Yuelong Star Realm – over the endless Sea Continent ocean.
After the first crushing defeat, the atmosphere on Yuelong Star Realm's side turned heavy. They had to win the second round — no other choice — to salvage face.
"Second round, Blood Eight — you're up! Be ruthless. Best if you take his life. Blood Nine was useless — actually let that brat live!" A One-Heart Blood Envoy slapped the shoulder of his accompanying Blood Prince and snorted.
"Damn it!" Wang Yiyun clenched her fists inwardly. She was rarely angered, but those words made her blood boil.
"Send your fighter already — stop wasting time!" Blood Eight leaped into the arena. A tall, obese man — skin just as deathly pale as Blood Nine's, lips cracked, always wearing a contemptuous sneer toward Yuelong Star Realm cultivators. Aura: Early Harmony Realm.
"This round is Early Harmony Realm — who steps up?" Tian Wanbao swept his gaze across the field.
Among Rear Palace women, only Bing Lanxi had reached Early Harmony Realm**, but she was too old for the Golden Board.
Tian Wanbao scanned the entire field. Among the present Golden Board geniuses, only his own daughter had reached Early Harmony Realm. Without asking anyone else, he looked at Tian Yedao and nodded confidently:
"Dao Dao — go!"
Saintess of Multitude Treasure Pavilion — her name resounded across Yuelong Star Realm. Her true strength was unfathomable; no one had ever seen her fight all-out. Everyone secretly looked forward to it.
Liu Yuqing gazed at Tian Yedao with deep meaning. This woman's beauty rivalled any of her daughters-in-law, her blindfolded eyes adding mystery, talent and strength top-tier. Should I help Little Nam collect her too?
"Mother, be careful — that crazy woman has issues!" Yan Yueqi warned quietly beside Liu Yuqing.
She supported Lan An taking every beauty under heaven — but Tian Yedao was a special case. They still hadn't figured out how to tame that lunatic.
"Likes women?" Liu Yuqing blinked, then smiled mysteriously: "Let Little Nam bed her for a whole month straight — see if she still dares like women after that much…"
"Brilliant!"
Yan Yueqi and Bai Sumei's eyes lit up — they liked Mother's idea.
The other women exchanged helpless glances. With this mother-in-law and her two accomplices, Rear Palace was going to be chaos. Even the strongest present, Hua Qingzhu, pretended not to hear.
Tian Wanbao had no idea someone was plotting to "recruit" his daughter. He gave the Yuelong Tribulation experts a confident look — absolute faith in his daughter's strength.
"Go for it, Young Miss!" The four maids cheered.
"Don't worry — Dao Dao will kick his ass!" Tian Yedao flashed a cute smile, stroking her noble golden hair. Her beauty eclipsed even the sun.
"This girl is gorgeous… making her my sex slave wouldn't be bad, hehe!" The fat Blood Eight drooled the moment he saw Tian Yedao.
Her looks rivalled Su Yan, Hu Qingyu, Ya Xishen — golden soft armour hugging her perfect figure, instantly becoming the centre of attention.
"What did you just say, fatty?" Tian Yedao asked casually.
"I'm not fat! Your whole family is fat! Your father is fat!" Blood Eight screeched.
Tian Wanbao's face darkened — because he was fat.
The Yuelong experts wanted to laugh but held it in. So painful…
"You talk too much. Dao Dao has to teach you a lesson!" Tian Yedao giggled. Her figure suddenly turned into golden light — vanishing.
"So fast?!"
Blood Eight jumped in fright.
Behind him — Tian Yedao's graceful silhouette reappeared. The blindfold didn't hinder her perception at all. Red lips parted:
"Golden Peng Claw!"
SCREECH…
A proud divine beast cry echoed. Tian Yedao's jade hand flashed with golden light — condensing into a massive golden claw like a Great Peng's — slashing toward Blood Eight's chest.
Everything happened in a flash. Tian Yedao's speed exceeded all expectations. By the time the claw pierced Blood Eight's chest, he finally reacted — face ashen, stammering:
"How… are you… this fast?"
Tian Yedao didn't answer. Her other hand instantly produced a dazzling round golden shield — Spirit-Rank — blocking her side.
CLANG!
A blood axe materialised from space — slamming into the golden shield, forcing her back several steps.
Meanwhile, the Blood Eight she had just clawed turned into a single drop of blood.
"Oh? Not bad reaction speed!" Blood Eight, now holding twin blood axes, looked at Tian Yedao in surprise.
His Blood Substitution Art was extremely powerful — same-realm foes could hardly detect it. Yet Tian Yedao had sensed it in an instant and blocked his sneak attack with the golden shield?
"What just happened?" Lower-realm spectators couldn't keep up — confused.
With their vision, they only saw Tian Yedao instantly claw through Blood Eight's chest. In the next blink — Blood Eight mysteriously appeared at her side for a sneak attack, forcing defence, while the "pierced" body turned into a blood droplet.
"This Blood Eight is fat but terrifyingly fast!" Qin Tian inhaled sharply. He prided himself on speed — yet felt inferior to both Tian Yedao and Blood Eight just now.
In that brief exchange, both had danced on the edge of life and death. A single misstep — severe injury.
"Beauty, I'm growing more and more interested in you!" Blood Eight laughed maniacally. Another blood axe appeared — dual-wielding. His obese body shot forward, axes smashing down without mercy.
SCREECH…
Facing the storm-like assault, another proud cry erupted from Tian Yedao. Her innocent face turned cold, arrogant, icy.
"Here it comes…" The four maids took a deep breath. Their Young Miss's terrifying second personality had awakened.
Clearly — being pushed back by the sneak attack had thoroughly enraged her.
"Lowly reptile — get out of this Saintess's sight!"
Tian Yedao's voice turned supremely arrogant. Countless Metal-attributed spiritual force surged — condensing into a pair of ten-zhang golden wings behind her, each feather formed of pure Metal energy.
"Golden Wings!"
As the twin blood axes descended like mountains, her golden wings roared — slamming into the axes head-on.
CLANG CLANG CLANG…
Golden Wings became weapons — attacking while defending, relentlessly whipping Blood Eight. Each strike collapsed space and made the ocean scream. Blood Eight struggled — forced to block with his axes.
"This woman has Heterogeneous Metal — can't fight her head-on!" Blood Eight realised.
Great Peng Metal — a Heterogeneous Metal linked to the Divine Beast Golden-Winged Great Peng. Infamous for ferocity, body as tough as divine metal — wings and claws perfect for both offence and defence.
"You still not scramming, reptile?"
Tian Yedao sneered. Her jade hands turned into razor-sharp golden claws once more — treating Blood Eight like prey.
Just as the claws were about to pierce his skull, his body vanished again appeared elsewhere — leaving only a blood droplet. Blood Substitution Art once more.
"Heh heh, Heterogeneous Metal is strong — but not enough to make me scram!" Blood Eight laughed. His bloated belly suddenly contracted.
In an instant — his obese frame turned gaunt. Aura exploded upward — Mid Harmony Realm.
"What?! He can still raise his cultivation?!" The crowd was stunned, unconsciously glancing at Yan Ruoxue and Bai Sumei of Rear Palace.
They had seen such explosive cultivation increase before — during the White Sand Dynasty war. Now Blood Eight could do it too.
"Damn it… the Blood Pearl I spent countless years accumulating… gone…" Blood Eight gnashed his teeth. The surge was immense — his flesh nearly burst from the power.
"Stronger or not — you're still a reptile!" Tian Yedao drew a dazzling golden longbow.
Invisible bowstring, noble curved body, golden runes flowing — clearly extraordinary.
True-Rank Mid-Grade Treasure – Golden Star Bow!
Ba Li Jiao Huang and others instantly recognised Tian Yedao's signature weapon.
She refused close combat now that Blood Eight had jumped two minor realms.
"Want to shoot me? Dream on!" Blood Eight smirked. With his new realm, he vanished again — leaving a blood drop — instantly closing in, nullifying her bow. Twin axes smashed down.
"Want to rest and recover? Reptile — you won't get the chance!"
Tian Yedao sneered. Before countless shocked gazes — the mysterious eyes behind her blindfold suddenly blazed with ten thousand zhang of golden light…
In that moment — even at Late Harmony Realm, two minor realms above her — Blood Eight felt an overwhelming sensation spread through his heart…
The sensation of certain death…
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