Moreover, my magical power had been absorbed by the Red Sky Sword. I was already exhausted. In just a short while, the blood demons gained the upper hand.
One by one, they rushed towards me like starving ghosts, opening their blood - filled mouths and biting.
No matter how I tried to shake them off, I couldn't. Through the gaps, I finally saw Yinggou, the one controlling the blood demons.
In the chaos just now, I hadn't noticed that he had already returned to his original form and even had a physical body.
He was grinning at me eerily, his lips moving slightly. Although I couldn't hear the sound, I understood his lip - reading and his meaning.
His lips said, "Thank you."
He was thanking me for releasing him and for helping him avenge a grudge that had remained unavenged for tens of thousands of years.
Under normal circumstances, I would surely have been extremely angry upon hearing his words. However, at this moment, there was not the slightest ripple in my heart because I knew that my spiritual power had almost been absorbed by the Red Sky Sword.
As long as Gu Yuan picked up this sword, it would be only a matter of today to slay this demon.
Enduring the sharp pain, I returned a contemptuous smile. I had already sensed that the snake - scale spirit in my chest was approaching the Red Sky Sword. I was about to achieve my great success.
Suddenly, the golden light in front of me gradually dimmed.
The incantation sound also disappeared. The talisman papers fluttered down from the sky like fallen leaves.
Before I could react, I felt my body tremble violently, as if something had rushed into my body.
My previously dazed and blurred vision suddenly found focus. My eyes were as sharp as torches. Facing the blood demons opposite, I raised the Red Sky Sword in my hand and swept it forward.
Scanning the surroundings, I saw groups of blood demons surrounding me tightly. As the Red Sky Sword swept out, those densely - packed blood demons turned into pools of blood and seeped beneath the clouds.
The plan failed. The snake - scale spirit was not absorbed by the Red Sky Sword, and my mission had failed.
What on earth was the person in my body trying to do? I angrily roared in my heart, "If you do this, we'll all die!"
But the other side showed no intention of answering me. One second my body was still being controlled by him, but the next second I felt full of strength.
The control of my body returned to me.
Facing forward, the howling gale blew through my hair. At this moment, I was like a female warrior who bravely charged forward to defend her territory.
No matter how powerful the enemy ahead was, I would never be afraid.
"Lanlan... It all depends on you from now on..." As Gu Yuan's voice faded.
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out of my body. The Red Sky Sword slipped out of my hand. Looking again, the long sword pierced through the clouds and split the thick Lingxiao clouds in two.
In an instant, a strong light shone down from the clouds and illuminated my body.
I only felt a burning sensation in my chest. The Red Sky clouds around me gradually disappeared with the halo emitted from my body.
I appeared in the desert again.
Seeing this, Jun He and the others swarmed up and fought desperately with the blood demons.
But my target was not those blood demons, but Yinggou on the opposite side.
My body gradually rose into the air. With a gentle push of my arm, the Red Sky Sword returned to my hand.
Purple light shone in my eyes. The Red Sky Sword was invincible. The blood demons that tried to stop me turned into pools of blood before they could even get close.
In a short while, most of the blood demons had been slain by me.
Facing Yinggou on the opposite side, I walked alone in the blood. In no time, this place had turned into a river of blood.
At first, Yinggou was full of confidence, looking like a king. However, when he saw me like this, he seemed much inferior.
Even his eyes dimmed.
"It's impossible, impossible. You're just a snake scale. How could you have the protection of the Purple Star? You can't be the Heavenly Emperor. Absolutely impossible."
I pointed my sword at Yinggou on the opposite side and sneered, "The Heavenly Emperor? Do you think I'd covet that position? In my eyes, it's extremely filthy. For the sake of power, one can kill his wife and abandon his children, and blatantly instigate brothers to turn against each other. Look at this filthy Heavenly Realm. I wouldn't even take this mess if it were offered to me..."
"Stop pretending, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor. Yinggou is no match for your wits. You just want to kill us in Yinggou's name so that you can get away scot - free and continue to be your clean - handed Heavenly Emperor."
Seeing that I had exposed him, the fake Yinggou on the opposite side no longer concealed himself. He transformed back into the high - and - mighty Heavenly Emperor.
"You're right. I'm indeed not Yinggou. But you're also wrong about one thing. Just now, I did release Yinggou... But now he can only be my slave, locked in my body for a lifetime."
"I tell you, even if you're the snake scale of Nuwa, you still can't kill me. No one in the Three Realms can kill me. Hahaha."
The Heavenly Emperor was laughing so recklessly at this moment. As his laughter echoed, a pile of blood demons emerged from the surrounding desert.
Jun He and all the others stood together, determined to fight to the death.
My gaze swept across the blood demons, and they suddenly stopped in their tracks and didn't come any closer.
With their hideous blood - covered faces, they opened their mouths in fear. In the end, all the blood demons knelt on the ground and worshipped me.
The Heavenly Emperor couldn't believe it at all. What was going on?
I turned around, a wicked smile on my lips. "You only know that Nuwa is a god, a symbol of light and justice. But don't forget that before she became a god, she was a monster with a human body and a snake's tail, and I am that monster..."
After I finished speaking, my purple eyes widened instantly. The Red Sky Sword in my hand, with its powerful sharpness, stabbed towards the Heavenly Emperor.
However, at this moment, the Heavenly Emperor couldn't move at all. His mouth was wide open, and his body stiffly endured my sword.
The Red Sky Sword pierced into his chest and directly penetrated his body, slanting into the ground.
The Heavenly Emperor let out a groan, "Uh... Uh..."
His eyebrows frowned. He lowered his eyes and looked at his chest, at the blood hole as big as a bowl that kept oozing blood.
His mouth was full of fresh blood, and he said in a slurred voice, "You think you can kill me like this? You underestimate me too much."
After saying that, the wound on his chest gradually healed, and I just watched him heal the wound with a wicked smile on my face.
In a short while, the wound had already healed.
"Did you forget that the Dragon Clan is born with strong healing abilities? Do you think this little injury can trouble me? Hahaha... Since you can't kill me, it's my turn to fight back..."
The Heavenly Emperor quickly raised his sword finger and waved a golden rune in the air. That rune was the Demon - Subduing Seal.
"Since you say you're a monster, I'll subdue you, the demon, today..."
Before the Heavenly Emperor could unleash the Demon - Subduing Seal, the blood hole on his chest appeared again, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
He pressed on his chest and plopped down on the ground. He asked in shock, "What on earth did you do to me?"