"Hahahaha..."
Kui Dou couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
He looked at Luo Xiu as if staring at an ant, laughing so hard his stomach ached and his eyes grew wet with tears.
The nearby cultivators from the Celestial Realm also looked at Luo Xiu with mocking gazes.
Even in the Celestial Realm, few people would dare speak to Kui Dou like this!
"Mortal lowlife, I've lost interest in knowing who you are. You're about to beco a dead dog anyway."
"Just now, you laid a hand on my people and had the audacity to offend ... Kneel and accept your death, and I might leave your corpse intact."
"Oh, right..."
As he spoke, Kui Dou suddenly seed to rember sothing. A smirk played on his lips as he looked at Luo Xiu. "As for that little girl you ntioned, I did indeed capture her, and I punished her severely. She's in the Pill Furnace right now. By this point, she has likely been refined into an elixir."
"What do you say? Want to send you in to find her?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Xiu's gaze darkened. He abruptly turned to look at the Pill Furnace. With a wave of his hand, a gust of wind howled forth, dispersing the Pill Fire beneath it.
Imdiately, Luo Xiu leaped up to open the Pill Furnace, only to be intercepted by Kui Dou, who had flashed over to block him.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
Luo Xiu didn't even bother to glance at Kui Dou as he unleashed a fierce slap, aiming it straight for Kui Dou's face.
Kui Dou's expression darkened. In an instant, he sensed the terrifying power and tried to dodge.
However, before he could move, he felt his entire body go numb. Then, Luo Xiu's palm struck his face squarely.
BOOM!
Kui Dou spat out blood as he was sent flying backward, shattered teeth scattering as he crashed heavily to the ground!
This seemingly simple slap contained nearly seventy percent of Luo Xiu's strength, and it was filled with his fiery rage.
Afterward, Luo Xiu kicked open the furnace lid, and a blast of hot gas rushed out to et him.
He paid it no mind and jumped right in.
"Dou Dou!"
At that mont, Dou Dou was in a semi-conscious state, her mind already hazy. Her body was enveloped in a transparent, jelly-like substance.
As an alchemist himself, Luo Xiu naturally knew this substance was the concentrated essence of dicinal energy.
If he had been any later, Dou Dou's body would have been assimilated by this dicinal essence, her form and spirit obliterated as she was refined into an elixir.
"Who are... you? Are you here to save Dou Dou?"
Dou Dou struggled to pry her eyes open, a sliver of light revealing a completely unfamiliar face that sohow felt familiar.
Luo Xiu's eyes moistened. In a hoarse voice, he said, "I am Chen Shuisheng."
"Chen Shuisheng... is Dou Dou's favorite..."
Dou Dou's eyes slowly closed, and before she could finish her sentence, she lost consciousness completely.
Luo Xiu hurriedly swept her up into his arms, leaped out of the Pill Furnace, and landed with a thud.
A cold light flashed in his left eye as he opened a spatial gateway to the Land of Lawlessness.
"Shan Shan, take her to An Ran."
Lin Shanshan caught sight of Dou Dou in Luo Xiu's arms and gasped in fright. Without asking any questions, she quickly took Dou Dou and rushed toward the Hundred Herbs Garden.
Afterward, Luo Xiu closed the spatial entrance, his eyes filled with a tangible murderous intent as he coldly swept his gaze over Kui Dou and his entourage.
He had no intention of following Master Ping and Lao Ba's advice to let An Ran handle these people.
At this point, Kui Dou's arrogance had vanished, his left cheek swollen high.
Luo Xiu's slap had forced him to face reality—this lowlife from the Mortal Realm was far stronger than he was!
In the silence that followed, Luo Xiu suddenly spoke. "Now, I've changed my mind... Whether she's dead or alive, your entire clan must die."
Hearing this, Kui Dou's expression darkened, and he roared, "All of you, attack! Kill him!"
Luo Xiu slowly raised his right hand. With a gentle clench of his fingers, the Golden Crow Feather appeared out of thin air in his grasp.
"Sword One: Dragon Worship Sword."
In that split second, Sword Qi roared wildly!
A mont later, Luo Xiu looked around blankly. There was no one left to cut down, only the Golden Crow Feather dripping with blood.
Everyone had fallen.
Kui Dou gnashed his teeth. He knew escape was impossible. Suddenly, a brilliant red Spiritual Power erupted from his body as he prepared to resist desperately.
But with just one slap, Luo Xiu made him recognize reality once again.
Luo Xiu knocked him to the ground and then planted a foot on him, looking down with an indifferent expression.
Glaring with eyes that looked ready to split with fury, Kui Dou scread, "Who the hell are you?!"
Luo Xiu stomped his foot onto Kui Dou's forehead, smashing the back of his head into the ground, and said coolly, "A re small fry from the Celestial Realm. You aren't qualified to know who I am."
As he spoke, Luo Xiu also used the Golden Crow Feather to shatter Kui Dou's limbs.
The seemingly soft feather, when infused with Spiritual Power, beca as hard as an iron rod.
Kui Dou let out a hysterical scream, the pain so intense he wished for death, even losing control of his bodily functions.
The eerie Aura of the Dead was eroding his flesh and devouring his life!
"If my master learns of this... he will make you pay the price!"
"You have a master?"
Luo Xiu's eyebrows rose slightly, a flicker of interest in his eyes.
Then, he changed his mind again. He put away the Golden Crow Feather, pinned Kui Dou to the ground, and began to beat him with savage brutality.
A long ti later, Kui Dou lay in a pool of blood, his face beaten beyond recognition, no longer appearing human.
He was probably the most miserably killed Red Emperor in history, beaten to death by Luo Xiu's bare fists.
Afterward, Luo Xiu incinerated Kui Dou's corpse with the Indestructible Divine Fla and used the Soul Capturing Technique to capture a wisp of his residual soul.
Not far away, the green-clothed youth was not quite dead yet. Seeing Luo Xiu look his way, he began to tremble with fear.
Luo Xiu strode over, grabbed the youth, broke his limbs, and then used him as a sacrifice, resurrecting the recently slain Kui Dou with "Elysian Nether Earth."
Suddenly, Luo Xiu's body trembled, and he powerlessly sank to one knee, vomiting a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Damn it... it's acting up again..."
Although killing Kui Dou and his group had been effortless, the repeated use of his cultivation, coupled with his intense emotions, had triggered the side effects of his Nine Yang Constitution.
...
「Land of Lawlessness.」
「Green Lotus Palace.」
Enduring the severe pain, Luo Xiu rushed into the room and asked anxiously, "How is Dou Dou?!"
Standing by the bed, An Ran now appeared as an adult woman. Her expression was grave.
Her tone heavy, she said, "Her life has been saved, but there is a powerful and chaotic dicinal energy within Her Highness the Princess. It is far stronger than her own power, which is why her body cannot assimilate it. Instead, that dicinal energy is consuming her life."
As she spoke, she looked at Luo Xiu and suddenly knelt on one knee.
"Right now, you are the only one who can save her. I beg you, save Her Highness the Princess!"
Luo Xiu hurriedly reached out to help her up.
"You're being too serious. I think of Dou Dou as my own sister. Of course I will save her."
An Ran said, "This Priest is adept at healing injuries and saving lives, not at curing illnesses or neutralizing poisons."
Luo Xiu asked, "What do I need to do?"
"Your Essence Blood and your Fortune-Forming Power. Only then can we enhance the Princess's constitution in the shortest amount of ti and without any side effects, helping her absorb the dicinal energy."
Without a mont's hesitation, Luo Xiu said, "Then I'll start right now."
After a pause, he asked, "So, Dou Dou really is a princess of the Ageless Tribe?"
An Ran's gaze was gentle as she looked at Dou Dou on the bed and nodded lightly.
"Yes. Although her bloodline is sealed and has not yet awakened, she does indeed possess the blood of the Royal Family. Moreover, she looks exactly as Her Majesty the Queen did as a child."
Luo Xiu said no more, lifting Dou Dou and walking toward the Lotus Pond.
An Ran watched Luo Xiu's retreating figure, her lips pressed lightly together.
"Luo Xiu, thank you."
She could feel that Luo Xiu himself was suffering from an indescribable affliction. If he expended his Essence Blood now, his own life would surely be at risk.
But for Dou Dou's sake, he disregarded the danger completely.
"Luo Xiu, this Priest will ensure you are rewarded... I will repay you."
She muttered to herself, her cheeks reddening involuntarily as the wicked image of Luo Xiu and Hua Muyan together that she had seen that day erged in her mind again.
But that sort of thing... should I really... Ah, never mind. It doesn't matter.
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