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Chapter 6454 Xue Ying
“What an ugly way to die. But... I like it!”
A beautiful woman smiled faintly at the photographic jade in her hand. Her skintight armor barely contained her sinuous curves, every movement exuding an intoxicating blend of danger and allure. She was beautiful, but not in an orthodox sense. Her beauty seemed more demonic, enthralling, and perilous.
Her hair and eyes gleamed with a red, devilish glow. They were like the eyes of a fiend, impossible to meet directly. She was clearly enjoying the gruesome sight of Bing Yi’s corpse recorded in the photographic jade.
“Mistress Xue Ying, now that Bing Yi is dead, don’t you want to take a look at the battlefield personally?” asked a tall, handsome man standing a few steps behind her.
This woman was Xue Ying, one of the three greatest geniuses of the nine-star line to enter the heaven region’s battlefield. Behind her stood a group of nine-star heirs, but they all kept their distance.
Furthermore, their gazes towards Xue Ying were clearly more fearful. Even though her back was facing them, they didn’t dare to look at her directly. Only the tall, handsome man dared to get a few steps closer, and even he had to speak with caution.
“I didn’t care about a living Bing Yi. A dead Bing Yi isn’t worth a glance,” Xue Ying replied lazily.
Tossing the photographic jade over her shoulder, she said, “Yin Zhu, you’re my number one general. Tell me, what can you deduce from that recording?”
Yin Zhu hastily caught it with both hands and scanned it a few times. With a solemn tone, he answered, “Based on what I see, the one to kill Bing Yi was an expert of our nine star line.”
“Was the killer Lu Ze?!” exclaimed someone else.
Yin Zhu shook his head. “Impossible. He is incapable of killing Bing Yi. Mistress Xue Ying is the strongest nine star heir to enter the heaven region’s battlefield, while Lu Ze is second, and Bing Yi was the third. However, that is purely in terms of combat power. Bing Yi possessed the Heavenly Eyes, which gave her the greatest survivability among the three. The higher-ups deliberately arranged it this way—to spark rivalry while reducing fatality.”
Xue Ying nodded. “Continue.”
“The fatal strike pierced straight through Bing Yi’s forehead,” Yin Zhu said. “She had already condensed an essence divine rune, so any normal attack toward that spot would have been automatically deflected. For someone to pierce it without crushing her entire head means the attacker didn’t simply overpower her. They first made her essence rune lose power or even seized control of it. Very few can do that. Plenty of people can break the essence divine rune, but to make it lose effect or seize it, perhaps only astral energy is capable of such a thing.”
“As we have been with Mistress Xue Ying the whole time, we know the killer wasn’t her. And it wasn’t Lu Ze either. Though Lu Ze was stronger, Bing Yi would never have let him corner her. They fought many times and knew each other’s abilities. The moment Bing Yi sensed danger, she would have fled. With her pupil arts, let alone Lu Ze, even Mistress Xue Ying couldn’t stop her from fleeing.”
Xue Ying chuckled. “That girl’s mouth was infuriating, but she truly excelled at running.”
“Then if it wasn’t Lu Ze or Mistress Xue Ying, who in the nine star line could kill Bing Yi? Did one of her subordinates stab her in the back?” asked someone.
“No,” Yin Zhu replied. “There was a huge battle before her death. Bing Yi exhausted all her strength—something she’d only do if she was certain of victory. That confidence is what killed her. According to the information we have, no other nine star heirs who came with us from the Primal Chaos World could possibly defeat her.”
The listeners exchanged startled looks. “None of ours could do it? Then you mean...?”
“That’s right,” Yin Zhu said. “It was most likely that fellow named Long Chen.”
“What?!” gasped a disciple. “That trash from the nine heavens? Isn’t he just a Mortal-tier weakling?”
They all stared at Yin Zhu in disbelief. When Long Chen damaged the scales upon entering the heaven region’s battlefield, many had assumed it was solely due to the Heaven Earth Cauldron’s power. After all, it was one of the ten great primal chaos divine items, its might beyond imagination. With its support, even a dog could break the scales.
Later, however, it was revealed that Long Chen possessed only the Earth Cauldron, the defensive portion of the full Heaven Earth Cauldron. At best, it could protect or erode weapons, but not kill.
Once that information spread, the arrogance of the crowd returned. They simply viewed Long Chen as simply the greatest treasure in the heaven region’s battlefield. Killing Long Chen and seizing the Earth Cauldron was the ultimate goal of countless people.
These nine-star heirs were no exception. To them, Long Chen himself was nothing; only the Earth Cauldron mattered. Thus, Yin Zhu’s deduction that Long Chen had slain Bing Yi left them speechless. Just how was that possible?
“Everyone assumed Long Chen was weak and that only his cauldron was worth fearing,” Yin Zhu said coldly. “Bing Yi thought the same. That arrogance and her greed are what killed her.”
“Then you mean Long Chen’s strength isn’t from the Earth Cauldron alone?” asked one heir.
“Idiot,” Yin Zhu chided. “The nine heavens possess countless geniuses. Do you think the Heaven Earth Cauldron would acknowledge someone unworthy of it?”
Hearing that, everyone was convinced. If Long Chen was actually weak, how could he have the Earth Cauldron?
They’d mistaken cause for effect, thinking Long Chen was strong because of the cauldron, when in truth, he had the cauldron because he was strong.
“If Bing Yi had half your senses, she would still be alive. As for Lu Ze, he’s no better than Bing Yi. I would guess he’s in a rush to kill Long Chen right now,” said Xue Ying indifferently.
“Lu Ze may be stronger than Bing Yi,” Yin Zhu replied, “but since Long Chen could kill her, he’s far from weak. With the Earth Cauldron in hand, he can always escape. Lu Ze will only be wasting his time.”
“Hmph, we’ll ignore them for now. Let us capture the original devil race. Our priority is the original devil race—that’s the mission assigned by the higher-ups. As for the Earth Cauldron... hehe, I really want to know how many people in the heaven region’s battlefield can compete with me over it.”
After saying that, Xue Ying stretched her waist, her demonic allure becoming even more bewitching.