Chapter 78: Disaster Black Dragon, Hollow Poplar and Willow
"Junior Sister, how do you want Senior Brother to die?"
A light laugh drifted down from the clouds.
Luo Li's expression shifted slightly as she abruptly turned her head. She saw Gu Qing strolling through the void, his spirit soaring, a faint smile on his incomparably handsome face.
His aura was profound and mysterious, like a celestial deity—noble and transcendent.
I let my guard down... Luo Li's phoenix eyes darkened as a bold idea suddenly surfaced in her mind.
But she quickly dismissed it.
Gu Qing's protector was comparable to the Divine Fire Realm; she couldn't possibly contend against him.
Though the Nirvana Realm was terrifying, capable of extinguishing myriad dao laws, her soul power was insufficient. Annihilating a Saint Realm Third Level expert was already her limit.
But how could she bluff her way through this...
Luo Li's mind raced. Her expression suddenly turned furious as she coldly snorted and berated him.
"Senior Brother, you've formed a dao partnership with Bai Suying? She was my royal father's principal wife, the Empress of the Divine Phoenix Empire."
"Moreover, by doing this, how can you face Senior Sister?"
"..."
Gu Qing descended before her, his gaze scrutinizing her until she grew uncomfortable. Only then did he speak.
"Isn't your royal father dead?"
"If the sky wants rain and a mother wants to remarry, what's it to you? Do you intend to be a filial daughter?"
"Truly a lecher, lusting after a married woman. I spit on it..." Luo Li secretly cursed.
Yet inwardly, she breathed a sigh of relief. The matter seemed to have passed.
"Senior Brother, nominally, she is my mother empress. Can Senior Brother not pursue her?"
"With Senior Brother's peerless talent, what woman could you not have? If Senior Brother truly needs a woman, I will go capture several saintesses for you right now." Luo Li maintained an angry expression.
"No. She is one of a kind." Gu Qing shook his head, then asked.
"Do you hold a grudge against her?"
"Not really."
Hearing Gu Qing's refusal to give her up, Luo Li replied sullenly, turning her head away, unwilling to engage with him.
Bai Suying truly had no quarrel with her. Before digging up Ye Hao's bones, Bai Suying had even treated her quite well.
She simply knew how to curry favor, maintaining good relations with the favored concubines in the palace.
She wanted these women dead solely to annihilate all of Luo Ling's women.
What her mother couldn't have, no one else could have.
Her mother's clan was exterminated; no other clan should be allowed to survive.
That was all.
"Good that you don't. You will get along well in the future. By the way, since Ye Hao is dead, stop massacring the city."
Amusement didn't reach Gu Qing's eyes, his tone carrying an undeniable command.
He was certain Luo Li absolutely wanted to eliminate him and Bai Suying.
He wasn't afraid—Gu Qing was confident he could suppress her for a lifetime, making Luo Li his permanent tool against protagonists.
But Bai Suying was different.
He couldn't constantly protect her.
"On what grounds? It's either her or me."
Rage surged through Luo Li.
In the past, lacking strength, she had to endure.
Now with strength, she didn't want to endure for a single moment longer.
"On the grounds that I am your Senior Brother."
Gu Qing looked at her—her noble temperament, her empress-like aura. Suddenly, a mischievous impulse arose. He reached out and pinched her cheeks hard.
The skin felt delicate and smooth, silky to the touch.
"Ah..."
Luo Li's phoenix eyes first widened in shock, then her cheeks flushed crimson.
Though ruthless and cunning, she was still an inexperienced maiden.
Having her cheeks pulled by a man left her flustered. A mist of water welled in her phoenix eyes, her ears burning red with shame. Where was the empress who looked down upon all creation?
But Luo Li quickly recovered, erupting in fury. Phoenix Nirvana Fire burst forth around her, capable of incinerating all things.
"Senior Brother, men and women should not touch. Please behave yourself." she gritted her teeth.
Though she wanted Gu Qing to submit at her feet, she refused to be taken advantage of.
"Hahaha, interesting..."
Gu Qing laughed heartily. The cold-blooded, ruthless female villain actually had a coquettish, maidenly side.
"Come with me."
With a flick of his sleeve, a force swept her onto the void flying vessel.
"I won't go. I still have revenge to take." Luo Li was enraged to the extreme. Gu Qing's dominance filled her with fury.
"What revenge? You clearly just want to massacre the city."
Gu Qing didn't understand.
Luo Li had already taken her revenge. Why must she slaughter countless innocent citizens?
These common people have never offended Luo Li, have they?
"A group of rebels. They deserve death." Luo Li said coldly.
"You've killed so many people. Don't you feel any guilt?" Gu Qing asked.
"Senior Brother, when you step on billions of ants underground, do you feel guilt?" Luo Li retorted.
In her eyes, all living beings were like ants. Killing them was simply killing them. Where would guilt come from?
"Formidable..." Gu Qing remarked, unsure whether Luo Li was naturally bloodthirsty or psychologically twisted.
But one thing was certain: Luo Li was absolutely a villain who regarded all beings as ants.
"I must remind Master at the first opportunity..." he thought to himself.
Luo Li was inherently rebellious and could never be truly tamed.
Already so domineering and cold-blooded before gaining power. Once she did, she would demand absolute supremacy over the world—those who followed would prosper, those who opposed would perish.
Keeping Luo Li by his side was too dangerous. He had to remain constantly vigilant to avoid disaster.
"Senior Brother, where are you taking me?"
Seeing Gu Qing lost in thought, Luo Li asked angrily. Her expression was vivid, possessing both majesty and charm, a thousand kinds of grace contained within it.
She secretly gritted her teeth. Daring to force her—once she seduced Senior Brother, she'd make him refine pills for her for life.
She'd turn that handsome man into a slovenly, decrepit old man.
The thought of Gu Qing with disheveled hair and dirty clothes almost made her laugh aloud.
"To the demonic beast territory."
Gu Qing glanced up at her.
Bringing Luo Li along was simply to prevent her from wasting her time here.
A villain must serve a villain's purpose.
He needed her to find him a godfather quickly.
The rewards for stabbing a godfather were too tempting.
"Then what are you bringing me along for?"
Luo Li was somewhat puzzled.
Could it be that Gu Qing had discovered a great opportunity in the demonic beast territory and wanted to take her to find it?
Had Gu Qing taken a fancy to her beauty?
Surely... Luo Li's heart suddenly stirred.
Making Senior Brother refine pills was just around the corner.
"You don't want to go? Then get off."
The void flying vessel had already traveled billions of miles from the Divine Phoenix Empire. It was time for Luo Li to disembark.
Gu Qing flicked his sleeve, and Luo Li was teleported out.
"..."
"Senior Brother, you truly deserve to die..."
Luo Li's face alternated between red and white with anger.
...
...
"System, I want to draw the lottery!"
Returning to his room, Gu Qing immediately summoned the Godmother System.
A large roulette wheel appeared in his mind, spinning rapidly before finally stopping on a black dragon.
[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Disaster Black Dragon.]
"???"
"What is this?"
[Disaster Black Dragon: Master of all calamities. It can devour the disasters of all living beings, and also spread disaster, curses, strangeness, ominousness, and death throughout the human world...]
After listening for a moment, Gu Qing understood.
In short, the Black Dragon was an evolved form of the "Red Hair Source."
It evolved by devouring all negative energy in the world and the essence of all living beings.
"Claim!"
As soon as the words fell, a ferocious black dragon tattoo appeared on Gu Qing's back, lifelike, as if it were a living creature.
At the same time, a stream of knowledge poured into his mind.
This was the method to control the Black Dragon.
Gu Qing's eyes flickered. He thought of the Shi Family in the Central God Realm.
The Shi Family would make a fine experimental subject.
Thinking of doing it, Gu Qing chanted an incantation. Black-red light surged around him, radiating strangeness and ominousness.
Upon closer inspection, within the black-red mist, there seemed to be a boundless, evil hell—gloomy, terrifying, strange, and ominous.
Soon, the curse was complete. When the strange disasters spread throughout the Shi Family, it would be time for him to reap the harvest.
Gu Qing adjusted his mindset and drank all the liquid in the Golden Gourd in one gulp. The vast energy exploded within him, carrying profound mysterious laws and dao rhymes.
Gu Qing operated the Chaos Indestructible Scripture to refine it. Under the impact of the profound laws and dao rhymes, he instantly entered a state of epiphany.
Void Dao Realm Sixth Level: Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage, Peak...
Void Dao Realm Seventh Level.
As Gu Qing's cultivation soared, his physique also evolved. Every drop of his blood and qi radiated a faint golden light.
When all his blood had transformed into gold, that would be the Xuanhuang Body.
"Hmm? Hollow Poplar and Willow... Yang Dieyi..."
Arriving at the Eastern Domain's Wasteland Continent, the demonic beast territory, He Ni swept out with her divine sense. Her vast saintly will crisscrossed the wasteland.
When she saw a primitive tribe where a poplar tree, struck by lightning, was pitch-black all over, with only a few jade-green willow branches swaying in the wind.
She froze instantly.
Wasn't this her mortal enemy?
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