"Stop!"
Seeing that things were going south, Zhao Ruofan bellowed and was about to act, intending to rescue over a hundred of his world spirits.
After all,
"Insolent!"
But at that very moment, a furious shout rang out, so powerful that the very void trembled.
Simultaneously, a massive wave of energy swept outward and, in the blink of an eye, sealed away Zhao Ruofan's power. His surroundings were transformed into an invisible cage, rendering him unable to strike.
It was the Association Master of the Red Butterfly Association. Despite being only a first-rank Martial Ancestor — seemingly inferior to Zhao Ruofan on the surface — purple light now flickered all over her body, making her resemble a celestial maiden. She possessed a Heavenly Bestowed Divine Body, and not only that, she could actually use her Heavenly Bestowed Divine Power to elevate her cultivation by one rank.
Through the power of her Heavenly Bestowed Divine Force, her cultivation had now reached the second-rank Martial Ancestor level, equal to Zhao Ruofan's strength.
However, her combat power exceeded his. Zhao Ruofan was merely an ordinary second-rank Martial Ancestor — he did not possess heaven-defying combat strength.
The Association Master did. She wielded that very power.
Though she had only been a first-rank Martial Ancestor, paired with her current second-rank cultivation, she was already capable of fighting an ordinary third-rank Martial Ancestor. Naturally, she could suppress Zhao Ruofan, who was only a second-rank Martial Ancestor.
Aaaaagh—
While Zhao Ruofan was being restrained, screams rang out one after another from high above.
A massacre. A bone-chilling massacre was unfolding.
Nearly everyone present had seen the grand stage of things. They had witnessed killings before. They had witnessed slaughters before.
But this particular massacre still made their blood run cold.
Setting aside the fact that the killer was a stunningly beautiful girl, the sheer brutality of her methods was beyond horrific.
Tragic. All over a hundred world spirits from the Immortal Spirit Realm, though they were obliterated in mere moments, each and every one was left unrecognizable. Each and every one died in the most wretched way imaginable.
"Are there any more world spirits? This Queen hasn't had enough yet." After slaying every last one of Zhao Ruofan's world spirits, Her Majesty spoke provocatively.
At this moment, she showed not a shred of guilt. On the contrary, her face was brimming with joy — as if slaughter itself was a source of delight for her.
"Y-you!!!" Zhao Ruofan was so furious that his entire body shook. Only he knew how much time and effort it had cost him to forge contracts with those world spirits.
Yet now, Eggy had killed every single one of them, destroying years of painstaking work in a single day.
"Looks like that's all of them. With such meager skill, I have no idea where you got the confidence to challenge
"Could it be you've grown senile?" Eggy mocked, ignoring the twitching at the corner of Zhao Ruofan's mouth and the look on his face like he'd just eaten something foul. With that, she elegantly, charmingly, and captivatingly walked through the spirit gate and vanished from everyone's sight.
"Association Master, why did you stop me from saving my world spirits?" Zhao Ruofan demanded in fury. By now, he had nothing left to lose — even the last shred of respect he held for the Association Master had evaporated. All he wanted was justice.
"Why?" The Association Master let out a cold laugh. "Earlier you agreed to a contest of defensive formations. You lost, yet you refused to accept it, demanding that Chu Feng also set up a defensive formation so that you could attempt to dismantle it."
"Chu Feng let it go and set one up. And you? You didn't even dare to try."
"Why didn't you? Because you knew you couldn't construct a formation capable of undoing Chu Feng's barrier in such a short amount of time."
"So you changed the terms again, proposing a contest of world spirit strength instead. You even declared that Chu Feng's world spirit was only a sixth-rank Half Ancestor — releasing it would simply be throwing its life away. That made it perfectly clear you were already prepared to kill Chu Feng's world spirit."
"But once the world spirits actually clashed, you realized that your own spirits were no match for Chu Feng's. So you took action personally, intending to use your own power to disrupt a battle that was supposed to be between world spirits."
"All I have to say is this — as the Vice Association Master of the Red Butterfly Association, don't you find your conduct today utterly shameless?"
"......" Zhao Ruofan was rendered speechless. He knew full well that he had indeed been shameless.