Swish!
Without holding back, Li Miao's One Slash directly pierced Miao King's right shoulder, then sliced out from her left rib.
Miao King didn't even see Li Miao's movements before she felt intense pain on her body.
Witchcraft, after all, was a method that relied on external objects.
Even Miao King, her reactions, eyesight, and speed were only slightly faster than ordinary people; she couldn't be compared with Celestials, let alone Li Miao.
Her expression had just changed slightly, and her eyes had not yet focused on Li Miao in front of her when Li Miao's palm-slash had already cut out from her abdomen.
"Hmm?"
After a successful strike, Li Miao flashed, appearing a zhang away.
He removed the glove from his right hand and threw it to the ground.
Hiss—
As soon as the glove touched the ground, a large plume of white smoke instantly ignited, accompanied by a "hissing" sound, and the glove directly melted through the ground and disappeared.
Gu Poison.
The blood of Gu Soldiers carried Gu Poison, and Miao King was naturally no exception.
Moreover, just a touch corroded the Heavenly Silkworm Silk glove that Li Miao had used for many years. If it dripped onto a person's body, it would likely melt a hole straight through them!
Li Miao looked up at Miao King.
His previous strike had sliced through half of her internal organs and cut open her entire chest and abdomen. Logically, Miao King should have had her internal organs spilling out and died an unnatural death by now.
Miao King not only didn't fall but continued to look coldly at Li Miao, showing no signs of injury.
But her clothes were indeed torn open with a large gash.
"Lord Li, your martial arts are truly extraordinary."
"If it weren't for me, anyone else here would probably be preparing for their funeral."
Miao King said coldly.
"Unfortunately, you had to make trouble for me."
"Tiancan Old Man, one of the Celestials sent by the imperial court to hunt down Rui'er. His famous martial art is 'Heavenly Silkworm Skill,' and he is best at healing."
"But his 'Heavenly Silkworm Skill' was created by imitating Witchcraft. The person he consulted back then was the former Miao King."
"I truly don't know martial arts, but when it comes to Witchcraft, no one in the world can compare to me. Healing, naturally, is much stronger than Wan Tianzong."
Miao King spoke slowly, unhurriedly, as if she had everything under control.
When Li Miao's palm-slash had just cut through, the moment it left her body, her severed body had already roughly healed, containing the blood and internal organs, so it seemed as if Li Miao had struck nothing.
This healing speed was simply not like a human.
But no one knew that she was just feigning composure.
Li Miao's previous strike had almost made her unable to resist dodging, but she forcefully suppressed it, pretending to be at ease.
What she said was half truth and half bluff.
She also had weaknesses, and this healing method could not be used at will; it came at a cost.
Inside her body, an extremely important Gu worm had already died.
However, even so, Li Miao could no longer attack her casually.
Because the Gu Poison in her body was more deadly than any strange poison in this world. Even Li Miao's Heavenly Silkworm Silk gloves couldn't withstand it. If it touched his flesh, Li Miao would also suffer a loss.
Li Miao turned a deaf ear, only looking at his glove.
After a moment, he finally looked up at Miao King.
"Do you know why I wear these gloves?"
"I can already contain a perfect Vajra on my body; my physical body is far tougher than these gloves. But if I need to kill many people, I always habitually wear these gloves. Because this is a gift from my first confidante."
"Next time she sees me and asks, what should I say?"
Li Miao said indifferently.
"I've changed my mind."
"Since you're so hard to kill, that's good."
"I'll make your death very, very long."
"You'll beg me to kill you."
— — — — — — — —
"Master, the blood is still fresh."
An Ziyang stood up and threw away the wooden stick he had used to pick up the snake corpse.
"Lord Li should have just left not long ago."
He pointed in a direction.
"There's a fresh smell of blood over there; Lord Li should have gone that way. If we follow him now, counting the time Lord Li spent killing enemies along the way, we should meet in about half a Cup of tea's time."
The two hurried along, following Li Miao's tracks, and had already caught up to the place where Li Miao had annihilated the snake group.
An Ziyang's martial arts weren't great, but he had many tricks, and having dealt with the Tang Sect for many years, his skills in identifying poisons, distinguishing poisons, and tracking were superior to most people in the martial world. He could easily avoid poisonous creatures and quickly discern Li Miao's direction of travel.
So the two's speed was not slow, and the distance between them and Li Miao continuously shortened.
Yongjie nodded, pulled An Ziyang, and then fully utilized his Qinggong, entering the cave that led to the pupa chamber.
As soon as they entered the cave, the two smelled an almost suffocating scent of blood and saw the corpses of the Twelve Sect Branches' Great Witches.
But neither of them paid attention, only continuing forward.
Stepping over countless corpses, the soles of their shoes were soaked with fresh blood, making a "squish, squish" sound as they walked on the ground.
Finally, the two arrived at the end of the passage.
The stone door at the end had already been kicked down by Li Miao, and their vision was unobstructed, allowing them to clearly see the situation inside the pupa chamber at that moment.
Everything was visible at a glance!
"!!!"
Yongjie's face instantly turned pale, and the hand gripping An Ziyang involuntarily loosened.
Because he saw Miao King.
He would never mistake her... It was her, it was her.
His wife, Ling'er's mother, the Great Witch who disappeared ten years ago, Ge Pu Qi.
At this moment, Miao King's clothes were mostly torn, her beautiful figure vaguely visible, and she looked at Li Miao with a grim expression.
Li Miao was currently stepping on a severed arm.
Bang!
Flesh and blood splattered as the severed arm was crushed into a bloody pulp by his foot.
"Keep growing, don't stop."
Li Miao said.
"I want to see how much flesh you can grow."
Inside the pupa chamber, it was already a mess.
Not to mention the various wood chips and shattered stones on the ground.
At this moment, dozens of crimson marks were scattered on the surrounding walls and floor.
These marks were radial, as if a piece of flesh had been struck by immense force and directly scattered, sticking to the walls and floor.
These marks were all the flesh and blood that Li Miao had torn from Miao King's body, then pulverized.
Just like how he dealt with Tiancan Old Man that day.
You can grow, can you? I want to see how much you can grow.
An immortal body, if it doesn't have enough self-preservation ability, will only bring more prolonged suffering.
Before he finished speaking, Li Miao suddenly disappeared from his original spot.
When he reappeared, he was already standing behind Miao King.
"!!!"
Several venomous snakes on Miao King's body instinctively bit at Li Miao, but Miao King's reaction was slow.
Pfft.
Miao King looked down, and a hand emerged from her chest.
In the hand, her heart was clutched.
She looked up, intending to run a few steps forward, at least not to remain hanging on Li Miao's arm.
Her foot had just lifted, but it froze in mid-air.
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
A choked sound came from Miao King's throat.
No matter how immortal she was, speaking still required expelling air from her lungs. At this moment, Li Miao had pierced her chest, rendering her speechless.
Yongjie, however, knew what she was saying.
Their gazes met across dozens of zhang.
Yongjie knew that Miao King was saying: "Husband."