Chapter 1179: A Fleeting Glimpse of Killing Intent
Yang Haoran did not reply to Big Sister. Even now, with the battle ongoing, Yang Haoran's face remained cold, his eyes blood-red, looking as if he were completely controlled by his inner demons.
Facing the onslaught of Yin Wind Blades that assailed him like a torrential downpour, Yang Haoran did not employ his second Soul Armament, nor did he unleash any Ghost Arts. He merely manipulated Remnant Moon to block in front of him, as if he possessed no other Soul Armament at all, and had no knowledge of how to cast Ghost Arts.
Remnant Moon's volume expanded more than a hundredfold in an instant. Spinning rapidly, it resembled a peculiar shield, intercepting all the incoming Yin Wind Blades.
This sight made Big Sister's brow furrow involuntarily. Yang Haoran still hadn't summoned his second Soul Armament or unleashed any Ghost Arts, continuing to maintain the facade of being controlled by inner demons. This made her, for a moment, doubt her previous judgment.
"Could it be that Yang Haoran hasn't opened his Heaven and Earth Souls, and that this immense increase in strength is truly due to his inner demons being awakened?"
However, her doubt lasted only a fleeting moment. Big Sister then forcefully dismissed such suspicions from her mind, for she still believed Yang Haoran was not controlled by inner demons, and that everything was merely an act.
Yet, one thing utterly bewildered her: "Why, at this point, does Yang Haoran continue to feign weakness? Doesn't he worry that persisting with this act might cost him his life?"
Unable to comprehend it instantly, Big Sister simply ceased pondering the matter. After performing Spirit Fusion with her Guardian Spirit, not only her strength but also her personality had undergone a drastic transformation.
With her mind no longer dwelling on the issue, Big Sister's face once again twisted into a sinister grin. As she spoke, she increased her power output; the Yin Wind Blades not only doubled in number but their force also dramatically intensified!
Facing Yang Haoran now, she no longer struggled as before, instead appearing to have plenty of leeway. Especially after intensifying her power output, Remnant Moon surprisingly couldn't withstand the Yin Wind Blades, being forced back steadily by their ferocious assault.
This sight greatly cheered the heavily wounded Shang Yuanqi. He had very little fighting strength left at this point and couldn't offer Big Sister any help. It was precisely because of this that seeing Big Sister actually overpowering Yang Haoran filled his heart with particularly strong joy.
"Keep it up! It won't be long before Yang Haoran is slain by Big Sister. It's just a pity I couldn't assist her."
No sooner had Shang Yuanqi thought this than a sudden change occurred in Big Sister's body. Her strength, which had been slowly increasing, abruptly ceased its ascent at this very moment.
Even Shang Yuanqi sensed the change in Big Sister's body, so Big Sister herself was naturally even more aware of it.
Shang Yuanqi, however, didn't react much to this. Big Sister's strength had soared to such a degree that it had already profoundly shocked him. Now, for her strength to stop increasing seemed perfectly natural to him; indeed, if it continued to rise, he would worry about her body encountering problems.
Big Sister, however, did not feel as relaxed as Shang Yuanqi at this moment. If her strength had merely stopped increasing, she would only have felt a touch of regret, a pity that her power hadn't climbed to an even greater height. But now, besides her strength ceasing to grow, she also discovered a subtle instability appearing within her body's power.
At first, it was just a faint tremor, but then this tremor grew intensely strong. Not only could she clearly sense it, but even Shang Yuanqi similarly perceived the immense shift in her power. Since her power was released from within her body, any instability within would naturally cause the released power to also become unstable.
If this change had been slight, it might have been hard to notice without careful attention, but given her current situation, it was impossible for outsiders not to detect it.
"How could this be!"
Shang Yuanqi didn't understand, but that didn't mean Big Sister was equally clueless. The reason her power had surged so dramatically in such a short time wasn't due to painstaking cultivation; rather, she had taken a shortcut using a special method. Thus, the intense instability now appearing within her body's power, in her estimation, must be the result of some backlash.
"I thought this method was proceeding quite smoothly," Big Sister mused inwardly, "but it seems there's still a problem!"
As Big Sister thought this to herself, she immediately felt a sharp pain within her body. Before she could even react, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted from her lips.
However, the intense pain within her body did not subside because she had spat out blood. On the contrary, the internal agony grew even more ferocious, as if her entire body was about to explode at that very moment. If she hadn't gritted her teeth and endured, she would surely have screamed to alleviate the tearing sensation of pain within her.
With such a sudden development, Big Sister naturally had no way to continue manipulating the Yin Wind Blades to attack Yang Haoran.
Without her control and the blessing of her Spirit Power, the dense, rain-like Yin Wind Blades began to vanish in large numbers, dissipating into strands of Yin Qi. Those Yin Wind Blades that didn't disappear immediately, striking Remnant Moon, were no longer as formidable as before, becoming weak and powerless.
Shang Yuanqi, dragging his heavily wounded body, forcefully mustered the little strength he had recovered within him. Moving with his fastest possible speed, he rushed to Big Sister's side. Before he could open his mouth to ask, Big Sister waved her hand, tearing the space beside them, and then pulled him, instantly flashing into the spatial rift.
Big Sister knew that her current internal situation was dire. If she continued to remain here, let alone being unable to kill Yang Haoran, she would instead die by his hand.
Furthermore, given her current state, even if Yang Haoran didn't attack her, she might still explode due to her internal power becoming uncontrollable.
Therefore, fully aware of the stakes, she decisively chose to leave, harboring no intention of continuing to entangle herself with Yang Haoran. She believed that only by doing so could she grasp a sliver of hope; otherwise, there would be only one final outcome: her death, not Yang Haoran's.
The instant Big Sister tore space, Remnant Moon emitted a hum, and a powerful burst of Spirit Power erupted, shattering all the remaining Yin Wind Blades.
Without Big Sister's control and power augmentation, these Yin Wind Blades had become mere shells, devoid of any offensive capability, easily shattered.
After shattering the remaining Yin Wind Blades, Remnant Moon swiftly spun back to its normal size. Yang Haoran, who had been behind it, was revealed, just in time to witness Big Sister flash into the spatial rift with Shang Yuanqi.
Seeing this, Yang Haoran's face remained as cold as before. However, a sudden, almost imperceptible killing intent flickered in his blood-red eyes at that moment, though it vanished instantly, as if it had never appeared.
He stood rooted to the spot, his body unmoving, yet his Soul Armament, Remnant Moon, was not idle. The moment Big Sister and Shang Yuanqi flashed into the spatial rift, Remnant Moon immediately transformed into a black streak of light, shooting towards the location of the spatial rift.
Remnant Moon's speed was swift, but the spatial rift's healing speed was even faster, far exceeding its usual rate of closure. This phenomenon, without a doubt, was due to Big Sister using her own power to forcibly accelerate the spatial rift's healing.
If Yang Haoran didn't immediately employ other methods, then at Remnant Moon's current speed, it would be impossible to interrupt Big Sister's teleportation.
However, even as Remnant Moon was about to miss, Yang Haoran did not use any other methods, nor did he even show any intention of doing so.
The outcome was self-evident: when Remnant Moon arrived at the spatial rift's location, the rift had just fully healed, and Remnant Moon struck nothing but empty space.
Concurrently, not far in front of Yang Haoran, space suddenly rippled violently. Then, the space tore open, and three figures shot out from the spatial rift. These three were none other than Xia Xinger, Zuo Meng, and Xiang Chuan, who Yang Haoran had forcibly sent away from this place earlier.
The bloody and brutal scene of the battlefield clearly imprinted itself upon their eyes. Witnessing the mountains of piled corpses, all three of their faces revealed expressions of shock.
And after Yang Haoran discovered the trio, without a word, he manipulated Remnant Moon to launch an attack. Xia Xinger, who was at the very front, became his primary target!
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