "What do you think you are? If not for Qin Si and Qian Ying, would you have achieved what you have now?"
"Heh!" Bai Shengyi couldn't help but roll her eyes. Her sword light swept out, directly slicing off a lock of Yun Youyue's beautiful hair.
She sneered, "Before saying that, haven't you forgotten that if not for the Great Venerable Qingyun, if not for your father, if not for the Artifact Refining Peak, would Yun Kai and Yun Ying exist? Would you? Were you born a genius, invincible from the start?"
Yun Youyue remained silent.
"No way, no way? Do you really think that because you've obtained a few treasures, you've become the Child of Destiny? That you're invincible?"
"The Heavenly Dao is weak. Are you sure it has the spare energy to support a Child of Destiny? If you were truly the Child of Destiny, why have all the people around you disappeared one by one?"
Bai Shengyi unleashed a barrage of nonsensical output, finally stepping on one of Yun Youyue's hands, and said condescendingly, "It's true that I've received a lot of help from Qin Si and others, but my strength is something I've earned myself, step by step. What about you? Yun Youyue, you, a mid-stage Soul Transformation cultivator, are not even as good as a mid-stage Nascent Soul!"
Her words, like the sharpest and deepest thorns, pierced into Yun Youyue's heart!
It wasn't just the pain in her hand, but the pain in her heart. Yun Youyue's face contorted, and she shouted, "No! Everything you said is wrong. I obtained everything through my own efforts..."
She was defending her Dao heart, warning herself not to be deceived by Bai Shengyi.
Unfortunately, after suffering setbacks at Bai Shengyi's hands time and time again, without even realizing it, her apprehension and fear of Bai Shengyi had silently seeped into her soul. No matter how hard she tried to convince herself, a sliver of doubt kept creeping into her mind.
Was she truly the Child of Destiny?
Why had her mother, her senior brother, her father, Jin Lingfeng, and even those friends she once got along with, those cultivators who pursued her, all left her one by one?
"No! It's not like this!"
Yun Youyue let out a pained roar, clutching her head, her features bleeding.
At this moment, the Reincarnation Brush said cheerfully to Bai Shengyi, "Ayi, brush brush got it!"
A spirit sword of upper-grade Earthly class, covered in rust, fell into the darkness of the mustard seed layer.
"My fire!" Yun Youyue's head shot up, wishing she could tear Bai Shengyi apart, "Bai Shengyi! You are shameless and despicable!"
She had actually taken her divine fire while her mind was in disarray!
Bai Shengyi said nothing. Acting on the principle of striking while the iron is hot, she thrust her sword towards Yun Youyue's dantian.
"Withering and Flourishing!"
Bai Shengyi used all her strength, wanting to cut Yun Youyue down.
Actually, she wasn't entirely sure if Yun Youyue was the Child of Destiny. However, Bai Shengyi had to admit that Yun Youyue did possess some strangeness. It seemed that every time she could avert disaster and obtain an opportunity.
If Yun Youyue wasn't genuinely a native of the cultivation world, she would have almost believed Yun Youyue was also a transmigrator!
Therefore, seizing this rare opportunity, Bai Shengyi felt it was best to nip all potential threats in the bud.
However, as she unleashed the swift and powerful sword strike, the Yun Youyue, who had been lying on the ground, half-dead, suddenly vanished from her spot.
"Where is she?"